Year: 2022

Althea Thomas has hit the ground running as she looks to build the track and field program into something special. Read More

Vanderbilt University’s Federal Depository coordinator, Will Stringfellow, has been appointed to a federal task force studying the feasibility of an all-digital Federal Depository Library Program. Read More

Growing up in California, where lacrosse had yet to take hold to the same extent as on the East Coast, Bri Gross discovered her athletic passion almost by accident. But the first time she picked up a lacrosse stick was far from the first time she was intrigued by how something worked. Never far from her dad’s side in his garage workshop, she was and remains an inveterate tinkerer. Read More

As Vandy United’s $300 million athletics investment campaign upgrades Vanderbilt Stadium and enhances the fan experience, the goal is the same as it was a century ago. From concerts to commencements to presidential speeches and to football games that still define autumn, the stadium remains a place for the Vanderbilt community to come together and celebrate. Read More

Robert Barsky will be recognized at a reception honoring the 2022 Guggenheim Fellows on June 7 in New York.   Read More

Product Space x VAPS will host "Business Strategy in the World of Technology" on Thursday, April 21, at 5 p.m. in Buttrick Hall, Room 101. Adi Agashe, Parth Detroja and Neel Mehta, authors of "Swipe to Unlock" and product managers at some of the world's top tech companies including Google, Microsoft and Facebook, will be the featured panelists. Read More

From noon to 4 p.m., celebrate Vanderbilt Giving Day 2022 at Give on the Green, happening on Library Lawn. There will be giveaways, King of Pops, lawn games, a lounge area and a performance by DJ Drums. Plus, take part in the Giving Day mosaic portrait, which will be a part of the Vanderbilt campus for years to come.    Read More

Giving Day, April 21, is a chance to celebrate the impact of the Vanderbilt community’s philanthropy. In addition to the Give on the Green celebration happening from noon to 4 p.m. on Library Lawn, look for school-specific lunchtime events, power hours and the grand opening celebration of the Bishop Joseph Johnson Black Cultural Center's transformed courtyard, funded by last year’s Giving Day donations. Visit vu.edu/givingday to learn more. Read More

Applications are being solicited for support by the American Cancer Society–Institutional Research Grant. These funds are designed to provide seed money to support junior faculty members with an interest in cancer research who do not have external grant support. Read More

Gross never let supposed boundaries get in her way on the lacrosse field—which turns out to be a good way to redefine what is possible in any field. At Vanderbilt, the honorable mention All-American is not only helping to shape a program emerging as a national contender but also pursuing a passion for engineering that will shape her future. Read More

If you play tennis against Vanderbilt this spring, you will likely see a Ross on the other side of the net. Men’s or women’s tennis, it doesn’t much matter. And whether it’s Anna, a junior, or Michael, a freshman, you’re also likely to be on the wrong end of the score.   Read More

The Vanderbilt Kennedy Center Treatment and Research Institute for Autism Spectrum Disorders (VKC TRIAD) announces the hiring of Adithyan Rajaraman as director of Behavior Analysis Research. As an assistant professor in pediatrics at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and a VKC investigator, Rajaraman will lead the research and dissemination of TRIAD’s innovative behavior analytic services and the growing portfolio of related projects. Read More

The application deadline for the second cycle of the Scaling Success Grant program, originally planned for early April, is now Wednesday, May 4, at 11:59 p.m. An informational town hall for Scaling Success Grant applicants for the May 4 deadline will be held on Tuesday, April 26, at 11 a.m. CT via Zoom. Read More

Dr. André L. Churchwell, vice chancellor for equity, diversity and inclusion and chief diversity officer, will join his brothers, Drs. Kevin and Keith Churchwell, as keynote panelists for Becker’s Healthcare’s 12th annual meeting in Chicago. The three health care executives will speak together in a keynote panel discussing “CEO, Leadership and Strategy Issues.” Read More

Applications are open through June 15 for the Neurodiversity Inspired Science and Engineering graduate trainee program. The NISE program engages students across STEM disciplines in the development, deployment and commercialization of future of work at the human technology frontier (FW-HTF) approaches and devices that support neurodiverse individuals, and/or that are inspired by their abilities. Read More

Vanderbilt University has announced the addition of women’s volleyball as the university’s 17th varsity sport. Enabled by the transformational Vandy United campaign, the sport will begin competition in the 2025–26 academic year. Read More

Vanderbilt tour guide Madison Woods strives to be authentic, optimistic and inviting when meeting prospective students and families for the first time. From her perspective, creating a sense of belonging starts on day one. Read More

In his long U.S. Navy career, Michael Brasseur, BS'97, has had numerous command postings, including his latest as a full commodore. Based in Bahrain, he commands Task Force 59, the Navy’s first unmanned task force dedicated to securing the waters around the Arabian Peninsula. He directs a team dedicated to rapidly harnessing the power of unmanned and artificial intelligence integration to promote the free flow of commerce in the area. Read More

The spring 2022 Law School Dean’s Lecture Series on Race and Discrimination will conclude with “Implicit Bias, Structural Bias and Implications for Law and Policy,” a talk by California Supreme Court Associate Justice Goodwin H. Liu, on Thursday, April 21, at 12:30 p.m. Read More

Justus C. Ndukaife, assistant professor of electrical engineering, has received a prestigious NSF CAREER Award for foundational research in cell-to-cell communication. His CAREER project, “Resonant Dielectric Optical Metasurfaces for Single-Cell Extracellular Vesicles Analysis,” will enable Ndukaife to associate the properties of extracellular vesicles directly to their cell sources—up to the resolution of single cells—a capability that... Read More