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		<title>When loss becomes legacy</title>
		<link>https://news.vanderbilt.edu/2026/05/13/when-loss-becomes-legacy/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jennifer Kiilerich-Hansen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 12:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[By Jennifer Kiilerich Murfreesboro, Tennessee residents Dr. Roy and Margrey Thompson are skilled at finding laughter amidst difficulties. Each of their three children faced unique learning differences, and the couple often had to fight to get them the support they needed in school. Now, years after launching their kids into the world as successful adults, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>TERA partners with Governor’s Early Literacy Foundation and United Way of Greater Nashville to evaluate early literacy programs</title>
		<link>https://news.vanderbilt.edu/2026/05/07/tera-partners-with-governors-early-literacy-foundation-and-united-way-of-greater-nashville-to-evaluate-early-literacy-programs/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jenna Somers]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 13:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Tennessee Education Research Alliance’s assessment of Governor’s Early Literacy Foundation’s K-3 Home Library program and Raising Readers Nashville’s after-school reading program will help partner organizations strengthen early literacy. By Jenna Somers The Tennessee Education Research Alliance has begun evaluation studies of early grade literacy programs serving Tennessee’s public-school students. TERA is collaborating with Governor’s [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Inside Vanderbilt’s Asness Summit: Rethinking conflict in an age of asymmetry</title>
		<link>https://news.vanderbilt.edu/2026/05/04/inside-vanderbilts-asness-summit-rethinking-conflict-in-an-age-of-asymmetry/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Amber Palmer-Halma]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 15:17:23 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Vanderbilt University’s Asness Summit on Modern Conflict and Emerging Threats examined how advances in technology—particularly artificial intelligence, drones and cyber capabilities—are reshaping conflict and allowing smaller actors to challenge more powerful nations. This year’s theme was “The Shadow of War, The Illusion of Peace: National Security in the Age of Asymmetry,” and explored the shifting balance of power, technology and diplomacy in our complex era.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>“Festschrift” honors lifelong scholarship of Lynn Fuchs, renowned special education and psychological sciences scholar</title>
		<link>https://news.vanderbilt.edu/2026/05/04/festschrift-honors-lifelong-scholarship-of-lynn-fuchs-renowned-special-education-and-psychological-sciences-scholar/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jennifer Kiilerich-Hansen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 12:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[By Jennifer Kiilerich In Germany, a Festschrift—literally “festival writing”—is an academic tribute that honors a scholar through collected works and new research from peers. On April 16–17, Vanderbilt Peabody College of education and human development hosted a unique event based around this tradition. The gathering honored the late Lynn Fuchs, Dunn Family Professor of Psychoeducational [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Vanderbilt hosts Reps. Cohen, Van Epps to showcase federally funded research</title>
		<link>https://www.vanderbilt.edu/government-community-relations/2026/04/23/vanderbilt-hosts-reps-cohen-van-epps-to-showcase-federally-funded-research/#new_tab</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Reagan Villet]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 19:08:52 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[At Vanderbilt, federally supported research takes many forms, from humanities scholarship to national security partnerships and early-stage innovation. That work came into focus during recent visits from members of Tennessee’s congressional delegation.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>2026 Southeast Venture Showcase aims to turn research into real-world impact </title>
		<link>https://news.vanderbilt.edu/2026/04/27/2026-southeast-venture-showcase-aims-to-turn-research-into-real-world-impact/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Amber Palmer-Halma]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 15:11:20 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Breakthroughs in artificial intelligence, medical therapeutics, software and advanced materials often begin in university labs, but turning those discoveries into real-world solutions requires investment. At this year’s Southeast Venture Showcase, hosted by Vanderbilt University, 44 startups worked to secure the funding needed to move their ideas forward.  ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Vanderbilt brings national leaders together to explore quantum’s growing real-world impact</title>
		<link>https://news.vanderbilt.edu/2026/04/24/vanderbilt-brings-national-leaders-together-to-explore-quantums-growing-real-world-impact/</link>
		
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 20:44:46 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Vanderbilt University hosted the Vanderbilt Quantum Forum, bringing together nationally recognized leaders to explore how quantum technologies are beginning to shape sectors ranging from energy and security to health care and economic competitiveness—and what it will take to ensure workforce readiness as the field grows. ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Abhishek Dubey is engineering the future</title>
