Research News @Vanderbilt

Health & Medicine

• Study reveals mysteries of critical brain receptor complex
• Genetic screen in worms reveals critical step in insulin synthesis
• Study finds ‘frozen’ fear response may underlie PTSD

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Education & Psychology

• $6.4M awarded to Vanderbilt to provide intensive training for special education doctoral students
• Vanderbilt earns $19M in federal funding for special education training and research
• Socioeconomic status dictates which children get into gifted programs 

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Engineering & Technology

• Anita Mahadevan-Jansen elected fellow of National Academy of Inventors
• Engineering + empathy lead VU students to help kids with special needs
• Robot prototype shows promise for microsurgery on eyes and aneurysms

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Law, Business & Politics

• When making small donations, we prefer anonymity
• No, it doesn’t matter how nicely you wrap that gift. Except when it does.
• LAPOP receives $10 million USAID grant to support AmericasBarometer survey

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Life, Earth & Space

• Ph.D. bridge programs show success in fostering diversity and inclusion, according to new study
• Discovery in ferroelectric material reveals unique property, promising application potential
• Here’s how a Vanderbilt astrophysicist plans to observe a black hole ‘symphony’ using gravitational wave astronomy

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Society & Culture

• ‘Tis the season to be stressed (and why you don’t have to be)
• HOD major goes beyond her comfort zone for high-tech international immersion experience
• Food fight: How a community in Mexico used food to resist the Aztec empire

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‘Tis the season to be stressed (and why you don’t have to be)

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