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The Tennessean: Federal science funding that powers TN’s economy is at risk | Opinion
Dec. 1, 2025—Shane Hutson, A.B. Learned Professor and professor of physics, authored this piece.
Quillette: The new speech wars
Dec. 1, 2025—Jacob Mchangama, research professor of political science and executive director of the Future of Free Speech Project, quoted.
BBC: The looming election Trump can’t afford to lose
Dec. 1, 2025—John Geer, Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Professor of Political Science and senior advisor in the Office of the Chancellor, quoted.
Daily Mail: What would happen if you walked into a black hole? Scientist reveals the gruesome effects on the human body
Nov. 22, 2025—Robert Scherrer, professor of physics, quoted.
The American: What guns do and what they mean
Nov. 21, 2025—Jonathan Metzl, Frederick B. Rentschler II Professor and professor of medicine, health, and society, authored this piece.
Scientific American: These birds learned to tweet like R2-D2. Listen to the uncanny results
Nov. 21, 2025—Nicole Creanza, associate professor of biological sciences, quoted.
Newsweek: Supreme Court could redefine the limits of state power
Nov. 21, 2025—Tara McKay, associate professor of medicine, health, and society, quoted.
The Center Square: Poll shows people want politics out of colleges
Nov. 21, 2025—John Geer, Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Professor of Political Science and senior advisor in the Office of the Chancellor, and Josh Clinton, Abby and Jon Winkelried Professor and professor of political science, quoted.
WPLN: How competitive is Tennessee’s special congressional race?
Nov. 19, 2025—John Geer, Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Professor of Political Science and senior advisor in the Office of the Chancellor, interviewed.
WPLN: Americans want colleges to teach students how to think, not what to think, new Vanderbilt poll finds
Nov. 19, 2025—Josh Clinton, Abby and Jon Winkelried Professor and professor of political science, quoted.