Coronavirus
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Dean Paschal helps collect medical supplies locally to help fight pandemic
Cheryl Noe, A&S’89, executive director of C.U.R.E. Nashville, captures volunteers in a selfie at the event. Left to right, Cynthia Paschal, senior associate dean for undergraduate education and a biomedical engineering professor, Buist Richardson, and Abdul Makembe, MA’79, Project C.U.R.E. Ambassador Board member. Cynthia Paschal, Vanderbilt senior associate dean… Read MoreMar. 31, 2020
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Sophomore sets up volunteer grocery shopping and delivery service
Connor Oltman, a BME sophomore, is shopping and delivering groceries to people who cannot or should not leave their homes. Connor Oltman knew he’d need activities beyond engineering classes and labs to keep him busy when he got home to Cypress, a small city in Orange County, California. Even as… Read MoreMar. 30, 2020
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Engineering student makes face shields to help boost dwindling supply during coronavirus crisis
Katy Riojas, a mechanical engineering Ph.D. student, makes face shields in her home. When Vanderbilt University Medical Center resident Ashley Nassiri asked Katy Riojas how to get the School of Engineering involved in the coronavirus crisis, Riojas had an idea. “Vanderbilt is unique in that engineering faculty and students and… Read MoreMar. 26, 2020