Nominate science faculty to appear on the radio!

Please follow this link to nominate a member of the Vassar College Science Faculty to appear on a live recording of You’re the Expert at in Skinner Hall on March 9, 2017. Nominations will be open for one week only from November 28th to December 5th!

You’re the Expert is a live show, podcast, and public radio program on 90.9 WBUR, Boston’s NPR station.The radio show uses comedy to make academic research more accessible and exciting. Through game show segments and hilariously misguided guesses, a panel of comedians will try to get to the bottom of what a distinguished scientist studies all day. You won’t want to miss being part of the audience for this live show and podcast taping. You’re the Expert is hosted by Chris Duffy and produced by Pretty Good Friends.

Chris Duffy is a standup comedian and improviser who has performed at colleges and festivals from sea to shining sea. He is the creator and host of You’re the Expert, a live show and public radio program on 90.9 WBUR. Chris is also a former fifth grade teacher and a writer whose work has appeared in the Boston Globe, Wag’s Revue, Makeshift Magazine, and on National Geographic TV.

You’re the Expert at Vassar College is sponsored by The Creative Arts Across Disciplines (CAAD) and the Asprey Center for Collaborative Approaches to Science (ACCAS).

June 21, 2016June 21, 2016

Winning Images

Cortical Night. Photo by Leah Weingast.

La Paz. Photo by Joseph Weiman.

Anaphase Distilled. Photo by Mer Jane Ward and Lita Avnisinger.

Anaphase Distilled

March 6, 2016June 23, 2016

Carly Bloomfeld VC computer science major reports on the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Science 2015

Carly Bloomfeld was among the group of computer science majors who attended the 2015 Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing. Carly reported that the conference was a great experience. A major aspect of it was the job fair with representatives from hundreds of different tech companies doing interviews on-site. Lectures on a wide range of topics such as how to get involved in open-source programming and how virtual reality technology can be used for social good were especially compelling. The conference was a great opportunity for job searching, networking, and simply learning about technology!

Gracehoppers! Posing here with a campus poster honoring legendary computing innovator/Vassar alumna/former VC math professor Grace Hopper ’28, During the college’s October break week computer science professor Jennifer Walter (third from left) is led the large VC contingent to this informative and empowering conference for computing females of many ages, which attracts roughly 10,000 international attendees (http://gracehopper.anitaborg.org/). Read more about the event’s namesake via the online Vassar Encyclopedia: https://vcencyclopedia.vassar.edu/alumni/grace-murray-hopper.html. Some of the “Hoppers” were funded by the Asprey Center for Collaborative Approaches to Science while others won one-time-only awards from the organizations that fund the conference.

February 3, 2016June 21, 2016

Imaging/Imagining: Art In Science Image Competition

Imaging/Imagining: An Art In Science Image Competition

What: A juried scientific image competition, with prizes for student teams in three categories:

The World Around Us – images in which the subject is visible to the naked eye
Visualizing the Unseen – images captured with the use of optics that extend beyond what the eye can see, such as microscopes and telescopes
Imagining Science – images that depict objects too small to be visualized directly, models of scientific phenomena or processes, or interpretations of scientific information

Who is eligible: Anyone who is a member of the Vassar community can submit works to be considered for display. Only student teams of one science major and one arts/humanities major are eligible for prizes.

When: CAAD (Collaborative Arts Across Disciplines) will be accepting entries beginning on Feb. 8, 2016. Entries must be submitted no later than March 28, 2016.

Prizes: The top entry in each category will win $200 ($100 per student), and a large format print of their image.

Details and guidelines

Images must be submitted in digital form by email to image@vassar.edu. Each entrant may submit up to three images for judging. Each submission must include a completed entry form below. You will receive a confirmation that your image has been successfully submitted.
Maximum file size is 20 Mb (megabytes), and it is recommended the file size be no smaller than 3 Mb, although smaller file sizes will not be disqualified.
Files must be in:.JPEG, .TIFF, or .PSD Please submit the highest quality image with regard to file size, bit depth, and resolution.
A panel of judges including Felice Frankel (author of Visual Strategies: A Practical Guide to Graphics for Scientists and Engineers and an award-winning science photographer) will select the winners in each category, as well as images that will be displayed in and around the Bridge for Laboratory Sciences.
All entrants will be notified via email on or before May 1, 2016 with results.

Entries will be judged on originality, informational content, technical proficiency, and artistic/visual impact.

Winning entries will be displayed in the Bridge for Laboratory Sciences, will be published on Vassar websites, and will appear in slide shows on other Vassar College web sites.

ENTRY FORM

Questions? Contact image@vassar.edu

Sponsored by the Asprey Center for Collaborative Approaches to Science and CAAD