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September 4, 2025
FACULTY EXPERIENCE
Fall faculty assembly reveals 'Grow with Vanderbilt' as guiding theme for academic year
Fall Faculty Assembly award winners with Chancellor Daniel Diermeier, Provost C. Cybele Raver and Faculty Senate Chair Tyler Barrett.
Vanderbilt faculty filled the Student Life Center for the 2025 Fall Faculty Assembly on Aug. 28, listening as Chancellor Daniel Diermeier and Provost C. Cybele Raver lauded their achievements and dedication to students. Faculty Senate Chair Tyler Barrett opened this year’s assembly, encouraging the room to “Grow with Vanderbilt,” the Faculty Senate theme for the 2025–26 academic year. In addition, several faculty members received awards for their outstanding achievements in research and service to the university. Read More
RESEARCH & INNOVATION
Transatlantic collaboration: Vanderbilt, Liverpool award first joint research seed grants
Left - Vanderbilt University aerial image. Right - a building on the University of Liverpool campus.
Vanderbilt University and England’s University of Liverpool have announced the inaugural recipients of a new joint seed grant program, which supports faculty teams pursuing innovative projects designed to grow into larger collaborations and external funding. Read More
RESIDENTIAL COLLEGES
Get to know Vanderbilt’s residential faculty: Gilbert Gonzales
Gilbert Gonzales, associate professor of medicine, health and society, director of public policy studies and associate director of the LGBTQ+ Policy Lab, with his spouse, Andy, and their dogs, Jack and Freddie
See the top songs on Gilbert Gonzales's playlist and learn why he wanted to be a faculty head of house. Read More
A photo of a photo: A person with an iphone takes an image of the volleyball match under a darkening evening sky.
Match 1, Match Won: Volleyball under the Nashville skies last weekend was a one-of-a-kind experience 😍
This Week at VU
 
Sept. 6, 2025
6:30 p.m. • ACC Network
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Sept. 7, 2025
4 p.m. • Steve & Judy Turner Recital Hall
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Upcoming Events
 
Sept. 9 | AlertVU Full-Scale Test (2 p.m.)

Sept. 17 | Celebrate Constitution Day with the Heard Libraries

Sept. 17 | Libraries: An Evening with Bestselling Author Elizabeth Gilbert

Sept. 28 | Brock Family Center for Applied Innovation: Third Annual Healthcare Artificial Intelligence Sessions
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Government & Community Relations
Read the latest ‘ON THE HILL’ government relations report
 
Research & Innovation
Vanderbilt Innovation Catalyst Fund continues advancing research with new review committee
 
Community
Ask a Question, Save a Life: September is Suicide Prevention Month
 
Benefits
Save the Date: Open Enrollment is Oct. 16–31
 
Artificial Intelligence
Vanderbilt launches Enterprise AI and Computing Innovation Studio
 
Information Technology
Vanderbilt to retire DUO multifactor authentication Sept. 22
 
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VU in the News
 
Health: Marathon runners face unexpected colon cancer risk, new study suggests
Cathy Eng, David H. Johnson Professor and professor of medicine, is quoted.
 
Washington Post: The political ‘diploma divide’ now applies to members of Congress
Research from Alan Wiseman, Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor of Political Science, is cited.
 
New York Times: Everything you need to know about flu shots this fall
William Schaffner, professor of health policy, is quoted.

NBC News: Why some women at risk of heart attack and stroke go undetected and undertreated
Tania Ruiz, assistant professor of medicine, is quoted.
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