Releases
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Vanderbilt research on nuclear safety offers new pathways for clean energy, leads to industry awards
Steve Krahn worked in collaboration with the Electric Power Research Institute to develop a “safety-in-design” methodology that was adopted by Southern Company and TerraPower. The companies received the EPRI’s Technology Transfer Awards for using the technology. Read MoreAug 10, 2022
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Tennessee Education Research Alliance receives $1.7M grant to explore opportunities for increasing teacher diversity across Tennessee
Though 37 percent of Tennessee’s students are people of color, only 13 percent of the state’s teachers are. To work toward narrowing that representation gap, the Tennessee Education Research Alliance, a research-practice partnership between Vanderbilt Peabody College and the Tennessee Department of Education, has received a four-year, $1.7 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education’s Institute of Education Sciences. Read MoreAug 10, 2022
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Barrera-Osorio, Dustan receive $400,000 grant to study public-private schools in Bogotá, Colombia
Governments of lower- and middle-income countries increasingly are turning to public-private partnerships to operate schools as an alternative to traditional public schools. Vanderbilt professors Felipe Barrera-Osorio and Andrew Dustan have received a one-year NSF grant in excess of $400,000 to lead an interdisciplinary study on the quality of these partnership schools in Bogotá, Colombia. Read MoreAug 9, 2022
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Research Snapshot: Researchers create algorithm to help predict cancer risk associated with tumor variants
Vanderbilt researchers have developed an active machine learning approach to predict the effects of tumor variants of unknown significance, or VUS, on sensitivity to chemotherapy. Characterizing VUS can maximize clinical care and precision medicine for each patient. Read MoreAug 9, 2022
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2022 Dean’s Award winners announced
Nine graduate students in the School of Medicine Basic Sciences have been named recipients of the 2022 Dean’s Award for Exceptional Achievement in Graduate Studies. The students were recognized for the originality, significance and rigor of their dissertation research. Read MoreAug 8, 2022
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MoveVU now offering transit support for group excursions
MoveVU, Vanderbilt University’s strategic transportation and mobility initiative, has expanded its public transit resources to provide support for group excursions through a commute concierge manager. Read MoreAug 8, 2022
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Office of Digital Education to raise the bar on Vanderbilt’s online and hybrid programs
Vanderbilt’s new Office of Digital Education, led by Mallika Vinekar, is revamping its partnership with faculty to establish online and hybrid academic programs that will expand access to the university’s educational offerings. Read MoreAug 8, 2022
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Get to know Vanderbilt’s new residential faculty: Renã A.S. Robinson
Vanderbilt's undergraduate houses and colleges are led by faculty who live in community with students. Meet the new faculty head of Murray House, Renã A.S. Robinson, professor of chemistry. Read MoreAug 5, 2022
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Vanderbilt’s Frist Center for Autism & Innovation wins NSF grant to support neurodiverse engineering students in their education, careers
Vanderbilt School of Engineering’s Frist Center for Autism and Innovation, working in partnership with Fisk University, has won a $1.9 million grant from the National Science Foundation to create a system of programs to support neurodiverse students in engineering majors and careers. Read MoreAug 4, 2022
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Science career ‘pipeline’ garners national attention
Vanderbilt's Aspirnaut STEM pipeline for diversity and wellness recently celebrated its 15th anniversary with a daylong scientific symposium, followed by a feature on the Aug. 2 broadcast of NBC Nightly News. Read MoreAug 3, 2022
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VKC introduces new toolkits promoting neurodiversity, self-determination in early childhood services
The Vanderbilt Kennedy Center recently introduced two brand-new educational resources created by the VKC’s Treatment and Research Institute for Autism Spectrum Disorders (TRIAD) and the Vanderbilt Consortium LEND Training Program. Read MoreAug 3, 2022
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Leah Lowe to succeed Jay Clayton as leader of Vanderbilt’s Curb Center
Vanderbilt has named Leah Lowe, a theatre department faculty member who has developed and strengthened ties between the university and Nashville arts community, as director of the Curb Center for Art, Enterprise and Public Policy. Read MoreAug 3, 2022
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‘Peabody Journal of Education’ issue addresses COVID-19’s impact on education policy, equity and social justice
The latest issue of the Peabody Journal of Education focuses on the pandemic’s consequences for equity and social justice, with insights on the PK-16 education system’s initial response to COVID-19 and how the first year of the pandemic affected education and educational inequality. Read MoreAug 2, 2022
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Four faculty to be inducted as American Academy of Nursing fellows
The American Academy of Nursing has selected four Vanderbilt School of Nursing faculty for its 2022 cohort of fellows. Read MoreAug 1, 2022
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The Sky Is for Everyone: A definitive collection of stories from the women reshaping astronomy since 1960
David Weintraub’s commitment to equal opportunity in astronomy inspired his latest book, The Sky Is for Everyone. The autobiographical essays by women who broke down barriers and changed the face of modern astronomy include a chapter by alum Yilen Gómez Maqueo Chew. Read MoreAug 1, 2022
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Humphreys receives $3.7 million grant to study relationship between parent–child proximity and emerging psychopathology
Assistant Professor of Psychology and Human Development Kathryn Humphreys will investigate parent–child proximity and emerging psychopathology with a new five-year research grant in excess of $3.7 million from the National Institute of Mental Health Biobehavioral Research Awards for Innovative New Scientists program. Read MoreJul 28, 2022
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Video vital for telehealth visits
Vanderbilt study of 18,130 telehealth visits at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic defines risk factors associated with telehealth access and suggests how health systems can improve access. Read MoreJul 28, 2022
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Specialty pharmacists help reduce MS relapse risk
Just one-third of patients with relapsing multiple sclerosis remain on disease-modifying therapy, and specialty pharmacists are in a unique position to help coordinate therapy discontinuation or change and reduce the risk of relapse. Read MoreJul 28, 2022
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Janey Camp to lead Vanderbilt Engineering center focused on transportation research
Research Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering Janey Camp has been named director of the Vanderbilt Engineering Center for Transportation and Operational Resiliency, where interdisciplinary groups work on a variety of transportation and infrastructure resilience projects using groundbreaking applications and risk management practices. Read MoreJul 28, 2022
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Janey Camp to lead Vanderbilt Engineering center focused on transportation research
Janey Camp has been named the director of the Vanderbilt Engineering Center for Transportation and Operational Resiliency (VECTOR) where interdisciplinary groups work on a variety of transportation and infrastructure resilience projects using groundbreaking applications and risk management practices. “It is an absolute honor to move into this leadership role for VECTOR at such an exciting time... Read MoreJul 28, 2022