冈本视频

  • Socrates鈥 suicide, reenacted on the Ho Tung Visualization Lab鈥檚 domed screen.
    Some say that the death of a great philosopher in 冈本视频鈥檚 Ho Tung Visualization Lab on October 27 was a miscarriage of justice and a stain on Athenian democracy. Socrates鈥 suicide, reenacted on the Vis Lab鈥檚 domed screen by actor H.C. Selkirk, didn鈥檛 require the response of law enforcement, but it did draw a crowd [鈥
    November 10, 2016
  • Vassar professor Nicholas Adams delivers lecture at podium in the Chapel House Sanctuary
    冈本视频鈥檚 Chapel House is at once an architectural novelty and a sanctuary. Beneath the flat roof, behind the 1950s abstracted formalism, you鈥檒l see rare works of religious art and books on world religion; you鈥檒l find a dining room, music room, and living quarters. In silence and meditation, you can lose yourself or find yourself at [鈥
    November 9, 2016
  • Students in matching red 冈本视频 Computer Science t-shirts at the conference
    Six members of the 冈本视频 computer science department recently traveled to Houston, TX, to participate in the 2016 Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing. Students Lauren Henske 鈥20, Zoila Rodriguez 鈥18, Stephanie Tortora 鈥17, and Bria Vicenti 鈥17 and professors Aaron Gember-Jacobson and Madeline E. Smith were among nearly 15,000 attendees at the [鈥
    November 8, 2016
  • The Engineering Club members prepare to launch their weather balloon.
    Somewhere in the Atlantic Ocean, a Styrofoam cooler filled with GPS equipment and GoPro cameras floats toward Nova Scotia. The cooler, with a popped balloon and parachute attached, is actually the body of a weather balloon that the 冈本视频 Engineering Club designed and built. The club launched the balloon on October 5, and they tracked [鈥
    November 8, 2016
  • A wastewater treatment plant.
    It turns out that everyone may have been measuring carbon emissions incorrectly all along. But not in a good way. New research led by 冈本视频 Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies and Physics Linda Tseng, published this week in the journal Environmental Science and Technology and reported in Scientific American, identified an overlooked source of greenhouse gas [鈥
    November 7, 2016
  • Bruce Milligan '73 in fencing attire
    Bruce Milligan 鈥73, who began his career as a game designer, now creates computer simulations that save lives.
    November 4, 2016