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May 20, 2024
COLLABORATION
Driving Tennessee Innovation: Insights from Competitiveness Conversations Across America
Competitiveness Conversation: Tennessee–and the Future of Mobility presentations.
Vanderbilt recently hosted a landmark event, Competitiveness Conversations Across America: Tennessee, in collaboration with the Council on Competitiveness and the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. The gathering brought together key leaders and experts from academia, industry and government to explore strategies for positioning Tennessee as a leader in innovation and competitiveness on a regional, national and global scale. Read More
RESEARCH
Vanderbilt researchers receive $2 million ARPA-H award to improve software security in medical devices
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This is the first award Vanderbilt has received from ARPA-H, an agency within the National Institutes of Health with a mission to support “high-impact” solutions for pressing health care needs. Vanderbilt Department of Computer Science researchers Kevin Leach and James Weimer received the reward to develop technology aimed at improving software security in medical devices like insulin pumps, pacemakers and stroke predictors. Read More
FEATURED
Harnessing the Machine: Vanderbilt is embracing generative AI technology to unlock opportunities for research and learning
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Learn how Vanderbilt University is leading the charge on what AI can do for teaching and learning in higher education. Read More
WATCH: Vanderbilt University will harness its global expertise in scientific discovery, technological innovation, public policy, law and education with the new Vanderbilt Center for Sustainability, Energy and Climate. The multimillion-dollar investment follows a recommendation by an interdisciplinary working group to address the crucial challenge of ensuring a sustainable world.
This Week at VU
 
May 23, 2024
3–4:30 p.m. • Alumni Memorial Hall
2024 Postdoc Awards Ceremony and Reception
May 23, 2024
4:30 p.m. • Curb Center
'Imagining Wholeness: Expressive Art and Well-Being' Opening Reception
Upcoming Events
 
June 2 | Submission Deadline for Maymester Final Grades
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Faculty Affairs
Nominate faculty for fall 2024 awards recognizing research, service
 
Research
Welsh leads equity-centered research practice partnership to reduce racial disparities in school discipline
 
Artificial Intelligence
Innovative AI learning technology projects win inaugural LIVE Spark Grants
 
Curb Center
'Imagining Wholeness' uplifts experiences of cancer and community through the expressive arts
 
Research
Vanderbilt scientists develop an algae time machine, advancing biomedicine
 
Athletics
Vanderbilt baseball will face Florida in the opening round of the SEC Tournament on Tuesday
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VU in the News
 
Associated Press: Even with school choice, some Black families find options lacking decades after Brown v. Board
Claire Smrekar, associate professor of leadership, policy and organizations, is quoted.
 
The Washington Post: Ancient Chesapeake site challenges timeline of humans in the Americas
Tom Dillehay, Rebecca Webb Wilson University Distinguished Professor and research professor of anthropology, is quoted.
 
Marie Claire: Black and country—Then, now, and what comes next
Alice Randall, Andrew W. Mellon Professor and writer in residence of African American and diaspora studies, is quoted.

The New York Times: Russian disinformation videos smear Biden ahead of U.S. election
Gen. Paul M. Nakasone, founding director of Vanderbilt’s new Institute for National Defense and Global Security, is quoted.
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