Program for Music, Mind and Society brings together researchers to examine how and why music affects us

PhD Candidate Examines Link Between Music Making and Kindness Written by Sara L. Beck, PhD Candidate in Psychological Sciences and Graduate Assistant to the Program for Music, Mind, & Society Have you ever felt a shiver singing along with a group of people –  around a campfire, in a place of worship, or even in…

Posted by anderc8 on January 6, 2017 in News, TIPs 2015

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Introducing the Pre3 Initiative

Written by Vanderbilt School of Medicine professor David Aronoff The Vanderbilt Pre3 Initiative (Preventing adverse Pregnancy outcomes and Prematurity) is an interdisciplinary group of faculty and learners with a shared interest in reducing the burden of preterm birth and other adverse pregnancy outcomes through discovery, innovation, implementation, and education. Why does Vanderbilt need to be…

Posted by anderc8 on January 6, 2017 in News, TIPs 2015

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Attending to the Forgotten

Written by Vanderbilt Divinity School professor Graham Reside I teach at Vanderbilt Divinity School, in the area of Ethics and Society. I grew up under conditions of relative privilege, a white guy from a middle class background. As a young college student, I had a friend who was convicted of murdering his girlfriend in a…

Posted by anderc8 on January 5, 2017 in Justice, Mercy and Mass Incarceration, News

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Introducing ‘The Nation’s Health: From Policy to Practice’

Written by Vanderbilt MHS Professor Tara McKay Gilbert and I arrived at Vanderbilt in 2015, and over the past 18 months we have pushed each other to become the interdisciplinary scholar and teacher that we both want to be. To this end, we have collaborated on multiple grant proposals including a recently funded award led…

Posted by anderc8 on January 3, 2017 in News, The Nation's Health

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Students develop mobile application aimed at improving malnutrition screening at VUMC

Blog post written by Sirui Ma, a Vanderbilt student enrolled in UNIV 3278 (Tackling Big Questions with Mobile Cloud Computing) This semester, as part of the inaugural class of UNIV 3278 Tackling Big Questions with Mobile Computing, I have been leading a team of software engineers to develop a mobile application to improve malnutrition screening…

Posted by anderc8 on December 19, 2016 in Mobile Cloud Computing, News

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Metro Archives Site Visit

In September, the students of Historic Black Nashville visited the Metro Archives at the Nashville Public Library in downtown Nashville to conduct immersive research by reviewing texts, newspapers and other documents from the 1800s. A sampling of student-penned blog posts can be found below. Kamala Varma Freshman Major undeclared  Many of the slave-related documents [at the Metro…

Posted by anderc8 on December 7, 2016 in Historic Black Nashville, News

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Fort Negley Site Visit

In October, the students of Historic Black Nashville visited Fort Negley to learn about the social, political and military forces central to Nashville and Middle Tennessee during the Civil War. Two student-penned blog posts can be found below. Leoncia K. Gillespie Freshman Biology major While struggling to read through manuscripts and other primary documents is an example of analyzing tangible…

Posted by anderc8 on December 6, 2016 in Historic Black Nashville, News

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Ancient Maya Agriculture at Tamarindito, Guatemala

Using Research Scholar Grant funding, Anthropology professor Markus Eberl studied economic wealth and sociopolitical power codevelop over time at the ancient Maya capital of Tamarindito. Ancient Maya subsistence rested on maize, beans and squash that were raised in a mixture of extensive and intensive techniques. Focusing on terraces, Prof. Eberl initiated an archaeological project at the site…

Posted by anderc8 on November 15, 2016 in News, Research Scholar Grants

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Hermitage Site Visit

In September, the students of Historic Black Nashville visited the Hermitage to gain a deeper understanding of the history of slavery on the plantation. A sampling of student-penned blog posts can be found below. Max Martineau Senior Economics & Public Policy major I think one of the really interesting things to think about is that although thousands…

Posted by anderc8 on October 25, 2016 in Historic Black Nashville, News

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Introducing ‘Historic Black Nashville’

When Jane approached me about co-teaching Historic Black Nashville, I jumped at the prospect of working with a colleague who has devoted her career to bringing hidden histories to light, and I was thrilled to be a part of a course that promises to bring so much to the Vanderbilt curriculum. In seminars I have…

Posted by anderc8 on October 10, 2016 in Historic Black Nashville

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