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March 24, 2025
QUANTUM POTENTIAL
Audrey Bowden’s science and faith illuminate invisible diseases
Audrey Bowden stands with her arms crossed in front of stained glass windows.
Learn about the inspiration that drives biomedical engineer Audrey Bowden in her work using light-based tools that can be used to provide early detection, diagnosis and therapy for medical issues from cancers to jaundice to ADHD. Read More
UNDERGRADUATE EXPERIENCE
Summer assignment for first-year students develops listening with curiosity as mechanism for engaged dialogue and community building
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This summer, Vanderbilt’s incoming first-year students will take on a new challenge: learning to listen with curiosity. As part of the 2025–26 Martha Rivers Ingram Commons programming theme, “Stories that Connect Us,” students will conduct interviews during the summer with members of their communities, practicing the skills of thoughtful listening and engaged dialogue. Read More
ATHLETICS
Spring volleyball in full swing
The Vanderbilt volleyball team does a group cheer before their exhibition game vs. Tennessee.
For the first time in 45 years, the Commodores took the court at Brentwood High School for an exhibition with in-state rival Tennessee. The match drew a crowd of 1,000 people, which was the gym’s capacity. Vandy’s next spring match will be March 28 vs. Louisville, the runner-up to the 2024 NCAA title. Read More
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Spring has sprung on campus 🌸
This Week at VU
 
March 25–26, 2025
10 a.m.–2 p.m. • Sarratt Promenade
Life After Vanderbilt: Graduate Fair for Seniors
March 26, 2025
Noon • Robert Penn Warren Center for the Humanities
Inclusive Book Group: Homegoing
March 26, 2025
12:30–3 p.m. • Alumni Lawn
Student Care Network Annual Wellbeing Fair
March 26, 2025
7 p.m. • Langford Auditorium
Disrupt Everything Book Event Featuring James Patterson
Upcoming Events
 
March 27 | Disability Awareness Month Celebration

March 27 | Women's Center: 'From Listeners to Leaders: A History of Women at Vanderbilt' Webinar

March 27 | Scopes Centennial: Divisive Concepts Law, a Roundtable Discussion

March 27 | Grand Opening of the Vanderbilt Lab for Immersive AI Translation

March 28 | Libraries: Academic Integrity Week Resource Fair

March 28 | Undergraduate Writing Symposium

March 28 | Priority Application Deadline for Online Master of Legal Studies Program
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Latest Headlines
 
Artificial Intelligence
Vanderbilt’s Jesse Spencer-Smith appointed to Tennessee AI Advisory Council
 
Athletics
Commodores Sweep the Aggies: Vanderbilt baseball improves to 15-0 at home this season, matching the program’s best home start since 2007
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VU in the News
 
Nashville Post: Vanderbilt names dean for future college
The Matthew Johnson-Roberson College of Connected Computing dean announcement is featured.
 
New York Times: Administration officials believe order lets immigration agents enter homes without warrants
Chris Slobogin, Milton R. Underwood Professor and professor of law, is quoted.
 
NBC News: Adult ADHD prescriptions still on the rise, especially among older women
Aaron Brinen, assistant professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, is quoted.

Tennessean: U.S. falls in global free speech support ratings, new Vanderbilt University report finds
Jacob Mchangama, research professor of political science and executive director of the Future of Free Speech Project, is quoted. 
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