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November 10, 2025
ARTS & SCIENCE
Classroom creativity gets big-screen results for Cinema and Media Arts students
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When the lights went down in the packed theater at the acclaimed Nashville Film Festival, the dreams cultivated in Cinema and Media Arts film classes became a big-screen reality for Vanderbilt students. For the first time, three Vanderbilt student films were accepted as official selections for the Academy Award–qualifying film festival. See how Cinema and Media Arts students are reaching real-world successes with their films. Read More
ATHLETICS
Tiger Takedown: Vanderbilt football wins Homecoming game in overtime
Vanderbilt defeats Auburn in an overtime win on Nov. 8, 2025.
Quarterback Diego Pavia rallied No. 15/16 Vanderbilt from a 17-3 first half deficit to a thrilling 45-38 overtime win over Auburn, earning the Commodores a Homecoming win at a sold-out FirstBank Stadium on Saturday. The win moves Vanderbilt to 8-2, which is the first time registering eight wins in a season since 2013 when the team totaled nine victories. Read More
LIBRARIES
Trio of campus exhibits commemorates Immersion Vanderbilt–Heard Libraries collaborations
Stephanie Hicks, BA’25, presents her Buchanan Library Fellowship and Immersion Vanderbilt project, The Tortured Poets Department: Vanderbilt’s Version.
New exhibits in three campus locations celebrate the Immersion Vanderbilt program and highlight hands-on learning projects created by former undergraduate students in collaboration with the Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries.The exhibits showcase the ways students have connected classroom learning, faculty mentorship and Heard Libraries resources to produce original work across disciplines. Read More
Vanderbilt women's soccer celebrates their SEC Tournament win.
ANCHOR DOWN! ⚓ Vanderbilt soccer is back atop the SEC.
This Week at VU
 
Nov. 10, 2025
6 p.m. • Memorial Gymnasium
Women's Basketball Home Opener vs. Furman
Nov. 11, 2025
7:30–9 a.m. • Student Life Center Ballroom
Veteran’s Day Breakfast
Nov. 11, 2025
12:30 p.m. • Virtual
Vanderbilt Undergraduate Summer Research Program Information Session
Nov. 12, 2025
5 p.m. • Central Library Community Room
Dialogue Vanderbilt: 'The Future is Local: Rebuilding Trust in News with Former President of CBS News Andrew Heyward'
Upcoming Events
 
Nov. 13 | Frist Food for Thought: 'Avenues to a Great City' Panel Discussion

Nov. 14 | Vanderbilt Population and Public Health Colloquium
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Innovation
Civic Tech Jam connects Nashville researchers and city leaders to tackle real-world challenges
 
Accolades
Vanderbilt honors 2025 Master Innovators who drive breakthrough research and commercial impact
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VU in the News
 
New York Times: A grave condition caused by c-sections Is on the rise
The research of Lisa Zuckerwise, assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology, J M. Newton, professor of obstetrics and gynecology, Shillin Zhao, assistant professor of biostatistics, Kelly Bennett, professor of obstetrics and gynecology, and Marta Crispens, professor of obstetrics and gynecology, is cited.
 
Real Simple: How to brighten a “blah” day, according to psychology
James Jackson, research professor of medicine, is quoted.
 
NBC News: Trump's Tylenol comments ignite concerns about treating kids' fevers
Buddy Creech, Edie Carell Johnson Professor and professor of pediatrics, is quoted.

The U.S. Sun: Americans warned of ‘old person disease’ as more and more young people stricken with gut-twisting sickness
Research from Aimal Khan, assistant professor of surgery, is cited.
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