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Hong named to Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship Program for New Americans

May. 4, 2022—Tao Hong Tao Hong, a second-year Ph.D. student in interdisciplinary materials science, and Hari Srinivasan, an incoming Ph.D. student in neuroscience, have been named to the 2022 cohort of the Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship Program for New Americans. Hong, a member of VINSE, is co-advised by Professor Jason Valentine and Professor Deyu Li. This merit-based graduate...

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Congratulations 2022 VINSE REU NSF GRFP Winners!

Apr. 4, 2022—Two prior VINSE REU students were awarded prestigious NSF Graduate Research Fellowships. NSF Fellows receive a three-year annual stipend of $34,000 along with a $12,000 allowance for tuition and fees for a research-based master’s or doctoral degree in in NSF-supported science, technology, engineering, and mathematics disciplines. Annually, the NSF awards approximately 2,000 fellowships from an applicant...

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Tao Hong receives Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Scholarship

Aug. 13, 2021—Tao Hong was recently awarded Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Graduate Scholarship. The award focused on supporting students to complete graduate degrees at top institutions. Tao is eligible to receive up to $150,000 total during the study in PhD program of Interdisciplinary Materials Science at Vanderbilt University. He was first awarded Jack Kent Cooke college transfer...

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Poster Winners Fall 2020 NanoDay! Poster Session

Oct. 23, 2020—Congratulations to the winners at the VINSE 2020 NanoDay! Poster Session 1st Place – $500 Jenna Mosier, Biomedical Engineering Advisor: Cynthia Reinhart-King “Modeling Mechanical and Metabolic Memory of Confined Cancer Cells Using Collagen Microtracks” 2nd Place – $250 Jeremy Espano, Interdisciplinary Materials Science Advisor: Janet Macdonald “Phase Control in Late Metal Chalcogenides Using Tunable Thioureas” Juan Colazo, Biomedical Engineering...

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