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April 14, 2025
ACCOLADES
Graduate School recognizes excellence among students, faculty at Honors Banquet
Students and faculty honored at the 2025 Graduate School Honors Banquet in the Student Life Center.
The third annual Honors Banquet commemorated excellence in academics, leadership and innovation among Graduate School students and faculty. The banquet was held to honor and reflect on remarkable achievements in research and creative expression from the more than 50 graduate programs and departments represented in the Graduate School. Read More
RESEARCH
Seeing the unseen: How AI and medical imaging are changing health care
Bennett A. Landman, Ph.D. is Stevenson Chair of Engineering, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Vanderbilt University. He is seen here working with students at Featheringill Hall.
Bennett Landman, who holds a Stevenson Chair, has more than 2,000 collaborations globally that look at all sorts of different diseases, from the head down to the shins. But the heart of his work remains medicine and the promise of a world where AI-driven imaging leads to earlier diagnoses and better patient outcomes. Read More
GIVING
VU community comes together for Giving Day success
Collage of images from Giving Day 2025.
Giving Day and I ⚓ VU Week 2025 are in the books! More than 6,900 members of the Vanderbilt community—alumni, students, faculty, staff, parents and friends—gave more than $12.2 million. Read More
Major Jackson is seen in black and white smiling while talking into a podcast microphone.
After two years, two seasons and 443 episodes of The Slowdown, Vanderbilt's Major Jackson is stepping down from the host chair of the popular literary podcast. Check out the podcast here and listen on your favorite streaming platform.
This Week at VU
 
April 15, 2025
10–11 a.m. • Margaret Cuninggim Women’s Center
Tuesday Tea with the Women's Center and the Women's Employee Affinity Group
April 17, 2025
3:30–6 p.m. • Student Life Center Ballroom
Spring 2025 Undergraduate Research Symposium
April 17, 2025
5–7 p.m. • Featheringill Hall, Adams Atrium
Computer Science Immersion Showcase
Upcoming Events
 
April 18 | 2025 Annual VIRAL Research Symposium

April 18 | Edible Books Festival

April 18 | Spring 2025 AI Showcase

April 18 | Dyer Observatory Telescope Night

April 22 | Rand Farmers Market
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Latest Headlines
 
ICYMI
VUIT announces email retention policy changes begin TODAY, April 14
 
Dialogue Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt College Republicans and Democrats engage in Insight Debate about religion’s role in politics
 
Libraries
Biochemical Society and Vanderbilt Heard Libraries sign read-and-publish agreement in support of open access
 
Accolades
Margaret Cuninggim Women’s Center honors six at annual awards
 
#VU2025
Celebrate the Class of 2025: The Ultimate Vanderbilt Graduation Gift Guide
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VU in the News
 
The Conversation: Companies will still face pressure to manage for climate change, even as government rolls back US climate policy
Ethan Thorpe, climate governance fellow, Michael Vandenbergh, David Daniels Allen Distinguished Professor and professor of law, and Zdravka Tzankova, associate professor of the practice of climate studies, authored this piece.
 
Time: Invasive strep infections are rising in the U.S.
William Schaffner, professor of health policy, is quoted.
 
Inc.: 12 crypto companies to watch in 2025
Yesha Yadav, Milton R. Underwood Professor and professor of law, is quoted.

Reuters: Catholics prepare for an unusual Easter, with Pope Francis out of view
Bruce Morrill, Edward A. Malloy Professor and Distinguished Professor of Theology, is quoted.
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