Month: December 2023

Vanderbilt has announced the addition of the Warren Center for Neuroscience Drug Discovery into Discovery Vanderbilt as well as an initiative within the Dare to Grow campaign to inspire philanthropy with a one-to-one match for gifts of $100,000 or more. Read More

A comprehensive study that integrates multiple analytic approaches has linked a regulatory gene network and functional defects in insulin-producing pancreatic beta cells to Type 2 diabetes. Read More

By Jenna Somers Richard Welsh According to an essay published in Educational Researcher, a decade of colorblind school discipline policy reforms have not disproportionally benefited Black students who remain the most often disciplined in schools and miss valuable classroom learning time. Given that fact, the authors say interventions directly… Read More

Rosevelt and Kristen Noble have long ties to Vanderbilt University. The alums are raising their children—daughter, Jordan, and son, Rosevelt III—on campus at Stambaugh House. The entire family is featured in this year’s Vanderbilt Holiday Gift Guide, available to shop online now through Dec. 31. Read More

A new portrait series that celebrates noteworthy Vanderbilt University community members is now on display in multiple locations across the Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries. V150: The Many Faces of Vanderbilt, funded by a spring 2023 Sesquicentennial Grant, features prominent photographs and short bios of alumni, faculty and others whose accomplishments and contributions have made a significant positive impact on the university and society as a whole. Read More

Vanderbilt (VU and VUMC, combined) may nominate two candidates to submit a letter of intent to the Ono Pharma Foundation’s Breakthrough Science Initiative Awards Program. Read More

Vanderbilt University may submit up to four letters of intent for the spring 2024 cycle of the Mathers Foundation grant program. Read More