Vanderbilt Undergraduate Research Journal

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Vol. 16 No. 1 (2026)
Published October 4, 2026

An Undergraduate Research Journal sponsored by the Office of the Provost, the Jean and Alexander Heard Library System, and the Office of Innovation through Technology.

We publish manuscripts in the following disciplines: Natural Science, Social Science, Economics/Political Science, Education and Human Development, Humanities, Math/Physics, and Engineering. 

We will review academic research papers, honors theses, class research papers, etc for publication. 

Full Issue
Front Cover North, South, East, West Mandatory Reporting Price Transparency Shaping The Past The Medicalization of Grief The surreal in Julio Cortázar’s Variability in the Daily Activit Entire 2026 Issue

Humanities

Naomi Letson
On the Immorality of Mandatory Reporting for Suicide on College Campuses
Camille Brice
The surreal in Julio Cortázar's Cosmopolitan Works and Gabriel García Márquez's Provincial World
Ellie Vlahakos
Shaping the Past: Architecture as a Carrier of Meaning in the Restorations of Pantokrator Monastery / Zeyrek Camii

Natural Sciences

Colin Wilson, Dr. Malu Jorge
Variability in the Daily Activity of the Nine-banded Armadillo across the Americas

Social Sciences

Charles Murff
North, South, East, West, and Briley: What the 1958 and 1962 Metro Nashville Consolidation Reveals about Suburban and Urban Voters
Jacqueline Huang
Price Transparency’s Impact on Hospital Prices: An Analysis of the 2021 Hospital TransparencyFinal Rule
Samantha Brabeck
The Medicalization of Grief
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