January 3, 2025

VU in the News

Law360: Battle over atty speech raises first amendment concerns
Jennifer Safstrom, assistant clinical professor of law, is quoted.

Financial Times: Crypto industry dreams of a golden era under Trump
Yesha Yadav, Milton R. Underwood Professor and professor of law, is quoted,

La Tercera: There are more than 9,000: What are school principals like in Chile?
The research of Jason Grissom, Patricia and Rodes Hart Professor and professor of leadership, policy, and organizations, is cited.

Verywell Health: Do weighted blankets actually improve your sleep quality?
Beth Malow, Burry Professor and professor of neurology, is quoted.

Barron's: Elon Musk and OpenAI’s Sam Altman are battling in court. Google could be the big winner
The research of Adam Blandin, assistant professor of economics, is cited.

New York Times: Norovirus Outbreaks Are Rising Nationwide, C.D.C. Says
William Schaffner, professor of health policy, is quoted. TIME also published a related article quoting Schaffner.

Marketplace: New limits on Medicare drug costs start at start of year
Stacie Dusetzina, professor of health policy, is quoted.

Nashville Scene: Despite a thriving literary scene, Nashville lacks a poet laureate
Major Jackson, Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Professor of English, is quoted.

Wall Street Journal: Banning TikTok would violate America’s free speech tradition
Jacob Mchangama, research professor of political science and executive director of the Future of Free Speech Project, and Jeff Kosseff, senior fellow at the Future of Free Speech Project, co-authored this piece.

Prevention: This is the right way to blow your nose, according to doctors
Mason Krysinski, assistant professor of otolaryngology - head and neck surgery, is quoted.

Barron's: Apple stock was hot, hot, hot in 2024. Now It faces a tougher test.
Rebecca Haw Allensworth, David Daniels Allen Distinguished Professor and professor of law, is quoted.

Tennessee Ledger: Misalignment’ of voters, officials an understatement
The Vanderbilt Poll — Statewide is cited. The Commercial Appeal also published an article citing the poll.

VU on the Air

WKRN, Channel 2, interviewed David Hyde, assistant professor of computer science, about the 25th anniversary of a potential computer issue that could have occurred on Jan. 1, 2000.

The Podcast of Jewish Ideas interviewed Eliav Grossman, visiting assistant professor of Jewish Studies, about the time between the closing of the Babylonian Talmud and the rise of the Geonim.

WKRN, Channel 2, interviewed Aaron Brinen, assistant professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, about a string of incidents where vehicles have been used as weapons, including the latest in New Orleans.

WKRN, Channel 2, and WTVF, Channel 5, interviewed Marla Levine, associate professor of clinical pediatrics, about the surge in the number of people experiencing cold, flu and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) symptoms in Tennessee.

VU Athletics

Tennessean: Vanderbilt women's basketball vs Georgia final score: Mikayla Blakes scores 36, Commodores roll

Tennessean: With Vandy's Diego Pavia set to return, Jerry Kill says he 'ain't going anywhere'

VU News Releases and Stories

Five years of progress on the Prenatal-to-3 State Policy Roadmap

Vanderbilt Peabody College expands global education partnerships in South Asia and the Middle East

Vanderbilt peer reading program finds global success

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