
Undergraduate Research Summer Institute (URSI)
Tracking Blandings turtles and monitoring nesting areas.

Undergraduate Research Summer Institute (URSI)
Evaluating the health of the Fonteyn Kill, a stream that runs through campus.

Undergraduate Research Summer Institute (URSI)
Recreating an ecological laboratory on the Vassar campus.

Undergraduate Research Summer Institute (URSI)
Deploying “oobinators” to combat the emerald ash borer.

Undergraduate Research Summer Institute (URSI)
Preparing a protein sample for the atomic force microscope.

Undergraduate Research Summer Institute (URSI)
Using lasers to analyze the physical properties of silicon wafers.

Undergraduate Research Summer Institute (URSI)
Preparing soil samples for chemical analysis.

Undergraduate Research Summer Institute (URSI)
Building robots to study evolution.

Undergraduate Research Summer Institute (URSI)
Investigating the safety of “green” pesticides.
Contact
Undergraduate Research Summer Institute
124 Raymond Avenue Box 731
Poughkeepsie, NY 12604-0731
(845) 437-7306
Director
Hadley Bergstrom
Associate Professor of Psychological Science
Coordinator
Susan Painter
Administrative Assistant in Biology, URSI Coordinator