January 10, 2024

VU in the News

Nashville Business Journal: Vanderbilt chancellor's stance on Israel-Palestine war: 'Encourage debates, not settle them'
Chancellor Daniel Diermeier is quoted. 

Fortune: Built by a CEO for CEOs: Coursera launches generative AI playbook course
Jules White, professor of computer science and senior advisor in the Office of the Chancellor, is mentioned.

Chattanooga Times Free Press: Opinion: Hoping for surprises out of 2024 legislative session
The Vanderbilt Poll — Statewide is cited. The Tennessean also published an article citing the poll.

USA Today: This COVID drug is a potential lifesaver. So why aren't more people taking it? What to know
Wes Ely, Grant W. Liddle professor and professor of medicine, is quoted.

Forbes: The misguided war on standardized tests used for admission
The research of David Lubinski, professor of psychology and human development, and Camilla Benbow, Patricia and Rodes Hart Dean of Education and Human Development and professor of psychology, is cited.

Washington Monthly: How to fix the Supreme Court
Ganesh Sitaraman, New York Alumni Chancellor's Professor, professor of law and Director of the Vanderbilt Policy Accelerator for Political Economy and Regulation, is quoted. Project Syndicate also published an article quoting Sitaraman.

Haaretz: The 'eternal boys' of ancient Rome
Katherine Crawford, Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor of History, is quoted.

Mad in America: Psychiatry pathologizes Black political protest leading to race-based overdiagnosis of schizophrenia
The research of Jonathan Metzl, Frederick B. Rentschler II Professor and professor of medicine, health, and society, is cited. 

The Bump: What causes restless leg syndrome in pregnancy?
Amanda Perry, assistant in obstetrics and gynecology, is quoted.

Scientific American: What to know about the new COVID variant JN.1
William Schaffner, professor of health policy, is quoted. KFF Health News also published an article quoting Schaffner.

Associated Press: Austin kept prostate cancer, surgery complications a secret from everyone, even Biden
David Penson, Paul V. Hamilton, M.D. and Virginia E. Howd Professor and professor of urology, is quoted.

The San Diego Union-Tribune: Is it true we need more sleep in the winter?
Beth Malow, Burry Professor and professor of neurology, is quoted.

NBC News: What decongestants work? Here are some alternatives to phenylephrine.
Buddy Creech, Edie Carell Johnson Professor and professor of pediatrics, is quoted.

Law: 'So hot you can't breathe.' Rare damages trial begins for Oregon wildfire victims
Brian Fitzpatrick, Milton R. Underwood Professor and professor of law, is quoted.

Daily Mail: Mysterious rise in appendix cancer in young people: Disease that killed Designated Survivor star Adan Canto at just 42 has soared 200% in under-50s since 2000
Andreana Holowatyj, assistant professor of medicine, is quoted.

VU on the Air

WTVF, Channel 5, interviewed Thomas Schwartz, Distinguished Professor of History, about the war in Gaza and the 2024 presidential election.

CBS News interviewed Stacie Dusetzina, professor of health policy, about a Florida health program planning to import pharmaceuticals from Canada.

WOOD-TV interviewed William Schaffner, professor of health policy, about the new COVID variant.

VU Athletics

Tennessean: Vanderbilt women's basketball ranked No. 24 in USA TODAY Coaches Poll, first time ranked in 10 years

Vanderbilt Hustler: Vanderbilt Women’s Basketball heads to Rupp Arena to play Kentucky

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