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February 21, 2025

VU in the News

Nashville Business Journal: Nashville bids on 2030 Special Olympics
Vanderbilt is mentioned.

Reuters: Americans worry Musk's campaign to slash government could hurt services, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds
John Geer, Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Professor of Political Science and senior advisor in the Office of the Chancellor, is quoted. Forbes Mexico published a similar article.

Bloomberg Law: Trump's independent agency order strikes at model Congress made
Kevin Stack, Lee S. and Charles A. Speir Professor and professor of law, is quoted.

Yahoo! Finance: How Trump's maintenance of Biden's antitrust rules impacts M&A
Rebecca Haw Allensworth, David Daniels Allen Distinguished Professor and professor of law, is quoted. 

Verywell Health: Can eating 2 dates a day improve your blood sugar, cholesterol, and gut health?
Heidi Silver, research professor of medicine, is quoted.

NBC News: A CDC vaccine committee meeting, the first of Kennedy's tenure at HHS, gets postponed
William Schaffner, professor of health policy, is quoted. Yahoo! Life, NBC News, and MedPage Today also published articles quoting Schaffner.

The Tennessean: Black country artists are a force in Nashville: Here are your playlist must-haves
Alice Randall, Andrew W. Mellon Professor and writer in residence of African American and diaspora studies, is mentioned.

The Tech: Radiolab founder and creator Jad Abumrad presents “How to Talk to a Human” at Sanders Theatre
Jad Abumrad, Distinguished Research Professor of Communication of Science and Technology, is featured. 

MedPage Today: SGLT2 inhibitors may slow nonsevere aortic stenosis progression
Research from Brian Lindman, associate professor of medicine, and Bassim El-Sabawi, postdoctoral fellow, is cited.

ZME Science: What would happen if a (small) black hole passed through your body?
Robert Scherrer, professor of physics, is quoted.

VU on the Air

NPR interviewed William Schaffner, professor of health policy, about the decrease in kindergarten vaccination rates and the spread of measles.

News Nation interviewed William Schaffner, professor of health policy, about states considering banning mRNA vaccines.

WTVF, Channel 5, interviewed Pascal Le Boeuf, assistant professor of the practice in music and technology, about his recent Grammy win and the new music technology minor offered at Vanderbilt's Blair School of Music.

Alabama Public Radio interviewed David Lewis, Rebecca Webb Wilson University Professor and University Distinguished Professor of Political Science, about the potential effects of the elimination of the Department of Education.

Oncology Nursing News interviewed Katy Beckermann, instructor in medicine, about dose modifications.

VU Athletics

Sports Illustrated: Vanderbilt swimmers post career-best times at SEC meet: The Anchor, February 21, 2025

Tennessean: How Vanderbilt basketball's Tyler Tanner honed defensive skills with father and Darius Garland​​​​​​​

Nashville Post: Pro Football Focus offers high praise for Vanderbilt's Pavia, Stowers

Vanderbilt Hustler: Women’s Golf: Vanderbilt triumphs at Georgia Southern match-play event

VU News Releases and Stories

Major Jackson awarded inaugural Patricia Cannon Willis Prize

Vanderbilt, Special Olympics Tennessee bid to host 2030 USA Games in Nashville

PHOTOS: Winning images from the 2024 Vanderbilt Study Abroad Photo Contest

Vanderbilt offers enriching summer camps for 2025

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