Releases
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Vanderbilt-discovered cancer killing compound is now available through Boehringer Ingelheim open science portal opnMe
Researchers in the lab of Stephen Fesik, Orrin H. Ingram II Chair in Cancer Research, have added BI-0474 as the second molecule co-discovered by Vanderbilt to the open science portal opnMe.com, an initiative being driven by biopharmaceutical company Boehringer Ingelheim. Read MoreMay 30, 2024
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Research Snapshot: Understanding protein mutations that affect gene expression
Graduate student Hillary Layden studies transcriptional control of cancer in the lab of Scott Hiebert, Hortense B. Ingram Chair in Cancer Research and professor of biochemistry. She shares the results from her research in which she used a deep genomic analysis to determine how protein mutations influence gene expression to promote cancer progression. Read MoreMay 30, 2024
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VUMC to partially close two lanes of traffic on 21st Avenue South
Beginning Tuesday, May 28, Vanderbilt University Medical Center will close two lanes on 21st Avenue between Edgehill Avenue and Vivian Thomas Way to replace an underground water line. The center turning lane and one northbound lane will be closed Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. until mid-September. Read MoreMay 24, 2024
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Three VUSN faculty honored by ACNM
Three Vanderbilt University School of Nursing faculty members won awards at the American College of Nurse Midwives annual awards celebration in May 2024. Read MoreMay 23, 2024
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Vanderbilt Board of Trust elects three new members
At its regular spring meeting earlier this month, the Vanderbilt University Board of Trust elected three new trustees, reelected three trustees to second terms, and thanked several outgoing trustees for their service. The board welcomed new trustees David Bronson Ingram, MBA’89, and CJ (Cynthia) Warner, BE’80, who will serve five-year terms beginning July 1. In addition, outgoing Vanderbilt University Alumni Association Board President Anu (Anurag) Pardeshi, BS’00, MS’02, MBA’04, will begin a two-year term as alumni trustee. Read MoreMay 23, 2024
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Vanderbilt Poll: Majority of Tennessee voters now pro-choice, gender gap developing on key issues
The semiannual, statewide Vanderbilt Poll showed in its most recent survey that slightly more than half of the state’s voters support a woman’s right to an abortion, that there is significant bipartisan support of IVF procedures as well as modest gun control legislation, and that views about many state and national issues differ significantly by gender. Read MoreMay 22, 2024
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How patent law can protect public health
Sean Seymore, Centennial Professor of Law at Vanderbilt Law School, argues that federal courts have “abandoned their gatekeeping function” for protecting public health in patent cases. Read MoreMay 21, 2024
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WATCH: One community, diverse perspectives
At Vanderbilt, students, faculty, and staff learn and grow through diverse points of view. Our differences of opinion and expertise, supported by our respect for each other, creates an environment of strength, inspiration, and opportunity. Watch as members of the Class of 2024 talk about this concept in a… Read MoreMay 17, 2024
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Why have venture capitalists become so founder-friendly?
A paper co-authored by Brian Broughman, professor of law, proposes a new model for analyzing venture capitalist behavior. Read MoreMay 16, 2024
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Vanderbilt Law School students craft guide on public grocery stores
Four Vanderbilt Law Students, under the guidance of Vanderbilt Policy Accelerator for Political Economy and Regulation director Ganesh Sitaraman, authored a paper that sheds light on the benefits and drawbacks of public grocery store models, offering guidance and a model bill for policymakers and leaders considering their use in urban or rural communities. Read MoreMay 16, 2024
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Novel approach to safeguard patient data included among NSF-led National AI Research Resource Pilot
The U.S. National Science Foundation and the Department of Energy recently announced that a team comprised of Vanderbilt’s newly created ADVANCE center and VALIANT lab is among the first round of 35 projects that will be supported with computational time through the National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource Pilot. Read MoreMay 16, 2024
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Trips to Italy, Israel highlight the benefits of Immersion Vanderbilt
Immersion Vanderbilt was created to provide new ways for students to develop better critical thinking skills and a stronger ability to navigate a changing world. Read MoreMay 15, 2024
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Vanderbilt scientists develop an algae time machine, advancing biomedicine
A Vanderbilt scientific team has succeeded in adjusting the daily biological clock of cyanobacteria, making the blue-green algae a more prolific producer of renewable fuels, chemicals, and pharmaceuticals, like insulin. Read MoreMay 14, 2024
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Innovative AI learning technology projects win inaugural LIVE Spark Grants
LIVE, the Learning Innovation Incubator at Vanderbilt University, has awarded the inaugural LIVE Spark Grants to three interdisciplinary teams innovating cutting-edge learning technologies that leverage AI to advance literacy, music education and aid in the care of people with dementia. Selected from a strong pool of applicants,… Read MoreMay 14, 2024
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Class of 2024 honors loved ones in “The hands that held our hands”
Watch members of Vanderbilt’s Class of 2024 tug at our heartstrings as they talk about the loved ones who’ve supported their dreams. Read MoreMay 13, 2024
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Welsh leads equity-centered research practice partnership to reduce racial disparities in school discipline
By Jenna Somers Richard Welsh Last year, Richard Welsh, founding director of the School Discipline Lab, reported findings on the persistence of racial disparities in exclusionary school discipline practices. Despite suspensions declining over the past decade as schools reformed their policies, exclusionary disciplinary rates remained higher for… Read MoreMay 13, 2024
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Class of 2024 celebrated as extraordinary overcomers at Vanderbilt’s Commencement
WATCH: Hear why Vanderbilt's chancellor calls the Class of 2024 his "hero class" and see all the excitement and emotion at Commencement. Read MoreMay 10, 2024
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WATCH: Chancellor Daniel Diermeier’s 2024 Commencement Address
Chancellor Daniel Diermeier gives his farewell remarks to the Vanderbilt University Class of 2024. Read MoreMay 10, 2024
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Vanderbilt University honors emeritus and emerita faculty, one emeritus dean
Vanderbilt University honored 27 retiring faculty members and one dean for their years of service by bestowing upon them the title of emerita or emeritus faculty during Vanderbilt’s Commencement ceremony on May 10 at GEODIS Park. Read MoreMay 10, 2024
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Writer David Brooks offers Vanderbilt graduates ‘blueprint’ for best lives
WATCH: Acclaimed journalist and best-selling author David Brooks gives advice to the Class of 2024 and students and families celebrate at an all new party during Graduates Day celebration. Read MoreMay 9, 2024