Reagan Villet

Former Dean of the University of Miami’s College of Engineering and a member of the National Academy of Engineering, Dr. Biswas is globally renowned for his pioneering work in aerosol science. Read More

Undergraduate students from any school or college at Vanderbilt can apply to the Vanderbilt University–New York City program if they meet the requirements. The programs are offered by the College of Arts and Science, School of Engineering, and Peabody’s Human and Organizational Development program. Blair School of Music students can also pursue internships while exploring the arts in New York City through these programs. Read More

Vanderbilt Divinity Library has launched a comprehensive redesign of its Art in the Christian Tradition (ACT) website, fully integrating this database of more than 7,000 religious images with the Revised Common Lectionary (RCL) platform to support digital scholarship and worship. The updated resource features improved search functionality, an IIIF viewer for detailed image analysis, and a commitment to diverse representation. Read More

The Vanderbilt Business professor became the youngest recipient of the Keith G. Provan Distinguished Scholar Award, recognizing a career that has changed how organizations think about safety, reliability, and leadership. Read More

Vanderbilt faculty have a new way to deepen their research, scholarship and creative work: a residency at the university’s campus in the heart of New York City. The Vanderbilt NYC Scholars in Residence Program, established by the Office of the Provost, gives faculty members a furnished apartment, dedicated office space to advance work that engages New York City’s world-renowned academic, cultural, business and nonprofit communities. Applications are open. Read More

The Nashville Innovation Alliance has awarded a Vanderbilt University research team a Civic Tech Jam grant. The recognition is part of the Nashville Tech Studio, an initiative that leverages the expertise of universities in Middle Tennessee to pilot and deploy technology-based solutions that address some of Metro Nashville's largest and most complex challenges. The team—Aniruddha Gokhale, professor of computer science, and Yogesh Barve, research scientist, both based in the Vanderbilt Institute for Software Integrated Systems—was one of five selected. Read More

Last week, representatives from Vanderbilt and EPB hosted an official launch event in Chattanooga to share information about the Institute for Quantum Innovation and Vanderbilt’s quantum campus. Read More

Vanderbilt University has established a multi-year partnership with We Are Here: Songs from the Holocaust, a nationally recognized concert experience that preserves music written during the Holocaust by Jewish prisoners and uses it to educate new generations about the enduring consequences of hatred, prejudice and dehumanization. Read More

What does it take to become an effective nonprofit board member? A new nonprofit board service training series is helping Vanderbilt faculty and staff develop the knowledge and confidence to serve nonprofit organizations across Middle Tennessee. Read More

The Amplify Staff Fellows program is not a lecture series or a passive introduction to technology. It’s a hands-on innovation lab where small cohorts of staff with intermediate or above familiarity with generative AI meet every other week to experiment, collaborate and build. This work is supported by the expertise of Vanderbilt’s AGI Center team. Read More

Vanderbilt University has announced a series of executive-level changes to support its success today and its long-term strategic vision. The changes come as Vanderbilt prepares to open its New York campus in August 2026 and continues planning for campuses in West Palm Beach and San Francisco. Also, the need to represent Vanderbilt’s interests and values through strategic communications continues to grow, and there is increased focus on positioning the university at the forefront of technological change.  Read More

Dilemma, by Jane Huffman, has been selected as the 2026 winner of the Vanderbilt University Literary Prize. The prize, which is awarded to the sole author of a full-length poetry collection, reflects the university’s ongoing commitment to discovering new voices and supporting the arts as transformative and essential to society. The recognition includes the publication of the winning manuscript in print, electronic and audio formats by Vanderbilt University Press, a $10,000 honorarium, an invitation to read in the esteemed Gertrude C. and Harold S. Vanderbilt Reading Series at Vanderbilt University and a one-week residency on campus to engage students and local writers in the Nashville community. Read More

David C. Miller, Chief Executive Officer of Michigan Medicine and Executive Vice President for Medical Affairs for the University of Michigan, has been chosen to succeed Jeff Balser as the next President and CEO of Vanderbilt Health and Dean of Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. Miller will assume the role at Vanderbilt on Jan. 1, 2027. Earlier this year, Balser announced plans to retire on Dec. 31, after serving Vanderbilt in both leadership roles for nearly two decades. Read More

Dr. Charles Allen Brau, a distinguished physicist, educator, and researcher, passed away on June 7, 2026, surrounded by family. He devoted his life to family, education, and expanding the frontiers of physics and its application. Read More

Do you have a work sweater? That chilly office temperature setting may have its roots in male-dominated society. In his new paper “Heat Is a Power Relation,” published in Feminist Media Histories, Assistant Professor Sasha Crawford-Holland talks about temperature being more than a number on a thermostat or a personal experience. Social structures, technologies and institutions shape who stays comfortable—and whose comfort is taken seriously, he posits—and that information should be taken into account when policymakers think about climate and safety for all populations. Read More

Growing up with an intellectually disabled sibling has challenges, but there are powerful benefits as well—both immediate and lifelong—as revealed by a recent study by Assistant Professor Jessika Boles and two co-authors. The study, published in Research in Developmental Disabilities, collected information from siblings through a survey and online interviews. Boles and her co-authors brought their lived experience to the research; they all have younger siblings with IDD. And Boles has extended her knowledge to helping others; she is faculty director of the Vanderbilt chapter of SibShops—a regular gathering of young people who have siblings with disabilities. Read More

Inspired by a childhood fascination with medical imaging, Vanderbilt Ph.D. graduate Michael Kim is using advanced brain imaging and AI to better understand Alzheimer's disease and healthy brain aging. His research is helping map the brain's communication pathways and could shape the future of precision medicine. Read More

Chancellor Daniel Diermeier is the new board chair of the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce. He will collaborate with chamber CEO and President Stephanie Coleman to innovate and drive civic engagement that advances the region.   Read More

Vanderbilt University Librarian Jon Shaw, who has led the Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries since 2022, has been reappointed for a five-year term and named dean of libraries and letters, effective July 1. Shaw is the inaugural Connie Vinita Dowell University Librarian, thanks to generous support from Dowell, M.L.S.’79, Vanderbilt’s first dean of libraries, and her husband, Stephen P. Miller. Their gift, made during Vanderbilt’s Dare to Grow campaign, reflects the couple’s ongoing commitment to the Heard Libraries and strengthens philanthropic momentum for the library dean’s role and strategic priorities.  Read More

With the United States marking the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, Vanderbilt professor and historian James P. Byrd offers perspective on the role of religion in the nation’s founding and its enduring influence on American life. Read More