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Find Your Impact: Student empowers women through tech
Mar. 28, 2019—Miti Joshi admits that before she stepped foot on Vanderbilt’s campus, she was very wary of what would later become one of her greatest passions. “I’m moving across the world alone, and I need to take a leap of faith here,” said Joshi, an international student from Mumbai, India. “Let me try the craziest thing...
Engineering students, doggie day care owner team up to build the better pooper scooper
Mar. 18, 2019—Dan Spangler’s doggie day care and boarding business found itself in some deep … trouble last year. An inspector cited the New Bern, N.C., entrepreneur and dog lover for having a rusty pooper scooper, a violation under state Department of Agriculture guidelines. It frustrated Spangler, who spent countless hours maintaining the metal scoopers and hundreds...
TIPs Fair and Reception set for March 21
Mar. 4, 2019—The Office of the Provost will host an event March 21 to raise awareness of and share information about Trans-Institutional Programs (TIPs), one of the major initiatives of the Academic Strategic Plan. The TIPs Fair and Reception will be held in the Wond’ry from 4 to 6 p.m., and all interested faculty are invited to attend. Faculty from several currently funded...
The Innovation of Autism: The newly endowed Frist Center for Autism and Innovation seeks to unlock unique talents
Feb. 25, 2019—Obsessed with the need to understand how things work, Dave Caudel remembers being told for much of his life that he asks too many questions. Then he found a place where his natural hardwiring thrived. “When I entered the lab for the first time, I discovered a world where there’s no such thing as ‘too...
‘She Sang Freedom: Black Women, Music and the Struggle for Social Justice’ Feb. 21
Feb. 13, 2019—Tammy L. Kernodle, professor of musicology at Miami University of Ohio, will present “She Sang Freedom: Black Women, Music and the Struggle for Social Justice” from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 21, at the Wond’ry’s third-floor lounge. The Vanderbilt community is invited to attend. “She Sang Freedom” is an interactive program that explores how...
Students lead three-day race to ‘make with a purpose’ for kids with special needs
Jan. 24, 2019—Teams of makers from Vanderbilt and beyond raced the clock to create innovative solutions to the problems facing those with special physical needs as part of Vanderbilt’s Tikkun Olam Makers (TOM) makeathon. The name Tikkun Olam, Hebrew for “repairing the world,” indicates the purpose of this worldwide effort to empower people living with disabilities through technology.
Why Build a Boot Camp?
Jan. 24, 2019—When Doug Schmidt persuaded his institution to sign on with Trilogy Education Services to launch what has become known as the Vanderbilt University Coding Boot Camp, he considered it one more step forward in a 16-year effort to help improve the technology economy in Nashville, where the university is located. As this professor of computer...
48 hours of innovation will produce a variety of new tools for those with special needs
Jan. 18, 2019—Teams of makers will race the clock this weekend to create innovative solutions to the problems facing those living with disabilities in Nashville and beyond. (Vanderbilt) Beginning Friday, Jan. 18, at 3 p.m., these teams will have 48 hours to “make a difference” as part of Vanderbilt’s Tikkun Olam Makers (TOM) makeathon. The name Tikkun...
Vanderbilt’s Wond’ry receives grant to bolster Social Innovations and launch Social Innovation Think Tank
Jan. 17, 2019—The Wond’ry, Vanderbilt University’s innovation center, has been awarded a $30,000 grant from VentureWell for its flagship Social Innovations pillar program and its new Social Ventures Think Tank initiative. This is the second VentureWell Grant that the Wond’ry has received, the first award occurring in 2017 to support its PostLaunch pillar program. The grant will...
Army AL&T Magazine: Marking Progress
Jan. 16, 2019—Innovation is about finding new and sometimes unexpected solutions to complex problems. Soliders from the 3rd Brigade Combat Team “Rakkasans,” 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) have informally teamed up with Vanderbilt University to leverage emerging technologies in innovate ways.