ON THE HILL: Issue 13
Federal Legislative Landscape, Positioning Vanderbilt as a Thought Leader, Showcasing Vanderbilt to Policymakers, Alumni in Congress, Campus Engagement, Welcome Gwen Zwirko
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Christina West
Associate Vice Chancellor for Federal Relations
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Heather Bloemhard
Director of Federal Relations
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Julie Harding
Government Relations Program Coordinator
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Gwen Zwirko
Office Manager
Updates
Vanderbilt experts discuss the future of AI at congressional briefing
To address the complexities AI poses to the nation’s economy and security, Vanderbilt University experts retired Gen. Paul Nakasone, founding director of Vanderbilt’s Institute of National Security, and Jesse Spencer-Smith, interim director of the Data Science Institute, shared crucial insights with a bipartisan group of congressional staff on Capitol Hill.
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