
Tracking Blandings turtles and monitoring nesting areas.

Evaluating the health of the Fonteyn Kill, a stream that runs through campus.

Recreating an ecological laboratory on the Vassar campus.

Deploying “oobinators” to combat the emerald ash borer.

Preparing a protein sample for the atomic force microscope.

Using lasers to analyze the physical properties of silicon wafers.

Preparing soil samples for chemical analysis.

Building robots to study evolution.

Investigating the safety of “green” pesticides.
Symposium 2025
Undergraduate Research
Summer Institute Symposium
September 17, 2025
3:00
Introductory Remarks
Professor Brian Daly, Dean of the Faculty
Hadley Bergstrom, URSI Director
3:15
Students’ Oral Presentations on Summer Research
4:00
Keynote Address
5:00
Poster Session A
5:30
Poster Session B
6:30
Dinner Celebration for faculty and students