Kamal Saggi
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Muhammad Yunus, Vanderbilt alumnus and Nobel laureate, returns to Bangladesh as interim leader
Nobel laureate and economist Muhammad Yunus, PhD’71, was recently chosen by President Mohammed Shahabuddin to lead an interim government in Bangladesh. Yunus returned to his native country on Thursday, Aug. 8, after weeks of student-led protests. Read MoreAug 9, 2024
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Provost launching initiatives focused on research support, graduate education and more
Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs C. Cybele Raver today announced six initiatives that include strengthening the university’s support of research, furthering connections and collaboration with Vanderbilt University Medical Center and further defining the future of graduate education. Read MoreFeb 10, 2022
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Take a Chair: A new $30 million investment to support faculty could lead to innovations that will save your life and shape the world’s future
In this feature, Vanderbilt Magazine highlights just a few of the wide-ranging research endeavors being undertaken by the university’s current chair holders—from the creation of low-cost, potentially lifesaving materials that can warn of structural failures to discoveries explaining the mechanisms of addiction. Read MoreNov 21, 2017