Environment
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Mary Ellen Ternes, BE’84, environmental lawyer and expert on plastics pollution, to give inaugural distinguished lecture on Oct. 22
Prominent environmental attorney and advocate Mary Ellen Ternes, BE’84, will deliver the inaugural Mary Ellen Ternes Distinguished Lecture, hosted by the Vanderbilt Center for Sustainability, Energy and Climate (VSEC), on October 22. The lectureship was endowed last spring in honor of Ternes, who will be speaking on… Read MoreOct. 16, 2024
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Robinson, Kosson garner major honors from chancellor at fall faculty assembly
Two School of Engineering faculty members collected top honors from Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos at the Aug. 25 fall faculty assembly, earning awards for efforts that advance understanding of diversity and for outstanding scholarship and research. The newly established Chancellor’s Research Awards for Equity, Diversity… Read MoreAug. 26, 2016
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Civil & environmental grad student takes top spot at Three Minute Thesis Competition
Civil and environmental engineering graduate student Thushara Gunda delivers her Three Minute Thesis on helping Sri Lankan farmers with drought. (Daniel DuBois/Vanderbilt University) Topics ranged from giving nanoparticles the aquatic skills of an Olympic swimmer so they can deliver anti-cancer drugs more effectively…to developing an ultrasonic Trojan… Read MoreMar. 2, 2016