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A&S Explorer: This month in art + science

A&S faculty are engaged in visionary discovery and research that is changing the way we understand, and live in, our world. In this month’s newsletter, Dean Geer highlights some of our faculty’s groundbreaking work and the external support that makes it possible.

What defines quality in coffee, and who gets to decide?

Ted Fischer, Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor of Anthropology, explains the cultural and economic connections behind your morning cup of coffee.

Brain scientist Kari Hoffman wins $3.8M grant to test assumptions about learning and memory

Hoffman, associate professor of psychology and biomedical engineering, and her team will continue the important work of measuring brain behavior, furthering our understanding of how memory works.

A&S biologist leads discovery of how mosquitoes respond to infection

Along with his research team, Professor of Biological Sciences Julián Hillyer investigates how mosquitoes—which are disease vectors themselves—respond to infection.

A&S alumni gift establishes endowment for undergraduate internships

Robert (BA’72) and Diane Levy donate $5 million to fund internship stipends for deserving students.

TIME: Mental health treatments rose during the pandemic—especially among young people
Rachel Donnelly, assistant professor of sociology, quoted.

People's World: Nashville’s Interstate 65 becomes a billboard gallery of ancient Indigenous history
Jana Harper, associate professor of the practice of art, mentioned.

High Country News: How a hidden cave can help scientists understand the climate
Jessica Oster, associate professor of Earth and environmental sciences, quoted.

The Tennessean: Vanderbilt professor studying gravitational waves
Stephen Taylor, assistant professor of physics & astronomy, quoted.

The New York Times: Why aren't you voting in your financial self-interest?
Mattias Polborn, E. Bronson Ingram Chair in Economics, research cited.

Tennessee Lookout: Confronting history, Congress studies addition of lynching sites to national park system
Tiffany Patterson, associate professor of African American and diaspora studies, quoted.

The Department of Chemistry hosted a stress-relieving snowball fight last week! Check out photos and video from the event on Instagram.

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