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 Jan. 9. To subscribe to the daily VUToday newsletter, visit news.vanderbilt.edu/vutoday.
The Wall Street Journal: Economist showed valor at the Federal Reserve and in a bullring
J. Dewey Daane‘s father, unsure his son was cut out for a college education, suggested he try working as a bank teller instead. Undeterred, the younger Mr. Daane earned a doctorate in public administration at Harvard University, advised Paraguay on financial affairs and served on the U.S. Federal Reserve Board of Governors from 1963 to 1974. Daane joined Vanderbilt in 1974 and held the title of Frank K. Houston Professor of Finance, Emeritus, when he died earlier this month at the age of 98. (subscription required)
The New York Times: Anti-vaccine activist says Trump wants him to lead panel on immunization safety
President-elect Donald Trump discussed vaccines with the prominent anti-vaccine activist Robert Kennedy Jr. on Tuesday and, according to Kennedy, asked him to chair a commission on vaccination safety and scientific integrity. William Schaffner, professor of preventive medicine and health policy, is quoted. Schaffner also is quoted in related articles in USA Today, The Scientist and Tech Times. A related article in The Daily Beast mentions Kathryn Edwards, Sarah H. Sell and Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor of Pediatrics.
Associated Press: Civil rights advocates avoid calling Sessions ‘racist’
Opponents to GOP Sen. Jeff Sessions’ selection as attorney general are calling him extremist, anti-immigration and insensitive to civil rights. But they’re refusing to call him racist. The logic behind this strategy, they say, is to get greater scrutiny paid to Sessions’ actions and his record, and reduce the chances that senators who consider Sessions a friend could use allegations of racism against him as a distraction. Efrèn Pèrez, associate professor of political science, is quoted.
Science (AAAS): Student performance measures that don’t perform
GRE scores don’t predict students’ future graduate school productivity, according to a new study from Vanderbilt’s Peabody College and School of Medicine. Study co-author Roger Chalkley, senior associate dean for biomedical research, education and training at the School of Medicine, is quoted.
The Telegraph (U.K.): How Hillary Clinton’s digital strategy helped lead to her election defeat
Hillary Clinton’s failure to connect with U.S. voters through a massive investment in social media could lead to a resurgence in more traditional political advertising methods. Experts said she might have been better off buying newspaper or local TV ads in the handful of key states she unexpectedly lost. John Geer, Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Professor of Political Science, is quoted.