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Regional consortium secures $18M grant to foster equity in agriculture workforce development
Janey Camp (Submitted photo) Janey Camp, research professor of civil and environmental engineering and director of the Vanderbilt Center for Transportation and Operational Resiliency, is part of a regional consortium that has won an $18 million grant to enable minority-serving institutions to build and… Read MoreJul. 7, 2023
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ORAU Powe Award supports Vanderbilt researcher’s computational simulations of light, sound and bubbles
A Vanderbilt computer science professor studying sonoluminescence—a process by which light is emitted by small bubbles in liquid when bombarded by blasts of high-pitched sound—has received a competitive research grant from Oak Ridge Associated Universities. David Hyde, assistant professor of computer science, is one of 35 junior faculty… Read MoreJun. 30, 2023
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Vanderbilt initiated startup Zeno Power receives $30M to build the first commercially developed nuclear–powered satellite
Zeno Power, a startup initiated through the Wond’ry, Vanderbilt’s Innovation Center, has received a total of $30 million from the U.S. Department of Defense and private investors to develop and build a flight-ready radioisotope-powered satellite by 2025. It is expected to be the first… Read MoreJun. 20, 2023
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Vanderbilt researcher wins NSF CAREER award to close a gap in network analysis by better modeling negative online interactions like unfollowing and blocking
Tyler Derr, assistant professor of computer science, has won a National Science Foundation CAREER Award to advance network analysis methods for data that inherently contain both positive and negative interactions, such as that found in e-commerce and online social media. Tyler Derr The prestigious five-year award honors early career faculty with… Read MoreJun. 16, 2023
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Lin, Lippmann named 2023 Chancellor Faculty Fellows
Engineering professors Shihong Lin and Ethan Lippmann have been selected for the 2023 cohort of Chancellor Faculty Fellows along with 11 other outstanding faculty members from across the university. This group is composed of highly accomplished, recently tenured faculty from a wide variety of disciplines and areas of expertise. Read MoreJun. 8, 2023
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Jules White to lead Future of Learning and Generative AI Initiative; interdisciplinary advisory board created
Vanderbilt University has created the Future of Learning and Generative AI Initiative and appointed members of an advisory board for the initiative. Both will center their efforts around scholarship and opportunities connected to the growing use of nascent artificial intelligence technologies. As generative AI… Read MoreJun. 7, 2023
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Service providers charged with keeping kids safe are cautious but see value in AI tool to track risky behavior online
Photo/Getty Images Educators, mental health professionals, juvenile justice officers, and child welfare caseworkers who often see first-hand the trials faced by vulnerable youth, and who are charged with their protection, do see some value in using artificial intelligence as an early risk detection tool for online safety. But they are… Read MoreJun. 7, 2023
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Vanderbilt Rocket Team collects coveted Altitude Award in 2023 NASA Student Launch competition
NASA Student Launch competition near NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, April 15. The Vanderbilt University rocket, New Ham, successfully flew to within 4 feet of its 4500-foot altitude target to place first and collect the coveted Altitude Award in the 2023 NASA Student Launch competition. The… Read MoreJun. 6, 2023
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Chris Rowe selected for prestigious Harvard program to boost Nashville’s biomedical sector collaboration
Chris Rowe, executive director for industry collaborations within the Office of the Vice Provost for Research and Innovation’s Center for Technology Transfer and Commercialization and professor of the practice of engineering management, has been selected for the 2023 Young American Leaders… Read MoreJun. 5, 2023
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Somto Dimobi Okoye to serve as Vanderbilt Board of Trust young alumni leader
Somtochukwu “Somto” Dimobi Okoye, BE’19, will begin a two-year term as Vanderbilt Board of Trust young alumni leader on July 1. Okoye, of London, was confirmed as a young alumni leader after serving a three-year term on the Vanderbilt Alumni Association board. Somto Okoye (submitted photo) After her graduation from Vanderbilt… Read MoreJun. 2, 2023