Year: 2024

On October 17, 2022, Vanderbilt University launched “Discovery Vanderbilt” to embolden faculty, students and staff to pursue innovative ideas through disciplined, rigorous inquiry. Led by Provost Cybele Raver, the university committed $80 million in the effort—and invested $50 million in the first year alone. Read More

Dan Russell, sustainability coordinator intern in Auxiliary Services, teaches the Vanderbilt community about how people’s individual choices in using Earth's resources can affect our urban patch of Nashville and the planet on which we live. Read More

The researchers, including Vanderbilt’s team led by Kari Hoffman, focused their efforts on the detection of hippocampal ripples, which are considered biomarkers of memory and are affected by epilepsy and Alzheimer’s disease. Read More

Ilana Horn Bethany Rittle-Johnson Chezare Warren Mariah Harmon Following Ilana Horn’s selection earlier this year as a Fellow of the American Educational Research Association, she was inducted on Friday, April 12, at the AERA 2024 annual meeting… Read More

The Board of Trustees of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation announced the appointment of 188 Guggenheim Fellowships to a distinguished and diverse group of culture creators working across 52 disciplines. Jefferson Cowie, the James G. Stahlman Professor of History at Vanderbilt University, was named to this 99th class of Guggenheim Fellows.  Read More

Vanderbilt is committed to keeping the university community safe and informed. Information, resources and avenues of support are now available on the Health and Wellness website for people living with or caring for someone with Long COVID. Read More

Adm. Rachel Levine, assistant secretary of health in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, addressed transgender health and policy during a visit to Vanderbilt in April 2024. (Vanderbilt) Adm. Rachel Levine, assistant secretary of health in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, addressed transgender health… Read More

By Jenna Somers Infancy is the age at which someone is most likely to live in a homeless shelter. If that sounds surprising, consider that poverty is the main reason families with young children become homeless. Given the high costs of childcare across the country, often parents leave the… Read More

WATCH: Lacrosse student athlete Emily Gaven came to Vanderbilt's Owen Graduate School of Management with big goals. Hear why she chose Vandy and what's next! Read More

Vanderbilt University may submit one application to the First Horizon Grants for Good Campaign. Read More

Vanderbilt (VU + VUMC, collaboratively) may nominate one associate or full professor to submit a Letter of Intent for the 2025 Brain Research Foundation Scientific Innovations Award (SIA). Read More

The distinguished faculty members and deans representing eight colleges and schools were presented with medallions that symbolize the attainment of their positions and will become part of their official academic regalia. Chair holders contribute their expertise to real-world challenges, including climate change, political inequality and access to justice, artificial intelligence and ICU trauma.   Read More

Logan Glazier’s (Class of 2025) experience is what many educators might call the ideal result of education: the ability to take what’s learned in a classroom—be it something specific, like how to build a roof rack, or general, like critical thinking skills—and apply it in the outside world. That ideal is exactly why, when Vanderbilt rolled out a strategic plan in fall 2014, it put a greater focus on experiential learning. That plan emerged as Immersion Vanderbilt.   Read More

Faculty and staff have a unique way to help Opportunity Vanderbilt students: When 500 faculty and staff members make a gift of any size for Giving Day, $25,000 from Suzanne and Patrick McGee will be unlocked for Opportunity Vanderbilt. Read More

The Frist Center for Autism and Innovation has announced its 2024 call for membership, which allows Vanderbilt faculty and staff to apply to become affiliates or fellows of the Center. The work of current fellows and affiliates has resulted in multi-million-dollar grants and was highlighted nationally on CBS’s 60 Minutes with Anderson Cooper. Read More

A new paper by Farhang Heydari chronicles what started as an attempt to promote traffic safety that evolved quickly into a tactic to ferret out drug traffickers, criminals, and even terrorists, straying far from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's mission to “save lives, prevent injuries and reduce economic costs due to road traffic crashes.” Read More

All Vanderbilt University staff are invited to attend the Spring Staff Assembly, either in person or virtually, at 3 p.m. on Wednesday, May 29 in Langford Auditorium. Please note the new day, time and location. Read More

THINGS TO KNOW:  Vanderbilt University now has 25 LEED certified buildings  Vanderbilt has PETAL and WELL-designed buildings (certifications pending)  The Commons was the first set of buildings to receive LEED certification on campus  … Read More

New research from Jen Riley discusses the impact of power shifts, competition, and evolving technology on U.S. higher education. Read More

WATCH: He's graduating with a degree in medicine and divinity. See the path that brought Matthew Nettles to Vanderbilt and how he plans to use both degrees to better treat those in need. Read More