Author: Seth Robertson
The House That ‘Corbs’ Built: Former Vanderbilt Players Help Fund New Baseball Facilities to Honor Coach Tim Corbin
Apr. 7, 2017—If you want to get a handle on the game of baseball, a good place to start is with the ball itself, specifically the seams that tie it all together. The 108 red stitches—used by pitchers to alter the trajectory of throws, depending on subtle changes in their grip—are the threads that have bound the...
VUToday: Robotic autism research in weekly roundup of VU news stories
Mar. 31, 2017—University research on autism and Vanderbilt's economic impact on Tennessee are among the national Vanderbilt news stories for the week of March 27.
VUToday: The middle-class crisis in weekly roundup of VU news stories
Mar. 27, 2017—A Vanderbilt law professor's argument that the Constitution requires an economy with a strong middle class is among the national Vanderbilt news stories for the week of March 20.
VUToday: Comic-book time travel in weekly roundup of VU news stories
Mar. 17, 2017—Vanderbilt news stories for the week of March 13 include a physics professor's theory about time travel and the Large Hadron Collider. It's not just science fiction.
VUToday: The connection between weight and social status in weekly roundup of VU news stories
Mar. 10, 2017—Vanderbilt news stories for the week of March 6 include faculty research on the connection between weight and social mobility.
VUToday: Fighting mosquitoes with parasite genes in weekly roundup of VU news stories
Mar. 3, 2017—Vanderbilt news stories for the week of Feb. 27 include faculty research on insect parasite genetics that may hold the key to controlling disease-carrying mosquitoes.
Space weather and Trump’s higher-ed task force in weekly roundup of VU news stories
Feb. 24, 2017—Vanderbilt news stories for the week of Feb. 20 include research about storms in space, as well as inquiries into Trump's higher-ed task force.
VUToday: Trump’s travel ban and a double-major dilemma in weekly roundup of VU news stories
Feb. 17, 2017—Vanderbilt news stories for the week of Feb. 13 include the university's urging of the courts to rule against Trump's travel ban, along with research on the wisdom of double-majoring.
Judicial criticism and public education reform in weekly roundup of VU news stories
Feb. 10, 2017—Vanderbilt news stories for the week of Feb. 6 include faculty comments about Trump's judicial criticism and public education reform.
VUToday: Higher-ed regulations and cotton-candy capillaries in weekly roundup of VU news stories
Feb. 3, 2017—Vanderbilt news stories for the week of Jan. 30 included mention of Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos' task force on higher education regulation, as well as coverage of engineering professors' research on human tissue regeneration.
Neanderthal DNA research and Affordable Care Act in weekly roundup of VU news stories
Jan. 27, 2017—Neanderthal DNA research at Vanderbilt and the Affordable Care Act appeared in this week's roundup of VU news stories for the week of Jan. 23.
VUToday: Obama’s legacy, saving of rare Cuban colonial documents in weekly roundup of VU news stories
Jan. 20, 2017—Vanderbilt news stories for the week of Jan. 16 included coverage of the recent Chancellor’s Lecture Series discussion about President Obama’s legacy, as well as researchers' attempts to save rare Cuban colonial documents.