Year: 2024
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Vanderbilt student Rincon Jagarlamudi named a 2024 Truman Scholar
Candidates for the Truman Scholarship go through a rigorous, multi-stage selection process. In 2024, there were 709 candidates for the award nominated by 285 colleges and universities. Jagarlamudi was one of 60 students chosen nationwide. Read MoreApr 23, 2024
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Nguyen marries basic and translational approaches to ID new brain region responsible for epileptic seizures
Incoming assistant professor of pharmacology Quynh Anh Nguyen spearheaded research that points to a previously unidentified region of the hippocampus as responsible for epileptic seizures. The work could lead to new avenues of treatment to help epilepsy patients control their seizures. Read MoreApr 23, 2024
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Global Scholars in Residence celebrates third cohort
The goal is to establish new relationships around the world that produce ongoing scholarship and open new avenues for grants and fundraising. Read MoreApr 23, 2024
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Meet a STARS connection: Sam Barlet
April is the one-year anniversary of Vanderbilt joining the STARS College Network, a collaboration of public and private universities collaborating to create educational pathways for students. Read MoreApr 23, 2024
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Meet a STARS connection: Rohit Kataria
April is the one-year anniversary of Vanderbilt joining the STARS College Network, a collaboration of public and private universities collaborating to create educational pathways for students. Read MoreApr 23, 2024
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Deadline for Community Scholars Award applications is May 13
The Community Scholars Award provides support for two graduate or post graduate trainees to perform a community engaged research project collaboratively with a community-based organization, during the academic school year. Read MoreApr 22, 2024
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New structures offer insight into how a bacterial motor powers bacterial chemotaxis, a key infectious process
The lab of Tina Iverson, Louise B. McGavock Professor and professor of pharmacology, in collaboration with researchers at the University of California, San Francisco; Stanford University; and The Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel have published new work in Nature Microbiology, providing new insights on chemotaxis. Read MoreApr 22, 2024
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Hodges lab sheds new light on mechanisms of gene regulatory divergence between species
Molecular biologist Emily Hodges, assistant professor of biochemistry, studies the regulatory elements of our genome and is interested in parsing how changes in DNA sequence affect gene regulation. Read MoreApr 22, 2024
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James Patterson discusses formative years, book bans, writing process at Vanderbilt event
James Patterson has published over 400 titles and sold more than 425 million copies of his books, but he first gained the confidence to pursue a career in writing while working toward a graduate degree at Vanderbilt. Patterson, who earned his master’s in English from the university in 1970, discussed his writing process, prolific career, the value of collaboration, and his support for librarians and reading in a wide-ranging conversation moderated by former NBC News anchor John M. Seigenthaler. Read MoreApr 22, 2024
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Vanderbilt continues carbon neutral collaboration with Clearloop, supporting rural West Tennessee solar farm
Vanderbilt University will help expand access to clean energy in Brownsville, Tennessee, while further offsetting the institution’s carbon footprint—thanks to the second of three solar farms being developed through the university’s multiyear collaboration with Clearloop, a subsidiary of Silicon Ranch, an alumni-founded solar company based in Nashville. Read MoreApr 22, 2024
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Harnessing the Machine: Vanderbilt is embracing generative AI technology to unlock opportunities for research and learning
Vanderbilt is leading the charge on what AI can do for teaching and learning in higher education. Read MoreApr 22, 2024
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Q & A: Understanding Quantum Potential
Jad Abumrad, Distinguished Research Professor of Communication of Science and Technology and creator of Vanderbilt’s Quantum Potential series, talks to Vanderbilt Magazine about this groundbreaking project, described as a collection of wild but precise portraits of the scholars, scientists and students at Vanderbilt who are finding new ways to understand the world—and change it. Read MoreApr 22, 2024
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Vanderbilt welcomes new executive director of Advanced Computing Center for Research and Education
Christian Presley, former director of scientific information technology at NIAID, has been named the new executive director of Vanderbilt University’s Advanced Computing Center for Research and Education. His extensive experience in managing high-performance computing resources and scientific data will support the university's ambitious new College of Connected Computing and other innovative projects. Read MoreApr 19, 2024
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WATCH: The Wond’ry builds a climate-positive future with Climate Innovation Accelerator
Led by the Wond’ry, Vanderbilt’s center for innovation, the Climate Innovation Accelerator is a first-of-its-kind Nashville initiative that engages an inclusive network of local universities, minority-owned/led small businesses, and nonprofits to advance the city’s leadership initiatives toward a climate-positive future. The second… Read MoreApr 19, 2024
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WATCH: Class of 2024 students build belonging in personal ways
Meet three members of the Class of 2024 who represent belonging in action, enriching the Vanderbilt community along the way. Read MoreApr 19, 2024
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WATCH: FBI Director Christopher Wray gives keynote address at Vanderbilt’s Summit on Modern Conflict and Emerging Threats
Christopher Wray, director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, will deliver a featured keynote address at the third annual Vanderbilt University Summit on Modern Conflict and Emerging Threats on April 18 at 1:45 p.m. For those not attending the event in person, there is a livestream available. Read MoreApr 18, 2024
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Vanderbilt University transitions benefits administration starting July 1
Vanderbilt University is changing its benefits administration services, starting July 1, to deliver an enhanced benefits experience that meets the evolving needs of its employees. Read MoreApr 18, 2024
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Rites of Spring music festival is April 20
Young Nudy and Smino will headline Vanderbilt University’s 2024 Rites of Spring music festival. Other performers include Orion Sun, OG Savvy and an opening performance by folk singer-songwriter and Vanderbilt student Amelia Day. Last chance tickets are available for purchase online. Read MoreApr 18, 2024
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Cognitive scientist and respected leader Tim McNamara named dean of College of Arts and Science
Vanderbilt University has named Timothy P. McNamara, a visionary leader, trusted peer and mentor, as Ginny and Conner Searcy Dean of the College of Arts and Science for a two-year term beginning July 1. Read MoreApr 18, 2024
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66 Vanderbilt faculty grants empower student innovation through immersion
Sixty-six faculty members across seven schools and colleges received Provost’s Faculty Grants for Culminating Projects in Immersion, up 50 percent from the program’s inaugural year in 2023. The goal of the grants is to empower undergraduate students through immersive and impactful learning opportunities that take them from the studio to the lab, to an internship, to service learning in the Nashville community and beyond. Read MoreApr 18, 2024