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April 6, 2026

VU in the News

Axios Nashville: Poll shows opposition to fairgrounds racetrack plan
The Vanderbilt Poll — Nashville, is cited. Daily Mail also published an article citing the poll.

USA Today: New cases of a deadly bacterial disease alarm doctors
Kathryn Edwards, professor of pediatrics, emerita, is quoted.

Diario AS: 'Cicada', the new BA 3.2 variant of COVID that is spreading across the United States: these are its symptoms
William Schaffner, professor of health policy, is quoted. HuffPost, Women's Health, and AARP also published articles quoting Schaffner.

Vice: Eating this amount of salt will make your heart give out
Research from Deepak Gupta, associate professor of medicine, Loren Lipworth, research professor of medicine, Danxia Yu, associate professor of medicine, Xiao-Ou Shu, professor of medicine, Jane Ferguson, adjunct associate professor of medicine, Debra Dixon, assistant professor of medicine, Audrey White, internal medicine resident, Meng Xu, lead biostatistician, and Leonie Dupuis, internal medicine resident, is cited.

VU Athletics

Sports Illustrated: Five takeaways from Vanderbilt football’s first spring scrimmage

Sports Illustrated: Vanderbilt men’s golf finishes as runner-up: The Anchor

Tennessean: Mikayla Blakes of Vanderbilt basketball wins Ann Meyers Drysdale shooting guard award​​​​​​​

Nashville Post: Vanderbilt belting home runs at record pace

Vanderbilt Hustler: Bowling: Vanderbilt captures regional title, advances to NCAA Final Four​​​​​​​

Vanderbilt Hustler: Track and Field: Commodores break records at Florida Relays​​​​​​​

Vanderbilt Hustler: Lacrosse: Vanderbilt wins shootout with East Carolina 15-13

VU News Releases and Stories

By age 7, most children quickly spotted individuals’ social biases toward social groups in new Vanderbilt study

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