Research
Tiffiny Tung named senior fellow for Harvard’s Dumbarton Oaks Pre-Columbian Studies program
Nov. 11, 2024—Tiffiny Tung, Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Professor of Social and Natural Sciences, professor of anthropology and vice provost for undergraduate education, has been named a senior fellow in the Pre-Columbian Studies program at Harvard’s Dumbarton Oaks....
New study sheds light on seasonality in mood disorders
Oct. 31, 2024—Article adapted from a press release written by PLOS While cooler temperatures and falling leaves may draw some to pumpkin patches and hayrides, for others, it marks the start of shorter days and less sunlight. In a recent study conducted by Sandy Rosenthal, Jack and Pamela Egan Chair in Chemistry, and Oleg Kovtun, research assistant...
New study sheds light on seasonality in mood disorders
Oct. 30, 2024—A recent study conducted by Vanderbilt chemistry professors Sandy Rosenthal and Oleg Kovtun found that people experiencing depressed states had lower daytime activity, and people’s daytime activity increased with longer days and more sun exposure.
Boundary-Spanning Genius
Oct. 29, 2024—For John Jumper, BS’07, the road to winning the Nobel Prize in chemistry began with an interdisciplinary education at Vanderbilt.
Meet Vanderbilt’s first Packard Fellow Carlos Taboada, assistant professor of biological sciences and frog whisperer
Oct. 27, 2024—Carlos Taboada, assistant professor of biological sciences, was among the 2024 Packard Fellows for Science and Engineering announced on Tuesday, Oct. 15. At the Taboada Lab, he and his team investigate the chemical, physiological and physical mechanism...
Vanderbilt secures four prestigious NEH grants
Oct. 27, 2024—Vanderbilt University secured four National Endowment for the Humanities grants totaling $330,696 to support projects ranging from Yiddish literature to the preservation of Special Collections. The grants highlight Vanderbilt’s leadership in humanitie...
Center for Global Democracy Awarded $12.5 million from USAID
Oct. 10, 2024—The College of Arts and Science’s Center for Global Democracy has been awarded $12.5 million from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to expand its research on democratic governance in Latin America and the Caribbean. The funds will be dispersed over the next five years to support activities related to the AmericasBarometer survey, a...
John M. Jumper, DeepMind researcher and Vanderbilt alumnus, shares 2024 Nobel Prize in chemistry
Oct. 9, 2024—John M. Jumper, BS’07, is one of three scientists awarded the Nobel Prize in chemistry by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Oct. 9. Jumper currently is a senior staff research scientist for DeepMind, a London-based company that made a huge leap ...
New study finds that anesthesia inhibits brain’s predictive processing
Oct. 8, 2024—Our brains constantly work to make predictions about what’s going on around us, ensuring that we can attend to and consider the unexpected. However, in a new study led by Assistant Professor of Psychology Andre Bastos, researchers found that animal subjects under general anesthesia were unable to detect moderate and complex surprises. While a sensory...
New study finds that anesthesia inhibits brain’s predictive processing
Oct. 7, 2024—A new study led by Andre Bastos, assistant professor of psychology, found that animal subjects under general anesthesia were unable to detect moderate and complex surprises. This discovery deepens the understanding about the nature of consciousness and...