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Perron-Who Theorem?

From Medicine to Fashion: Hospital Gowns and Personalized Healthcare

Visualizing Biological Molecules at Atomic Resolution: Advances in Cryo-EM

Spring Cleaning: Bacteria and Mold are Hiding in Your Dorm Room

Evusheld: The Next Big Leap in Antibody Therapy

Will TikTok’s Time in the U.S. run out?

Fun Fact of the Week 5/3: Colonoscopies can Diagnose and Cure Colon Cancer

New Therapeutics in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer

Exploring Political Science in Vanderbilt’s Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions

Sleep Irregularities May Increase Cardiovascular Health Risks, According to VUMC Study

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Perron-Who Theorem?

Perron-Who Theorem? Anya Mondragon | May 11th, 2023 Postdoctoral scholar Peter Huston hosted Vanderbilt’s Undergraduate Math Seminar on the Perron-Frobenius theorem on March 28th. The...

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By Claudia ShiPosted on

From Medicine to Fashion: Hospital Gowns and Personalized Healthcare

From Medicine to Fashion: Hospital Gowns and Personalized Healthcare Claudia Shi | May 9th, 2023 Despite the growing recognition of personalized healthcare, few studies are...

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Visualizing Biological Molecules at Atomic Resolution: Advances in Cryo-EM

Visualizing Biological Molecules at Atomic Resolution: Advances in Cryo-EM Tiffany Zhou | May 9th, 2023 The Discovery Lecture Series, a year-long event hosted by the...

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By Morgan LindsteadPosted on

Spring Cleaning: Bacteria and Mold are Hiding in Your Dorm Room

Spring Cleaning: Bacteria and Mold are Hiding in Your Dorm Room Morgan Linstead | May 8th, 2023 Most students don’t realize how disgusting their dorm...

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By Benjamin YurovskyPosted on

Evusheld: The Next Big Leap in Antibody Therapy

Evusheld: The Next Big Leap in Antibody Therapy Ben Yurovsky | May 5th, 2023 Although it’s no longer at the forefront of news, Covid-19 is...

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STEM Advice: Dear Underclassmen…

Upperclassmen give advice to underclassmen on how to be successful as a student in STEM. Marlo Armstrong | October 11, 2022 STEM has often been...

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By Fardeen BabluPosted on

BehaVerify: Checking Behavior Trees with Ease

Fardeen Bablu | October 12, 2022 Is it possible to model every action that we take as humans? Probably not. What about computers? For sure!...

  • Applied Math & Computer Science
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Can Genes be Medication?

Gene Therapy for Cerebral Adrenoluekodystrophy (CALD) in Boys  Heena Cho | October 13, 2022 At $3 million, Skysona is now the world’s most expensive drug....

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Professor Spotlight: A Q&A with Dr. Ashleigh Maxcey

Recognition-Induced Forgetting and Dr. Maxcey Stuti Jain | October 14, 2022 Your lab focuses on this phenomenon called recognition-induced forgetting. What is that?  Recognition induced...

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By Benjamin YurovskyPosted on

Is Telemedicine the New Norm?

Benjamin Yurovsky | October 16, 2022 As a child whenever I got sick with a cold or the flu, I knew what the protocols were:...

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By Morgan LindsteadPosted on

The End to Animal Toxicology Research is in Sight

Morgan Lindstead | October 17, 2022 The newly proposed FDA Modernization Act has passed in the Senate and has big prospects for modernizing the drug...

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By Rohan RashingkarPosted on

Soaring to New Heights: The Rise of Drones and Their Influence At Vanderbilt

Rohan Rashingkar | October 18, 2022 Have you ever seen a camera shot over the head of a city? Or a video flawlessly capturing a...

  • Applied Math & Computer Science
By Bryan HanPosted on

Lying with Science

Bryan Han | October 19, 2022 We like to think that we are correct when it comes to science. Whether it is some new dieting...

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By Vienna ParnellPosted on

How Technology Can Mitigate Overcrowding In Dining Halls and Libraries

Vienna Parnell | October 20, 2022 Food that’s worth the “Waitz”?:  An interview with Nic Halverson, the founder and CEO behind the crowd level tracking...

  • Technology & Entrepreneurship
By Kanksha BuchPosted on

Global Health Uncovered: The Pakistani Health Crisis after the Flood

Kanksha Buch | October 21, 2022 As a severe drought devastated the agriculture of numerous Pakistani provinces, locals desperately awaited the onset of the monsoon...

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By Tiffany ZhouPosted on

Visualizing Biological Molecules at Atomic Resolution: Advances in Cryo-EM

Visualizing Biological Molecules at Atomic Resolution: Advances in Cryo-EM Tiffany Zhou | May 9th, 2023 The Discovery Lecture Series, a year-long event hosted by the...

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By Benjamin YurovskyPosted on

Evusheld: The Next Big Leap in Antibody Therapy

Evusheld: The Next Big Leap in Antibody Therapy Ben Yurovsky | May 5th, 2023 Although it’s no longer at the forefront of news, Covid-19 is...

