Month: August 2021

By Marissa Shapiro THE IDEA Jonathan Gilligan (John Russell) Jonathan Gilligan, associate professor of Earth and environmental sciences and civil and environmental engineering, and a group of international researchers have illustrated potential international conflicts over climate change. One of a larger group of studies, this work engaged in a role-playing scenario set in 2040 in... Read More

Through a partnership between the Coffee Equity Lab at the Wond’ry and the Del Fuego Project—a Yepocapa, Guatemala-based nonprofit that’s building capacity in small-holder farming communities—Vanderbilt students engaged in collaborative design to generate innovations in coffee processing. Read More

MuSyC is a technique to help researchers devise new combinations of drugs. An open-source analysis tool, it holds the promise speed such discoveries around the world. Read More

We are looking for creative, motivated, reliable students who are passionate about Vanderbilt University and excited by the world of social media. Learn more about working with the VanderbiltU social media team. Read More

Vanderbilt welcomes the Class of 2025 at the Nashville Commodore Launch event, which was held at the home of John Lutz, vice chancellor for development and alumni relations. (Anne Rayner) Nearly 50 Commodore Launch events were held across the U.S. this summer to welcome the newest members of the… Read More

The Vanderbilt community welcomed and celebrated first-year, transfer and Next Steps students at Founders Walk on Sunday, Aug. 22. Read More

Hundreds of acres of trees, green spaces and gardens across Vanderbilt’s campus support thousands of bees that live on the roof of the Jean and Alexander Heard Central Library. Read More

A little rain didn't stop Vanderbilt from welcoming the Class of 2025 to campus. The traditional first-year student Move-In event took place as students arrived on The Martha Ingram Commons on Saturday, Aug. 21. Read More

Vanderbilt-led research encourages entrepreneurs to embrace new ways of thinking to address grand challenges facing society, like climate change and inequality. Read More

G.L. Black, associate provost and dean of students, welcomes new and returning students to campus for the new academic year. Read More

Simulating controversial responses to climate change, researchers illustrate how a small group of nations may influence climate change in the decades to come. Est. reading time: 2 mins. Read More

Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation volunteers have established communications with RadFxSat-2, a small CubeSat that had been silent since it deployed in a Virgin Orbit in January 2021. Read More

Vanderbilt University research from Professor of Political Science Elizabeth Zechmeister shows that gendered beliefs about leadership mean that women heads of state are less likely than men to receive a bump in support after an international terrorist incident. Read More

Vanderbilt University recently launched new multiyear agreements with a select group of vendors to supply all promotional products and awards to departments and student organizations at Vanderbilt University and Vanderbilt University Medical Center, effective July 1. Read More

A Vanderbilt research study is seeking children currently ages 10-16 of all hearing statuses who use signed language, spoken language or both with no cochlear implant or any other permanent metal in the body.   Read More

Join the Center for Latin American, Caribbean and Latinx Studies (CLACX) for a timely panel discussion focused on the current political and social unrest in Cuba. The event will be held on Thursday, Aug. 26, beginning at 2:10 p.m. in the Bishop Joseph Johnson Black Cultural Center Auditorium. Read More

The Meharry-Vanderbilt Community Engaged Research Core announces a new round of mini-grants. The deadline to apply is Friday, Oct. 29. Read More

The call for abstracts for the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center’s 2021 Virtual Science Day is now open through Tuesday, Aug. 31. Science Day promotes “centeredness” across Vanderbilt University and Vanderbilt University Medical Center, provides an opportunity to present significant research findings in intellectual and developmental disabilities research, and encourages research collaboration. Read More

Chancellor Daniel Diermeier and the Vanderbilt Project on Unity and American Democracy will host a virtual panel Aug. 26 on the crisis in Afghanistan—a timely and exclusive discussion featuring Vanderbilt faculty historians and foreign policy experts and retired Lt. Gen. Scott A. Howell, former commander of U.S. Joint Special Operations Command.  Read More

Army Futures Command recently awarded Vanderbilt a one-year, $1.2 million investment to support collaborations between researchers and soldiers to innovate research-based technologies with a path to commercialization and prompt acquisition of products by the Army. Read More