		<link>https://computing.vanderbilt.edu/2026/04/09/engineering-the-future-dubeys-journey-of-academic-and-entrepreneurial-success/#new_tab</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Reagan Villet]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 17:21:04 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Vanderbilt faculty like Associate Dean for Research Abhishek Dubey are on the leading edge of investigation and development of AI. Dubey, also director of the SCOPE lab, develops advanced AI-driven frameworks and decision-making methods to improve public safety, transportation and infrastructure. Read more about Dubey, his research and his commitment to connecting academia and industry for the advancement of society.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Mona Ebrish receives prestigious NSF CAREER Award</title>
		<link>https://engineering.vanderbilt.edu/2026/04/21/mona-ebrish-receives-prestigious-nsf-career-award/#new_tab</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Reagan Villet]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 17:17:29 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The National Science Foundation has granted Assistant Professor Mona Ebrish a CAREER Award, the foundation’s most prestigious honor for early-career faculty. Ebrish’s work centers on strategic modification of semiconductors to tailor their electrical behavior—aiming to push past long-standing limitations in device fabrication. She wants to achieve “new freedom in how we design, fabricate and ultimately integrate these materials into future electronic platforms.”]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Researchers’ magnetically controlled device could revolutionize remote monitoring of patients with airway diseases</title>
		<link>https://engineering.vanderbilt.edu/2026/04/15/researchers-magnetically-controlled-device-could-revolutionize-remote-monitoring-of-patients-with-airway-diseases/#new_tab</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Reagan Villet]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 17:14:32 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[It’s difficult to monitor lung disease patients’ airways remotely and noninvasively, so symptoms of their conditions—tissue stiffness, pressure, mucus accumulation or temperatures—can worsen undetected. Assistant Professor Xiaoguang Dong and a team of researchers have developed a device with multiple sensors and a magnetic switch that can give health care personnel consistent and long-term data to improve patient treatment. Their research was published in Science Advances on April 15.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>A rare bacterial protein tweak could point to new antibiotic targets</title>
		<link>https://medschool.vanderbilt.edu/basic-sciences/2026/04/21/a-rare-bacterial-protein-tweak-could-point-to-new-antibiotic-targets/#new_tab</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Reagan Villet]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 17:09:52 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Postdocs Andrew Rice and Yanqing Xue, in the biochemistry lab of Professor Doug Mitchell, discovered which enzyme is responsible for a rare chemical modification that doesn’t exist in human cells. That could be crucial for developing antibiotics that can target bacteria while leaving human hosts’ cells completely alone. ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Legacy preference bans may not increase college diversity, Vanderbilt researchers say</title>
		<link>https://news.vanderbilt.edu/2026/04/23/legacy-preference-bans-may-not-increase-college-diversity-vanderbilt-researchers-say/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jenna Somers]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 13:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[By Jenna Somers At some highly selective colleges and universities, cohorts of mostly white, wealthy applicants have three to eight times greater odds of admission than other similarly qualified applicants. These beneficiaries are legacy applicants, those who receive an admissions bonus for having alumni relatives. Legacy preferences have long been criticized as perpetuating racial and [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Quantum Potential Podcast, EPISODE 7: Economic power of scarcity with marketing expert Kelly Goldsmith</title>
		<link>https://www.vanderbilt.edu/quantumpotential/2026/04/22/season-2-episode-7-economic-power-of-scarcity-with-marketing-expert-kelly-goldsmith/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Amy Wolf]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 12:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[When will you feel like you have enough? From panic-buying to FOMO to the relentless drive for “more,” why does the fear of “running out” sharpen our focus while also dictating some of our most irrational behaviors? Listen to this Quantum Potential podcast for a fascinating conversation with scarcity expert and professor of marketing Kelly Goldsmith. ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Peabody-Jordan collaboration expands to advance teacher development and curriculum design</title>
