Vanderbilt University VU TODAY
August 24, 2026

VU in the News

JNS: ‘We’re not in calm waters right now,’ Vanderbilt University chancellor says
Chancellor Daniel Diermeier is quoted. 

The Palm Beach Post: In booming West Palm, Vanderbilt wants to build a campus in the trees
Vanderbilt's planned West Palm Beach expansion is featured.

The New York Times: We know how to solve the housing crisis. We just have to remember.
Christopher Serkin, Elisabeth H. and Granville S. Ridley Jr. Professor and professor of law, and Daniel Sharfstein, Dick and Martha Lansden Professor and professor of law, co-authored this opinion piece.

Bloomberg: The $500 billion experiment to build 24/7 markets on blockchain
Yesha Yadav, Milton R. Underwood Professor and professor of law, is quoted.

Forbes: Research shows job seekers who respond quickly get hired more often
Research from Eric VanEpps, associate professor of marketing, is cited.

Reuters: How Amazon learned to stop worrying and love arbitration (again)
Brian Fitzpatrick, Milton R. Underwood Professor and professor of law, is quoted. SCOTUSblog published an article authored by Fitzpatrick.

Healthline: Cyclosporiasis cases approach 16,000 across 47 states, CDC says
William Schaffner, professor of health policy, is quoted. Healthline published an additional article quoting Schaffner.

Everyday Health: Should you read your lab results before your doctor does?
Trent Rosenbloom, professor of biomedical informatics, is quoted.

The Cool Down: Parents face heartbreaking dilemma after company behind children's AI companion repeatedly collapses
Zachary Warren, Donna and Jeffrey Eskind Family Professor and professor of pediatrics, is quoted.

The New York Sun: HUD cuts lifeline to L.A.’s fraud-plagued homeless authority as California’s $37 billion experiment faces reckoning
Marybeth Shinn, research professor of human and organizational development, is quoted.

The Business Standard: Are you a 'mosquito magnet'? Your skin chemistry may be to blame
Laurence Zwiebel, Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor of Biological Sciences, is quoted.

VU on the Air

Fox News interviewed Chancellor Daniel Diermeier about why several universities are adopting institutional neutrality policies.

Scripps News interviewed Jessica Young, associate professor of clinical obstetrics and gynecology, about Vanderbilt researchers launching a study to determine if GLP-1 drugs can help people with opioid use disorder. 

VU Athletics

Sports Illustrated: What Clark Lea said about his defense after the final scrimmage of fall camp

SEC: Sydney Watts eager to show the nation what No. 3 Vanderbilt can do

WKRN: Vanderbilt men’s, women’s basketball programs finalize 2026-2027 season schedules

VU News Releases and Stories

Empowering dyslexic learners from day one at newly expanded Roberts Academy

Norbert Ross takes research to the stage

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