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May 19, 2025

VU in the News

Financial Times: Moody’s strips US of top-notch triple-A credit rating
Yesha Yadav, Milton R. Underwood Professor and professor of law, is quoted. 

The New York Times: Surgeons perform first human bladder transplant
Rachel Forbes, associate professor of surgery, is quoted.

NBC News: Former President Joe Biden diagnosed with aggressive form of prostate cancer
Alan Tan, associate professor of medicine, is quoted.

PolitiFact: It’s “all true” that the measles vaccine wanes quickly, was never fully safety tested and contains fetal debris.
William Schaffner, professor of health policy, is quoted.

Nashville Post: VUMC opens Bellevue imaging site
Daniel Brown, Carol D. and Henry P. Pendergrass Professor and professor of radiology and radiological sciences, is quoted.

Drugs.com: Greater sedentary time associated with higher risk for Alzheimer disease
Angela Jefferson, professor of neurology, is quoted. HealthDay also published a similar article.

The Journal Record: Critical care: Retiring nurses join patient rosters, leaving staff shortages
Timothy Vogus, Brownlee O. Currey, Jr., Professor and professor of management, is quoted.

The 74: Cash transfers: A proven strategy to improve outcomes for children and families
Anna Thom, senior policy research associate for the Prenatal-to-3 Policy Impact Center, is quoted.
Fohla De S. Paulo: Neuroscience shows the way to become smarter, says Suzana Herculano-Houzel in CasaFolha​​​​​​​
Suzana Herculano-Houzel, associate professor of psychology, is quoted.
Scroll.in: Carved in stone: Gujarat’s rich cosmopolitan legacy in a 15th-century tomb complex
Samira Sheikh, associate professor of history, is quoted.
Los Angeles Daily News: What Southern California’s legislators got done in 118th Congress
Alan Wiseman, Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor of Political Science, is quoted.

VU on the Air

WTVF, Channel 5, interviewed Hilary Tindle, William Anderson Spickard Jr., M.D. Professor and associate professor of medicine, about the negative effects of vaping nicotine or THC.

VU Athletics

GOLF: Unlike regionals, Vanderbilt women start strong to take NCAA Championship lead​​​​​​​

Tennessean: A clutch Vanderbilt baseball team is starting to get that Omaha look again | Estes​​​​​​​

Tennessean: Walk-off wins showcase Vanderbilt baseball's turnaround in sweep of Kentucky

VU News Releases and Stories

Empowered teachers could unlock “science of reading” success, finds Vanderbilt researcher

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