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The Total Solar Eclipse of August 21, 2017
Jul. 24, 2017—On August 21, 2017, North America is in for a major treat. Starting on the western seaboard the shadow of the Moon will begin sweeping across the continent and blocking out at least a portion of the Sun for North Americans, which is in and of itself a pretty unique spectacle; however, a swath of...
Vanderbilt Pre-Flight takes off
Jul. 20, 2017—This summer, Auwae-McMoore joined nine other rising sophomore student-athletes in presenting business ideas at a pitch workshop at The Wond’ry. A four-person panel comprised of two marketing professionals and two former Pre-Flight participants vetted the group’s presentations. That same week, the student-athletes delivered their final pitches at the program’s culmination.
What will Vanderbilt look like in 25 years?
Jul. 19, 2017—FutureVU is Vanderbilt University’s land use initiative to ensure the campus is designed and prepared at every level to support students, faculty and staff in their work to uphold the university’s mission and values. The planning process, led by Eric Kopstain, vice chancellor for administration, has begun, and alumni will have opportunities to see firsthand...
TIPs funding awarded to 15 innovative interdisciplinary projects
Jul. 18, 2017—Identifying best practices in public policy for the LGBT community. Leveraging the “autism advantage” to fuel workplace innovation. Understanding the complexity of life at the single-cell level. These are just three of the 15 exciting interdisciplinary concepts to be explored by the 2017 recipients of Vanderbilt University’s Trans-Institutional Programs (TIPs) initiative.
Artificial intelligence is now trying to make sense out of the mess that is Congress
Jun. 26, 2017—Enter PredictGov, a website that uses machine learning to try and determine the future of congressional bills. Will they pass? Won’t they? Now you can spend your time only freaking out about, say, the erosion of your privacy thanks to Congress, instead of all the additional garbage that may or may not get signed into...
Grant money available for telehealth innovations
Jun. 23, 2017—“This initiative is about spurring innovation and stimulating projects focused on increasing ambulatory visits conducted via telemedicine to improve patient access to VUMC providers,” said David Charles, M.D., professor and vice chair of Neurology and medical director of Vanderbilt Telehealth. “We want to support efforts to innovate and utilize technology to extend the reach of...
Artificial intelligence can predict which congressional bills will pass
Jun. 22, 2017—Nay started with data on the 103rd Congress (1993–1995) through the 113th Congress (2013–2015), downloaded from a legislation-tracking website call GovTrack. This included the full text of the bills, plus a set of variables, including the number of co-sponsors, the month the bill was introduced, and whether the sponsor was in the majority party of...
Bringing the autism advantage to the workplace
Jun. 15, 2017—Jennifer and Billy Frist have a 16-year-old son who can easily rattle off the capital cities of countries around the world. Or, he can tell them what day of the week their birthday will fall on years from now.
Pattern Recognition Smartly Pairs Video Art With Music Videos
May. 31, 2017—The exhibit is organized like a Sharks-versus-Jets face-off, with music videos on the left side of the corridor and video art and digital stills on the right. Frist curator Mark Scala has put both teams’ best fighters on the front lines — Music Row-conquering outsider country musician Sturgill Simpson’s “Turtles All the Way Down” video...
Vanderbilt LifeFlight launches app for emergency responders
May. 30, 2017—The app, developed in partnership with LifeFlight’s computer-aided dispatch vendor Flight Vector, has a multitude of features helpful to emergency personnel. Not only can users request a helicopter via the app, they can also receive push notifications from LifeFlight on education and upcoming training events, access to LifeFlight’s training event calendar, a hospital directory and a...