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What Does it Take to Conduct a Reliable Poll?
The statewide Vanderbilt Poll is typically conducted just before the start of each legislative session and at the end of each session, in part to determine how closely the results of the session align with voters’ expectations and priorities. Read MoreMay 14, 2018
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Expert: Autonomous vehicles could help traffic, but not anytime soon
Engineer Dan Work says his promising research shows adding autonomous vehicles to roadways could end the stop-and-go traffic that drives commuters insane. Read MoreApr 30, 2018
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Unraveling genetic mystery next step in Zika and dengue fight
How a bacteria hijacked insect fertility remained a mystery for five decades, until Associate Professor of Biological Sciences Seth Bordenstein and his team helped solve it. Read MoreApr 23, 2018
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Olympic-size goals drive Paralympian and Peabody professor
Courage and determination runs through the veins of two-time Paralympian and Vanderbilt professor Anjali Forber-Pratt. Now, she's using her drive in research and advocacy on disability rights. Read MoreMar 7, 2018
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VU Inside: Students dig into super-massive volcanic eruptions
A dozen Vanderbilt students went on a monthlong science adventure of a lifetime, studying super-eruptions, glaciers and earthquakes in New Zealand. Read MoreJan 25, 2018
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Sorry, Grumpy Cat—Study finds dogs are brainier than cats
The first study to actually count the number of cortical neurons in the brains of a number of carnivores, including cats and dogs, has found that dogs possess significantly more of them than cats. Read MoreNov 29, 2017
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Chancellor Zeppos weighs in on The Tax Cut and Jobs Act
Vanderbilt University Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos has issued the following statement regarding The Tax Cut and Jobs Act, the House tax reform package. Read MoreNov 9, 2017
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Career ended by devastating crash, cyclist turns toward curing sepsis
Sinead Miller was headed for the Olympic games. Now, thanks to a Department of Defense grant to find new sepsis treatments, the Vanderbilt Ph.D. has developed a device that cleans the blood. Read MoreNov 2, 2017
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Tolerance, participation in local government up in the Americas
New data gathered by the Latin American Political Opinion Project (LAPOP) include some upticks but also discouraging news about the state of democracy in the Americas. Read MoreSep 26, 2017
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Democracy threatened in Latin America and Caribbean, new data shows
New data about the state of Latin America will be presented at a news conference in Miami Read MoreSep 20, 2017
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Vanderbilt joins NASA in eclipse balloon launch
Vanderbilt University researchers joined a national NASA weather balloon project giving scientists and people around the world a view of the total solar eclipse from the edge of space. Read MoreAug 24, 2017
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Eclipse at The Ingram Commons
Watch as the class of 2021 join together to experience a once in a lifetime full solar eclipse on The Ingram Commons. Follow Vanderbilt on Twitter: https://twitter.com/vanderbiltu, on Instagram: http://instagram.com/vanderbiltu and on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/vanderbilt. See all Vanderbilt social media at http://social.vanderbilt.edu. Read MoreAug 24, 2017
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Eclipse Timelapse Montage
Enjoy this montage of time-lapsed videos from across the campus of Vanderbilt University during Eclipse 2017. Read MoreAug 24, 2017
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Vanderbilt University community gathers for VU Eclipse 2017
Vanderbilt University students, faculty, and staff joined together to witness a once-in-a-lifetime event: a total solar eclipse. Read MoreAug 24, 2017
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Sugars in human mother’s milk are non-toxic antibacterial agents
A new study has found that sugars in mother's' milk do not just provide nutrition for babies but also help protect them from bacterial infections. Read MoreAug 20, 2017
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There’s good news and bad news when photographing the upcoming solar eclipse
Vanderbilt’s director of photography says there are conflicting views about possible damage to your smartphone when photographing the eclipse. Read MoreAug 15, 2017
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A solar eclipse can hurt your eyesight without you knowing it – here’s why.
While agreeing that viewing a total solar eclipse is a chance of a lifetime, Vanderbilt Eye Institute Research Director David Calkins urges us to not look at the sun without special eclipse glasses. Catkins explains how certain spectrums of sunlight can damage your eyesight without you knowing it, until it… Read MoreAug 15, 2017
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What else can you see during the total solar eclipse?
Don’t forget to look around the sky during the historic total solar eclipse. Vanderbilt Dyer Observatory astronomer Billy Teets says several planets will be brightly visible as the solar eclipse occurs. Venus will be the brightest thing in the sky, besides the sun and the moon. Tests tells where to… Read MoreAug 14, 2017
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Vanderbilt astronomer says the Solar Corona is the most exciting part of a total solar eclipse
The Sun’s corona is the outer atmosphere of the sun. A total solar eclipse is the only time the suns’s corona, all the way to the surface of the sun is visible. Vanderbilt astronomer Susan Stewart says a total solar eclipse gives scientists the ability to study the structure of… Read MoreAug 14, 2017
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Upcoming total solar eclipse is the first visible across the U.S. in 99 years
Vanderbilt University astronomer Billy Teets explains the historic path of the total solar eclipse on Aug. 21. Teets says the eclipse will only be viewable along a 70-mile-wide path from the West Coast to the East Coast. Read MoreAug 14, 2017