Students, faculty, and administrators gathered recently in Thompson Library for a symposium sponsored by the Vassar Environmental Research Institute, where they shared ideas on ways to combat climate change.
Leah Isseroff Bendavid and her collaborators are investigating the potential application of boronic acids as anchoring groups in dye-sensitized solar cells with a computational study the scope of which is only possible through ACCESS—an advanced computing and data resource supported by the National Science Foundation. The results of this study will inform ways in which dye-sensitized solar cells can be optimized to improve their stability and efficiency.
Professor of Japanese and Chinese PeipeiQiuis playing a major role in a new project employing artificial intelligence technology that she hopes will shed further light on the plight of Chinese women who were raped and tortured by Japanese soldiers in the 1930s and 1940s.