		<link>https://news.vanderbilt.edu/2026/04/20/peabody-jordan-collaboration-expands-to-advance-teacher-development-and-curriculum-design/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jennifer Kiilerich-Hansen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 12:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[By Jennifer Kiilerich As part of Jordan’s nationwide education reform initiative, scholars at Vanderbilt Peabody College of education and human development are partnering with four Jordanian universities through the Early Grade Education Activity (ASAS) to co-create curricula and support professional development centered on evidence-based, student-engaged learning for young children. The collaboration enters its third year [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>From rigid legalese to relationships: a new model for public-private partnerships</title>
		<link>https://news.vanderbilt.edu/2026/04/15/from-rigid-legalese-to-relationships-a-new-model-for-public-private-partnerships/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jenna Somers]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 13:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[By Jenna Somers AI data centers seem to be cropping up everywhere, often in rural farming communities, where crops are grown, where livelihoods depend on their yield and where their yield depends on groundwater, the cost of energy and infrastructure, and the health of the environment. Increasingly, these communities, in states like Wisconsin and Montana, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Researchers develop innovative nanotweezers to analyze extracellular particles</title>
		<link>https://engineering.vanderbilt.edu/2026/03/26/researchers-develop-innovative-nanotweezers-to-analyze-extracellular-particles/#new_tab</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Reagan Villet]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 15:02:26 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[There’s nothing like a good set of tweezers. Chancellor Faculty Fellow and Associate Professor Justus Ndukaife, with his team, have developed next-generation nanotweezers that let scientists better analyze “extracellular vesicles” in real time and in their native state—no chemical staining or fixation to alter them. A patent application for the technology has been filed with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office; the research was just published in Light: Science and Applications.  ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Vanderbilt engineers identify new pathway that may influence breast cancer recurrence following radiation treatment</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 14:59:34 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Radiation is known to destroy some breast cancer cells, but new research published in Cell Reports shows that it might also make some surrounding tissue more prone to cancerous cell growth. Vanderbilt postdoctoral fellow Kevin Corn conducted much of the study’s work with Assistant Professor Marjan Rafat. “When we think about radiation, we usually focus on tumor cells,” Rafat said. “But the surrounding tissue is also responding, and that can shape what happens after treatment.” By addressing processes in that surrounding tissue, they hope to reduce the chance that breast cancer will recur. ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>PFAS—‘forever chemicals’—directly shown to alter thyroid structure and function</title>
		<link>https://medschool.vanderbilt.edu/basic-sciences/2026/03/23/pfas-forever-chemicals-directly-shown-to-alter-thyroid-structure-and-function/#new_tab</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Reagan Villet]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 14:52:55 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[PFAS, or “forever chemicals,” have already been linked to disruptions in thyroid hormones, among other detrimental health effects. A recent paper by first author Heather Hartmann, a Ph.D. student in the lab of Associate Professor Vivian Weiss, dug into thyroid cell behavior under long-term exposure to PFAS. It finds that the chemicals alter cellular function, including signaling pathways that are involved in cancer. “We hope [this] can help people who are already at risk for thyroid cancer … make better-informed choices, as consumers, to limit exposure to these chemicals,” Hartmann said. ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>New Vanderbilt research examines competitive imbalance in the UEFA Euro and World Cup</title>
		<link>https://business.vanderbilt.edu/news/2026/03/27/new-vanderbilt-research-competitve-imbalance-eufa-euro-world-cup/#new_tab</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Reagan Villet]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 14:49:32 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[How teams are seeded in tournaments can make a big difference in their outcomes. The way the UEFA European Championship and the FIFA World Cup are seeded could use some work, say Owen Professor Michael Lapre and co-author Julia Amato, BA’23, in an article in the Journal of Quantitative Analysis in Sports. Improving how teams are seeded could make for fairer, more exciting tournaments, Lapre said: “Balanced groups increase the chances that the best teams advance and that more matches truly matter.” ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Quantum Potential Podcast, EPISODE 6: Reconnecting a divided democracy with philosopher Robert Talisse</title>
		<link>https://www.vanderbilt.edu/quantumpotential/2026/04/09/season-2-episode-6-reconnecting-a-divided-democracy-with-philosopher-robert-talisse/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Amy Wolf]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 13:48:49 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[How can democratic societies endure, and even flourish, amid deep disagreement? Get ready for a fascinating and timely episode of the Quantum Potential podcast with political scientist and philosophy professor Dr. Robert Talisse and Provost C. Cybele Raver.

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