The story of African Americans who escaped from slavery during the Civil War and built Fort Negley will be told during an event co-sponsored by the Robert Penn Warren Center for the Humanities. Read More
Vanderbilt University's bond rating has been upgraded to AAA—the highest level— by a leading credit agency. Read More
Two Vanderbilt University faculty have been named as SEC Academic Leadership Development Program fellows for 2016-17. Read More
Vanderbilt University’s Bicentennial Oak has been recognized as a Landmark Tree by the Tennessee Urban Forestry Council. Read More
Vanderbilt linebacker Zach Cunningham and return specialist Darrius Sims were named Southeastern Conference Defensive and Special Teams Player of the Week, respectively, in the aftermath of Vanderbilt’s 17-16 victory at Georgia last Saturday. Read More
Boo to the Flu offers faculty, staff and students another chance to get a free flu shot quickly and conveniently. Read More
A summit of three of the most prominent music writers in the country will take place at Vanderbilt Oct. 27. Read More
Two Vanderbilt physicists, Keivan Stassun and Kalman Varga, have been elected fellows of the American Physical Society. Read More
Sometimes you can't improve on a classic method: Touch typing is still the fastest. Read More
The 15th Annual Commodore Quake will feature hip hop artists Big Sean and A$AP Ferg on Friday, Oct. 21, in Memorial Gym. Tickets for Vanderbilt faculty and staff members are $55 and available at the Sarratt Student Center box office or at the door the night of the event. Read More
Open Enrollment is your annual opportunity to choose or update the benefit options that best meet your and your family’s needs for 2017. If you need help with Open Enrollment, stop by the Health & Benefits Fair, attend an enrollment lab, or contact Human Resources. Read More
The 2016 symposium and poster session for the Silvio O. Conte Neuroscience Research Center at Vanderbilt University will be Friday, Oct. 28, from noon to 5:30 p.m. in Medical Research Building III, Room 1220. Read More
The Margaret Cuninggim Women's Center will host "Eating Disorder Recovery: A Personal Story of Hope" from noon to 1 p.m. Monday, Oct. 24, at Sarratt Student Center, Room 216/220. Courtney Grimes, clinical director of Renewed Eating Disorders Support, will be the speaker. The event is part of the Women's Center's Work-Life Workshops series. Read More
The Kitchen at the Kissam Center is now offering sushi from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Monday-Thursday. Read More
Vice Chancellor for Athletics and University Affairs and Athletics Director David Williams II is committed to promoting diversity, equity and inclusion as well as integrating Commodore athletics into the Vanderbilt student life experience. Read More
While the biggest legal questions are debated before the U.S. Supreme Court, new Assistant Professor of Law Sara Mayeux is more interested in what happens in less prestigious settings. Read More
Godfrey Dillard and Perry Wallace were the first two African American basketball players at Vanderbilt. The lifelong friends endured harsh discrimination on campus as they campaigned for equal rights and diversity. “They wanted to get rid of me because I represented what the future looked like," Dillard said in a recent interview. Read more > Read More
Believing Donald Trump's only constituency is white working class men is an incorrect assumption. Read More
Ronald Alvarez, new professor of obstetrics and gynecology and chair of the department, is a leading expert in the field of clinical gene therapy for ovarian and cervical cancers. Read More
New Associate Professor of Psychology Suzana Herculano-Houzel produced the first accurate count of the number of neurons in the human brain—86 billion, making it simply an enlarged primate brain. Read More