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By Ellie McClueyPosted on

New Therapeutics in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer

New Therapeutics in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Ellie McCluey | April 24, 2023 Triple-negative breast cancer accounts for around 15 percent of all breast cancers. It...

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By Supriyo RanaPosted on

Sleep Irregularities May Increase Cardiovascular Health Risks, According to VUMC...

Sleep Irregularities May Increase Cardiovascular Health Risks, According to VUMC Study Supriyo Rana | April 14, 2023 Sleep, or rather lack thereof, is a pronounced...

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By Stuti JainPosted on

Is Dopamine Really the ‘Feel-Good’ Hormone?

Is Dopamine Really the ‘Feel-Good’ Hormone? Stuti Jain | April 10, 2023 It is well-known that dopamine play a key role in allowing us to...

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By Vienna ParnellPosted on

Will TikTok’s Time in the U.S. run out?

Will TikTok’s Time in the U.S. run out? Vienna Parnell | May 4th, 2023 In recent months, there has been increasing bipartisan support for the...

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By Anya MondragonPosted on

Women in STEM: An interview with Dr. ReAnna S. Roby

Women in STEM: An interview with Dr. ReAnna S. Roby Anya Mondragon | April 12, 2023 As a researcher, scientist, and teacher, Dr. ReAnna S....

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By Vienna ParnellPosted on

One-Size-Fits-One: How AI-Driven Personalized Learning Unlocks Student Potential...

One-Size-Fits-One: How AI-Driven Personalized Learning Unlocks Student Potential  Vienna Parnell | February 5, 2023 In an instrumented classroom of the Enyedy Lab  in the Vanderbilt...

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By Tiffany ZhouPosted on

AlphaFold: A new world of protein structure

AlphaFold: A new world of protein structure Tiffany Zhou | January 23, 2023 How do proteins fold into their correct conformation? According to Levinthal’s paradox,...

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By Trevor JonesPosted on

From Smart Irrigation to Design Competitions: The State of Sustainability Tech a...

Trevor Jones | December 15, 2022 You may have seen an email recently about Vanderbilt being ranked a “top green college” by the Princeton Review....

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By Will AtkinsonPosted on

The Paint and Paintbrush to Organic Chemistry’s Art!

The Paint and Paintbrush to Organic Chemistry’s Art! Will Atkinson | February 26, 2023 Have you ever wondered what exactly goes on inside of the...

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By Heena ChoPosted on

Creating With a “Click”

What if you could snap molecular building blocks together like Lego to create more complicated molecules? Click chemistry does just that.  Heena Cho | December...

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By Blake CatlettPosted on

Vanderbilt Chemistry Department Welcomes Dr. Alexander Schuppe and Schuppe Lab

Blake Catlett | November 2, 2022 A new academic year has come, and Vanderbilt’s chemistry department has welcomed a new faculty member: Assistant Professor Dr....

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By Hongkai WangPosted on

The Rise of Designer Drugs

In the world of big pharma, the idea of designer drugs can have a highly negative connotation, and this family of narcotics is shaping to...

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By Stuti JainPosted on

Is Dopamine Really the ‘Feel-Good’ Hormone?

Is Dopamine Really the ‘Feel-Good’ Hormone? Stuti Jain | April 10, 2023 It is well-known that dopamine play a key role in allowing us to...

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By Morgan LindsteadPosted on

Aphantasia: Does Not Having a “Mind’s Eye” Affect Learning?

Aphantasia: Does Not Having a “Mind’s Eye” Affect Learning? Morgan Lindstead | April 3, 2023 What is Aphantasia? Imagine you’re sitting in your first-semester organic...

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By Morgan LindsteadPosted on

Seasonal Depression in College Students

Seasonal Depression in College Students Morgan Lindstead | February 13, 2023 It’s time we start a conversation about Seasonal Depression on campus. For some, this...

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By Ellie McClueyPosted on

Student Spotlight: Postpartum Depression Research with Eileen Yu

Student Spotlight: Postpartum Depression Research with Eileen Yu Ellie McCluey | January 26, 2023 For those who can get pregnant, pregnancy is associated with major...

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By Morgan LindsteadPosted on

Doctoral Candidate Nicolette Granata and the Social Cognition Lab

Morgan Lindstead | November 28, 2022 Nicolette Granata is currently a Ph.D. candidate working in the Social Cognition Lab at Vanderbilt University. Your lab researches...

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By Blake CatlettPosted on

The Effects of Climate Change Being Felt in Nashville

The Effects of Climate Change Being Felt in Nashville Blake Catlett | February 7, 2023 Climate change is an increasingly worrying issue affecting the world’s...

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By Bryce EmanuelPosted on

A Terrible Thing to Waste

A Terrible Thing to Waste Bryce Emanuel | January 23, 2022 Every neighborhood claims to be a safe environment for its residents. But what evidence...

