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Autumn Kujawa, assistant professor of psychology and human development, provides ideas for maintaining social connections while social distancing. Read More

In Southern states that expanded their Medicaid programs under the Affordable Care Act, adults experienced lower rates of decline in both physical and mental health, according to a new Vanderbilt analysis. Read More

A new analysis finds that people who become overweight in midlife have significantly higher rates of obesity-linked cancers. Read More

Roger Williams University, a prominent black university that endured two fires, once was located on the present-day Peabody College campus. Read More

Seven veterans have been awarded $25,000 scholarships to Vanderbilt graduate schools through the Bass Military Scholars Program. The money both rewards veterans for their service and attracts role models to the campus. They are expected to share lessons of military service with their younger classmates. Read More

Effective August 1, 2019, Vanderbilt Owen Graduate School of Management began offering unlimited Yellow Ribbon funding for students who are eligible for the Yellow Ribbon Program under Post-9/11 GI Bill® benefits. Read More

To continue its long-running support of veterans, the Cracker Barrel Old Country Store Foundation pledged a $100,000 endowment to Vanderbilt University’s Owen Graduate School of Management to help the brave men and women who have served our nation pursue a graduate degree from the elite institution. Read More

Vanderbilt researcher Ethan Lippmann, assistant professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering, learned in December that he’d won $2.5 million as part of a wider grant from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative to fund his work on neurodegenerative diseases. Read More

Each year, Vanderbilt University recognizes those members of the faculty who have just completed 25 years of full-time service. Vanderbilt honors these 25-year veterans with the presentation of a chair bearing brass plates engraved with the professor’s name and the Vanderbilt logo. Read More

Listen to Chancellor Zeppos' podcast featuring esteemed guests, including Ken Burns, Amitav Ghosh, Carly Fiorina and more. Read More

Look back at the first 10 years of progress under Chancellor Zeppos' leadership. Read More

Chancellor Zeppos shared his reflections on Vanderbilt and higher education in his "What's On My Mind" column. Read More

Vanderbilt University continues to build upon a strong foundation laid by generations of top-achieving students, renowned faculty, dedicated staff and a supportive community of alumni and friends. View Vanderbilt's 2018-19 annual report highlighting Chancellor Zeppos’ final year leading the university. Read More

Zeppos changed the Vanderbilt campus, university financial aid and much more, all for the better, writes Vanderbilt Trustee Emeritus Michael Ainslie in "The Tennessean." Read More

Following the news that Chancellor Zeppos planned to step down, many Vanderbilt alumni, parents and supporters of the university reached out with letters of gratitude and well wishes. Read More

Vanderbilt collaborators focused on minimally invasive prostate surgery are developing an endoscopic robotic system with two-handed dexterity at a much smaller scale than existing options. Read More

On July 27, Carmichael West Tower 3 will go “boom!” The implosion marks the end of an era, and also a fresh start—making way for new living-learning residential colleges. Check out vu.edu/towers, where you can watch a livestream of the event and buy limited-edition merchandise that will benefit exciting future developments.   Read More

Medicare Part D enrollees may pay more out of pocket for high-priced specialty generic drugs than their brand-name counterparts, according to new research by health policy experts at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Read More

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) guidelines that determine which smokers qualify for CT scans are excluding significant numbers of African Americans who develop lung cancer, a health disparity that merits modifications to lung cancer screening criteria, according to a study from Vanderbilt researchers. Read More

Idiopathic subglottic stenosis is an unexplained narrowing of the windpipe just below the vocal cords. The disease is progressive, slowly affecting the patient’s ability to breathe, and can be fatal due to airway obstruction if left untreated. Read More