Skip to main content
Vanderbilt Background Photo

In the Media

Tennessean: How Americans can talk about Jan. 6, demand accountability and unite as a nation

Feb. 2, 2022

(Samar Ali, research professor of political science, quoted.)


Main Street Nashville: Vanderbilt receives $3 million for new astronomy program

Feb. 2, 2022

(Kelly Holley-Bockelmann, Stevenson Professor of Astronomy, quoted.)


National Geographic: Archaeologists seek out mystery behind 500-year-old ‘spines on sticks’

Feb. 1, 2022

(Tiffiny Tung, Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Professor of Anthropology, quoted.)


Smithsonian Magazine: Why Did 16th-Century Andean Villagers String Together the Bones of Their Ancestors?

Feb. 1, 2022

(Tiffiny Tung, Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Professor of Anthropology, quoted.)


Science: Reconstructed human spines may honor Peru’s defiled dead

Feb. 1, 2022

(Tiffiny Tung, Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Professor of Anthropology, quoted.)


Tennessean: How US Rep. Jim Cooper’s retirement signals a seismic shift in Nashville’s political landscape

Feb. 1, 2022

(John Geer, Ginny and Conner Searcy Dean of the College of Arts and Science, quoted.)


Washington Examiner: Trump early Tennessee House race endorsement a test of his political potency

Jan. 31, 2022

(John Geer, Ginny and Conner Searcy Dean of the College of Arts and Science, quoted.)


Al Jazeera: The Great Upgrade: Making the most of The Great Resignation

Jan. 31, 2022

(Dan Cornfield, professor of sociology, quoted.)


Politico: How the Biden Presidency Became a Cultural Black Hole

Jan. 30, 2022

(Courtney Travers, senior lecturer in communication studies, quoted.)


Knoxville News Sentinel: Tennessee’s university leaders lobby Congress to make Pell Grants relevant again

Jan. 28, 2022

(Chancellor Daniel Diermeier, University Distinguished Professor of Political Science, quoted.)