Research
Robert Talisse wins Open Inquiry Award for Exceptional Scholarship from Heterodox Academy
Sep. 20, 2023—Robert Talisse’s Open Inquiry Award recognizes his work on effective argumentation—an increasingly relevant topic for today’s polarized campuses and public squares. His work provides astute observations about the current climate and offers invaluable s...
Center for Research on Inequality and Health hosts inaugural seminar, ‘Understanding LGBTQ+ Youth in Times of Change’
Sep. 19, 2023—The Discovery Vanderbilt center welcomed adolescent and young adult health expert Stephen Russell to share evidence for strategies that create supportive communities, reduce mental health risk and promote well-being for LGBTQ+ youth.
$51M NIH grant, among the largest to the university and medical center since 2017, brings ELVIS to VUMC
Sep. 19, 2023—The grant will help biomedical scientists at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in launching a research platform devoted to molecular underpinnings of early-childhood determinants of health. The project, called ELVIS, or, less connotatively, the ECHO...
Major Jackson wins 2023 Academy of American Poets Fellowship for distinguished poetic achievement
Sep. 18, 2023—For his “eclectic but refined, musical, talky and witty” poetry, renowned poet Major Jackson, professor of English, director of creative writing and holder of the Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Chair in the Humanities, has been awarded the 2023 Academy of...
Alex Lupsasca wins New Horizons in Physics Prize from the Breakthrough Prize Foundation
Sep. 13, 2023—Alex Lupsasca, assistant professor of physics and mathematics, wins New Horizons in Physics Prize for black hole research.
Multi-institutional Center for the Mechanical Control of Chemistry awarded $20M CCI grant
Sep. 12, 2023—The Center for the Mechanical Control of Chemistry received a $20 million grant from the National Science Foundation to support its expansion to 11 partner institutions, including Vanderbilt University.
Vanderbilt philosopher says optimism about existential risk is central to reducing it
Sep. 10, 2023—Philosophy scholar David Thorstad’s mathematical modeling approach may spark counterintuitive discussions about existential risk and how to mitigate it. He concludes that we must rethink recent arguments in favor of prioritizing existential risk over o...
Wernke and Huo awarded NEH grant to conduct the largest archaeological imagery survey in the Western Hemisphere using AI
Sep. 5, 2023—A $350,000 grant to develop next-generation archaeological mapping technology will let a Vanderbilt-led research team reveal information about the ancient civilizations of the central Andes.
Vanderbilt launches Center for Research on Inequality and Health to study causes and consequences of health-related inequalities
Sep. 5, 2023—Supported by Discovery Vanderbilt and a collaboration between the College of Arts and Science and the School of Nursing, the center will deepen society’s understanding of the causes and consequences of health-related inequalities. An event marking the ...