Fall 2009 volume 105 Issue 4
Caterina Fake ’91, cofounder of Flickr, the revolutionary online photo-management and sharing application, talks about her latest venture, Hunch, a website that gathers information about users to help them answer questions about everything from “Which Woody Allen movie should I see?” to “Which flat-screen television is right for me?” By Bronwen Pardes '95
Journalist Alexandra Berzon ’01, who won a 2009 Pulitzer Prize for a series of articles examining the death of construction workers on the Las Vegas Strip, compares notes with former reporter Matthew Brelis ’80, who received the prize in 1987. By Matthew Brelis ’80
Spurred on by advances in genomic sequencing, the rapidly growing field of bioinformatics combines mathematical, statistical, and computational methods to model and analyze biological systems. Vassar’s bioinformatics course is one example of the college’s growing investment in science education. By Jeff Kosmacher