Category Archives: 2018-2019

Digital Imaging in the Biological Sciences

Awardees: Mark Schlessman, John Long, Kate Susman Semester of Award: Spring 2019 Materials Awarded: Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 lens, Canon EOS 6D camera, Smith-Victor copy stand. Project Description: What did you hope to learn or achieve with the hardware and/or … Continue reading

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Creating durable mini-lectures

Awardee: Colin Aitken Semester of Award: Spring 2019 Materials Awarded: iPad and accessories Explain Everything license Project Description: I have been using the Explain Everything App (as part of the Vassar institutional license) to create whiteboard style lectures/explanations that complement … Continue reading

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Multimedia document/knowledge management using AI for research and teaching

Awardee: Yvonne Elet Semester of Award: Fall 2018 Materials Awarded: I received DevonThink Pro Office and Devonagent Pro software. I also received a 4 TB RAID 1 redundant database storage device to support the application. Project Description: Rationale: My objective … Continue reading

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Quantitative Reasoning Center Online Refugee Tutoring Project

Awardee: Hudson Gould Semester of Award: Fall 2018 Materials Awarded: two Google Chromebook Plus touchscreen laptops for the Q-Center, along with two microphone headsets Project Description: What did you hope to learn or achieve with the hardware and/or software you … Continue reading

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Story Mapping: Digital Innovations and New Ways to Teach Philosophy

Awardee: Osman Nemli Semester of Award: Spring 2019 Materials Awarded: Software: digital license for year-long access to ESRI’s ArcGIS digital mapping and digital story-telling software. Project Description: Philosophy is no stranger to mapping, whether that includes representations of a geographical … Continue reading

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Using Virtual Reality Technology to Create Immersive Language Learning Environments

Awardee: Annie Brancky Semester of Award: Spring 2019 Materials Awarded: A 360 camera, a 360 microphone, and a pair of VR goggles. Project Description: I. What did you hope to learn or achieve with the hardware and/or software you received? … Continue reading

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Digital Scanning of Analog Film

Awardee: Judy Linn Semester of Award: Fall 2018 Materials Awarded: $500 to take 4 tutorials with Richard Edelman of Woodstock Graphics to learn advanced negative scanning to enhance my own work and to be able to move forward in teaching … Continue reading

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Determining mate choice in a Neotropical treefrog

Awardee: Justin Touchon Semester of Award: Spring 2019 Materials Awarded: Audio equipment (speakers, an amplifier, an equalizer, and speaker cable) Project Description: Male frogs produce vocalizations (AKA calls) at night to both attract females for mating and to compete with … Continue reading

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Using Virtual Reality (VR) to Bring Biomolecules to Life

Awardee: Krystle McLaughlin Semester of Award: Fall 2018 Materials Awarded: Occulus Rift VR Headset & Alienware 15 Laptop Nanome Virtual Reality Software Project Description: With this Fergusson grant, I was able to purchase the Nanome Virtual Reality Software, and the … Continue reading

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Heart Rate Variability Course

Awardee: Judy Finerghty Semester of Award: Spring 2019 Materials Awarded: This allowed me to purchase an online course that furthered my knowledge of the Heart Rate Variability (HRV) biofeedback metric. HRV’s were measured by those players on the team that … Continue reading

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