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Vanderbilt University: Vanderbilt University Institute of National Security Awarded $2.5 Million Grant from William & Flora Hewlett Foundation to Advance Research on AI-Driven Information Warfare. “Led by the Institute’s Wicked Problems Lab, Project SIFT responds to the growing threat of AI-driven propaganda and influence campaigns—an issue the Lab brought to national attention in The New […]

Garden State Awaits – Vanderbilt University Athletics – Official Athletics Website https://www.allforgardening.com/1572071/garden-state-awaits-vanderbilt-university-athletics-official-athletics-website/ #commodores #CommodoresBaseball #CommodoresBasketball #CommodoresFootball #CommodoresSoccer #featured #garden #headlines #VanderbiltAthletics #VanderbiltCommodores #VanderbiltCommodoresBaseballRoster #VanderbiltCommodoresFootballRoster #VanderbiltStadium #VanderbiltUniversity #VanderbiltUniversityAthletics #vuc #VucBaseball #VucBasketball #VucFootball #WomenSBasketball

A study followed 'gifted' kids for over 50 years. Here's what we've learned about them.

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/genius-students-ex1

Vanderbilt Student Government and the Vanderbilt chapter of American Association of University Professors host campus Teach-In in response to Trump administration’s higher education compact – The Vanderbilt Hustler

Vanderbilt Student Government and the Vanderbilt chapter of American Association of University Professors host campus Teach-In in response to Trump administration’s higher education compact

Professors and graduate students gathered at the Teach-In to speak out against the compact.

By Ella Crocco, Staffer-in-Training, Oct 24, 2025

Vanderbilt Student Government and members of Vanderbilt’s chapter of the American Association of University Professors hosted a Teach-In on Oct. 17 regarding the higher education compact Vanderbilt was sent from the Trump administration. Students and faculty at the event discussed how they believe the compact could endanger academic freedom, education policy and the university’s core values, among other topics.   

Jessie Hock, associate English department chair and associate professor of English, opened the Teach-In with contextual remarks. Carwil Bjork-James, associate professor in social movements, indigenous rights and political anthropology, then spoke to the crowd about how he believes that if Vanderbilt agrees to the compact, it could have negative financial impacts for the university.  

“I think that our administrators are being misled by the promise of more research funding by an administration that is clearly cutting off research funding and restricting it at every level,” Bjork-James said.  

In an interview with The Hustler, Bjork-James said that the compact will not help ensure Vanderbilt is a space where students and faculty can freely express their thoughts.  

“I would say faculty are really committed to maintaining this campus as a place where [students] can speak freely, where [students] can come here with any political opinion, with any perspective, get an open education and where there are viable places to do scholarship and research and this compact is not the right way to do that,” Bjork-James said. 

Jada Benn Torres, associate professor in genetics, race and genetic ancestry, followed by speaking about how she believed Vanderbilt signing the compact would limit scientific research and free speech. In a message to The Hustler, Benn Torres said that the compact could contribute to the marginalization of communities and hopes Vanderbilt will continue to be a place where freedom of discussion is practiced.  

“I am very concerned that the compact will upend academic freedom and freedom of expression. Additionally, there are elements of the compact that further marginalize communities that are already marginalized,” Torres said. “Overall, I think that the university needs to be a place where we are free to ask difficult questions and grapple with uncomfortable answers.” 

Rebecca Epstein-Levy, assistant professor of Jewish studies and gender & sexuality studies, spoke about how she believes the compact has anti-trans provisions which would limit her ability to teach and research certain topics about Judaism and sex, sexuality, gender and disability.   

“I’m a Jewish ethicist, and I research and teach courses at the intersection of Jewish text, Jewish thought, and sex, sexuality, gender and disability,” Epstein-Levy said. “The compact’s claim that there are only two genders — a claim which is bigoted, venal and spectacularly wrong — would make it impossible for me to teach these subjects accurately and responsibly.” 

