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As the November 5 general election approaches, it’s important to know what’s on the ballot and how the decisions made at the polls will impact our community and beyond. Here’s everything you need to know about the candidates and issues on the ballot so you can make informed choices on Election Day. Read More

Stassun, who is also a founding co-director the Fisk-Vanderbilt Master’s-to-Ph.D. Bridge Program, was among the 2024 MacArthur fellows announced on Tuesday, Oct. 1. The fellowship, which is awarded by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, aims to identify extraordinarily creative individuals with a track record of excellence in a field of scholarship or area of practice. Recipients also demonstrate the ability to affect society in significant and beneficial ways through their pioneering work or the rigor of their contributions, according to the foundation. Read More

On the 10th anniversary of its Project Safe Center, Vanderbilt celebrates a decade of transformative work in sexual misconduct prevention, education and support. Since its establishment as an independent center in 2014, Project Safe has become a cornerstone of the university’s commitment to fostering a safer, more inclusive campus community.  Read More

One Small Step, which will operate as a component of Dialogue Vanderbilt, is an integral part of Vanderbilt’s ongoing effort to provide students, faculty, staff and community members the opportunities and tools to engage constructively across difference. This initiative, through meaningful, facilitated conversations, endeavors to empower the community to listen at least as much as they speak, keep their minds open to the possibility of persuasion, and allow for a broad range of opinions to be heard. Read More

Studio 608, a creative space located in the Central Library, provides Vanderbilt students, faculty and staff with opportunities to explore new modes of narrative storytelling through audio. The state-of-the-art studio can be used to record interviews, conversations, panel discussions and other formats that capture the diverse perspectives and experiences of the university community. Read More

Vanderbilt is in the early stages of exploring an enhanced presence in New York City—one of the world’s metropolitan and business capitals and home to the largest Vanderbilt community outside Nashville. The effort is part of Vanderbilt’s ongoing strategy to “bring the world to Vanderbilt and Vanderbilt to the world,” the university announced today. Read More

Hunting for black holes sounds like the premise of a new Hollywood blockbuster, but at Vanderbilt University, Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy Karan Jani works with students in a lab to do exactly that. Last year, Jani’s group at the Department of Physics and Astronomy, along with the university’s Data Science Institute, jointly launched the AI for New Messengers postdoctoral fellowship. The fellowship, one of the first of its kind in the U.S., seeks to apply AI techniques to analyze data from cosmic events (such as black hole collisions) using information from the Nobel Prize–winning Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) experiment. Read More

Vanderbilt has expanded access to clean energy in the Southeast through a collaboration with Clearloop. The university community is invited to learn more at the campus celebrations Oct. 15–16.  Read More

Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs C. Cybele Raver has appointed a committee to conduct a national search for the first dean of Vanderbilt University’s new College of Connected Computing. The dean will report to the provost and to Bruce & Bridgitt Evans Dean of Engineering Krishnendu “Krish” Roy. Read More

Vanderbilt University announced today the launch of its Institute of National Security, led by Paul M. Nakasone, former director of the National Security Agency, former commander of U.S. Cyber Command and retired four-star general. Read More

The College of Arts and Science has launched the Center for Global Democracy, a premier social science institute dedicated to pioneering research and innovation in democratic politics around the world. Noam Lupu, professor of political science, directs the new center. Read More

Vanderbilt encourages the entire campus community to participate in the upcoming November 5 general election. With the voter registration deadline approaching, students, faculty and staff can take advantage of several voter registration and educational events coming up. Read More

The ability to engage with others in highly divisive times is a particularly timely topic, one that Mónica Guzmán, senior fellow for public practice at Braver Angels, spoke about with first-year students on Tuesday, Sept. 10, at a packed Langford Auditorium. Guzmán delivered the 18th annual Lawson Lecture, named in honor of the Rev. James Lawson, a renowned civil rights activist, professor, theoretician and pastor. Lawson also served as a Distinguished Professor at Vanderbilt from 2006 to 2009. Read More

David Axelrod, senior CNN political commentator and former adviser to President Barack Obama, came to Vanderbilt Tuesday night to appeal to the community’s better angels: “It’s not about if the red team wins or the blue team wins, or who’s up or who’s down. It’s about what you can… Read More

Vanderbilt University was selected as one of America’s Greatest Workplaces for 2024 by Newsweek. In the second-annual ranking, published this summer, the university was recognized in six distinct award categories, reflecting its commitment to creating an inclusive, supportive and empowering environment for all its employees. The categories in which… Read More

Meet some of our new faculty members and learn about their fascinating research. Read More

K.C. Potter, JD’64, dean emeritus of residential and judicial affairs, died Aug. 26. Potter had an indelible impact on the life of the university and its students over more than three decades of service; he was 85 years old. Read More

Hear from some of the newest faculty on why they're excited to work at Vanderbilt. Read More

Friday is National College Colors Day—an annual celebration dedicated to promoting the traditions and spirit that embody the college experience. Since 2004, College Colors Day has been the Friday before Labor Day to marking the start of the college football season and honor the traditions and spirit that make… Read More

At this year’s Fall Faculty Assembly, which included the presentation of some of the university’s most prestigious awards, Chancellor Daniel Diermeier reflected on what makes Vanderbilt distinctive and outlined five major efforts that build upon the university’s accomplishments. Read More