It’s widely known that if a student living on-campus tested positive for the virus, they will be moved to a specially designated quarantine dorm. Other...
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Immunotherapy in Head and Neck Cancers: A Conversation with Dr. Michael John Korrer
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...
Amplifying Black Voices: STEM Professional Reña Robinson, College of Arts and Sciences (Analytical Chemistry)
“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...
Amazon is Spying on its Workers with AI
The majority of Americans use Amazon daily, despite extensive reports of employee mistreatment. But with its implementation of pervasive AI technology among employees, has Amazon...
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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Welcome Letter
Dear Vanderbilt Community, We are living through an incredible moment in history. For the first time in many of our lives, we are witnessing science...
Let’s end the negative rhetoric surrounding GMOs
Often depicted as “Frankenfoods”—monstrous mutant meals cooked up in a laboratory—genetically modified organisms (GMOs) get a pretty bad rap. And unnecessarily so.
Climate Change, Zoonosis, and Epidemic outbreaks: Disease Outbreaks as the New Normal
Zoonotic diseases, infectious diseases that exist naturally in an animal population and mutate to become viable in the human population upon close contact, have been...
Diffbot AI Knows Everything on the Internet
Is it possible to engineer a program to remember the whole internet? That’s exactly what the startup Diffbot is trying to achieve. Diffbot is a...
Fighting Online Propaganda with Language Processing
A rising percentage of Americans now obtain their news online through news outlets and social media. This means that efficient as it is to inform...
The Sunshine Vitamin
If there was a clear way to improve health with no medical costs, would you take it? Using vitamin D, through sunlight, the human body...
What impact does climate change have on the California fires?
With the increasing number and frequency of these natural calamities, we’re faced with two critical questions: how does climate change impact these catastrophes and how...
Gait Sensing Smartphone Technology Shows Promise in Reducing Alcohol-Related Incidents on College Campuses
Fortunately, scientists are working on a new way to determine intoxication: by looking at gait, or the way you walk.
Explaining CRISPR: The Genetic Scissors that Won the Nobel Prize
While modifying the genes within cells used to be a difficult, time-intensive task, the CRISPR genetic scissors make it possible to change the DNA of...
A 2020 Sick Day: COVID-19, the Flu, or the Common Cold?
So, what are the differences between influenza, COVID-19, and the seasonal Common Cold? What are the similarities?
