{"id":2737,"date":"2026-03-29T12:33:01","date_gmt":"2026-03-29T16:33:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/lifelonglearning\/?page_id=2737"},"modified":"2026-05-07T12:33:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T16:33:09","slug":"vassar-science-sampler","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/lifelonglearning\/vassar-science-sampler\/","title":{"rendered":"Vassar Science Sampler"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Presenters: <\/em><em>Vassar Science Faculty<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Producer: David Bloom; <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Join us for weekly lectures by Vassar science faculty. In this ninth version of the Science Sampler,<\/em> <em>we will explore objects from the nanoscale (one billionth of a meter) to observations of deep space.<\/em> <em>We will learn about gene editing, the latest treatments for cancer, the science of volcanic eruptions,<\/em> <em>and the rocks in your backyard. Planned sessions include:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>March 13 Leathem Mehaffey \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/lli\/files\/2026\/03\/Whats-all-this-stuff-about-CRISPR-compressed.pdf\">What\u2019s All This Stuff About CRISPR?<\/a>\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>March 20 Brian Daly \u201cNanoscale Science at Picosecond Timescales: Laser Physics at Vassar\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>March 27 Debra Elmegreen \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/lli\/files\/2026\/03\/Elmegreen_VassarLLI-March2026.pdf\">Galaxies Across the Universe\u201d<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>April 10 Jeff Walker \u201cGeologic History of the Hudson Valley\u201d (from your rock samples)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>April 17 Colette Salyk \u201cObserving Planet Formation with the James Webb Space Telescope\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>April 24 John Zayac \u201cHeating Up or Cooling Down\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>May 1 Hayley Affronti <a href=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/lli\/files\/2026\/05\/LLI-Lecture-Affronti-S26.pdf\"><strong>\u201cUnderstanding the Latest in Cancer Therapies\u201d<\/strong><\/a><\/em>(you can view or download this lecture by clicking on it)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>May 8 Laura Hayes \u201cHow Would Shelly Organisms Respond to Ocean Alkalinity<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Enhancement, a Proposed Climate Solution?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>David Bloom has been part of the Vassar LLI since its inception and enjoys the opportunity to participate in t<\/em><em>he development of classes, especially the Science Sampler.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Presenters: Vassar Science Faculty Producer: David Bloom; Join us for weekly lectures by Vassar science faculty. In this ninth version of the Science Sampler, we will explore objects from the nanoscale (one billionth of a meter) to observations of deep space. We will learn about gene editing, the latest treatments for cancer, the science of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/lifelonglearning\/vassar-science-sampler\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Vassar Science Sampler<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":80,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2737","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/lifelonglearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2737","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/lifelonglearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/lifelonglearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/lifelonglearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/80"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/lifelonglearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2737"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/lifelonglearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2737\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2759,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/lifelonglearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2737\/revisions\/2759"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/lifelonglearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2737"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}