Year: 2023
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Khalil Ekulona, host of WPLN’s ‘This Is Nashville,’ to speak at Vanderbilt’s 2024 MLK Day Commemorative Event
Khalil Ekulona, host of the Nashville Public Radio program This Is Nashville, will be the keynote speaker for Vanderbilt University’s 2024 Martin Luther King Jr. Day commemoration. Ekulona will address the Vanderbilt community on Monday, Jan. 15, at 1:30 p.m. Read MoreDec 14, 2023
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Vanderbilt Poll: State legislature’s approval remains low; bipartisan support for abortion exceptions, gun safety laws; more
If the 2024 presidential election were held today, a felony conviction would cost former President Trump some votes, but not enough to make Tennessee a close contest in the 2024 presidential race. This shift could, however, cost Trump key battleground states, according to the latest statewide Vanderbilt Poll, released today. Read MoreDec 14, 2023
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Undergraduates: Take the annual Quality of Life Survey, help shape the student experience
Student Affairs and the Office of Undergraduate Education invite all undergraduate students to participate in Vanderbilt’s annual winter break Quality of Life Survey. The survey’s purpose is to better understand the nature of the undergraduate experience at Vanderbilt and the feedback we get from the QLS plays a big part in shaping university practices and resources. Please consider taking the survey to ensure that your experience is represented. Read MoreDec 13, 2023
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REMINDER: Vanderbilt staff, faculty holiday discounts and giveaways available Dec. 15–18
Vanderbilt University is hosting several giveaways and discounts to show our appreciation for our staff and faculty’s hard work this year. Here is a reminder of what’s coming up. Read MoreDec 13, 2023
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Refugee journeys illuminated: A look at Vanderbilt’s partnership with nonprofit NICE
Vanderbilt recently supported the Nashville International Center for Empowerment’s "Nicest Night in Nashville," an event celebrating immigrant and refugee communities while raising funds for housing, employment, education and other resources for newly arrived individuals and families. Read MoreDec 13, 2023
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How to help: Join relief efforts for Tennessee tornado victims
Relief efforts related to the devastating tornadoes that touched down in multiple counties across Middle Tennessee. Here's how you can help. Read MoreDec 13, 2023
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Stark discusses history’s lessons for AI regulation in ‘New England Journal of Medicine’
The future for AI regulation is currently being charted in the United States and will have significant effects on the health sciences, writes Vanderbilt researcher Laura Stark in a new article published in The New England Journal of Medicine. Read MoreDec 12, 2023
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Kit Neikirk named Marshall Scholar; will study at University of Edinburgh and University College London
As a Marshall Scholar, considered among the most accomplished undergraduates and recent graduates in the U.S., Neikirk will pursue advanced degrees in social determinants of health and biomedical imaging. Read MoreDec 12, 2023
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Experiencing the neural symphony underlying memory through a blend of science and art
Neuroscientist Saman Abbaspoor in the lab of Kari Hoffman won the NIH BRAIN Initiative's 2023 Show Us Your BRAINs! Photo and Video contest. The clip shows how “sharp-wave ripples", different layers of neural activity in the hippocampus, are wirelessly recorded to help study memory. Read MoreDec 12, 2023
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Justin Baba receives 2023 Battelle Distinguished Inventor recognition
A Vanderbilt University engineering professor affiliated with the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory has been named a Battelle Distinguished Inventor from ORNL. Justin Baba, associate research professor of biomedical engineering, was one of four scientists honored at the Lab’s annual Innovation Awards. Read MoreDec 12, 2023
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Vanderbilt team leads $6.89 million DARPA grant to train cyber agents against attacks
Daniel Balasubramanian, a senior research scientist at Vanderbilt’s Institute for Software Integrated Systems, will lead a four-year $6.89 million grant from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to create realistic network environments used to train cyber agents to counter advanced and persistent cyber threats. Estimates have placed the cost of global cybercrime as high... Read MoreDec 12, 2023
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Vanderbilt team leads $6.89 million DARPA grant to train cyber agents against attacks
Daniel Balasubramanian, a senior research scientist at Vanderbilt’s Institute for Software Integrated Systems, will lead a four-year $6.89 million grant from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to create realistic network environments used to train cyber agents to counter advanced and persistent cyber threats. Estimates have placed the cost of global cybercrime as high... Read MoreDec 12, 2023
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Daniel Fleetwood named distinguished National Academy of Inventors Fellow
Daniel M. Fleetwood, Olin H. Landreth Professor of Engineering, has been named a National Academy of Inventors Fellow, the highest professional distinction awarded solely to academic inventors. Read MoreDec 12, 2023
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Benton leads study on infants’ understanding of causal action for people and objects
By Jenna Somers Deon Benton Deon Benton, assistant professor of psychology and human development, is leading an experimental study to understand when and how infants learn to distinguish that people can cause action both from a distance and by contact, but objects can only cause action by contact. While… Read MoreDec 12, 2023
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Weiss’ studies support Vietnam’s mental health licensure policy and pagoda-based depression treatment
By Jenna Somers Bahr Weiss Research Professor of Psychology and Human Development Bahr Weiss is helping to lead efforts to develop Vietnam’s licensure criteria for clinical psychologists, and as part of his primary efforts at capacity development, he and his team are adapting, implementing, and evaluating a mindfulness-based… Read MoreDec 12, 2023
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Daniel Fleetwood named distinguished National Academy of Inventors Fellow
Daniel M. Fleetwood, Olin H. Landreth Professor of Engineering, has been named a National Academy of Inventors Fellow, the highest professional distinction awarded solely to academic inventors. Fleetwood, who is a professor of electrical engineering as well as physics, is best known for his research into radiation effects on microelectronic devices and materials, low-frequency noise,... Read MoreDec 12, 2023
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Daniel Fleetwood named distinguished National Academy of Inventors Fellow
Daniel M. Fleetwood, Olin H. Landreth Professor of Engineering, has been named a National Academy of Inventors Fellow, the highest professional distinction awarded solely to academic inventors. Fleetwood, who is a professor of electrical engineering as well as physics, is best known for his research into radiation effects on microelectronic devices and materials, low-frequency noise,... Read MoreDec 12, 2023
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Victor Czerkasij, MSN’06: More than Skin Deep
For Victor Czerkasij (pronounced chur’ ka-see) and his wife, Rene, Ukraine was the land of his parents and ancestors, and it was supposed to be the site of their 40th wedding anniversary vacation. Then the war came. And the effects of that war… Read MoreDec 11, 2023
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Graduate student research to be highlighted in exhibition celebrating Sesquicentennial; submissions now being accepted
The Graduate School will host a special exhibition of student research in February, with the winning presentations included in a time capsule commemorating Vanderbilt’s yearlong Sesquicentennial celebration. Ten graduate students will be selected to present their research in the form of five-minute lightning talks at the event. Submit your research by January 22. Read MoreDec 11, 2023
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Institute for the Advancement of Higher Education to drive trans-institutional innovation in teaching and learning
Faculty are invited to utilize Vanderbilt's Institute for the Advancement of Higher Education, or AdvancED, for training and support as they explore new ways to connect with students, whether on campus or online. Read MoreDec 11, 2023