Jonathan Gilligan, earth and environmental studies and civil and environmental engineering professor, spoke about how he believes the compact could limit research and what is taught in science classes because topics may offend conservative policies. 

Gilligan shared in an interview with The Hustler that he and many of his colleagues are worried about government overreach. They believe that if the government enforces politicized versions of science upon universities, they will not stop with the biology of sex and gender.

Editor’s Note: I am proud of hopeful of American higher education. Stand up for your rights, and protect us all with your views and passion for Democracy. –DrWeb

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#2025 #AAUP #AcademicFreedom #America #DEI #DonaldTrump #Education #Health #History #Libraries #Library #LibraryOfCongress #Opinion #Politics #Resistance #Science #StudentGovernment #TeachIn #TheVanderbiltHustler #Trump #TrumpAdministration #TrumpSCompact #UnitedStates #VanderbiltUniversity

Los genes del desierto: los turkana de Kenia desarrollaron adaptaciones genéticas únicas para resistir la sed y el calor con una dieta basada en carne, leche y sangre

https://noticiaslainsuperable.com.ar/2025/10/10/los-genes-del-desierto-los-turkana-de-kenia-desarrollaron-adaptaciones-geneticas-unicas-para-resistir-la-sed-el-calor-con-una-dieta-basada-en-carne-leche-y-sangre/

#Sesquicentennial celebration at #VanderbiltUniversity. Lamar Alexander and other esteemed guests. Happy day!

Vanderbilt University: AI requires responsible stewardship. Peabody’s new online hub guides the way. . “Through an interactive gallery of student-made AI applications and projects, visitors can tinker with innovative machine-learning tools while reading creators’ narratives examining the development, potential societal impacts and ethical implications of their work.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/09/09/vanderbilt-university-ai-requires-responsible-stewardship-peabodys-new-online-hub-guides-the-way/

Maymester Q&A: Immersing in Italian culture | College of Arts & Science News

Posted by Mary-Lou Watkinson on Wednesday, July 24, 2024 in News Story. Jacqueline Welsh, Class of ’26, has wanted to go back to Ita…
#dining #cooking #diet #food #Breakfast #Italianbreakfast #breakfast #Italia #Italian #italiano #italy #nashville #news #Research #University #vanderbilt #vanderbiltuniversity
https://www.diningandcooking.com/2239151/maymester-qa-immersing-in-italian-culture-college-of-arts-science-news/

Maymester Q&A: Immersing in Italian culture | College of Arts & Science News https://www.diningandcooking.com/2239151/maymester-qa-immersing-in-italian-culture-college-of-arts-science-news/ #breakfast #Italia #Italian #ItalianBreakfast #italiano #italy #nashville #news #Research #University #vanderbilt #VanderbiltUniversity

Vanderbilt University: Immersive new course allows students to creatively apply AI technologies. “Kaleab Asfaw Azezew would lose a sock just about every time he did laundry, so he came up with a novel idea: an AI-trained model that helps pair missing socks. The computer science major was able to bring his idea to fruition when he attended a new undergraduate course that encourages students to […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/02/15/vanderbilt-university-immersive-new-course-allows-students-to-creatively-apply-ai-technologies/

Introduction to the #DarkTestaments exhibit at #VanderbiltUniversity — well attended!

The news everywhere is a mess, but this (link below) means that now both my undergraduate alma mater and my graduate alma mater have at times partnered with #DollyParton, so that’s worth celebrating. #BelmontUniversity #Bruins #DollyU #VanderbiltUniversity #Commodores

Groundbreaking Dolly U Partnership Promises Immersive Learning Across Disciplines on Real-World Project:

https://www.belmont.edu/dollyu/

The #Kazoo museum is on the move! We are hosting a Kazoo display for 1/28, National Kazoo Day. It’s not too late to start planning your own!

