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Month: December 2022

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By Trevor JonesPosted on

From Smart Irrigation to Design Competitions: The State of Sustainability Tech at Vandy

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

  • Applied Math & Computer Science
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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  • Perspectives
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…

  • Chemistry
By Ellie McClueyPosted on

The Wond’ry: An Incubator for Innovation

Ellie McCluey | December 8, 2022 What is the Wond’ry with Deanna Meador Often described as an “epicenter for innovation”, Vanderbilt’s Wond’ry is equipped with…

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By Tiffany ZhouPosted on

Microbial Pathogenesis and the Journey from Student to PI: A Conversation with Dr. Eric Skaar

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

  • Applied Biology
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…

  • Technology & Entrepreneurship
By Fiona ShanPosted on

Fun Fact of the Week 12/5: Beyond X and Y: Scientists uncover a new mechanism of sex determination in mammals

Fiona Shan | December 5, 2022 Scientists often differentiate between male and female mammals based on their specific combinations of the sex chromosomes X and…

  • Fun Fact of the Week
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…

  • Applied Biology
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By Vienna ParnellPosted on

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,…

  • Applied Math & Computer Science
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