Research
Vanderbilt, chemist Ben Brown awarded $2.375M to develop nonaddictive painkillers with AI
Jan. 17, 2024—Avenir Award funding from the National Institute on Drug Abuse recognizes research that represents “the future of addiction science.” Brown’s research is creating an AI-experiment feedback loop that will help optimize painkilling drugs to be less addic...
Vanderbilt chemist Ben Brown awarded $2.375M to develop nonaddictive painkillers with AI
Jan. 17, 2024—Avenir Award funding from the National Institute on Drug Abuse recognizes research that represents “the future of addiction science.” Brown’s research is creating an AI-experiment feedback loop that will help optimize painkilling drugs to be less addic...
Critically acclaimed: Lorrie Moore’s new novel gathers year-end praise
Dec. 17, 2023—Professor of English Lorrie Moore’s newest novel, I Am Homeless If This Is Not My Home, has been named one of the best books of 2023 by The New Yorker and received year-end praise from NPR and New York Magazine.
Support for democracy in the Americas remains low, opening door for politicians with undemocratic plans, Vanderbilt survey finds
Nov. 28, 2023—A simmering discontent with democracy in Latin America and the Caribbean is creating opportunities for politicians with undemocratic plans, according to a comprehensive survey released Nov. 29 by Vanderbilt University’s LAPOP Lab.
Vanderbilt researchers explore new science education approach to build youths’ agency amid climate anxiety
Nov. 27, 2023—By Jenna Somers A three-year, nearly $1.3 million grant from the National Science Foundation supports a trans-institutional research team at Vanderbilt University investigating an innovative approach to STEM education that could help young people devel...
Sophomore Sharmila Adapa awarded prestigious Future Nobel Laureate Scholarship
Nov. 26, 2023—Adapa, an Ingram Scholar in the College of Arts and Science, will travel to Sweden in December as one of only 10 students globally to receive a 2023 Future Nobel Laureate Scholarship.
New collaborative research project seeks improved treatment for cystic fibrosis
Nov. 15, 2023—Lars Plate, assistant professor of chemistry and biological sciences, has received a $2.76 million collaborative grant to investigate medical therapy for people with cystic fibrosis. The interdisciplinary project brings together teams with varied exper...
New collaborative research project seeks improved treatment for cystic fibrosis
Nov. 13, 2023—Lars Plate, assistant professor of chemistry and biological sciences, has received a $2.76 million collaborative grant to investigate medical therapy for people with cystic fibrosis. The interdisciplinary project brings together teams with varied expertise in computational structural biology, proteomics, biophysics, and physiology in hopes of improving the quality of life for those afflicted with the...
WATCH: Storied Vanderbilt campus home becomes living history lab and exhibit
Oct. 30, 2023—See how more than 200 students and faculty came together through 19 interdisciplinary hands-on courses to turn the historic Vaughn home into a living laboratory, unveiling "hidden narratives" of Vanderbilt's and Nashville's past.
Vanderbilt hosts first international meeting to plan space-time observatory on the moon
Oct. 22, 2023—Vanderbilt hosts first international lunar gravitational wave workshop, including a Nobel laureate, a NASA administrator, leading astrophysicists and more, to identify opportunities and resources to continue exploring our universe.