Roberts Academy at Vanderbilt to break ground on permanent location near Peabody campus
The Roberts Academy and Dyslexia Center at Vanderbilt will celebrate its next milestone when it breaks ground at its permanent location, the corner of 18th Avenue South and Edgehill Avenue, in January 2025.Read More
RESEARCH
Cemetery of enslaved people at The Hermitage located with assistance from the Vanderbilt Institute for Spatial Research
Directly north of The Hermitage, on a slight rise at the edge of the wooded bottomland near a creek, investigators confirmed what they had seen on a historic map: a cemetery where an estimated 28 bodies of enslaved individuals who lived on the property during the Jacksonian era are interred. Part of the research came from efforts by the Vanderbilt Institute for Spatial Research, directed by Steve Wernke, professor and chair of the Department of Anthropology at Vanderbilt.Read More
ATHLETICS
Vanderbilt football's historic season results in SEC Coach of the Year and SEC Newcomer of the Year awards
Head coach Clark Lea was selected Coach of the Year by a vote of the league’s coaches, while quarterback Diego Pavia became the league’s first-ever SEC Newcomer of the Year. It is the first time since Warren Norman was selected SEC Freshman of the Year in 2009 that Vanderbilt has collected an SEC individual postseason award from the league’s coaches. Read More
While Nashville is no stranger to celebrity sightings, last week Vanderbilt welcomed Oscar-nominated actor Timothée Chalamet to campus. During a Q&A in the Sarratt Center, Chalamet discussed the making of his new film, "A Complete Unknown."
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Nashville Post: Vanderbilt Law School lands $10M gift Chris Guthrie, Law School Dean, John Wade-Kent Syverud Professor and professor of law, is quoted. Jennifer Shinall, Sara J. Finley Professor and professor of law, is mentioned.
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