TIPs Student Grant: Summer Research in Mali

Written by Garsy Presumey-Leblanc (Vanderbilt University, Class of 2018) This summer, I was awarded a Trans-Institutional Programs (TIPs) Student Grant to travel internationally and study a topic entirely of my choosing. As an undergraduate student double majoring in Medicine, Health and Society and Religious Studies (and with aspirations to enter the medical field), I wanted…

Posted by anderc8 on October 31, 2017 in News, TIPs 2016

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What Does it Mean to Go to School? The Sterling Ranch TIPs Project

Written by Kristin Baese, EdD (Peabody College, 2017) and Eve Rifkin, EdD (Peabody College, 2017) As doctoral students at Peabody College, we were given an opportunity of a lifetime: Imagine and design the school of the future. Eve, a charter school founder from Tucson, has a decade of experience in school innovation and a keen…

Posted by anderc8 on October 30, 2017 in News, TIPs 2015

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LGBT Rights and Health on the African Continent

Written by Tara McKay, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Health and Society During the 1990s and 2000s, homosexuality and LGBT rights became highly politicized in some African countries. Much of my research has focused on why this has happened and the consequences of increased politicized homophobia and violence for LGBT activists on the continent. For the…

Posted by anderc8 on October 26, 2017 in News, Research Scholar Grants

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Sterling Ranch: Forging Education Partnerships in a Problem-Based Education Ecosystem

Written by Dr. Claire Smrekar (TIPs Co-Principal Investigator) and Stefano Scotti (Vanderbilt, Class of 2019) Sterling Ranch, located 20 miles southwest of Denver, is a 20-year planned residential community development with a focus on energy sustainability and quality of life. Thanks in part to a Trans-Institutional Programs (TIPs) grant, the School of Engineering, College of…

Posted by anderc8 on October 25, 2017 in News, TIPs 2015

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Meet the Vanderbilt LGBT Policy Lab Faculty: Professor Christopher “Kitt” Carpenter

Written by Stephanie Wang, Vanderbilt Class of 2021 As a way to introduce you to faculty from the LGBT Policy Lab, first-year student Stephanie Wang will interview a different faculty member approximately each month and write a brief faculty profile. Stephanie reached out to the Vanderbilt LGBT Policy Lab prior to her arrival on campus…

Posted by anderc8 on October 24, 2017 in News, TIPs 2017

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Design Thinking, Design Doing: Checking in on Informances and Brainstorming

Written by Rogers Hall, Professor, Department of Teaching and Learning Dave Owens and I are teaching approximately 40 undergraduates and graduate students in our University Course titled, Design Thinking, Design Doing. The official purpose of the course is to offer an intensive experience of human-centered design to Vanderbilt students as part of Design as an…

Posted by anderc8 on October 23, 2017 in Design Thinking, Design Doing, News

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South African Prison Life: The Importance of Religion to Inmates and Ex-Offenders

Written by Zoe Psiakis, Vanderbilt Class of 2019 This summer, I was given the opportunity to travel to Cape Town, South Africa, to conduct independent research. As a recipient of a Trans-Institutional Programs (TIPs) Student Grant through the African Studies department, I spent six weeks in Cape Town exploring a topic of my choosing. Having…

Posted by anderc8 on October 19, 2017 in News, TIPs 2016

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Medical Engineering and Discovery (MED) Laboratory

Written by Robert Webster, Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering and VISE Steering Committee Member  The Vanderbilt School of Engineering’s Medical Engineering and Discovery (MED) Laboratory pursues research at the interface of surgery and engineering. Our mission is to enhance the lives of patients by engineering better devices and tools to assist physicians. Much of our current research involves…

Posted by anderc8 on October 18, 2017 in News, TIPs 2015

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Vanderbilt LGBT Policy Lab kicks off Internal Seminar Series November 15

The Vanderbilt LGBT Policy Lab will host a seminar series featuring Vanderbilt faculty presenting research related to LGBT policies. The series kicks off this fall with two talks in Buttrick Hall. These events are free and open the university community. Wednesday November 15 | 2 – 3:30 p.m. | Buttrick 123 Kitt Carpenter (Professor of…

Posted by anderc8 on October 17, 2017 in News, TIPs 2017

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Introducing the Vanderbilt LGBT Policy Lab

Written by Dr. Christopher Carpenter, Professor of Economics and Director of the Vanderbilt LGBT Policy Lab Does binary thinking affect support for transgender rights policies? How does legal access to same-sex marriage affect health insurance coverage and health? How will legal arguments about sex stereotyping be used in cases about discrimination on the basis of…

Posted by anderc8 on October 11, 2017 in News, TIPs 2017

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