Month: February 2024

Dean Camilla P. Benbow Jason Grissom Carolyn Heinrich Rich Milner Education Week recently released the 2024 Edu-Scholar Public Influence Rankings, an annual list of education researchers who have demonstrated the greatest influence over educational policy and practice. Four researchers from Vanderbilt Peabody College… Read More

Vanderbilt University’s undergraduate Class of 2024 undergraduate will have a unique backdrop for their May 10 Commencement ceremony: Geodis Park. Read More

James Weimer, assistant professor of computer science and noted medical-device entrepreneur, has received a National Science Foundation CAREER Award to improve the safety and efficacy of systems that use advanced machine learning and artificial intelligence techniques. Learning-enabled medical cyber-physical systems (LE-MCPS) are smart medical systems that provide actionable feedback to caregivers. They use machine learning... Read More

Vanderbilt University Press has launched a new trade series, Global Black Writers in Translation, which will publish a variety of texts by authors of African descent translated from their source languages into English. The goal is to amplify a body of writing that introduces anglophone readers to the range and complexity of Black literary and cultural production, history and political thought. Read More

Vanderbilt investigators who intend to apply for the 2024 NIH S10 either Shared or High-end Instrumentation Grant programs have until April 1 to submit an internal proposal for review. Read More

The Vanderbilt Commodores are scheduled to take on the University of Kentucky on Tuesday, Feb. 6, at 7:30 p.m. and Texas A&M on Tuesday, Feb. 13, at 6 p.m. at Memorial Gym. On Feb. 6 there is also a special event at Langford Auditorium. These events are expected to cause higher volume of traffic in the area and the 25th Avenue Garage. Read here for alternative parking and commute options. Read More

Wiley, one of the world’s largest publishers and a global leader in research and learning, announced a new five-year open access agreement with the Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries at Vanderbilt University, beginning on Jan. 1, 2024. Read More

Jeremi London has been named assistant provost of academic opportunity and belonging in the Office of Undergraduate Education, Vice Provost Tiffiny Tung announced today. London also joins the Vanderbilt University School of Engineering as associate professor of the practice in mechanical engineering. Her first day was Jan. 29. Read More