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Amanda Little, writer-in-residence at Vanderbilt鈥檚 College of Arts and Science (Vanderbilt) In this episode of Quantum Potential, Amanda Little, writer-in-residence at Vanderbilt鈥檚 College of Arts and Science, joins Provost C. Cybele Raver to discuss how journalism can highlight the tipping points humanity faces and how people-first… Read More

Craig Lindsley, William K. Warren, Jr. Professor of Medicine, University Distinguished Professor of Biochemistry, Chemistry and Pharmacology and executive director of the Warren Center for Neuroscience Drug Discovery (Harrison McClary/Vanderbilt) In this episode of Quantum Potential, Craig Lindsley, William K. Warren, Jr. Read More

  Josh Clinton, Abby and Jon Winkelried Chair and professor of political science, co-director of the Vanderbilt Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions (Vanderbilt) What鈥檚 the ticket to disrupting Americans鈥�… Read More

Associate professor of percussion Ji Hye Jung and Provost C. Cybele Raver share music and conversation in the latest episode of our Quantum Potential podcast. (Vanderbilt University) In this live performance turned Quantum Potential episode, Provost C. Cybele Raver hosts an extraordinary musical collaboration between Ji Hye Jung, associate professor… Read More

In this episode of Quantum Potential, Felipe Barrera-Osorio joins Provost C. Cybele Raver to discuss his groundbreaking research鈥攃omparing the impact of need-based versus merit-based micro-scholarship programs in rural, low-income communities in Cambodia, Colombia and Mexico. He explains how these programs were so successful that national governments around the world… Read More

What does the way we learn have to do with drug addiction?聽In our fourth episode, Erin Calipari, associate professor of pharmacology and director of the Vanderbilt Center for Addiction Research, joins Provost C. Cybele Raver for an enlightening conversation. In this episode, they discuss nucleus accumbens鈥攖he part of… Read More

In this thought-provoking bonus episode of Quantum Potential, Vanderbilt University Provost C. Cybele Raver hosts renowned developmental psychologist David Yeager, professor of psychology at the University of Texas at Austin, co-founder of the Texas Behavioral Science and Policy Institute, and author of 10 to 25: The Science of Motivating Young… Read More

In our third episode, Provost C. Cybele Raver welcomes chemist Brian Bachmann, who is the principal investigator for the Vanderbilt Laboratory for Biosynthetic Studies. Bachmann talks about his work discovering useful chemicals made from natural products (compounds made by tiny living things like bacteria and fungi) that are paving… Read More

In our second episode, Vanderbilt University provost C. Cybele Raver explores civil justice inequities with Lauren Sudeall, law professor and director of Vanderbilt’s Access to Justice program. Through her groundbreaking research in rural Alabama and Georgia, Sudeall reveals how low-income individuals navigate eviction proceedings鈥攚ith or without legal representation鈥攁nd advocates… Read More

In our premiere episode, Vanderbilt University Provost C. Cybele Raver hosts acclaimed poet Major Jackson, holder of the Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Chair in the Humanities, for a deep dive into what he calls “sacred secular conversation.” During this extraordinary conversation, they explore the intersection of music and poetry, pluralism,… Read More