Jaylan Sims
Staff Writer and Podcaster at Vanderbilt Hustler
Vanderbilt ‘26 | Journalist ✏️| STEM 🧬 | Chicken Wing King
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Dec 2, 2024 |
vanderbilthustler.com | Jaylan Sims
In this episode of VU History, host Jaylan Sims interviews Neil Vigdor (‘99), a VSC Hall of Famer and former editor-in-chief of the Vanderbilt Hustler, now a political reporter for The New York Times. They discuss the media’s role in shaping political narratives, the challenges of covering a polarized landscape and his experiences on the campaign trail.
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Jun 25, 2024 |
nashvillebanner.com | Jaylan Sims
Students in Tennessee and across the country have suffered “unprecedented” declines in student math and reading proficiency due to the Covid-19 pandemic and are only now beginning to dig out. That’s the conclusion of the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s annual Kids Count report, which examines the national trends in child well-being across the United States. Since the restrictions of the COVID-19 pandemic have eased, the lasting impact on children has become apparent to educators and child specialists.
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Jun 24, 2024 |
nashvillebanner.com | Jaylan Sims
To hear the hype on television, Middle Tennessee is suddenly in a new tornado alley. In April, researchers from The University of Alabama-Huntsville, the NOAA/Storm Prediction Center and a former meteorologist from The Weather Channel published a study in the Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology that shows how the most active tornado corridor in the United States has been expanding from the Great Plains and into the southeastern region of the country for the past 50 years.
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Jun 20, 2024 |
nashvillebanner.com | Jaylan Sims
With the summer of 2023 being the hottest in 2,000 years, you may have been hoping that this year would feature a break from blistering heat. However, climate scientists are warning that the summer of 2024, at least nationally, could be similar or even hotter. In Nashville, the temperatures will feel more acute than in the countryside because of the urban ‘heat island effect, which is when heat is trapped between tall buildings and is absorbed by the asphalt and concrete of the city.
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Jun 6, 2024 |
nashvillebanner.com | Jaylan Sims
For Glenn Webb, the timing of cicada arrivals just did not add up to a random occurrence. The current convergence of two broods in the north, one after 13 years underground (Brood XIX) and the other after 17 years (Brood XIII), piqued the Vanderbilt mathematician’s interest because 13 and 17 are prime numbers. Digging deep via an equation he created, Webb sought to explain the timing of things in more concrete terms.
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Unprecedented decline in student proficiency in math and reading due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Tennessee ranks 36th in overall child well-being: https://t.co/0LT2OfNnIK
The summer of 2024 is expected to be similar to or even hotter than the summer of 2023, with Nashville experiencing a 'heat dome' trapping heat and causing a heat wave. The city's urban 'heat island' effect may make it feel even hotter:https://t.co/ptQKlrZYIH
Mathematician Glenn Webb explores the timing of cicada emergence, suggesting it may be a survival strategy to avoid predators. https://t.co/48yjP5vaYf
