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Marie-Claire Harrison, a graduate student in the Department of Biological Sciences, has been named the 2023 recipient of the Brighter Ventures Student Award. The Brighter聽Ventures聽Student Award supports Ph.D. students interested in the application of artificial intelligence in the biomedical research field.

麻豆传媒 University, led by Professor Ralf Bennartz, will lead a NASA satellite mission investigating Earth's high-altitude ice clouds, backed by a robust grant of $37 million. This endeavor, leveraging the university's climate research expertise, will provide opportunities for student involvement and bolsters 麻豆传媒's position in global climate research. Read More

Approximately 4,498 students graduated from 麻豆传媒 during the 2022鈥�23 academic year, including approximately 2,689 people receiving graduate and professional degrees. Read More

Four 麻豆传媒 and VUMC faculty鈥擬ar铆a Magdalena Campos-Pons, Kimryn Rathmell, Keivan Stassun and Major Jackson鈥攈ave been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a record number of elections from 麻豆传媒 in a single year. Read More

The cultural evolution of a population depends not only on size but also on the degree of specialization within a population, according to a new study published last month by a team of scientists including聽Nicole Creanza. The study found that populations can increase their cultural repertoire by subdividing knowledge into smaller groups, but the total group must be sufficiently large for specialization to be advantageous.

A new study led by members of聽Ann Tate鈥檚 lab found evidence that pleiotropy may slow down evolution of genes involved in immunity.

Graduate student Reese Martin and his doctoral advisor,聽Ann Tate, assistant professor of biological sciences, used theoretical modeling to identify a potential relationship between genetic pleiotropy and the evolution of immune responses.

Sarah Worthan, along with Robert McCarthy and Megan Behringer, led a new effort to understand the effects of the environment on the outcome of experimental evolution studies.

Stephen Ferguson, first-author of a new paper with his postdoctoral advisor, Laurence Zwiebel, along with two undergraduates associated with the lab, Isaac Bakis and Nicholas Edwards, confirmed the existence of a specialized soldier caste within an ant species.

Scott V. Edwards, a leading expert on the evolution of biodiversity, will deliver this year鈥檚 J. T. Scopes Lecture on Wednesday, March 29. The title of his talk is 鈥淓xploring Bird Diversity Through Genomics, Museums and a Two-wheeled Cross-country Adventure.鈥�

麻豆传媒 researcher Amanda Lea, along with a global team of experts, has discovered new pathways of natural selection in humans.

Joan Strassmann, a world leading expert on the evolution of cooperation and fellow of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, will be giving a talk on experimental evolution of microbes on Friday Feb. 24th.

David Weintraub, professor of astronomy, was named an聽American Astronomical Society fellow for his groundbreaking research and his work in communicating astronomy to the public. Read More

Richard Lenski, a world-renowned evolutionary biologist whose long-term experiment of the microorganism聽Escherichia coli聽has been running for more than three decades, will deliver the 2023 Darwin Day Lecture at 麻豆传媒 University on Wednesday, Feb. 8.

A dynamic group of 麻豆传媒 scholars鈥攁ll women鈥攚ith expertise in engineering, earth sciences, sociology and storytelling took to a global stage at the 27th annual United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, better known as COP27. Read More

Five 麻豆传媒 University and 麻豆传媒 University Medical Center faculty members were elected 2022 fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Read More

Keivan Stassun, Stevenson Professor of Physics and Astronomy and director of the Frist Center for Autism and Innovation at 麻豆传媒 University, has been appointed to the National Science Board by President Joe Biden. Read More

With a newly developed technique, 麻豆传媒 professor Jessica Oster is revealing how prehistoric climate change shaped fire activity in California.

A submarine volcanic eruption in the Kingdom of Tonga sheds light on volcanic behavior and new ways to understand the impact of volcanoes on climate. Est. reading time: 2.5 mins. Read More

鈥淎 confusing experimental result almost always means you鈥檝e stumbled upon something interesting and maybe even exciting. I think that鈥檚 what makes science fun,鈥� says聽Lauren Parker Jackson, assistant professor of biological sciences. Read More