Year: 2022

Electric scooters and bicycles are excellent on-campus mobility options, but safety comes first. When riding, stay alert and follow the following safety precautions. Read More

All undergraduate students are invited to attend the annual Nichols Humanitarian Fund reception and open house on Tuesday, Nov. 1, from 5 to 6:30 p.m. at the Student Life Center Board of Trust Room. The fund will begin accepting applications for support of students who plan to pursue humanitarian immersive experiences during summer 2023 on Nov. 2. Read More

Development and Alumni Relations recently promoted three longtime fundraising professionals into leadership roles in anticipation of the public phase of the university’s ongoing philanthropic campaign. Scotty Mann, Jonathan Petty and Taylor Wood have been named assistant vice chancellors of development; each will have oversight of specific fundraising responsibilities.  Read More

The Office for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, in collaboration with the undergraduate student organizations FirstVU and QuestBridge Vanderbilt as well as the Network First-Gen initiative, invites members of the Vanderbilt community to participate in First-Generation Appreciation Week Nov. 3–11. Read More

Advances in neuroimaging over the past 25 years have ushered in nothing short of a revolution in technology for understanding the human brain. These new technologies have opened broad vistas for scientists, from being able to pinpoint regions of the brain responsible for various functions and behaviors to targeting new treatments for illnesses ranging from... Read More

As a child, Jenna Dombroski was at her grandfather’s bedside when cancer took his life. A scientist, he was her inspiration. Years later, the Vanderbilt University Ph.D. student and National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow is honoring him by leading the development of what appears to be a promising treatment for breast cancer metastasis, and... Read More

The U.S. Supreme Court will again review the constitutionality of affirmative action Oct. 31 when it hears the cases of Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. Presidents and Fellows of Harvard College and Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. University of North Carolina. Assistant Professor of Higher Education and Public Policy Kelly Slay will join many of her colleagues in Washington, D.C., to engage in rallies related to these cases. Read More

Research in the Weaver lab leads to discoveries that help secure partnership with Ancora Innovation LLC.  “Vanderbilt is at the forefront of genetic research. By understanding the genetic causes of disease opens exciting new opportunities to develop drugs to treat them more effectively,” said Matt Nelson, vice president, genetics and genomics, 3DC at Deerfield Management.  Read More

The Vanderbilt University School of Nursing has won a Health Professions Higher Education Excellence in Diversity Award from INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine. Read More

Joanne W. Golann, assistant professor of public policy and education, has received a grant from the National Science Foundation for a project that aims to improve early parenting support programs by helping them address the needs of diverse and low-income families.    Read More

Metro Nashville Public Schools, the Nashville’s Agenda Steering Committee and the Nashville Public Education Foundation created the Blue Ribbon Teacher Awards to recognize top teaching talent in the area’s public schools.   Read More

Student Care Network drop-in and satellite services provide a quick and convenient way for students to consult privately and one on one with a staff member regarding a current concern, explore support options, and establish connections with resources on the student’s schedule. Read More

The next session of “Dancing Around the Elephants in the Room: A Microlearning Series on Naming and Acknowledging our Realities” will be on Monday, Oct. 31. “Boundaries, Priorities and Balance” will be from 11:30 a.m. to noon. Read More

Mark V. Sapir, Centennial Professor of Mathematics who made significant research contributions in the areas of geometric group theory, semigroup theory and combinatorial algebra, died in Nashville on Oct. 8. Read More

Vanderbilt’s Government and Community Relations will partner with One Generation Away and Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee to host a drive-thru mobile food pantry on the university’s campus on Saturday, Oct. 29. Vanderbilt faculty, staff and students are invited to volunteer at the event beginning at 7:30 a.m. Read More

Principal investigator Blythe Corbett, Ph.D., and the SENSE Lab team are seeking females enrolled at 6, 8, 10 and 12 years of age and followed annually over four years. Read More

Vanderbilt University welcomes 74 new faculty across its schools and colleges for the 2022–23 academic year. Here, some of the new faculty share their global research. Read More

The Vanderbilt Chorale will perform three undisputed masterworks for chorus and organ, accompanied on the Dobson organ in Turner Hall by new organ professor Malcolm Matthews, on Friday, Oct. 28, beginning at 8 p.m. Read More

Vanderbilt professor and researcher Lisa Fazio will lead an international collaboration of 80 misinformation scientists in a project to compare the effectiveness of eight common strategies used to combat false information on social media. Read More

Nilanjan Sarkar and Meiyi Ma have received Civic Innovation Challenge planning grants from the National Science Foundation. The purpose of the NSF CIVIC program is to accelerate the transition to practice of foundational research and emerging technologies into communities through civic-engaged research. Read More