VU BreakThru

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

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

A Reflection Piece: Debating the ACA

Written by Alexandra Blair, Vanderbilt University Graduate Student (Medicine, Health & Society) What better way to learn about the current landscape of the ACA, including the repeal and replace legislation on the table and the various stakeholders involved, than through a healthy, competitive debate? In “The Nation’s Health” we did just that as our class of…

Posted by anderc8 on January 30, 2017 in News, The Nation's Health

Resolve to Use Games in the Classroom in 2017

Written by Melanie Forehand, Vanderbilt University Graduate Student Lynn Ramey received a Research Scholar Grant of $10,500 to organize a colloquium with Todd Hughes (Center for Second Language Studies) and David Neville (Grinnell College) about creating or modifying immersive environments using video game engines. Participants were invited from both academia and the video game industry…

Posted by anderc8 on January 30, 2017 in News, Research Scholar Grants

One-on-one with the faculty behind Tackling Big Questions with Mobile Cloud Computing (Part 3 of 3)

Vanderbilt University Computer Science professors Douglas C. Schmidt and Jules White recently sat down to answer a few questions about their University Course, Tackling Big Questions with Mobile Cloud Computing, which they co-taught during the Fall 2016 semester and are co-teaching again this spring. In the third and final installment of a three-part series, Profs….

Posted by anderc8 on January 26, 2017 in Mobile Cloud Computing, News

Putting NetsBlox in the Classroom at Vanderbilt

Written by Vanderbilt Professor Akos Ledeczi Computer Science education is receiving increased attention today. Introductory programming classes are popping up everywhere. However, to the best of our knowledge, there is no programming environment or curriculum that introduces distributed programming to young learners. On the one hand, this is understandable because teaching computer programming in K12…

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

One-on-one with the faculty behind Tackling Big Questions with Mobile Cloud Computing (Part 2 of 3)

Vanderbilt University Computer Science professors Douglas C. Schmidt and Jules White recently sat down to answer a few questions about their University Course, Tackling Big Questions with Mobile Cloud Computing, which they co-taught during the Fall 2016 semester and are co-teaching again this spring. In the second installment of a three-part series, Profs. Schmidt and…

Posted by anderc8 on January 25, 2017 in Mobile Cloud Computing, News

The Vanderbilt Institute in Surgery and Engineering (VISE): Bringing Engineers and Surgeons Together to Improve Patient Care

Written by Dr. Benoit M. Dawant Cornelius Vanderbilt Chair in Engineering VISE Steering Committee Chair and Center Director Watch a short video that features Dr. Dawant providing an overview of VISE Innovation in processes, devices, and systems is at the center of recent advances that are transforming medical interventional procedures. The conception, development, realization, and evaluation of novel…

Posted by anderc8 on January 24, 2017 in News, TIPs 2015

Update on “A Trans-Institutional Big Data Infrastructure at Vanderbilt”

Written by Will French, ACCRE’s Manager of Research Computing Operations The world is drowning in data. This is the reality that has become increasingly apparent across virtually all areas of industry, medicine, business, higher education, and research, among other sectors, over the last several years. In 2012, IBM stated that 2.5 exabytes (i.e. 2.5 billion gigabytes)…

Posted by anderc8 on January 19, 2017 in News, TIPs 2015

One-on-one with the faculty behind Tackling Big Questions with Mobile Cloud Computing (Part 1 of 3)

Vanderbilt University Computer Science professors Douglas C. Schmidt and Jules White recently sat down to answer a few questions about their University Course, Tackling Big Questions with Mobile Cloud Computing, which they co-taught during the Fall 2016 semester and are co-teaching again this spring. In the first installment of a three-part series, Profs. Schmidt and…

Posted by anderc8 on January 19, 2017 in Mobile Cloud Computing, News