Year: 2019

Kids will get to examine real brains, undergo an eye-tracking experiment and visualize their own brainwaves during this year’s Brain Awareness Week "Brain Blast" sponsored by the Vanderbilt Brain Institute. Read More

Vanderbilt Executive Education offers a three-day intensive program that will hone your financial acumen and help you learn the language of finance. Read More

Vanderbilt's 2019 Impact Symposium will feature Ava DuVernay, whose directorial work includes the Oscar-winning historical drama "Selma" and the Oscar-nominated "13th"; Abby Wambach, Olympic gold medalist and World Cup soccer champion; and Ta-Nehisi Coates, author of the best-selling "Between the World and Me," which won the National Book Award in 2015. Read More

The intersections of tenure status, gender, race/ethnicity and faculty title for all full-time Vanderbilt University-employed faculty members are represented in a new report released today. Read More

University administrators and faculty and staff committees are launching a series of surveys to seek feedback from Vanderbilt’s campus community with the goal of informing policy and programming decisions. Read More

Vanderbilt Class of 2018 graduate Logan Brown can add a new highlight to her year of learning through the Marshall Scholarship program—meeting a member of the British royal family. Read More

On Tuesday, March 19, Stacey Abrams will visit campus for a full day of activities and a one-on-one moderated discussion with Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos scheduled for 6:30 p.m. in Langford Auditorium. Free tickets for the lecture will be available via TicketWeb starting at noon on Tuesday, March 12. Read More

The Commons Reading for the 2019-20 academic year will be "The Lies That Bind: Rethinking Identity" by Kwame Anthony Appiah. Read More

Professor Jonathan Metzl isn’t afraid to tackle society’s most controversial issues, like guns, mass shootings, health care, race, politics and mental illness. Read More

To support users with this transition, TechHub will provide assistance with enrollment in Duo, Vanderbilt’s MFA solution, on March 18 and 20. Read More

The Vanderbilt Fine Arts Gallery presents "Embodied: Mosaic Arts International 2019 Invitational," an exhibition surveying figurative works by five renowned mosaic artists, from March 13 through May 25. Read More

Please join the Department of Political Science's "Law, Politics and Justice" class for the screening of a compelling Tribeca Film Festival award-winning documentary, True Conviction, which aired nationally on PBS in May 2018. Read More

The Community Scholars Program is sponsored by the Meharry-Vanderbilt (MV) Community Engaged Research Core (CERC) to support Community Engaged Research. The Program provides support for two graduate or post graduate trainees. The Scholars will be required to perform a community engaged research project with a community partner during the academic year.  Read More

The Margaret Cuninggim Women’s Center is an affirming space for women and for all members of the Vanderbilt community that actively resists sexism and all forms of oppression by providing resources and educational programming. Read More

The Vanderbilt community is invited to a panel discussion on Tuesday, March 12, titled “ZigZags: Honest STEM Career Paths.” The discussion will be held at the Bishop Joseph Johnson Black Cultural Center. Read More

Each year during the spring semester, Vanderbilt’s Asian American Student Association presents the Lunar New Year Festival, a cultural showcase of the celebration with numerous dances and performances. Read More

This week our favorite #vandygram is from Owen's @blakegore - and we think his caption speaks for itself! Head over to his Instagram to enjoy a plethora of tiny sketches. Read More

The Sustainability and Environmental Management Office partnered with the Vanderbilt Child and Family Center to judge an “upcycled" art contest for VCFC students ages 1 through 5.  Read More

Maya Krause, a Ph.D. student specializing in bioarchaeology, will spend her summer high in the mountains of Peru searching for ancient human remains after earning National Geographic’s Early Career Grant. Read More

Goals of the working group will include planning for an institution-wide laser safety program, compiling inventories of lab and non-lab spaces and equipment, and defining required training for university personnel. Read More