Communications And Marketing

Now in its third year, the Last Lecture is a new tradition for the Vanderbilt senior class. Each year the class selects a professor to deliver a lecture that includes advice, well wishes and fond memories. Stephen Buckles, senior lecturer in economics, will deliver this year’s farewell address on… Read More

Don’t miss the fun of Reunion Oct. 20–22. Let your friends know you’re coming—add your name to the Planning to Attend list today. There are educational events and parties on Friday and football on Saturday—just like when you were in school. Put your name on the list today!… Read More

Don’t miss the fun of the Young Alumni Homecoming party Oct. 21. Let your friends know you’re coming—add your name to the Planning to Attend list today. The Classes of 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016 are all invited!… Read More

For Vanderbilt senior Ariel Helms from Oklahoma, twists and turns in her past, including a long-kept family secret, led to her passion for discovery in a Vanderbilt lab. Read More

Students, faculty and administrators of Vanderbilt University School of Medicine took over Marathon Music Works in downtown Nashville recently for the annual Cadaver Ball. Read More

When children have a choice of how they interact with educators, they may learn more efficiently. Read More

In the latest VUCast: Learn what Neanderthal genes are doing to you, where you can find a three-year eclipse, and what's inside an ancient Wari empire beer. Watch now! Read More

Graduate students devise a unique study to teach an aspiring pizza chef with autism to follow recipes. Read More

Vivé Griffith says her Vanderbilt years tie directly to her present leadership of the Austin, Texas-based Free Minds Project, which offers under-resourced adults a free, yearlong, college-level course in subjects ranging from history to Shakespeare, along with free books, child care and dinners. Its mission is to give adults who… Read More

Jim Emison wants answers. A man was killed in a brutal racial incident in 1940, and his case was forgotten. The murdered man, Elbert Williams, was a member of the NAACP who organized meetings of African Americans in West Tennessee’s Haywood County. He was found in a river and buried… Read More

Vanderbilt University Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos issued the following statement after learning of the deaths of Vanderbilt alumni Justin and Stephanie Shults as a result of a terrorist bombing in Brussels, Belgium March 22: We are saddened to learn that the deaths of Vanderbilt alumni Justin and Stephanie Shults have… Read More

Dr. Annabelle de St. Maurice rapidly is ascending to the cutting edge of addressing the practical problems of world-impacting diseases. After earning her master’s degree in public health at Vanderbilt, in July 2015 she began work in Atlanta at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as an Epidemic… Read More

Joseph Coyle, M.D., discussed the neurobiology of serious mental illness at his recent Flexner Discovery Lecture. Read More

Vanderbilt alumni are making a splash on Broadway, as evidenced by several recent graduates currently working both behind the scenes and in front of the lights in New York City productions. Many of them worked together as members of Original Cast, Vanderbilt on Broadway and Vanderbilt University Theatre. Some are… Read More

A new compound developed at Vanderbilt treats multiple symptoms of schizophrenia in an animal model, without causing sedation. Read More

Meet Jeremy Price: the senior English major, Tour Guide exec member, and premier “tricker” who (when not in a cast) can be seen doing backflips on Alumni Lawn. The Hustler sat down with Jeremy to hear about his unique amalgamation of majors, what exactly tricking is, tour guide escapades, his… Read More

Marissa Shrum, strategy director at Mother New York, is one of the 30 most creative women in advertising according to Business Insider. The business website considered “recognition within the industry, seniority in their respective agencies, size of the shop, and standout creative work that’s garnered attention outside of the advertising… Read More

Make this your summer for an educational adventure with Vanderbilt. Whether you seek exciting enrichment in history, culture, literature or music, these four trips are truly one-of-a-kind. Make your choice and start packing today. Bavaria and Danube River Cruise Featuring Mark Wait, Martha Rivers… Read More

The rigidity of the microenvironment around cancer cells drives invasive behavior through distinct ROCK signaling pathways, which could guide the development of specific anti-invasive therapies. Read More

I was homeless the summer before grad school. Living on the coast of Lake Michigan in the same town where I had gone to undergrad, I was too poor even to pay rent on a $200 room. I spent days working at a local brewery, just trying to save up enough… Read More