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Peabody ‘Pioneers’ honored

Each year, on the Friday of Reunion/Homecoming Weekend, the Pioneer Luncheon is held. During Vanderbilt’s Reunion/Homecoming Weekend, Peabody honored alumni… Read More

Yudin visits Susan Gray School

Michael Yudin interacts with young students at the Susan Gray School. (Joe Howell/Vanderbilt) As part of the “Partners in Progress” Back-to-School Bus… Read More

Fall 2014 Staff

Illustration by Stephanie Dalton Visit Peabody College’s website at peabody.vanderbilt.edu Camilla Persson Benbow, Patricia and Rodes Hart Dean of Education and… Read More

Vanderbilt emergency physician offers tips for a safe New Year’s celebration

New Year’s Eve is expected to bring tens of thousands of revelers to downtown Nashville, and there will be thousands more at… Read More

What is the good life?

Looking at similarities between different cultures can tell us a lot about what "the good life" means for everyone, says anthropologist Ted Fischer. Read More

Baseball coach Tim Corbin named Tennessean Sports Person of the Year

Patriotic. Humble. Mentor. Champion. Those are just a few words that aptly describe Vanderbilt baseball coach Tim Corbin. Today, we… Read More

The most popular research news stories of 2014

Electricity, learning, marijuana, outer space and planet Earth were the hot topics of 2014. Read More

The Peabody Spirit: Celebrating 100 years of innovation, advocacy and outreach

Peabody College is celebrating 100 years on its current campus—a century of championing education for the for all children, including those marginalized by ability, socioeconomic status or race. Read More

Research News

The SMPY gifted child study was covered by the Washington Post, Huffington Post, Nature, Scientific American and many other media outlets. Read More

Divinity Students Leave Large Footprint on Nashville’s Nonprofit Scene

For Vanderbilt Divinity School alumni who run Nashville nonprofits, the need to serve the city’s underserved remains as great and as varied as ever. Read More

Honors and Achievements

Wyatt Center East Hall/Vanderbilt Evans, Boatman present on AP credits, student loans Angela Boatman, assistant professor… Read More

Shining Through: Amy Grant, ’82, finds inspiration and purpose in the power of community

Amy Grant’s music is like a prism: multifaceted and capable of dazzling surprises at every turn. And just as with a prism, there’s something transformative about the way her music reveals its source of illumination. Her light, so to speak, comes not only from an abiding faith in God but from a belief in humanity’s goodness as well. Read More

An Interview with Provost Susan Wente

Last April, Susan Wente, a cell biologist who most recently served as associate vice chancellor for research and senior associate dean for biomedical sciences at Vanderbilt, was named university provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs. Read More