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December 1, 2025

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The Tennessean: Vanderbilt University seeks rezoning for Nashville innovation district
The filing of Vanderbilt's Specific Plan application for a Nashville innovation district is featured. Nashville Business Journal and Nashville Post published similar articles.

The Athletic: Vanderbilt gives Clark Lea 6-year extension amid historic Commodores season
Football head coach Clark Lea's contract extension is featured. Chancellor Daniel Diermeier and Candice Storey Lee, vice chancellor for athletics and university affairs and athletic director, are quoted. ESPN, CBS Sports, Yahoo! Sports, Bleacher Report, Reuters, The Tennessean, and Nashville Post published similar articles.

BBC: The looming election Trump can't afford to lose
John Geer, Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Professor of Political Science and senior advisor in the Office of the Chancellor, is quoted. The Vanderbilt Unity Poll is cited. The Center Stage also published an article quoting Geer.

The New York Times: The transgender cancer patient and what she heard on tape
Alexander Langerman, professor of otolaryngology - head and neck surgery, is quoted.

NBC News: Medicare announces price cuts for 15 prescription drugs, including Ozempic
Stacie Dusetzina, professor of health policy, is quoted. The New York Times, STAT, CNN, Newsweek, and USA Today published similar articles quoting Dusetzina.

The New York Times: Is it cold, flu or Covid? What to know about symptoms and testing.
William Schaffner, professor of health policy, is quoted. Prevention, Yahoo! Health, New York Post, and Science News also published articles quoting Schaffner.

The Guardian: Experts say strict new FDA protocol for vaccine approval is ‘dangerous and irresponsible’
Kathryn Edwards, professor of pediatrics, emerita, is quoted. MedPage Today also published an article quoting Edwards.

The Independent: Experts clarify the clothes you should probably wash before wearing
Jami Miller, associate professor of clinical dermatology, is quoted.

Forbes: Ten of the best higher education books of 2025
Matthew Schrag, associate professor of neurology, is mentioned.

Quillette: The new speech wars
Jacob Mchangama, research professor of political science and executive director of the Future of Free Speech Project, is quoted.

ABC News: How to avoid conflict with family, friends this Thanksgiving
Meredith Montgomery, clinical fellow of pediatrics, authored this piece.

The Tennessean: Federal science funding that powers TN's economy is at risk | Opinion
Shane Hutson, A.B. Learned Professor and professor of physics, authored this piece.

Parade: Cognitive issues are showing up more and more in young people—Here’s why, and what to do about it
Ciaran Considine, associate professor of clinical neurology, is quoted. 

The Tennessean: Why privatizing surveillance is the wrong move for Nashville | Opinion
Farhang Heydari, assistant professor of law, authored this piece.

Live Science: 'No easy explanation': Scientists are debating a 70-year-old UFO mystery as new images come to light
Stephen Bruehl, professor of anesthesiology, is quoted.

Tennessee Lookout: In a divided Tennessee, Dollywood – and Dolly – shows us who we could be
The Vanderbilt Poll — Statewide is cited.

VU on the Air

WKRN, Channel 2, WSMV, Channel 4, and FOX 17 published coverage of football head coach Clark Lea's contract extension.

NewsNation interviewed Robert Scherrer, professor of physics, about the extreme but unlikely effects of a tiny black hole passing through the human body.

FOX 17 interviewed John Geer, Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Professor of Political Science and senior advisor in the Office of the Chancellor, about the Tennessee District 7 special election.

NewsNation interviewed William Schaffner, professor of health policy, about the efficacy of flu vaccines.

MS NOW interviewed Michael Eric Dyson, Centennial Professor and University Distinguished Professor of African American and Diaspora Studies, about the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre.

VU Athletics

Sports Illustrated: Clark Lea, Vanderbilt players make playoff case​​​​​​​

Tennessean: Where Vanderbilt women rank in college basketball polls after Paradise Jam win​​​​​​​

Tennessean: Where Vanderbilt ranks in college basketball polls after Battle 4 Atlantis win

VU News Releases and Stories

Vanderbilt takes next step on Nashville innovation neighborhood plan

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