Vanderbilt leadership development programs underway
Apr. 9, 2021—The Employee Learning and Engagement team held virtual opening sessions for Vanderbilt Leadership Academy and Vanderbilt Leadership Enrichment in late February.
Stewart receives prestigious book prize for ‘Witness to Marvels’
Apr. 8, 2021—Tony K. Stewart has been awarded the Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy Book Prize by the Association for Asian Studies for his recent monograph, "Witness to Marvels: Sufism and Literary Imagination."
Dr. James Crowe Jr. receives SEC Faculty Achievement Award
Apr. 8, 2021—Dr. James E. Crowe Jr., a physician-scientist on the front lines of global research to eliminate human susceptibility to COVID-19 and other illnesses, is Vanderbilt University’s winner of the 2021 Southeastern Conference Faculty Achievement Award.
More than 7,600 members of Vanderbilt community support university on Giving Day
Apr. 8, 2021—More than 7,600 members of the Vanderbilt community, including alumni, students, faculty, staff, parents and friends, joined together on Giving Day, April 7, to donate more than $5 million to help advance the university’s mission of education, discovery and leadership.
Research Snapshot: New microscopy technique unveils feature that can shape applications of a class of quantum materials
Apr. 8, 2021—THE IDEA A team of researchers led by Oak Ridge National Laboratory microscopist Miaofang Chi and Vanderbilt theoretical physicist Sokrates Pantelides has used a new Scanning Transmission Electron Microscope technique to image the electron distribution in ionic compounds known as electrides— especially the electrons that float loosely within pockets and appear separate from the atomic...
Research Snapshot: Media consumption and political attentiveness data shed new light on political polarization in U.S.
Apr. 8, 2021—Research Snapshot: Eunji Kim finds that politics have become more like sports than ever before: It is easier to watch partisan news when your political party is winning. Est. reading time: 75 seconds.
Personalized Structural Biology aids cancer treatment decisions
Apr. 8, 2021—Cancer specialists at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, in partnership with biochemists and structural biologists across the Vanderbilt University campus, are taking “personalized” cancer therapy to a new level.
Divinity School to host conversation on realities of Asian diaspora
Apr. 7, 2021—On Thursday, April 8, the Vanderbilt Divinity School will host the first of three panel discussions focused on exploring the experience of Asian and Asian American people.
Return to Campus update for graduate and professional students for April 7
Apr. 7, 2021—The latest numbers from Vanderbilt's COVID-19 public dashboard, safety and COVID-19 reminders for the return of warmer weather, and a new working group to explore changes to the university's health and safety protocols are included in this week's Return to Campus update.
Return to Campus update for undergraduates for April 7
Apr. 7, 2021—The latest numbers from Vanderbilt's COVID-19 public dashboard, safety and COVID-19 reminders for the return of warmer weather, and a new working group to explore changes to the university's health and safety protocols are included in this week's Return to Campus update.
Return to Campus update for postdocs for April 7
Apr. 7, 2021—The latest numbers from Vanderbilt's COVID-19 public dashboard, safety reminders for the return of warmer weather, and a new working group to explore changes to the university's health and safety protocols are included in this week's Return to Campus update.
Return to Campus update for staff for April 7
Apr. 7, 2021—The latest numbers from Vanderbilt's COVID-19 public dashboard, the end of VU's temperature screening program, safety reminders for the return of warmer weather, and a new working group to explore changes to the university's health and safety protocols are included in this week's Return to Campus update.
Return to Campus update for faculty for April 7
Apr. 7, 2021—The latest numbers from Vanderbilt's COVID-19 public dashboard, safety reminders for the return of warmer weather, and a new working group to explore changes to the university's health and safety protocols are included in this week's Return to Campus update.
Research Snapshot: New microscopy technique of electron distributions and theory unveils a feature that can shape applications of a class of quantum materials
Apr. 7, 2021—Theory and experimental data on an electride, a member of a class of exotic materials, unveil new secrets that may impact technology developments. Est. reading time: 2 mins.
Study revises understanding of cancer metabolism
Apr. 7, 2021—Tumors consume glucose at high rates, but a team of Vanderbilt researchers has discovered that cancer cells themselves are not the culprit, upending models of cancer metabolism that have been developed and refined over the last 100 years.