Lack of rural physicians: battle with expanding health access in rural areas Sarah Platkin | January 27, 2023 About 20 percent of Americans live in…
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…
STEM Advice: Why Your Mental Health is Important
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Vanderbilt University Receives Intense Backlash for Transgender Health Clinic
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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…
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…
The Loosening of COVID-19 Restrictions
This change in policy demonstrates how leaders have to balance the public’s desire to return to normalcy (e.g. more students in-person) with the ever-present dangers of COVID-19 (e.g. the possibility of mass transmission of the virus).
Global Warming and Snowstorm Uri
A few weeks ago, winter storm Uri brought four inches of snow and a whole week of snow flurries and freezing temperatures to campus.
My 24-hour Experience with Vanderbilt’s Isolation Protocols
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 than that, not much else is known about what COVID-19 housing procedures look like.