Arts And Science
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Class of 2018: Kelly Perry uses storytelling to connect and heal
Kelly Perry believes in the power of stories—writing them, collecting them and sharing them to strengthen community. Read MoreMay 8, 2018
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Class of 2018: Phillip McGloin wants to promote sports as a cultural unifier
Since he was 13, Phillip McGloin’s world had orbited around basketball. He walked on to the Commodore basketball team as a freshman and played three seasons. But he chose to leave the team during his junior year to begin planning more seriously for his future. Read MoreMay 3, 2018
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Study: Transparency, competition key to improving legislators’ performance
Politicians will work harder at their jobs when their performance is reported to constituents early in their terms—but only where there’s a degree of competition from rival parties. Read MoreMay 2, 2018
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Looking beyond the ‘magic bullet’ approach to drug discovery
Vanderbilt scientists have developed a new process that can rapidly and inexpensively identify personalized cancer drugs derived from nature. Read MoreMay 1, 2018
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Vanderbilt’s Sarah Igo places today’s privacy concerns in historical context
Sarah Igo, associate professor of history and author of “The Known Citizen: A History of Privacy in Modern America,” explores the roots of modern privacy issues in America. Read MoreApr 26, 2018
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Class of 2018: Briana Francois wants to make content that resonates and entertains
The only thing Briana Francois enjoys more than watching TV and digital content is creating it. Her double majors in psychology and cinema and media arts have allowed her both to examine human behavior and represent it authentically on film. Read MoreApr 26, 2018
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Unraveling genetic mystery next step in Zika and dengue fight
How a bacteria hijacked insect fertility remained a mystery for five decades, until Associate Professor of Biological Sciences Seth Bordenstein and his team helped solve it. Read MoreApr 23, 2018
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Skip Bayless reflects on Vanderbilt experience during campus talk
Skip Bayless, a noted sports journalist, television personality and Grantland Rice Scholarship recipient, credits a high school teacher and his Vanderbilt experience for launching his career path. Read MoreApr 23, 2018
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Class of 2018: Jalen Dansby sets his sights on medical school and community leadership
As Jalen Dansby approaches Commencement, he has acceptance letters from 10 of the country’s top medical schools, including Yale and Vanderbilt. He’s motivated to become a doctor not just for himself, but also for his community. Read MoreApr 23, 2018
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Q&A: Going to Mars with astronomy professor David Weintraub
We can go to Mars—soon. But should we? Astronomy Professor David Weintraub asks the ethical questions in his new book, "Life on Mars: What to Know Before We Go." Read MoreApr 20, 2018
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NPR podcast visits Immersion seminar on literary arts
Eleven students shared stories about their first-year Vanderbilt experiences with Nashville poets, and the conversations were transformed into meaningful poems during a literary arts seminar. Read MoreApr 19, 2018
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Characterizing ‘keyhole’ is first step to fighting obesity at the cellular level
A Vanderbilt team and their international colleagues characterized for the first time a complex, little-understood cellular receptor type that, when activated, shuts off hunger. Read MoreApr 18, 2018
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NASA’s TESS mission to discover new worlds will use a map developed at Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt’s Keivan Stassun serves as a deputy principal investigator on the mission and is tasked with identifying the most promising stars to target in its search for habitable nearby planets. Read MoreApr 16, 2018
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Class of 2018: Yalun Feng combines his passion for the environment with entrepreneurship
Yalun Feng wants to look beyond science—to social solutions and entrepreneurship—to help solve problems affecting the environment. Read MoreApr 16, 2018
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Center for Effective Lawmaking hosts bipartisan D.C. roundtable on education policy
Vanderbilt hosted the first in a series of three roundtables organized by the Center for Effective Lawmaking to provide academic expertise on issues relevant to lawmakers. Read MoreApr 13, 2018
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Celebrate Shakespeare’s birthday on Library Lawn
The Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries and the Nashville Shakespeare Festival will hold the Bard's Birthday Bash—marking the 454th birthday of William Shakespeare—April 23 on Library Lawn. Read MoreApr 11, 2018
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Alum’s research on Byzantine architecture paired with Divinity student project
Jelena Bogdanović, a leading historian of medieval art and architecture at Iowa State University, will discuss "The Canopy and the Byzantine Church" April 14 at the Divinity School. Read MoreApr 11, 2018
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Six academic leaders honored at Spring Faculty Assembly
Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos honored six Vanderbilt academic leaders at the Spring Faculty Assembly with awards recognizing their teaching, research, service and commitment to diversity. Read MoreApr 9, 2018
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Three Vanderbilt A&S professors awarded 2018 Guggenheim Fellowships
College of Arts and Science professors Joel Harrington, Antonis Rokas and Edward Wright-Rios have been awarded highly prestigious 2018 Guggenheim Fellowships for their research. Read MoreApr 5, 2018
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Gender and labor are central themes of VU Theatre spring production
VU Theatre will close its 2017-18 season with "Mrs. Warren's Profession," a late Victorian-era play by George Bernard Shaw that remains very relevant on issues related to gender and labor. Read MoreApr 4, 2018