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By Stuti JainPosted on

Rare Binary Star System Offers a New Look into the Cosmos

Stuti Jain | November 18, 2022 The origin of the universe has baffled astronomers, physicists and evolutionary scientists for decades. Despite the newest slew of stunning...

  • Environmental & Earth Sciences
By Sarah PlatkinPosted on

Shopping for Environmental Benefits: Using Carbon Capture Technology to Create C...

Sarah Platkin | November 2, 2022 Many college students, including us here at Vanderbilt University, feed into the fast fashion industry, whether we know it...

  • Environmental & Earth Sciences
By Kanksha BuchPosted on

Global Health Uncovered: The Pakistani Health Crisis after the Flood

Kanksha Buch | October 21, 2022 As a severe drought devastated the agriculture of numerous Pakistani provinces, locals desperately awaited the onset of the monsoon...

  • Environmental & Earth Sciences
By Anya MondragonPosted on

Perron-Who Theorem?

Perron-Who Theorem? Anya Mondragon | May 11th, 2023 Postdoctoral scholar Peter Huston hosted Vanderbilt’s Undergraduate Math Seminar on the Perron-Frobenius theorem on March 28th. The...

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By Claudia ShiPosted on

From Medicine to Fashion: Hospital Gowns and Personalized Healthcare

From Medicine to Fashion: Hospital Gowns and Personalized Healthcare Claudia Shi | May 9th, 2023 Despite the growing recognition of personalized healthcare, few studies are...

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By Morgan LindsteadPosted on

Spring Cleaning: Bacteria and Mold are Hiding in Your Dorm Room

Spring Cleaning: Bacteria and Mold are Hiding in Your Dorm Room Morgan Linstead | May 8th, 2023 Most students don’t realize how disgusting their dorm...

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By Zain TariqPosted on

Exploring Political Science in Vanderbilt’s Center for the Study of Democratic...

Exploring Political Science in Vanderbilt’s Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions Zain Tariq | April 24, 2023 Politics affect each and every one of...

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By Morgan LindsteadPosted on

Aphantasia: Does Not Having a “Mind’s Eye” Affect Learning?

Aphantasia: Does Not Having a “Mind’s Eye” Affect Learning? Morgan Lindstead | April 3, 2023 What is Aphantasia? Imagine you’re sitting in your first-semester organic...

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By Vienna ParnellPosted on

Will TikTok’s Time in the U.S. run out?

Will TikTok’s Time in the U.S. run out? Vienna Parnell | May 4th, 2023 In recent months, there has been increasing bipartisan support for the...

  • Applied Math & Computer Science
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  • Technology & Entrepreneurship
By Supriyo RanaPosted on

Sleep Irregularities May Increase Cardiovascular Health Risks, According to VUMC...

Sleep Irregularities May Increase Cardiovascular Health Risks, According to VUMC Study Supriyo Rana | April 14, 2023 Sleep, or rather lack thereof, is a pronounced...

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By Morgan LindsteadPosted on

Aphantasia: Does Not Having a “Mind’s Eye” Affect Learning?

Aphantasia: Does Not Having a “Mind’s Eye” Affect Learning? Morgan Lindstead | April 3, 2023 What is Aphantasia? Imagine you’re sitting in your first-semester organic...

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By Vanderbilt VanguardPosted on

Globalization of Minimally Invasive Surgery Training

Globalization of Minimally Invasive Surgery Training Claudia Shi and Hee Na Cho | March 31, 2023 Vanderbilt colleagues on the project are (L-R) Professor Mike...

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By Vanderbilt VanguardPosted on

Cutting-Edge Endoscopy Device Receives FDA Breakthrough Device Designation, Pavi...

Cutting-Edge Endoscopy Device Receives FDA Breakthrough Device Designation, Paving Way for Improved GI Tract Diagnosis and Treatment Supriyo Rana & Claudia Shi | March 24,...

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By Alina YuPosted on

The WOMEN Behind Cutting-Edge Gene Technology

In the midst of Women’s History Month, we thought it only fitting to highlight a few of the female pioneers who have advanced our world...

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By Hanwen FengPosted on

Immunotherapy in Head and Neck Cancers: A Conversation with Dr. Michael John Kor...

To better understand the future of immunotherapy treatment, we sat down with immunologist Dr. Michael John Korrer. He works in Dr. Young Kim’s lab at...

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By Calla ReedPosted on

Amplifying Black Voices: STEM Professional Renã Robinson, College of Arts and S...

“Be Humble, Be Bold and Be You." According to renowned analytical chemistry scientist Dr. Reña Robinson, these are the keys to succeeding and thriving in...

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By Calla ReedPosted on

Amplifying Black Voices: STEM Professional Dean Mitchell, School of Engineering

Dean Burgess has been a unique and talented trailblazer in the field of engineering education since coming to Vanderbilt in 2002 as a result of...

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By Minna ApostolovaPosted on

Antivirals and Professional Perspectives from the Pandemic: A Conversation with ...

Written by Minna Apostolova Dr. Lars Plate is an Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Biological Sciences. Teaching classes during the pandemic is a significant challenge,...

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