Freedom at a Price

Earlier this month, the class went to the courthouse, to witness the process of criminal justice in action. We arrived at the Public Defender’s Office at 8:30 a.m., and received a brief orientation. Then we were divided into groups and walked over to the courthouse, where we sat in the various courtrooms, and witnessed cases being…

Posted by anderc8 on February 14, 2017 in Justice, Mercy and Mass Incarceration, News

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A Visit to the Public Defender’s Office and Courthouse

The students and faculty from the University Course Justice, Mercy and Mass Incarceration went to the courthouse on February 7 to learn about the process of adjudication. As part of that experience, students and faculty met with members of the Public Defender’s Office. After a brief orientation, they broke into groups of 4-5 and headed to the…

Posted by anderc8 on February 14, 2017 in Justice, Mercy and Mass Incarceration, News

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Organs-on-Chips Pave the Way for Endometriosis Research

Written by Vanderbilt University Graduate Student Juan Gnecco (Working in Dr. Kevin Osteen’s lab, which is affiliated with the Pre3 Initiative) In an exciting age of innovation and technological advancements, biomedical researchers are uniquely positioned to integrate interdisciplinary fields in order to better understand some of the most complex and deadly diseases. The Vanderbilt Pre3…

Posted by anderc8 on February 13, 2017 in News, TIPs 2015

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Recapping the first offering of Historic Black Nashville

Written by Vanderbilt History Professor Jane Landers It was a true pleasure co-teaching the new University Course Historic Black Nashville with my colleague from the Law School Daniel Sharfstein last semester. We both got tremendous gratification from seeing our students engage with the varied materials available for exploring our city’s missing past.  As they put…

Posted by anderc8 on February 9, 2017 in Historic Black Nashville, News

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Enhancing Safety and Resilience of Civil Infrastructure Through Interdisciplinary Research: Vanderbilt’s IRIS Initiative

Written by Vanderbilt Associate Professor Caglar Oskay The nation’s civil infrastructure is aging and in poor health. The American Society of Civil Engineers recently assigned a grade of D+ to our nation’s flood protection infrastructure, which protects more than half of the U.S. population and is critical for homeland safety, security, economic vitality and environmental protection. The health of flood infrastructure systems, which include levees,…

Posted by anderc8 on February 7, 2017 in News, TIPs 2016

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Immersion Learning 101: Impromptu Capitol Visit

One benefit to teaching and learning at Vanderbilt is its location in Nashville, the capital of Tennessee. On January 30, 2017, Governor Bill Haslam delivered the State of the State address to the Tennessee General Assembly, and hundreds of political demonstrators were scheduled to appear at the capitol to protest and support various causes. This…

Posted by anderc8 on February 6, 2017 in News, The Nation's Health

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VISE affiliate Bennett Landman, Ph.D., uses big data to solve big medical problems in the MASI lab

Written by Bennett Landman, Ph.D.  As an initial member of the Vanderbilt Institute on Surgery and Engineering, the Medical-image Analysis and Statistical Interpretation (MASI) lab seeks to transform medical imaging from pixels to information to improve patient care. We lead Personalized Medicine with Medical Imaging Informatics (PM2I2) efforts in translational research to explore innovative, clinically useful…

Posted by anderc8 on February 2, 2017 in News, TIPs 2015

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The Program for Music, Mind, and Society makes Music City more musical through the SeREnADe project

Written by Rita Pfeiffer, M.S. Candidate in Speech-Language Pathology and Graduate Research Assistant in the Music Cognition Lab I’m a Nashville native, so it should come to no surprise that music is an integral part of who I am. Growing up, I enjoyed the Pied Piper Series and the Nashville Children’s Theater, was involved in…

Posted by anderc8 on February 2, 2017 in News, TIPs 2015

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A Law Professor’s Thoughts on Teaching a Joint Law School – Divinity School Course on Mass Incarceration

Written by Vanderbilt Law School Professor Edward Rubin As a law professor, the opportunity to co-teach with Graham Reside, a faculty member from the Divinity School, and have a class with a large representation of Divinity School students, has been a wonderful experience. Everyone is aware of the crucial role that religion has played in…

Posted by anderc8 on February 2, 2017 in Justice, Mercy and Mass Incarceration, News

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Introducing Vanderbilt’s Program for Next Generation Vaccines – Integrating Structural Biology with Big Data

Written by Heather Darling, Laboratory Manager – Meiler Lab This program builds on an existing collaboration between PIs Jens Meiler (VU) and James Crowe (VUMC) but transforms it substantially, expands scope, and shifts focus to the next frontier: the integration of big data and structural biology into vaccine design. It adds a comprehensive training program,…

Posted by anderc8 on February 1, 2017 in News, TIPs 2016

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