This year’s roundup of the most popular news articles highlights the wide reach and positive impact of Vanderbilt’s research and innovation, showing “we are an extraordinary learning and research community—and a destination for world-class scholars,” as Chancellor Daniel Diermeier said in September.
- One of the world’s leading structural biologists, John Kuriyan, is named the next dean of the School of Medicine Basic Sciences, advancing our goal to expand Vanderbilt’s global research impact.
- Vanderbilt achieves its .
- A statewide Vanderbilt Poll shows , possibly influencing Tennesseans’ attitudes toward elected leaders.
- Black women’s maternal mortality rate is typically double that of white women, according to a Vanderbilt study, “demonstrating how racism and sexism work together to weaken the likelihood of motherhood not only via infant mortality, but also maternal mortality.”
- A 2022 Sloan Research Fellowship, one of the most competitive and prestigious awards available to early-career researchers, is .
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Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering Karl Zelik, center, collaborated with soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division to develop SABER. - For the first time since 2015, Vanderbilt Poll respondents “are no longer as rosy about .Ũį
- To help meet the national demand for registered nurses, geared toward people with a bachelor’s degree in another field or who are looking for a career change.
- Collaboration focuses on “deeply understanding soldier needs to in inaugural Pathfinder Project.
- Rather than focusing on climate science, Vanderbilt College of Arts and Science’s integrates natural sciences, social sciences and humanities to give students a comprehensive perspective on climate change, its challenges and its possible solutions.