Research News @Vanderbilt

Health & Medicine

• New study finds community activists in Brazil’s favelas play a critical role in combatting COVID-19
• Research Snapshot: Finding confirms process by which ketamine acts as an antidepressant
• Maternal health expert wins NIH grant to study disparity in cesarean births among Black and white women

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Education & Psychology

• Vanderbilt faculty collaborate to develop tools for teaching personal geography and spatial awareness
• Vanderbilt faculty to study impacts of COVID-19 pandemic on the college choices of Black students
• Six students graduate from Next Steps at Vanderbilt in Class of 2021

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Engineering & Technology

• Vanderbilt Rocket Team places second in 2021 NASA Student Launch Competition
• Vanderbilt students selected by the Department of Energy’s Office of Science Graduate Student Research Program
• Space Force Gen. John W. “Jay” Raymond visits Vanderbilt, laying groundwork for future partnership

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Law, Business & Politics

• Green Steel Deal: Climate mitigation and international trade come together in decarbonization policy proposal
• Vanderbilt researcher finds that Supreme Court ban on race-conscious college admissions would restrict the pipeline of future leaders
• Vanderbilt Poll: Tennesseans split along party lines on vaccines, 2020 election and ‘cancel culture’

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Life, Earth & Space

• Discussion on the origins of life featuring cross-section of Vanderbilt academics set for June 17
• Research Snapshot: Bees can tell time by temperature, Vanderbilt research finds
• Research Snapshot: Vanderbilt astronomers lead preparation for supermassive black hole analysis

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Society & Culture

• Research Snapshot: Early longitudinal study on impact of pandemic shows increase in depression, less social anxiety among young adults
• Blair Academy teen wins prestigious award, violin faculty Connie Heard nurtures her talent
• Vanderbilt Divinity School to host screening of ‘Far East Deep South’

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