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The Effects of Climate Change Being Felt in Nashville

Fun Fact of the Week 2/5/2023: Histones, the DNA-packaging proteins, may be found in bacteria

An Inside Look at Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital

One-Size-Fits-One: How Personalized Learning Unlocks Student Potential

Vanderbilt Study Finds Diabetes May Hasten Breast Cancer Tumor Growth and Stiffness

A Genetic Cause of Alzheimer’s? How Research at Vanderbilt May Help a Superhero

The Soft Side of Robotics

Computation Biology and the Future of Drug Discovery

Fun Fact of the Week 1/30/23: Liquid Metal Robot Can Melt, Move, and Reform

Lack of rural physicians: battle with expanding health access in rural areas

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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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Fun Fact of the Week 2/5/2023: Histones, the DNA-packaging proteins, may be found in bacteria

Fun Fact: Histones, the DNA-packaging proteins, may be found in bacteria Fiona Shan | February 6, 2023 Researchers have discovered that the eukaryotic DNA-packaging protein...

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An Inside Look at Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital

An Inside Look at Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital Rohan Rashingkar | February 5, 2023 Have you ever walked by the Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital and wondered what...

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One-Size-Fits-One: How Personalized Learning Unlocks Student Potential

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

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Vanderbilt Study Finds Diabetes May Hasten Breast Cancer Tumor Growth and Stiffness

Vanderbilt Study Finds Diabetes May Hasten Breast Cancer Tumor Growth and Stiffness Supriyo Rana | February 2, 2023 Diabetes is a scary and uncomfortable disease....

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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!...

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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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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...

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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...

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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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A Genetic Cause of Alzheimer’s? How Research at Vanderbilt May Help a Superhero

A Genetic Cause of Alzheimer’s? How Research at Vanderbilt May Help a Superhero Eric Sha | February 1, 2023 Many of us know a family...

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Our Biological Clocks’ Battle against Real Clocks

Our Biological Clocks’ Battle against Real Clocks Isabella Bautista | January 25, 2023 Pictured here are Lisa Monteggia, Ph.D.; Carl Johnson, Ph.D.; Beth Malow, M.D.;...

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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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Microbial Pathogenesis and the Journey from Student to PI: A Conversation with D...

Tiffany Zhou | December 7, 2022 As the saying goes, “If you cannot see where you are going, ask someone who has been there before.”...

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By Bryan HanPosted on

Healing a Wound by Suppressing It?

Bryan Han | December 2, 2022 How the body sometimes works too hard for its own good One trait that we humans possess that many...

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One-Size-Fits-One: How Personalized Learning Unlocks Student Potential

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

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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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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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How are you, actually?: Using AI algorithms for facial emotion recognition

Vienna Parnell | December 1, 2022 Hopefully it comes to the surprise of no one that people lie on a regular basis without others’ knowledge,...

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By Isabella BautistaPosted on

Manifolds: The Mathematical Basis for Our World

Isabella Bautista | November 13, 2022 Imagine you are standing on the surface of a geometrical sphere, much like we do in real life on the...

  • Applied Math & Computer Science
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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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 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 Isabella BautistaPosted on

Music Is Medicine: The Effects of Music Therapy on Cognition

Isabella Bautista | November 1, 2022 For the young, the old, and those in between, there is real scientific truth to the saying “Music is...

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By Zain TariqPosted on

Neuroscience in the Courtroom

Zain Tariq | October 23, 2022 Why do criminals commit crimes? How does a jury choose an appropriate punishment? How can we decide whether to...

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By Stuti JainPosted on

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 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...

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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...

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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 Sarah PlatkinPosted on

Lack of rural physicians: battle with expanding health access in rural areas

Lack of rural physicians: battle with expanding health access in rural areas Sarah Platkin | January 27, 2023 About 20 percent of Americans live in...

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By Erica GuelfiPosted on

The First Step in a Long Journey: The Importance of Early STEM Exposure

Erica Guelfi | Dec 15, 2022 For many students, STEM is a lifelong journey, often one that starts early in life. Children who are exposed...

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By Marlo ArmstrongPosted on

STEM Advice: Why Your Mental Health is Important

Active Minds hosts a STEM x Mental Health Panel with Dr. Todd and Dr. Starko Marlo Armstrong | November 29, 2022 On October 25, Vanderbilt’s...

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By Sarah PlatkinPosted on

Vanderbilt University Receives Intense Backlash for Transgender Health Clinic

Sarah Platkin | November 10, 2022 TW: Mentions of Transphobia On August 24, 2022, Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) opened up a transgender health clinic....

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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 Rohan RashingkarPosted on

An Inside Look at Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital

An Inside Look at Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital Rohan Rashingkar | February 5, 2023 Have you ever walked by the Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital and wondered what...

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By Claudia ShiPosted on

The Soft Side of Robotics

The Soft Side of Robotics Claudia Shi | January 31, 2023 Inspired by cilia, the Dong lab partially focuses on developing soft miniature devices in...

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By Zain TariqPosted on

The Nanomachine Revolution

Zain Tariq | December 6, 2022 When we are asked to imagine the engineering marvels of the future, our minds tend to wander towards images...

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By Rohan RashingkarPosted on

Make Your Ideas Come To Life With 3D Printing

Rohan Rashingkar | November 16, 2022 Have you ever wanted to transform an idea into a physical reality—but did not have a simple and efficient...

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By Claudia ShiPosted on

Surgeons Behind the Scene: VISE Undergraduate Research

Jesse D’Almeida. (2022). Prostate Robot. Claudia Shi | November 4, 2022 With the aid of robotics in medicine, surgeons are potentially able to perform surgeries...

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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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