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Assistant Professor of Biology and Biochemistry Colin Echeverría working in a class with two students

Vassar Wins Beckman Scholars Award to Support Student Science Research

Vassar College has received a $156,000 grant from the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation that will fund faculty-mentored research projects conducted by six students over the next three years.

Four Faculty Members Appointed to Endowed Chairs

Professor of English Eve Dunbar, Professor of Drama Shona Tucker, Assistant Professor of Biology Myra Hughey, and Professor of Psychological Science Michele Tugade ’95 have been appointed to endowed chairs, Dean of the Faculty William Hoynes announced.

Garrett Goodrich ’22 (left) and Alison Carranza ’23 prepare plant specimens catalogued by naturalists at Mohonk Mountain Preserve for digitization, enabling scientists anywhere in the world to study them.

URSI Student Researchers Help Expand Access to Important Botanical Data

Professor of Biology Mark Schlessman and two of his students spent part of the summer at local herbaria, helping to ensure that scientists from all over the world can study plant species that have been growing in the region for the past 150 years.