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June 4, 2025
RESEARCH
Vanderbilt Social, Behavioral and Educational Research Institutional Review Board phase two launches July 1
Image Description: Faculty discuss new IRB framework in classroom.
Vanderbilt’s Social, Behavioral and Educational Research Institutional Review Board will enter phase two of its launch on July 1, expanding the scope of studies it reviews and continuing the university’s transition away from the VUMC IRB for social, behavioral and education studies involving human participants. Read More
FACULTY ACCOLADES
An American in Vienna: Blair professor Derek Hartman claims first prize at International Beethoven Piano Competition
Image Description: Blair Professor, Derek Hartman, stands in Vienna, Austria for a photo.
Inspired by Beethoven when he first began to play piano at age five, Derek Hartman‘s music career took a huge step forward last week as he was awarded first prize at the prestigious 17th International Beethoven Piano Competition in Vienna, Austria. Read More
QUANTUM POTENTIAL
Quantum Potential Podcast Episode 8: Rewiring the brain and rethinking pain with Craig Lindsley
Image Description: Provost Raver and Professor Craig Lindsey standing and smiling in front of the Quantum Potential logo..
In this episode of Quantum Potential, Craig Lindsley, William K. Warren, Jr. Professor of Medicine, University Distinguished Professor of Biochemistry, Chemistry and Pharmacology and executive director of the Warren Center for Neuroscience Drug Discovery, joins Provost C. Cybele Raver to discuss transformative research exploring how subtle tweaks to brain chemistry could change the way we treat neurodegenerative diseases and chronic pain. Read More
Image Description: Dom Flemons donating his instruments to the Vanderbilt Libraries.
Grammy Award-winning songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Dom Flemons visited Vanderbilt’s Special Collections and University Archives on May 30 to view items from the Dom Flemons American Songster Collection, acquired by the university in late 2023. Anne Potter Wilson Music Library staff recorded Flemons discussing the collection, which includes musical instruments, art pieces, memorabilia and more. Items from the collection are featured in a new exhibit that opened May 31 at The Westin Nashville hotel in partnership with the Heard Libraries and the National Museum of African American Music.

Flemons’ visit to Nashville also included delivering the keynote presentation at the 41st Annual International Country Music Conference on May 29 and performing at the Grand Ole Opry on May 30.
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Series of single-lane, full road closures planned near Roberts Academy construction site

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VU in the News
 
Nashville Business Journal: Nashville Innovation Alliance names first leader, taps advisers
Chancellor Daniel Diermeier is quoted. Sally Parker, associate vice chancellor for strategy and operations in the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Government and Community Relations, and Richard Florida, Distinguished Visiting Scholar of Management, are mentioned.
 
Tennessean: How new UTI drug made in Nashville breaks new ground in fighting the painful infections
Neil Osheroff, John Coniglio Professor and professor of biochemistry, is quoted.
 
New York Magazine: What's going on with the Trump administration's new COVID-vaccine policies?
Kathryn Edwards, professor of pediatrics, emerita, and Buddy Creech, Edie Carell Johnson Professor and professor of pediatrics, are quoted.

Interesting Engineering: US-led scientists discover new evidence on origins of intermediate-mass black holes
Karan Jani, assistant professor of physics and astronomy, is quoted.
 
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