Alumni
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Reunion classes of 2020 recognized with virtual celebration
Vanderbilt University hosted a virtual celebration on Oct. 21, recognizing the Reunion classes of 2020 with a special toast. The event served as a prelude to an on-campus celebration Vanderbilt will host next fall for all alumni whose Reunion year falls in 2020 or 2021. Read MoreOct 23, 2020
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Team examines operating limits in solid-state batteries to improve driving range of electric vehicles
There is huge momentum toward adoption of battery electric vehicles primarily because performances are meeting or exceeding the properties of traditional automobiles. Consumers want electric vehicles that have similar driving range (energy density) and charging styles and times (power density) to gasoline powered vehicles. “One pathway to improving the energy density of the battery, or... Read MoreOct 22, 2020
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Hear business experts and innovators at Owen Forward Nov. 9-13
Join Vanderbilt University Owen Graduate School of Management for Owen Forward, a weeklong virtual celebration of all things Owen Nov. 9–13. Each day will feature discussions and presentations by thought leaders, innovators and experts in business. Read MoreOct 15, 2020
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$8.7 million DARPA grant advances AI-assisted CPS design work
A new, $8.7 million project—Design. R–AI-assisted CPS Design—involves pathbreaking work for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency as future cyber-physical systems will rely less on human control and more machine learning algorithms and artificial intelligence processors. Read MoreOct 4, 2020
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NSF seed grant supports biomanufacturing of new drug delivery technologies
Vanderbilt researchers awarded one of NSF’s 24 new projects to drive future manufacturing One of the challenges of drug delivery systems is to optimize their targeting properties so therapeutic compounds used in smaller amounts reach only a specific area of the body and result in little or no side effects. The ability to engineer the... Read MoreOct 2, 2020
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Noted children’s author, alumna to discuss ‘Difficult Conversations with Kids’ at next Parenting Group meeting
Vanderbilt alumna and children’s book author Anastasia Higginbotham will lead a discussion titled “Difficult Conversations with Kids” at the next meeting of the Margaret Cuninggim Women’s Center’s Parenting Group on Thursday, Oct. 8. Read MoreSep 30, 2020
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Vanderbilt civil engineering alumna is ASCE Nettleton Award recipient
Ashley T. Smith, the practitioner advisor to the School of Engineering’s chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers, is the recipient of the inaugural Richard H. Nettleton Outstanding Practitioner Advisor Award. Smith received a bachelor's degree in civil engineering at Vanderbilt in 2004. Read MoreSep 23, 2020
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Eskind Chair to strengthen Vanderbilt research on autism spectrum disorder
Donna and Jeffrey Eskind, whose generous gifts have advanced Vanderbilt research that is improving lives, have made a new commitment of $2 million to endow a new chair in autism spectrum disorder research in the School of Medicine. Read MoreSep 16, 2020
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Bell siblings reflect Vanderbilt’s culture of innovation
Alumni Charleson and Charreau Bell are siblings, business partners, innovators and entrepreneurs, as well as emblematic of the culture of innovation at Vanderbilt's Wond’ry and Data Science Institute. Read MoreSep 9, 2020
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A physician’s role in the fight against misinformation
Kathleen Montgomery, MD'15, made headlines this summer for a Facebook post she wrote in response to a conspiracy theory video regarding COVID-19. Her post, shared more than 200,000 times, pointed readers toward reliable sources of scientific information. Read MoreAug 28, 2020
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Vanderbilt community mourns passing of Robert Gotcher
Robert Edward Lee “Bob” Gotcher, BA’46, MD’49, of Hillsborough, California, died peacefully at home on Aug. 19 surrounded by family. Read MoreAug 26, 2020
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Nobel Laureate Frances Arnold to deliver the Hall Engineering Lecture Sept. 15
Nobel Prize-winning chemical engineer Frances Arnold will deliver Vanderbilt's fall John R. and Donna S. Hall Engineering Lecture on Tuesday, Sept. 15, at 4 p.m. Arnold's lecture, “Innovation by Evolution: Bringing New Chemistry to Life,” will be live streamed, and registration is required. Read MoreAug 26, 2020
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Alumna: How my great-grandfather’s bravery helped secure a woman’s right to vote
The Hon. Claudia Bonnyman, JD’74, discusses the role her great-grandfather, Gov. A.H. Roberts, played in Tennessee's ratification of the 19th Amendment and the battle for women's suffrage. Read MoreAug 20, 2020
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Engineers develop better graphene sieve that could advance clean water efforts
Developing atomically thin graphene membranes used to separate salt from water is extraordinarily complex and the effort grows more crucial as population growth, industrialization and climate change strain freshwater resources. Vanderbilt engineering researchers report a breakthrough in scalable fabrication of graphene membrane with a sealing technology that corrects variations in the pore size so they... Read MoreAug 14, 2020
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Alumni brothers pioneer groundbreaking method of cybersecurity
Worst-case scenarios of cyber warfare are motivating Brad and Tim Potteiger, twin brothers and Vanderbilt alumni who are pioneering a new method of cybersecurity known as "moving target defense." Read MoreAug 7, 2020
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BME junior selected for inaugural NIH program to pursue biomedical graduate degree
Lucy Britto is one of six Vanderbilt undergraduates selected as a MARC scholar in the inaugural 2020 cohort of an innovative National Institutes of Health program. Read MoreJul 15, 2020
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Vanderbilt bioengineer’s trailblazing cancer research receives $1M W. M. Keck Foundation grant
A bold engineering approach by a Vanderbilt University researcher to sort breast cancer cells based on their behavior first has produced compelling data that show less migratory cells create more metastases, contradicting the prevailing hypothesis on how cancer spreads. Read MoreJul 14, 2020
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Engineering graduate student wins distinguished ORNL fellowship
Marm B. Dixit, a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, is a recipient of a Weinberg Distinguished Staff Fellowship in the Energy and Environmental Sciences Directorate at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. “The Weinberg fellowship is a highly competitive, prestigious early-career research opportunity that will enable Marm to create independent research paths, said Flowers Family Faculty... Read MoreJul 9, 2020
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Software suite expedites reproducible computer simulations
Science moves forward when researchers verify their and others' results. Read MoreJul 8, 2020
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Vanderbilt ranks 36th on NAI’s Top 100 list for U.S. patents
Vanderbilt University is ranked 36th in a 2019 U.S. patents report released by the by the National Academy of Inventors and the Intellectual Property Owners Association. Read MoreJul 6, 2020