‘U.S. News’ graduate school rankings: Here is how Vanderbilt graduate and professional programs placed
Vanderbilt University graduate and professional programs’ placements in the 2023–24 U.S. News & World Report Graduate School rankings have been released. The Vanderbilt Peabody College of education and human development ranked sixth in the nation. Peabody College has placed in the top 10 for more than two decades. The Vanderbilt School of Nursing master’s program rose to sixth and its doctor of nursing practice program ranked 13th. Four of Vanderbilt’s graduate and professional schools are in the top 20 of the U.S. News rankings. Within those schools, four Vanderbilt graduate school programs were ranked No. 1 in the nation: Peabody’s educational administration and supervision program and special education program maintained their first-place rankings. The School of Nursing’s administration doctoral program rose to the No. 1 spot. The pediatric primary care master’s program also placed first. MORE
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LaunchTN, Vanderbilt partner to support innovation, commercialization of Tennessee-based technologies
LaunchTN is teaming up with Vanderbilt University to champion innovation and commercialization of breakthrough technologies in Tennessee. With the new partnership, LaunchTN and Vanderbilt will work collaboratively to support, engage and attract high-growth startups. They will also seek to bring more innovative solutions to market with increased activities around technology transfer and commercialization. Vanderbilt, a world-renowned research institution, received 1,070 research awards totaling $294 million in fiscal 2022. Many of these awards are research opportunities with high commercialization potential. This new partnership will connect and extend Vanderbilt’s and LaunchTN’s supporting networks to help these research projects commercialize and reach their target markets. Three Vanderbilt Offices— Government and Community Relations, the Wond’ry, Vanderbilt’s Innovation Center, and the Center for Technology Transfer and Commercialization—made the collaborative investment in LaunchTN. MORE
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National Science Foundation—Vanderbilt part of coalition awarded $1M engine development award to advance sustainable manufacturing and supply chain innovationVanderbilt University, in partnership with other institutions across Tennessee and Kentucky, has been awarded $1 million from the U.S. National Science Foundation’s Regional Innovation Engines, or NSF Engines, program. The team’s proposal, “Advancing carbon-centric circular economy technologies for advanced manufacturing solutions (KY, TN),” is led by a coalition named Generate Advanced Manufacturing Excellence for Change ( GAME Change). The Type-1 award provides two years of planning funding to help partners collaborate to create economic, societal and technological opportunities for their regions. It also sets them up to pursue an NSF Engine Type-2 award of up to $160 million—the largest award ever offered by the NSF. [GAME Change's] goal is to create a diverse innovation and talent development hub that will secure U.S. competitiveness in manufacturing and supply chain logistics across various sectors, including automotive, aerospace, energy, food and beverage, and materials. MORE
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National Science Foundation—Vanderbilt joins NSF-funded coalition to shape the future of mobility in TennesseeVanderbilt University will serve as a core partner in a statewide coalition to help shape the future of mobility and usher in a new era of economic prosperity in Tennessee. The effort is being funded by the National Science Foundation’s Regional Innovation Engines program. The $1 million Advancing Technology-Enabled Mobility Solutions (ATEMS-TN) Regional Innovation Engines Development award will support the creation of a roadmap to outline a statewide transportation mobility strategy and assist Tennessee in competing for up to $160 million in federal implementation funding in 2025. The state is a recognized leader in automotive manufacturing, with a growing presence in the electric vehicle market. The coalition of more than 90 organizations statewide will conceive of, invent and commercialize transportation systems and technologies. This first-of-its-kind mobility coalition will prepare Tennesseans for good-paying jobs and create, recruit and retain the innovation industries of Tennessee’s future. MORE
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National Endowment for the Humanities—NEH grant to help uncover history of lost historic Nashville neighborhoodA National Endowment for the Humanities grant awarded to Vanderbilt’s Angela Sutton, assistant dean for graduate education and strategic initiatives in the College of Arts and Science, will help fund the excavation of a historic Nashville neighborhood and a collection of the oral histories of the neighborhood’s descendants. The Bass Street neighborhood, founded by Black Civil War veterans, was demolished about 60 years ago. On a hill two miles south of downtown Nashville, the remnants of Fort Negley—which was built by formerly enslaved and free Black people—are a reminder of the American Civil War and the monumental effort put forth to build the largest inland fort of that era. After the war, those same laborers and Civil War veterans built a vibrant Reconstruction community on Bass Street, at the base of Fort Negley. After six generations, the community’s rich history was lost when the neighborhood was bulldozed to make way for Nashville’s new Interstate 65. MORE
