Chris Vanags
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Vanderbilt researchers explore new science education approach to build youths’ agency amid climate anxiety
By Jenna Somers Heidi Carlone A three-year, nearly $1.3 million grant from the National Science Foundation supports a trans-institutional research team at Vanderbilt University investigating an innovative approach to STEM education that could help young people develop STEM identities and agency amid climate anxiety. Children around the world… Read MoreNov 28, 2023
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Vanderbilt delegation holds workshops at American University of Iraq–Baghdad, advances new college of education design
Representatives from Vanderbilt University’s Peabody College of education and human development visited the American University of Iraq—Baghdad in April and May to advance the collaboration between the institutions on improving Iraqi higher education and strengthening the teacher workforce. Read MoreJun 5, 2023
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Vanderbilt works to help rural Tennessee county solve cancer outbreak mystery
Growing worries among Grundy County, Tennessee, residents about cancer outbreaks within families, churches and neighborhoods have propelled a community partnership drawing on Vanderbilt University’s strengths to develop environmental and health self-assessment tools. Read MoreJan 27, 2023
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‘The War in Ukraine and the Role of Education’ is June 23
Vanderbilt Peabody College will host a discussion with Anna Novosad, Ukraine’s former minister of education and an alumna of the Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program at Vanderbilt, about the role of education in rebuilding Ukraine and the impact of its war with Russia on the region and around the world. The online event is scheduled for Thursday, June 23, from 11 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. CT. Read MoreJun 13, 2022
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‘Young Scientist’ showcases high schoolers’ research at Vanderbilt
High school students performing advanced research at Vanderbilt have the opportunity to share their findings with the scientific community through a journal of their own. Read MoreJun 2, 2016
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Overcoming challenges to scientific innovation topic of (Lunch) Box talk
Environmental scientist Chris Vanags will discuss overcoming obstacles to scientific innovation at the Nov. 5 Thinking Out of the (Lunch) Box talk at the Nashville Public Library. Read MoreNov 4, 2014