URSI: Undergraduate Research Summer Institute - Vassar College

URSI: Undergraduate Research Summer Institute - Vassar College The Undergraduate Research Summer Institute is a full-time, 10 week immersive research program at VC.

About URSI
Every summer a vibrant summer science community is formed under the umbrella of the Undergraduate Research Summer Institute (URSI). Approximately 60 students team up with over 30 faculty to engage in cutting-edge research on a wide variety of topics spanning the sciences. In this ten week, full-time, immersive research experience, students develop and execute research projects, particip

ate in scientific workshops, and enjoy a variety of social activities. In early Fall, URSI students and faculty come together with the wider community to present their research at the URSI Symposium. Students who participate in URSI are better prepared and motivated to secure employment in the science sector or pursue advanced degrees in the sciences, thereby helping to sustain a rich talent pool in critical areas of research and innovation. URSI students have gone on to present their research at regional and national meetings, and have published their work in a variety of publications, including top-tier scientific journals. All current Vassar students who will be continuing their studies during the semester following the URSI summer period are eligible to apply. Students who are members of groups historically underrepresented in the sciences are particularly encouraged to apply.

***URSI 2026 40th Anniversary *** 93 students
05/27/2026

***URSI 2026 40th Anniversary *** 93 students

2025 URSI Symposium, 9/17/25
09/15/2025

2025 URSI Symposium, 9/17/25

Undergraduate Research Summer Institute (URSI) Tracking Blandings turtles and monitoring nesting areas. Undergraduate Research Summer Institute (URSI) Evaluating the health of the Fonteyn Kill, a stream that runs through campus. Undergraduate Research Summer Institute (URSI) Recreating an ecological...

URSI student Claire Lowry is in the mechanical room that has the equipment for the Institute for the Liberal Arts and He...
07/01/2025

URSI student Claire Lowry is in the mechanical room that has the equipment for the Institute for the Liberal Arts and Heartwood at Vassar building's geothermal system.

Claire is standing in front of the building that houses the Vassar Institute for the Liberal Arts and the Heartwood at Vassar hotel. This building is her research site as she investigated the performance of the building's renewable energy systems.

URSI student Claire is in the electrical room of the building that houses the Vassar Institute for the Liberal Arts and ...
07/01/2025

URSI student Claire is in the electrical room of the building that houses the Vassar Institute for the Liberal Arts and the Heartwood at Vassar hotel. With her is Kevin Santiago, the engineer for the building. The building is all-electric, with no burning of fossil fuels on site.

Chemistry's Professor Taylor Teitsworth's URSI students are measuring the electrochemical properties of molecularly-modi...
06/26/2025

Chemistry's Professor Taylor Teitsworth's URSI students are measuring the electrochemical properties of molecularly-modified surfaces. They are also using the Raman spectroscopy to characterize thin carbon films.

URSI Student Dimitrios Tzepos meets up with URSI Student Olivia Trader at the 18th Chaos conference in Athens, Greece.
06/26/2025

URSI Student Dimitrios Tzepos meets up with URSI Student Olivia Trader at the 18th Chaos conference in Athens, Greece.

URSI 2025Thank you to all donors for helping URSI a successful program!
06/11/2025

URSI 2025
Thank you to all donors for helping URSI a successful program!

02/19/2025
2025 URSI Schedule: https://www.vassar.edu/ursi/schedulestudent application opens: Monday, February 17th
02/04/2025

2025 URSI Schedule:
https://www.vassar.edu/ursi/schedule
student application opens: Monday, February 17th

Undergraduate Research Summer Institute (URSI) Tracking Blandings turtles and monitoring nesting areas. Undergraduate Research Summer Institute (URSI) Evaluating the health of the Fonteyn Kill, a stream that runs through campus. Undergraduate Research Summer Institute (URSI) Recreating an ecological...

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