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August 14, 2025
DARE TO GROW
A. James & Alice B. Clark Foundation invests $16.5M to enhance impact at School of Engineering
School of Engineering
In a powerful capstone to its legacy, the A. James & Alice B. Clark Foundation is investing an additional $16.5 million in Vanderbilt’s School of Engineering and the Clark Scholars Program—building on a transformational partnership that began with the program’s founding in 2017. The Clark Foundation’s generosity also fuels Vanderbilt’s historic Dare to Grow fundraising campaign. Read More
RESIDENTIAL COLLEGES
Get to know Vanderbilt’s residential faculty: Justin Quarry
Justin Quarry, principal senior lecturer in the Department of English and faculty head of East House, hangs out on The Martha Rivers Ingram Commons with his dog, Malcolm.
Learn about the newest faculty head of house and his special ties to Vanderbilt long before he became a professor. Read More
BASIC SCIENCES
Hayes, Nagarajan and Costanzo win 2025 Cell Imaging Shared Resource Life Is Beautiful Image Contest
Three winning images from the 2025 Cell Imaging Shared Resource Life Is Beautiful Image Contest
James Hayes, Rekha Nagarajan and James Costanzo are the winners of the 2025 Cell Imaging Shared Resource Life Is Beautiful Image Contest. They worked with Jenny Schafer, CISR managing director and research associate professor of cell and developmental biology, Oleg Kovtun, research assistant professor of chemistry, and CISR senior research specialists Kari Seedle and Tegy Vadakkan to create these images as part of their individual research projects. Read More
Collage of images from the Vandy in Hollywood program
The Summer I Went to Hollywood: This summer, Vanderbilt University students stepped onto Hollywood’s biggest stages through the Vandy in Hollywood program, a long-running initiative that immerses students in the entertainment industry and offers transformative career opportunities. Click the image above to read more about how these students connected to the heart of the entertainment industry. 
This Week at VU

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Aug. 24 | Vanderbilt Night at the Sounds

Aug. 29 | First Volleyball Match and Post-Match Concert on Wyatt Lawn
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Curb Center
The Curb Center welcomes five new Curb Scholars
 
Arts & Science
The A&S College Core: redefining undergraduate education
 
Growth
Vanderbilt University expands public programming in NYC with Fall 2025 Faculty Lecture Series
 
Arts & Culture
Yusef Lateef Symposium at Vanderbilt’s Blair School of Music to feature jazz luminaries, showcase Heard Libraries collection

Libraries
Heard Libraries exhibit explores the bold history of the manifesto
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VU in the News
 
Nashville Business Journal: Vanderbilt's New York campus gets green-light from state attorney general
The New York State attorney general's approval of Vanderbilt's Chelsea campus lease is featured.
 
The Atlantic: Inside the fight tearing apart the Ivy League
Chancellor Daniel Diermeier is quoted.
 
CNN: Shooters may have mental health problems in common, but that’s not what’s behind violent attacks, experts say
Jonathan Metzl, Frederick B. Rentschler II Professor and professor of medicine, health, and society, is quoted.

The Tennessean: Tennessee teachers weigh in on pay, culture, cell phones and more in new survey
Research from the Tennessee Education Research Alliance is cited. 
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