Heidi Hall
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Army Futures Command, Vanderbilt ink partnership to encourage innovation, education for both
Army Futures Command and Vanderbilt University signed an agreement April 9 that links creative, innovative soldiers with top-tier Vanderbilt University experts so that ideas quickly can become useful products. Read MoreApr 11, 2019
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Vanderbilt students’ Zeno Power Systems featured at D.C. innovation, entrepreneurship showcase
Hosted by the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities and the Association of American Universities, the event will spotlight 20 startups from across the nation that created products and services using federally funded, university-based research. Read MoreApr 5, 2019
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The hunt is on for closest Earth-like planets
The catalog identifies 1,823 stars for which TESS is sensitive enough to spot Earth-like planets just a bit larger than Earth that receive radiation from their star equivalent to what Earth receives from our sun. Read MoreMar 26, 2019
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Like racecars and geese, cancer cells draft their way to new tumor sites
The finding gives a boost to the field of metabolomics, the next big thing in fighting cancer. It can complement immunotherapies, which use the body’s natural defenses to kill cancer cells. Read MoreMar 25, 2019
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Stalagmite holds key to predicting droughts, floods for India
Stalagmite records from monsoon regions such as India are vital to understanding past variability in the global climate system and the underlying reasons for this variability. Read MoreMar 25, 2019
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New low-profile ankle exoskeleton fits under clothes for potential broad adoption
Developed by Vanderbilt mechanical engineers, the device is believed to be the first ankle exoskeleton that could be worn under clothes without restricting motion. It does not require additional components such as batteries or actuators carried on the back or waist. Read MoreMar 22, 2019
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Abrams talks resiliency, the power of young voters in Vanderbilt appearance with chancellor
Stacey Abrams discussed politics, resiliency and optimism with Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos Tuesday evening after visiting with students during the day. Read MoreMar 20, 2019
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Engineering students, doggie day care owner team up to build the better pooper scooper
The How to Make (Almost) Anything class instructor said the actual project isn't as important as working together to address real-life concerns. Read MoreMar 18, 2019
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Robot-guided video game gets older adults out of comfort zone, learning and working together
The video game isn’t about talking robots or colorful books. It’s about getting seniors in the early stages of dementia out of their rooms, moving their bodies and, most importantly, working together. Read MoreMar 18, 2019
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President Bush visits Vanderbilt students before candid, humorous lecture series appearance
President George W. Bush surprised a Vanderbilt University history class and visited a student veterans club before enthralling a capacity crowd at Langford Auditorium on Monday, discussing economic policy, last year’s deaths of his famed parents, and his newly developed love, painting. Read MoreMar 12, 2019
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New lipid shape atlas holds key to early disease detection
A team of Vanderbilt University chemists started decoding the total human molecular picture by examining 456 variations of one class of molecule, lipids. Read MoreFeb 28, 2019
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Study links Celebrex, heart valve calcification after earlier research declared drug safe
A big-data analysis of patient records at Vanderbilt University has found a link specifically between Celebrex and heart valve calcification. Read MoreFeb 22, 2019
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First step toward model brain: turning iPSCs into working blood-brain barrier
The brain endothelial barrier had previously been generated from induced pluripotent stem cells in a two-dimensional culture but not validated in three-dimensional, vein-like structures that are necessary to feed the organoids. Read MoreFeb 21, 2019
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Vanderbilt collaboration yields promising compound to treat arrhythmia
In addition to establishing potency, the team’s tests on cells and, later, mice showed that even high doses of the compound caused no ill effects. Read MoreFeb 21, 2019
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New algorithm calculates drug synergy; initial tests involve melanoma, lung cancer
Drug combinations used for the treatment of non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and melanoma aren’t as effective as they could be. Oncologists haven’t had the right tools to predict drug interactions, other than in costly clinical trials. That could change with a new algorithm developed by a cross-disciplinary Vanderbilt University team… Read MoreFeb 20, 2019
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‘The View’s’ Meghan McCain reflects on her father, civility at Chancellor’s Lecture
During her Chancellor's Lecture Series appearance Tuesday evening, Meghan McCain, political analyst, best-selling author and co-host of "The View," said she loves visiting universities and talking to young people about politics because they’re more curious and open than older generations. Read MoreFeb 20, 2019
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They call it puppy love, but what is it really?
Even if animals have ulterior motives for teaming up, they teach humans a lot about love, says Vanderbilt University animal biologist Patrick Abbot. Read MoreFeb 12, 2019
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Women’s hormones play role in drug addiction, higher relapse rates
But long before female-specific medications are available, treatment centers could use the information in this study to educate women about their stronger mental connections to places and objects. Read MoreFeb 8, 2019
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‘The View’ co-host, political analyst Meghan McCain to give Chancellor’s Lecture Feb. 19
Author and co-host of "The View" Meghan McCain will join Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos and Distinguished Visiting Professor Jon Meacham at Vanderbilt Feb. 19 for a wide-ranging discussion of the politics impacting American life in 2019. Read MoreFeb 1, 2019
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Biologist duo brings Wolbachia curriculum to students, citizen scientists around globe
A curriculum directed by biologists Seth and Sarah Bordenstein is responsible for helping countless thousands of college students, schoolkids and citizen scientists worldwide contribute to research on microbes using cutting-edge technology. Read MoreJan 22, 2019