#VanderbiltUniversity #BlairSchool

Carbon Offsets Show Promise for Nashville’s Poor - VSN

https://verdantsquare.com/carbon-offsets/

#climate #EnergyEfficiency #Poverty #Science #Tennessee #Nashville #VanderbiltUniversity

We met 13yo #author and publisher Phoenix Drennen yesterday at the #TNMakerFest at #VanderbiltUniversity, and had a nice talk about DIY publishing and creating in general. I hope he meets with great success.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DHV6G4WM

https://linktr.ee/mooseinc

#Senate #Committee finds #VanderbiltUniversity ‘#failed’ to protect #transgender #patients’ #privacy.

“While some #hospitals resisted these #overbroad #fishingexpeditions, #VanderbiltUniversityMedicalCenter failed its duty to protect #patients’ #privacy.”

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Tennessee #Health #Healthcare #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate

https://wpln.org/post/u-s-senate-committee-finds-vanderbilt-failed-responsibility-to-transgender-patients-privacy/

This month we welcome classicist, social historian, and archaeologist Joseph L. Rife of #VanderbiltUniversity in Nashville, Tennessee (USA) as the new Chair of the Johanna Mestorf Academy in Kiel. We look forward to an inspiring collaboration. https://cluster-roots.uni-kiel.de/en/news/welcome-to-joseph-l-rife-as-new-jma-chair
#jmachair #archaeology #classics #socialhistory

@WhatisBiotechnology As his biography written by a fellow Professor of Medicine at #VanderbiltUniversity advertises, Ernest Goodpasture was a “scientist, scholar, gentleman”. He was also our pediatrician’s grandfather in #Nashville. And as they say, the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree!

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_William_Goodpasture

New #openaccess publication #SciPost #Physics

Composing topological domain walls and anyon mobility

Peter Huston, Fiona Burnell, Corey Jones, David Penneys
SciPost Phys. 15, 076 (2023)
https://scipost.org/SciPostPhys.15.3.076

#VanderbiltUniversity
#UniversityofMinnesota
#NCSU
#OSU
#NSF

Can you trust your hospital system to keep your medical records confidential? Not if you’re in #tennessee and your hospital is associated with #VanderbiltUniversity #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #vanderbiltuniversitymedicalcenter https://apnews.com/article/tennessee-transgender-patient-records-vanderbilt-f188c6c0c9714575554867b4541141dd

#Vanderbilt University Medical Center gives trans patient medical records to #Tennessee Attorney General - Tennessean

#VUMC , through a spokesperson, confirmed to The Tennessean on Tuesday the facility provided patient medical records to the attorney general.
#ag #medicalrecords #privacy #VanderbiltUniversity #medicalcenter

https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/health/2023/06/20/vanderbilt-university-m-turns-over-transgender-patient-medical-records-to-tennessee-attorney-general/70338356007/

#VanderbiltUniversityMedicalCenter hands over #Trans #Health #Records to #Tennessee #AttorneyGeneral in investigation.

#AttorneyGeneral claims to be probing potential #MedicalBillingFraud by #VanderbiltUniversity #MedicalCenter and related #providers since September. However the requested info extends far beyond billing.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Tennessee #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate

https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-health-and-wellness/hospital-turns-transgender-patient-records-tennessee-attorney-general-rcna90294

@jkfecke ⬆️

#TransRights are #HumanRights , but stories like this one at #VanderbiltUniversity are an unfortunate obstacle. 👉 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11296557/Vanderbilt-University-Medical-Center-suspends-transgender-operations-kids-report.html

Vanderbilt basketball beats # 15 Arkansas after ejection for first ranked win

#GoDores #AnchorDown #VanderbiltBasketball #VanderbiltUniversity

https://www.tennessean.com/story/sports/college/vanderbilt/2023/01/14/vanderbilt-basketball-beats-arkansas-after-ejection-for-first-ranked-win/69785747007/

And I should add: #collegefootball #sec #southeasternconference #vanderbilt #VanderbiltUniversity #AnchorDown #Commodores #tennessee #tennesseevolunteers #vols #bama #CrimsonTide #olemiss #HailState #gbo #wde #wps

It just means more.

One I saw elsewhere and hangs outside the Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries at #VanderbiltUniversity