Year: 2024

“How To Heal a Divided America” is a community-building exercise focused on knitting together diverse perspectives and lived experiences to better approach, analyze and address the societal problems of polarization and isolation facing our communities and the world. The event series, which is a partnership between the Aspen Institute’s Weave: The Social Fabric Project and Dialogue Vanderbilt, began Sept. 12 and will culminate on Sept. 19–20.  Read More

New faculty share advice to their younger selves we can all learn from! Read More

James R. Sasser, BA’58, JD’61, was a three-term U.S. senator from Tennessee and ambassador to China. (Ann Rayner/Vanderbilt) James R. Sasser, BA’58, JD’61, a former three-term U.S. senator from Tennessee and ambassador to China, died Sept. 10 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. He was a statesman who loved Tennessee… Read More

Vanderbilt (VU and VUMC, collaboratively) may nominate one candidate for the 2025 Brain Research Foundation Seed Grant Program. Read More

Vanderbilt University may submit one application to the NEH Humanities Research Centers on Artificial Intelligence opportunity. Read More

Vanderbilt University may submit one application to the January 2025 cycle of the Conservation, Food and Health Foundation (CFH) Grants program. Read More

Vanderbilt University submit one proposal to The Max and Victoria Dreyfus Foundation grants program. Read More

The more than 600 staff members who make up the Vanderbilt University Facilities Department play a vital role in keeping the university ticking, and now the department is expanding and restructuring to better serve the Vanderbilt community.  Read More

While practicing public interest law upon graduation has become more popular amongst law students, it still falls outside of the status quo. Assistant Dean and Martha Craig Daughtrey Director for Public Interest Beth Cruz, in partnership with the Career Services Office, held an informational panel for Vanderbilt Law students interested in practicing public interest law after graduation. The panel offered guidance on how to navigate an interest or passion for public interest law as a current or prospective law student.  Read More

New research led by recent Vanderbilt Ph.D. alumna Maria Luísa Jabbur from the Johnson Lab and BBSRC Discovery Fellow at the John Innes Centre, in the UK has uncovered that even cyanobacteria—tiny organisms with a generation time of just five to six hours—can sense and respond to changes in light availability, or photoperiod, to gear up for winter. Read More

If you connect any of your personal devices to Vanderbilt’s Wi-Fi network while you are on campus, it is now time to re-onboard that device to the new network. Personal devices are noted as any device that is not managed by VUIT, such as your cell phone or tablet. Read More

Vanderbilt researchers have developed technology for sampling body liquids in tortuous and narrow spaces that could lead to early detection of diseases like cancer. Read More

The sustainability challenge encourages students to sign up for ReusePass and actively use reusable containers at dining locations. Points will be awarded based on how many signups and full cycle container returns each house completes throughout the academic year. This initiative not only supports a greener campus but also helps students build lasting sustainable habits. Read More

Alternative vehicle and pedestrian pathways along Children’s Way and 24th Avenue South will be in effect on Sept. 24 and Oct. 1. Read More

Darryl W. Lunon II, an accomplished attorney whose practice has focused on a range of issues affecting colleges and universities, has been named senior counsel to the vice chancellor and general counsel at Vanderbilt University. Lunon joins the Office of the General Counsel from the Georgia Institute of Technology, where he was deputy general counsel and chief ethics and compliance officer. Read More

As part of the Central Utilities Initiative, phased underground boring and exploratory work will take place from Sept. 30 to Oct. 18, resulting in periodic lane and sidewalk closures. Read More

After moving to Nashville to join the faculty at Vanderbilt Law School, James Blumstein was denied the right to vote because of Tennessee’s durational residency requirements and decided to sue. Blumstein successfully argued the case himself before the Supreme Court, effectively enfranchising around six percent more potential voters. On the 50th anniversary of the court’s decision, Vanderbilt Law School organized a celebration to commemorate Blumstein’s victory. Read More

Feeling a sense of belonging at work can have a significant impact on your social well-being. Join the next healthy habit challenge with Virgin Pulse and grow your community. Read More

In collaboration with many campus partners, the Office of Postdoctoral Affairs has curated a roster of events in celebration of the Vanderbilt postdoc community. Read More

Nearly 4,200 parents, grandparents, siblings and friends convened on the Vanderbilt campus to celebrate Family Weekend 2024. This year’s event, Sept. 6–8, was one of the most successfully attended in recent memory, recording the highest attendance number in five years. Throughout the weekend, guests were invited to share coffee… Read More