Reagan Villet
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Limited Submission Opportunity: 2025 Incyte Ingenuity Awards in graft-versus-host-disease
Vanderbilt University may submit up to five applications to the 2025 Incyte Ingenuity Awards in graft-versus-host-disease. Read MoreMar 4, 2025
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Vanderbilt Law School receives $6.8 million gift to establish The Gail Anderson Cañizares Innocence Clinic
Vanderbilt Law School has received a gift from the Anbridge Charitable Fund to endow the creation of The Gail Anderson Cañizares Innocence Clinic, which will support the exoneration of wrongfully convicted individuals in Tennessee while providing students with hands-on case experience. The clinic, which will function as a course available to 2L and 3L students, launches in the 2026 spring semester and will coordinate with the Tennessee Innocence Project to source cases. Read MoreMar 3, 2025
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Quantum Potential Episode 3: Brian Bachmann, professor of chemistry, charts path to personalized treatment
In the third episode of the Quantum Potential podcast, Provost C. Cybele Raver welcomes chemist Brian Bachmann, who is the principal investigator for the Vanderbilt Laboratory for Biosynthetic Studies. Read MoreMar 3, 2025
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Participants needed for parent-child music class research opportunity
The Vanderbilt Kennedy Center invites parents/caregivers and their infant (~6-12 months old) to participate in a music class/parent education opportunity. Read MoreFeb 28, 2025
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Heard Libraries and Springer Nature establish open access publishing agreement for ‘Nature’ and other leading science journals
Vanderbilt University’s Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries have announced an open access agreement with Springer Nature, a global leader in research publishing. The agreement, the first of its kind in North America, enables Vanderbilt-affiliated authors to maximize the dissemination and citations of their research without incurring article processing charges when publishing in Nature, the world’s leading multidisciplinary science journal, and 38 other Nature hybrid journals that are part of the publisher’s portfolio. Read MoreFeb 28, 2025
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25th Avenue South to close March 8–16 for final paving and striping
25th Avenue South will be closed from Garland Avenue to Children’s Way starting Saturday, March 8, to Sunday, March 16, to conduct final paving and painting on the roadway. Strategically scheduled during… Read MoreFeb 27, 2025
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Vanderbilt biomedical research paves the way for ‘hypoallergen’ treatments against peanut allergies
A recent pair of papers from the Vanderbilt University labs of Benjamin Spiller, associate professor of pharmacology, and Scott Smith, associate professor of medicine, dig into how peanut allergies are provoked and providing support for the use of a potential treatment option: hypoallergens. Both papers were published in February in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. Read MoreFeb 26, 2025
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Vanderbilt and Northwestern labs discover new mechanisms that cause irregular heartbeat
Medicine often takes a one-size-fits-all approach, but a disorder’s root cause can vary. Vanderbilt researchers have found that, for people with long QT syndrome, a heart condition that causes an irregular heartbeat, a more tailored approach could be beneficial. The research, led by Vanderbilt University Professor of Biochemistry and Vice Dean of Basic Sciences Charles Sanders and Northwestern University Professor and Chair of Pharmacology Dr. Al George, was published in PNAS in February 2025. Read MoreFeb 26, 2025
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Limited Submission Opportunity: 2025 Stanley Smith Horticultural Trust Ornamental Horticulture Grants
Vanderbilt University may submit one application to The Stanley Smith Horticultural Trust grant program. Read MoreFeb 24, 2025
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Limited Submission Opportunity: 2025 William T. Grant Foundation Scholars Program
Vanderbilt University may select one nominee per major school/division for the William T. Grant Foundation Scholars Program. Read MoreFeb 24, 2025
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Majority of Republicans nationally identify as MAGA for first time in Unity Poll
The Vanderbilt Project on Unity and American Democracy has asked Republicans in a quarterly national poll since June 16, 2023, if they consider themselves supporters of the Make America Great Again or MAGA movement. In that first poll, 37 percent of respondents identified more with the MAGA movement than with the traditional GOP. Now, the share of MAGA identifiers within the GOP has swelled to 52 percent—a majority—for the first time in the poll. Read MoreFeb 24, 2025
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Bringing Vanderbilt to the world: Students embark on Finance Trek to New York City
In January, 41 Vanderbilt students traveled to New York City for an exclusive Finance Trek hosted by the Vanderbilt Career Center. Participation in this trek required completion of the Vandy in Finance Preparation Pathway program. The trek provided students a powerful opportunity to engage directly with top financial institutions, gaining insights into investment banking, asset management and other finance sectors while making meaningful connections with industry professionals. Read MoreFeb 24, 2025
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Vanderbilt’s Data Science Institute hosts AI Days 2025 March 5–6
Whether you’re interested in the latest updates on artificial intelligence systems like DeepSeek and OpenAI, or you simply want to investigate new and creative uses for AI, Vanderbilt’s Data Science Institute is hosting its second annual AI Days event, March 5–6. With in-person and virtual sessions planned, AI Days is open to the public and returns this year with an expanded program featuring distinguished speakers and innovative tracks. Read MoreFeb 21, 2025
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JAMA Network and Heard Libraries establish read-and-publish pilot agreement, broadening access to health sciences research
Vanderbilt University’s Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries have announced a read-and-publish pilot agreement with the JAMA Network, a collection of peer-reviewed medical journals published by the American Medical Association. This open access agreement, the first of its kind for the JAMA Network in North America, enables Vanderbilt-affiliated authors to maximize the discoverability, readership and citations of their research without incurring article processing charges in most JAMA Network publications. Read MoreFeb 21, 2025
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Slow traffic, fast food: The effects of highway congestion on fast-food consumption
According to new research from Panka Bencsik, assistant professor of medicine, health and society, on days when highways are more congested, particularly during weekday afternoon rush hour, people are more likely to choose the fast-food option. Read MoreFeb 20, 2025
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Vanderbilt, Special Olympics Tennessee bid to host 2030 USA Games in Nashville
Vanderbilt University and Special Olympics Tennessee announced this week that they have partnered to place a bid to host the 2030 SPecial Olympics USA Games. After four years of going through the bid process, the Special Olympics has narrowed its 2030 site search down to either Nashville or Cleveland, Ohio. Read MoreFeb 20, 2025
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PHOTOS: Winning images from the 2024 Vanderbilt Study Abroad Photo Contest
Check out winning images from the 2024 Study Abroad Photo Contest submitted by Vanderbilt students studying, researching and engaging around the globe. Read MoreFeb 20, 2025
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Limited Submission Opportunity: Huo Family Foundation 2025 Special Projects Grant
Vanderbilt University may submit one proposal to the Huo Family Foundation 2025 Special Project Grant. Read MoreFeb 19, 2025