Fifth anniversary of Spring Staff Assembly celebrates connection, unity and resilience
More than 550 staff members attended the 2025 Spring Staff Assembly in person at Langford Auditorium on May 15, listening as Chancellor Daniel Diermeier lauded Vanderbilt staff’s resilience and achievements amidst significant challenges facing higher education. Six awards were bestowed upon individual staff members and teams across the university.Read More
LIBRARIES
McGee Center’s new home in Vanderbilt’s Central Library celebrated at campus gathering
University leaders, faculty, students and invited guests gathered at the McGee Applied Research Center for Narrative Studies to celebrate its new home at the Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries’ Central Library. The interdisciplinary center promotes media literacy by providing essential resources to evaluate the objectivity of news coverage, digital media and other narratives.Read More
ACCOLADES
Looking back for the future
Larisa DeSantis, associate professor of biological sciences and of Earth and environmental sciences, has been named a 2025 Guggenheim Fellow. As a fellow, DeSantis will receive a stipend that will allow her to collaborate with scientific illustrators to craft new visions of ancient landscapes and visit other researchers’ labs to document their discoveries.Read More
A moment of appreciation for the staff volunteers who worked hard to make the Graduates Day and Commencement ceremonies special for our graduates and their families!
Everyday Health: Sitting too much, even if you exercise, could raise your Alzheimer’s risk Research from Angela Jefferson, professor of neurology, Kelsie Full, assistant professor of medicine, Panpan Zhang, assistant professor of biostatistics, Bennett Landman, Stevenson Professor and University Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Keith Cole, assistant professor of orthopaedic surgery, Corey Bolton, assistant professor of medicine, Katherine Gifford, adjunct assistant professor of psychology, Timothy Hohman, professor of neurology, and Dandan Liu, associate professor of biostatistics, is cited.
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