University News and Communications publishes VUToday, a compilation of Vanderbilt mentions in the media, each weekday. Read a selection of Vanderbilt news stories for the week of Oct. 3. To subscribe to the daily VUToday newsletter, visit news.vanderbilt.edu/vutoday.
Associated Press: Men broke key race barrier, now back on Vanderbilt campus
Two men who helped integrate college basketball came back to Vanderbilt University last week to share provocative views on the pace of change, take up matters they rarely dared to address as students, and describe the racism they encountered on their journey—indignities they once endured in silence on the Southern campus. The return of Perry Wallace and Godfrey Dillard, part of a candid conversation unfolding this year at Vanderbilt, marks the latest milestone in the school’s long, sometimes painful history with race relations. Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos is quoted, as is first-year student Tuzo Mwarumba.
Nashville Business Journal: What you need to know about Vanderbilt’s new ‘Wond’ry’
The new brand for Vanderbilt University’s Innovation Center, The Wond’ry, is part of the school’s effort to foster innovative, entrepreneurial thinking among its students, faculty and staff. There are four primary “buckets” of programming, all of which are at various stages of launch and gestation now that the school year is underway: The Innovation Garage, Social Entrepreneurship, Innovation Culture and Entrepreneur Pre-Flight. Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos and Wond’ry Executive Director Robert Grajewski are quoted.
Nashville Public Radio: Trump hasn’t dampened enthusiasm of Republican voters, Vanderbilt Poll finds
A new Vanderbilt poll finds there is no evidence that Tennessee Republicans will stay home this election because of their disagreements with Republican candidate Donald Trump. The survey found that, even though Trump’s support in Tennessee lags behind Mitt Romney’s four years ago, Trump voters are still more enthusiastic than Hillary Clinton’s. Co-directors of the poll John Geer, Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Professor of Political Science, and Josh Clinton, Abby and Jon Winkelried Professor of Political Science, are quoted.
Washington Post: Why we might want to grow the House of Representatives by 250 more seats
Does representing a large district keep a legislator better chained to the folks back home, and does representing a smaller district make it harder for a Member of Congress to welch on his or her campaign promises? Research by Bruce Oppenheimer, professor of political science, with Professor Frances Lee of the University of Maryland suggests that modern voters may feel that in states with larger populations, voters tend to approve of their senators less and subject them to tougher re-election races.
Associated Press: Divided America: Gender equality in 2016? It’s complicated
It’s a complicated time for gender relations in the U.S., as the campaign pitting Hillary Clinton against Donald Trump has underscored—most recently, with the fallout from their first debate and a sharp exchange about Trump’s attention to a former Miss Universe and her weight. On one hand there’s been great progress toward equality. At the same time, deep and obvious gaps remain—not only in terms of economic inequality and continuing discrimination and harassment in the workplace, but in everyday actions and conversations. Brooke Ackerly, associate professor of political science, is quoted.