Graduate School
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Novel advanced light design and fabrication process could revolutionize sensing technologies
Vanderbilt and Penn State engineers have developed a novel approach to design and fabricate thin-film infrared light sources with near-arbitrary spectral output driven by heat, along with a machine learning methodology called inverse design that reduced the optimization time for these devices from weeks or months on a multi-core computer… Read MoreOct 21, 2021
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Vanderbilt to host welcome event for second-year graduate students
The Vanderbilt Graduate School will hold a welcome event for its second-year students on Monday, Sept. 27, from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. in Sarratt Cinema. Read MoreSep 21, 2021
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Everything you need to know about campus support
At Vanderbilt, resources supporting student needs are everywhere. Knowing where to look and whom to ask can help them navigate the university and set students on the course to success. Read MoreSep 9, 2021
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Town hall for graduate and professional students scheduled for Sept. 15
Vanderbilt graduate and professional students are invited to attend a virtual town hall at noon CT on Wednesday, Sept. 15, to hear directly from campus leadership about the university’s 2021 fall semester operations. The event will address COVID-19 protocols, testing and contact tracing, academic support and resources for mental health and wellness. Read MoreSep 8, 2021
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Research Snapshot: Biomedical engineers demonstrate potential for the first clinically successful osteoarthritis drug
Affecting athletes, military and 25 percent of Americans over 45, Craig Duvall and his team build nanoparticles targeted to mitigate osteoarthritis. Est. reading time: 3.5 mins. Read MoreSep 1, 2021
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Vanderbilt welcomes newest Graduate School students
The Graduate School welcomed more than 400 students to campus for New Student Orientation on Aug. 23. The day included a convocation in the Student Life Center that was followed by an information fair and reception in Alumni Hall. Read MoreAug 30, 2021
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Graduate students named ‘runners-up’ at Global Map the System competition for investigating housing affordability in Nashville
Two graduate students in Peabody College have been named runners-up in the Global Map the System competition, hosted by Oxford University’s Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship. Read MoreAug 26, 2021
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Vanessa K. Valdés, MA’02, MA’03, PhD’07, and Nathan Dize, MA’20, PhD’21: Collaborative Vision
Vanessa K. Valdés and Nathan H. Dize, Vanderbilt graduates in Spanish and Portuguese and French and Italian, respectively, teamed up on a project in the field of Afro-Latinx studies--a translation of Makenzy Orcel’s heartbreaking novel set in Haiti, Les Immortelles, published by SUNY Press. Read MoreAug 24, 2021
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Vanderbilt’s silent CubeSat awakens six months after launch
Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation volunteers have established communications with RadFxSat-2, a small CubeSat that had been silent since it deployed in a Virgin Orbit in January 2021. Read MoreAug 23, 2021
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Vanderbilt team first to win VentureWell E-Team Stage 2 Grant for tech-driven environmental monitoring startup Intelligent Systems
Intelligent Systems, an indoor air quality monitoring startup founded by Tim Darrah, a Ph.D. student in computer science, has won a stage 2 grant from VentureWell, which funds and trains faculty and student innovators to create successful, socially beneficial businesses. Darrah grew Intelligent Systems through the Wond’ry, Vanderbilt’s Innovation Center. Read MoreAug 2, 2021
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Research Snapshot: Vanderbilt engineer the first to introduce low-power dynamic manipulation of single nanoscale quantum objects
Assistant Professor of electrical engineering Justus Ndukaife is powering the quantum computing revolution with the development of the first on-demand, scalable technique to manipulate nanoscale nanodiamonds. Est. reading time: 2 mins. Read MoreJul 30, 2021
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Research Snapshot: Novel discovery describes the mechanisms of wound detection in the body
Pioneering research from Vanderbilt scientists discovers the mechanism by which epithelial cells first find and react to wounds. Est. reading time: 3 mins. Read MoreJul 27, 2021
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Computer science student’s Microsoft dissertation grant supports her vision disability research
Computer science graduate student Haley A. Adams has been awarded a 2021 Microsoft Research Dissertation Grant. She is one of 10 recipients in the United States and Canada. Read MoreJul 16, 2021
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Vanderbilt graduate students address legislators to advocate for NSF funding
Two graduate students from Vanderbilt’s School of Engineering and one from the School of Medicine Basic Sciences recently addressed legislators in Washington, D.C., virtually, sharing stories about the important role funding from the National Science Foundation has played in their research and training. Read MoreJun 30, 2021
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Grad student adds drone imagery to toolbox for post-disaster recovery
A new online gallery of photos taken in the days, weeks and months following the March 2020 tornados that struck Middle Tennessee is the work of Daniel Perrucci, a Ph.D. candidate in civil engineering, who wants to make disaster recovery more equitable. Read MoreJun 24, 2021
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Five receive Graduate Leadership Anchor Awards
The Vanderbilt Graduate Student Council has announced the winners of its inaugural Graduate Leadership Anchor Awards. The awards were designed to identify and honor the hard work and leadership of graduate students at Vanderbilt. Read MoreJun 23, 2021
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Vanderbilt School of Nursing student leaders share opportunities to eliminate bias and racism against AAPI health care professionals amid COVID-19
Student leaders of the Vanderbilt School of Nursing Asian American Pacific Islander Student Nurses organization have published an article that summarizes and provides recommendations for the treatment of AAPI health care professionals, including nurses. Read MoreJun 22, 2021
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VU graduate students highlight contributions of Black scientists as part of Juneteenth celebration
In honor of this year’s Juneteenth holiday, Vanderbilt University graduate students from the Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics created a poster charting key achievements from Black scientists stretching back to 1837. Read MoreJun 16, 2021
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Graduate student co-leads efforts to repurpose approved medications for pregnant women and children
Vanderbilt doctoral student Anup Challa, BE’21, MS’21, has been tapped to co-lead a team of researchers and patient advocates to identify areas across the world in need of health care for pregnant women and infants as the new chair of the Special Populations Coordinating Committee for the CURE Drug Repurposing Collaboratory. Read MoreJun 11, 2021
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Vanderbilt students selected by the Department of Energy’s Office of Science Graduate Student Research Program
Vanderbilt graduate students Luis Bichon and Brandon Tyler Blankenship have been selected for the Department of Energy’s Office of Science Graduate Student Research program and will pursue their research on high-energy nuclear physics at Los Alamos National Laboratory. Read MoreJun 1, 2021