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May 15, 2025
NATIONAL SECURITY
Leaders gather at Vanderbilt to address national security implications of AI
Leaders gather at Vanderbilt for the 2025 Summit on Modern Conflict and Emerging Threats.
Away from Washington but at the heart of critical conversations, Vanderbilt is fast becoming a national hub for security and strategy. A prime example: the 2025 Vanderbilt Summit on Modern Conflict and Emerging Threats, which brought together national and international leaders for two days of high-level dialogue April 10–11. The event took on new form this year with the summit’s first installment connected with the newly launched Institute of National Security. Read More
PEABODY COLLEGE
One year at Vanderbilt's Roberts Academy: transforming lives, building community
Students sit around a table with their teacher for the first day of school.
The Roberts Academy at Vanderbilt University welcomed its inaugural class of third and fourth graders in August 2024. Since then, the school has celebrated many more firsts, from a groundbreaking ceremony to festivities and innovative collaborations. Read More
QUANTUM POTENTIAL
Quantum Potential Podcast Episode 7: Deconstructing the political polling process with Josh Clinton
Provost C. Cybele Raver with Josh Clinton, Abby and Jon Winkelried Chair and professor of political science, co-director of the Vanderbilt Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions on the Quantum Potential podcast (Vanderbilt)
Josh Clinton, Abby and Jon Winkelried Chair and professor of political science, and co-director of the Vanderbilt Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions, joins Provost C. Cybele Raver to discuss how transparency and increasing public literacy about statistics—including an awareness of limitations—can disrupt Americans’ mounting distrust in polling data. Read More
Chancellor Daniel Diermeier and Jeremy Payne pose with the Chancellors Cup.
Jeremy Payne, principal senior lecturer in the department of human and organizational development, has been awarded the 2024-2025 Chancellor’s Cup by Chancellor Daniel Diermeier for his steadfast mentorship and teaching of undergraduate students. For more than six years, Payne has mentored and advised undergraduate, professional and graduate students, and has shown he is committed to developing personal connections with each of them.
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Global
Vanderbilt volleyball team to embark on Japan tour
 
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Lynn Fuchs, leading international scholar, mentor in special education and psychological sciences, has died
 
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VU in the News
 
The Tennessean: Nashville International Airport granted eminent domain powers: Implications for expansion
Christopher Serkin, Elisabeth H. and Granville S. Ridley Jr. Professor and professor of law, is quoted.
 
Healthline: Nuts, seeds and healthy diet may help lower risk of diverticulitis
Shabnam Sarker, assistant professor of medicine, is quoted.
 
Axios Nashville: Nashville celebrates first U.S.-born pope
Bruce Morrill, Edward A. Malloy Professor and Distinguished Professor of Theology, is quoted.

The Washington Post: Are beards really dirtier than toilet seats?
William Schaffner, professor of health policy, is quoted.
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