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National Institutes of Health—Vanderbilt researchers awarded $3.2M NIH grant for study on child mental health
A four-year, $3.2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health will support the research of Carolyn Heinrich, University Distinguished Professor of Leadership, Policy and Organizations, and Melinda Buntin, University Distinguished Professor of Health Policy, into how school-based health interventions affect children’s mental health and education outcomes. Schools are serving children with ever-increasing mental health needs, which were amplified by the COVID-19 pandemic. U.S. public schools serve as the primary entry point to mental health services for children, and school-based health centers, or SBHCs, increasingly are a “medical home” for vulnerable children. There is limited research on the effectiveness of school-based health interventions on children’s health and education outcomes, and Heinrich and Buntin aim to fill this gap. They plan an in-depth study across Tennessee of school-based interventions that are designed to provide primary care and/or behavioral and mental health care to K-12 students. MORE
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Department of Education—IRIS Center has a global reach
Across the globe, educators hunger for resources to strengthen their teaching. Vanderbilt University’s IRIS Center, housed at Peabody College of education and human development, is meeting that need. From Africa and Asia to Europe and from North America to South, educators and independent learners in 229 countries and territories around the world used IRIS Center resources in 2022. In the United States alone, 1.3 million people accessed the center last year, as did more than half a million international users. Between 2018 and 2022, IRIS use grew 128 percent to 17.1 million visits worldwide to its open-access website. Supported by the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Special Education Programs, the IRIS Center is an international leader in supporting the increased use of evidence-based practices by educators. The center creates and disseminates free online resources about instructional and behavioral practices to support the education of all students, particularly struggling learners and those with disabilities. MORE
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National Science Foundation—Seventeen Vanderbilt engineering students awarded prestigious NSF Graduate Research Fellowships
Eleven Vanderbilt engineering graduate students are 2023 recipients of five-year National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships. Six engineering undergraduate students who will continue their graduate study elsewhere also have received NSF Graduate Research Fellowships. The NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program supports students who are pursuing full-time, research-based graduate degrees in science, technology, engineering or math. Recipients receive financial support for their education and an annual stipend to support their research and career endeavors. Each of those fellowships represents close to $ 150,000 in funding. It is one of the most prestigious awards for graduate students, with about 16% of applicants awarded each year. MORE
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Department of Defense—Three Vanderbilt students named 2023 Goldwater ScholarsRising senior Madison Albert and rising juniors Haoli Yin and Rincon Jagarlamudi have been named 2023 Barry Goldwater Scholars. The Goldwater Scholarship Program, honoring U.S. Sen. Barry Goldwater, was designed to foster and encourage outstanding students to pursue research careers in the fields of the natural sciences, engineering and mathematics. In collaboration with the Department of Defense National Defense Education Program, and with additional support from Congress, Goldwater Scholars receive up to $7,500 per year toward educational expenses for the remainder of the student’s undergraduate career. Madison Albert is a biomedical engineering and math major from Maine. Haoli Yin is a computer science and math major from Texas. Rincon Jagarlamudi is a biochemistry major from Missouri. MORE
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Little Sphere, Big Power: Students work to build miniature fusion reactor
It all started late one night in a first-year residence hall. A group of students were brainstorming ideas for an innovative project to collaborate on, and amid all the ambitious suggestions getting tossed around, one engineering major’s idea stood out: What if they built a miniature nuclear fusion reactor? In typical Vanderbilt student fashion, the group responded to the challenge with an enthusiastic “yes” and immediately started planning. Just one year later, the Vanderbilt Fusion Project, which comprises 40 undergraduates from 22 majors across three schools, is well on its way to making history. The group has gained robust support from alumni, entrepreneurs and the university due in part to their stellar research, planning and vision. The Vanderbilt Fusion Project team’s proposal was strongly received in the first cycle of the Sesquicentennial Grant Program through the Office of the Chancellor, and they were awarded $20,000 to push their bold idea forward. MORE
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