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Social venture founded by Anthropology’s Ted Fischer wins $15,000 prize
Aug. 23, 2016—Mani+, a pediatric malnutrition therapy, is the result of years of interdisciplinary research by Vanderbilt anthropology, business, nursing, biological sciences and education students and professors.
Psychopathologist elected fellow of Association for Psychological Science
Jul. 26, 2016—Associate Professor of Psychology Bunmi Olatunji is one of 45 members elevated this year to the status of fellow by the Association for Psychological Science.
Six attract National Institutes of Health grants for wide-ranging research
Jul. 12, 2016—Five biomedical engineering professors and an electrical engineering and computer science professor are celebrating news about newly approved or resubmitted Research Project Grants (R01) from the Nationals Institutes of Health.
VIDL awards funding to enhance teaching, learning through digital technology
Jul. 1, 2016—The Vanderbilt Institute for Digital Learning (VIDL) distributed more than $46,000 in grants and awards this spring as part of its Innovation Programs initiative.
Kudos: Read about faculty and student awards, appointments and achievements
Jun. 29, 2016—Read about the latest faculty and student awards, appointments and achievements.
English professor researches ‘tools’ of colorblind rhetoric
Jun. 16, 2016—The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded a postdoctoral fellowship to Assistant Professor of English Marzia Milazzo for her research on colorblindness as a global attempt to obscure the reality of racial inequality.
Jackson named 2016 Pew biomedical scholar
Jun. 10, 2016—The Pew Charitable Trusts has named Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences and Biochemistry Lauren Parker Jackson as a member of its 2016 class of Pew biomedical scholars.
Hetherington, Mo win American Political Science Association awards
May. 27, 2016—Marc Hetherington and Cecelia Mo will collect prestigious awards in September for their research in political science.
Kudos: School of Nursing faculty, alumna recognized
May. 25, 2016—Vanderbilt School of Nursing faculty have been recognized as fellows by several professional associations.
Anthropology celebrates year of big wins for graduate students
May. 25, 2016—Five Ph.D. students affiliated with the Department of Anthropology have landed significant grants this year, continuing a long trend of successes for the small department.
School of Nursing faculty and staff recognized with spring awards
May. 23, 2016—Linda Norman, Valere Potter Menefee Professor of Nursing and dean of the Vanderbilt University School of Nursing, announced faculty and staff awards during the school’s spring faculty meeting May 17.
Hill receives honorary doctorate
May. 9, 2016—George C. Hill, Vanderbilt University’s vice chancellor for equity, diversity and inclusion and chief diversity officer, was awarded an honorary doctor of science by Cooper Medical School of Rowan University in Camden, New Jersey, May 9.