Joan Brasher

Vanderbilt special education professor Donna Y. Ford has been recognized for her unwavering commitment to the desegregation of gifted education and for mentoring African American students, higher education faculty and P–12 professionals. Read More

Some people believe the life of a musician is that of a nomad, traveling the world and playing in all kinds of venues. However, James Berkenstock, BMus’64, is one who took root. At the end of June, he retired after 50 years playing bassoon with the Lyric Opera of Chicago—48 of those years as principal bassoonist. Read More

Learn more about Peabody research, including a study that focuses on Amazon children’s program Annedroids, a live-action show that introduces viewers to PAL, a human-like android, programmed by a child scientist named Anne to choose its own gender. Read More

Read about the latest awards received by Peabody researcher, including Camilla P. Benbow and David Lubinski, who have been selected to receive The International Society for Intelligence Research (ISIR)’s 2018 Lifetime Achievement Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Field of Intelligence. Read More

During finals week, students gathered on the Lawn at Wyatt for “Puppies, Profs and Pies,” a stress-busting event hosted by the Peabody Office of Professional Graduate Education. Learn more about this and other fun and meaningful activities that have taken place on campus recently. Read More

Cicely Woodard By Andrew Faught For students whose hearts race at the thought of coefficients and cube roots, look no further than Cicely Woodard. The mathematics teacher at Metro Nashville’s West End Middle School was named the 2017–18 Tennessee Teacher of the Year in September 2017 for her “outstanding… Read More

Vanderbilt’s ninth cohort of Humphrey Fellows will travel to East Tennessee’s Great Smoky Mountains April 6–8. Read More

The National Science Foundation has awarded a Faculty Early Career Development Grant to Gavin R. Price, assistant professor of psychology at Vanderbilt’s Peabody College. Read More

Vanderbilt University’s graduate schools remain among the nation’s best, according to the latest "U.S. News & World Report" rankings. Read More

Robert T. Jiménez is among 11 scholars selected as 2018 fellows by the American Educational Research Association. Read More

Anjali Forber-Pratt and Sharon Shields will be honored at the SHAPE America National Convention and Expo March 20–24 in Nashville. Read More

The lecture will focus on the need to look closely at linguistic differences between language used in the home and in schools. Read More

The Peabody Dean's Diversity Lecture Series, featuring Jeffrey F. Milem of the University of California–Santa Barbara, is April 2. Read More

Former GOP presidential candidate Carly Fiorina discussed her views on leadership and issues of the day Feb. 20 as part of the Chancellor's Lecture Series. Read More

Camilla P. Benbow and David Lubinski will receive The International Society for Intelligence Research’s 2018 Lifetime Achievement Award. Read More

Once a vibrant corridor of live music venues and recording studios, Jefferson Street launched the careers of many iconic blues, R&B, jazz and soul artists. Read More

Youli Yao, a member of the School for Science and Math at Vanderbilt’s senior class, is the only student from Tennessee named as semifinalist in a premiere precollegiate science competition. Read More

Forber-Pratt is an elite wheelchair racer who earned two bronze medals at the Paralympic Games. Read More

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education has selected Vanderbilt professor Anjali Forber-Pratt for its 2018 Emerging Scholars issue. Read More

The University of Minnesota's Stephanie M. Carlson will deliver the talk "Executive Function: Development and Relevance for Education" as part of the Educational Neuroscience Speaker Series. Read More