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February 10, 2025
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Vanderbilt unveils renderings for vision for business and tech campus in West Palm Beach
View looking west on Evernia Street (Rendering by Elkus Manfredi Architects)
As Vanderbilt University continues to partner with the Palm Beach region to explore the potential for a campus in West Palm Beach, the university released artist renderings of its planned West Palm Beach Campus. The renderings offer a preview of its vision to create a vibrant graduate school that focuses on business, data science and AI, and a state-of-the-art innovation center that fosters collaboration among startups, investors, established businesses and academia. Read More
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The Broadview at Vanderbilt features communal workspaces,  natural grocer and more
A student works in a communal space at The Broadview
Did you know that The Broadview features 6,500 square feet of collaboration and study workspaces? The collaborative workspaces are open to all Vanderbilt students, not just the residents of The Broadview. Students can access the space for individual or group study sessions by using their Commodore Card. Read More
RESEARCH
Vanderbilt receives its first Wellcome Trust Discovery Award for collaborative study to combat opioid misuse and addiction
Carrie. K Jones at a Warren Center lab
Vanderbilt’s Carrie K. Jones and the University of Glasgow’s Andrew Tobin have received a prestigious £5 million ($6.2 million) Wellcome Trust Discovery Award to study how blocking the M5 muscarinic receptor in the brain could reduce opioid addiction while preserving pain relief. This groundbreaking international collaboration, supported by the Warren Center for Neuroscience Drug Discovery, aims to advance new treatments in the critical global health crisis of opioid use disorder. Read More
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This Week at VU

Feb. 10–14, 2024
8 a.m.–5 p.m. • Central Library and Peabody Library
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Feb. 12, 2025
7 p.m. • Carmichael College Multipurpose Room
17th Annual Murray Lecture with Tennessee State Representative Justin J. Pearson
Feb. 13, 2025
5 p.m. • Buttrick Hall 206
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VU in the News
 
Associated Press: Beyoncé and Kendrick Lamar led one of the best Grammys in years. Has the awards show transformed?
Emily Lordi, Edwin Mims Professor and professor of English, is quoted.
 
Wall Street Journal: ‘The Licensing Racket’ review: There’s a board for that
Rebecca Haw Allensworth, David Daniels Allen Distinguished Professor and professor of law, and her new book, The Licensing Racket are featured.
 
ABC News: Trump's record number of executive orders are testing the limits of presidential power
Sharece Thrower, associate professor of political science, is quoted.

WKRN: Metro Nashville high school student selected as finalist in national science competition
Matthew Wilson, Ruth King Scoville Professor and professor of medicine, and Jennifer Peek, graduate and doctoral student, are mentioned.
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