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January 13, 2025

VU in the News

The Wall Street Journal: ‘The Chicago Canon on Free Inquiry and Expression’ review: Learning and liberty
Chancellor Daniel Diermeier authored this review. 

The New York Times: Democracy is not facing a global extinction event
Larry Bartels, May Werthan Shayne Professor and University Distinguished Professor of Political Science, is quoted.

Reuters: Private airplane buyers get unusual tailwind in price-hike class action
Brian Fitzpatrick, Milton R. Underwood Professor and professor of law, is quoted.

El País: Mark Zuckerberg uses hoaxes to justify the suppression of fact-checkers: “It is a lie that we are censors”
Lisa Fazio, associate professor of psychology and human development, is quoted.

Prevention: Why infectious disease experts are concerned over the first bird flu death in the U.S.
William Schaffner, professor of health policy, is quoted. The New York Times, Today, Healthline, and HuffPost also published articles quoting Schaffner.

Yahoo! Entertainment: Demi Moore thought her career was 'complete.' Zoe Saldaña almost became a 'soccer mom.' Pamela Anderson was 'getting her hands dirty.' These movies got them back on top.
Claire Sisco King, associate professor of communication studies, is quoted. 

La Tercera: Could it be the same as Covid-19? The HMPV virus that is spreading in China
Leigh Howard, associate professor of pediatrics, is quoted.

National Review: TikTok is a national security threat
Jacob Mchangama, research professor of political science and executive director of the Future of Free Speech Project, is quoted. Salon24 also published an article quoting Mchangama.

Yahoo! Life: Are you socially fit? Why connecting with others — from romantic relationships to talking to strangers — is important for your health.
Aaron Brinen, assistant professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, is quoted.

Nashville Ledger: Ditch the biannual time change? Yes! Now the hard part
Beth Malow, Burry Professor and professor of neurology, is quoted. Verywell Health also published an article quoting Malow.

Black Enterprise: Let it be known that Trump's 2017 tax cuts hurt Black Americans
Research from Beverly Moran, professor emerita of law, is cited.

HuffPost: Donald Trump’s disaster-hijacking playbook exposed by expert on right-wing media
Nicole Hemmer, associate professor of history, is quoted. 

Yahoo! Life: How the California wildfires can impact the health of people hundreds of miles from Los Angeles
Brian Christman, professor of medicine, is quoted.

Nashville Ledger: VUMC clinics aid in AI suicide risk study
Research from Colin Walsh, associate professor of biomedical informatics, is cited.

CounterPunch: Are the Republicans now the working-class party?
Research from Noam Lupu, professor of political science, is quoted.

The Hechinger Report: Top scholar says evidence for special education inclusion is ‘fundamentally flawed’
Doug Fuchs, research professor emeritus of special education, is quoted. Jeanne Wanzek, Currey-Ingram Professor and professor of special education, is mentioned.

PsyPost: Emphasizing Jesus’s teachings shifts white evangelicals’ attitudes away from Republican anti-refugee positions
Research from Elizabeth Zechmeister, Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor of Political Science, is quoted. 

The National Law Journal: Trump sentencing, TikTok ban welcome Justices back to work
Jennifer Safstrom, assistant clinical professor of law, is quoted.

Urology Times: Sunobinop shows promise in phase 1b trial for overactive bladder
Roger Dmochowski, professor of urology, is quoted.

Food & Wine: Regularly eating breakfast could shield you against age-related brain changes, study finds
Raymond Romano, clinical researcher and nurse practitioner, is quoted.

ScienceNews: AI could transform health care, but will it live up to the hype?
Michael Matheny, professor of biomedical informatics, and Sharon Davis, research assistant professor of biomedical informatics, are quoted.

VU on the Air

NPR interviewed Larisa DeSantis, associate professor of biological sciences, about the role climate and humans play in animal extinction.

CBS News and World News Now interviewed Jennifer Safstrom, assistant clinical professor of law, about the potential TikTok ban in the U.S.

DR Nyheder interviewed Jacob Mchangama, research professor of political science and executive director of the Future of Free Speech Project, about how a TikTok ban could stifle free speech in the U.S.

WPLN interviewed Jad Abumrad, Distinguished Research Professor of Communication of Science and Technology, about the Dialogue Vanderbilt and One Small Step collaboration.

WSMV, Channel 4, interviewed Todd Rice, professor of medicine, about the spike in flu cases across Middle Tennessee.

VU Athletics

Nashville Ledger: Vandy pushes ahead to avoid being left behind

Nashville Ledger: Can college sports find its footing in Nashville?

Sports Illustrated: Vanderbilt Commodores women’s tennis dominates singles at Miami event

Sports Illustrated: Vanderbilt Commodores baseball star ranked among country’s best juniors

Sports Illustrated: Rising Vanderbilt Commodores baseball star ranked among best sophomores

Tennessean: Where Vanderbilt baseball ranks in preseason D1Baseball poll

Vanderbilt Hustler: Football: Eli Stowers will bypass the 2025 NFL Draft and return to Vanderbilt

VU News Releases and Stories

Tennessee Bureau of Investigation and Vanderbilt researchers to collaborate on opioid crisis, cannabis education

Peabody researchers among top in country in 2025 Edu-Scholar rankings

AdvancED invite faculty to participate in series on Generative AI in the classroom

White House awards Bartels and Stassun 2024 National Medal of Science

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