August 14, 2026

VU in the News

Nashville Business Journal: 'Nashville is a different city because of Martha Ingram': Business leaders share her legacy
Chancellor Daniel Diermeier is quoted.

Financial Times: Shock Wisconsin vote triggers doubt over US election polling
Joshua Clinton, Abby and Jon Winkelried Professor and professor of political science, is quoted.

Science: Magic or realism?
Matthew Schrag, associate professor of neurology, is quoted.

The Nashville Ledger: VU researchers aim to speed Alzheimer’s care
Amalia Peterson, assistant professor of neurology, is quoted. Research from You Chen, associate professor of biomedical informatics, Sean Huang, assistant professor of medicine, and Peterson is cited.

The Washington Post: Prescription drug prices record sharpest drop in more than 60 years
Stacie Dusetzina, professor of health policy, is quoted.

Time: What Trump’s executive order could mean for childhood vaccines
William Schaffner, professor of health policy, is quoted. CNN and Healthline also published articles quoting Schaffner.

The New York Times: Should the M.M.R. vaccine be split into three separate shots?
Kathryn Edwards, professor of pediatrics, emerita, is quoted.

The Straits Times: Old guard scores an unexpected win in Democratic Party’s civil war
John Geer, Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Professor of Political Science and senior advisor in the Office of the Chancellor, is quoted.

Nature: When should you treat a fever? Evolution holds the answer
Research from Owen Jones, Glenn M. Weaver, M.D. and Mary Ellen Weaver Professor and professor of law, is cited.

Tech Times: Casar’s AI token tax would end payroll subsidy for automation, fund new WPA
Asad Ramzanali, director of artificial intelligence and technology policy at the Vanderbilt Policy Accelerator, is quoted.

HealthCentral: Can you get pregnant if you have PMOS or endometriosis?
Michelle Roach, associate professor of clinical obstetrics and gynecology, is quoted.

VU Athletics

SEC: Four Commodores score in tight win against SMU

VU News Releases and Stories

Iraqi educators visit Peabody to learn, collaborate and advance educator training

Ela Knapik: What fish can reveal about disease

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