The Vanderbilt University Division of 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. 29.
The Tennessean: Vanderbilt writes big checks to help Mayor Barry’s transit referendum push
Vanderbilt University and Vanderbilt University Medical Center have contributed a combined $200,000 to a newly registered nonprofit formed to help Mayor Megan Barry’s transit referendum proposal. Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos and Jeffrey Balser, president and CEO of VUMC and dean of the School of Medicine, are quoted.
Reuters: Trump preaches cooperation, but can he follow through?
John Geer, vice provost for academic and strategic affairs and Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Professor of Political Science, is quoted.
U.S. News: Report: teacher bonuses boost student outcomes slightly
Vanderbilt research suggests that students’ scores increase when teachers receive bonuses.
Diverse: Emerging scholar profile: Forber-Pratt defies expectations in human and organizational development
Anjali Forber-Pratt, assistant professor of human and organizational development, and her efforts to advocate for disability rights are featured.
The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education: Black first-year students at the nation’s leading research universities
Vanderbilt now has the highest percentage of Black students in its entering class of any of the high-ranking research universities surveyed.