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TSU, Vanderbilt win nearly $1 million to increase minority STEM Ph.D.s

Increasing the number of minority students who earn a Ph.D. in science, technology, engineering and math is the aim of a new “bridge to doctorate” program being launched by a coalition of Tennessee universities and led by Tennessee State University and Vanderbilt University. Read More

‘Hot Topics in Astronomy’ featured at Williamson County Library

Dyer Observatory's Billy Teets will be at the Williamson County Library May 8 for a community talk on topics in the news related to astronomy. Read More

Schauble, Lehrer named to National Academy of Education

Vanderbilt's Richard Lehrer and Leona Schauble, frequent research collaborators, analyze the responsiveness of teaching practices to students’ ways of thinking. Read More

VU faculty to join SEC colleagues to discuss creativity, innovation, entrepreneurship

Vanderbilt faculty will join colleagues from the other 13 Southeastern Conference universities for a symposium titled “Creativity, Innovation and Entrepreneurship: Driving a 21st-Century Economy” Sept. 20-22 in Atlanta. Read More

Homecoming: How a sophomore term paper led to a ‘New York Times’ best-seller and an unlikely friendship

They walked up to us, one by one, for nearly two hours, many of them with tears in their eyes. Then they looked at the… Read More

Two Vanderbilt students named American Humanity in Action fellows

Leslie Bruce and Aditya Karhade are among the 43 American recipients of the 2015 Humanity in Action Fellowship. They will join students and recent graduates from universities in nine countries for the Humanity in Action Fellowship program in Europe. Read More

Promoversity offers customized Vandy gear

Promoversity offers the ability to design a wide variety of product by choosing the color, the text and the graphic. Read More

Our favorite #vandygram photos of the week

Our favorite photos from the past week include finals, Commencement prep and Engineering Design Day. Read More

Event celebrates new holders of endowed chairs at Vanderbilt

Seven faculty members of the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine named to endowed chairs were honored for their academic achievements during a celebration April 22 at the Student Life Center. Read More

Jeremiah Cline headlines VRWC Musician’s Night April 30

Jeremiah Cline rocks banjo music in an "urban hillbilly" style. Read More

The Conversation: Robert Scherrer on dark energy

Explainer: the mysterious dark energy that speeds the universe’s rate of expansion Read More

Scherrer’s new blog explores the science in science fiction

In his new blog “Cosmic Yarns,” Robert Scherrer, who is both chair of the Astronomy and Physics Department and a published science fiction author, explores the intersection between science and science fiction. Read More

Memorial service for Levi Watkins Jr. set for April 30

A memorial service celebrating the life of Levi Watkins Jr., renowned cardiac surgeon, champion of racial equality and diversity, and the first African American to be admitted to and graduate from Vanderbilt's School of Medicine, will be held Thursday at Benton Chapel. Read More

Class of 2015: Nora Pertz follows her musical passions abroad

At 14, Nora Pertz began pestering her mother to let her study abroad. And ever since her high school piano teacher found the program in Vienna, Austria, in which Pertz studied piano the summer before starting Vanderbilt, she has never looked back. Read More

Vanderbilt charters first SACNAS student chapter in Tennessee

An organization devoted to increasing the number of Hispanic/Chicano and Native American undergraduate and graduate students who major in science and engineering has been chartered at Vanderbilt, the first in the state. Read More

New insight into how brain makes memories

Vanderbilt researchers have identified the role that a key protein associated with autism and the co-occurrence of alcohol dependency and depression plays in forming the spines that create new connections in the brain. Read More

Poet Kate Daniels honored by Southern writers

Poet and Professor of English Kate Daniels has been inducted into the Fellowship of Southern Writers, a distinguished group founded by Robert Penn Warren, James Dickey and other notable authors. Read More

Watkins memorial service to be April 30

A memorial service celebrating the life of Levi Watkins Jr., M.D., renowned cardiac surgeon, champion of racial equality and diversity, and the first African-American to be admitted to and graduate from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine (VUSM), will be held Thursday, April 30, at 11 a.m. at Vanderbilt’s Benton Chapel. Dr. Watkins died April 11. Read More

Virgins, Mothers, and Martyrs: Women in Early Christian Africa

“Virgins, Mothers, and Martyrs: Women in Early Christian Africa,” delivered by Kate Cooper on April 27, 2015. This event was sponsored by Vanderbilt University’s… Read More

The Soundtrack of Civil Rights

Watch video of the most recent presentation in the Food for Thought lunchtime series which took place on April 21. In partnership with the National… Read More