In the Media
The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education: Two universities bestow honors on civil rights icon James Lawson
Aug. 27, 2021
(The new James Lawson Institute at Vanderbilt is featured.)
The Tennessean: Waverly’s ‘long and skinny’ geography breeding ground for deadly floods, scientists say
Aug. 26, 2021
(John Ayers, professor of earth and environmental sciences, quoted.)
The Hill: Reports of the Taliban’s coming demise are greatly exaggerated
Aug. 26, 2021
(David Wasserstein, professor of history and Eugene Greener, Jr. Professor of Jewish Studies, authored.)
Smithsonian: Human remains from the Chilean desert reveal its first farmers fought to the death
Aug. 25, 2021
(Tiffiny Tung, professor of anthropology, quoted.)
Inverse: The future of cosmology is 239,000 miles away — but closer than ever
Aug. 23, 2021
(Karan Jani, research assistant professor of physics and astronomy, quoted.)
Religion News Service: For atheists, the idea of aliens seems real. Religious people doubt it.
Aug. 23, 2021
(David Weintraub, professor of astronomy, quoted.)
The Washington Post: Highly religious Americans are less likely to believe intelligent life exists on other planets, survey says
Aug. 19, 2021
(David Weintraub, professor of astronomy, quoted.)
USA Today: ‘It’s just rubbish’: Experts doubt Taliban’s promises on women and girls
Aug. 19, 2021
Samar Ali, research professor of political science and law and co-chair of the Vanderbilt Project on Unity & American Democracy, quoted.)
The Tennessean: Former U.S. Sen. Bob Corker: Afghan government bound to fall without U.S. support
Aug. 17, 2021
(Samar Ali, research professor of political science and law and co-chair of the Vanderbilt Project on Unity & American Democracy, quoted.)
The New York Times: Afghanistan, Vietnam and the limits of American power
Aug. 17, 2021
(Jefferson Cowie, James G. Stahlman Chair in American History, quoted.)