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Thomas Talbot, professor of medicine and chief hospital epidemiologist at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, shares the latest available information on when COVID-19 vaccines will be approved for children under 12. Read More

The 17th annual Vanderbilt Institute of Chemical Biology Symposium, hosted by the Vanderbilt Institute of Chemical Biology and the Chemical Biology Association of Students, is scheduled for Thursday, Aug. 12, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:15 p.m. CT. The event is sponsored by Ancora Innovation, through Vanderbilt’s partnership with Deerfield Management, and will be broadcast remotely. Read More

The Vanderbilt Fine Arts Gallery will reopen on Thursday, Aug. 26, with "Sympathetic Magic," an exhibition presenting objects from Vanderbilt University Collections alongside works by modern and contemporary artists that promote faith, healing and transformation. Read More

Meet the new faculty head of West House, Emily Pendergrass, associate professor of literacy and director of reading education in the Department of Teaching and Learning. Read More

The Vanderbilt Project on Unity and American Democracy and Vanderbilt University Medical Center will host “Vaccine Hesitancy: The Politics of Public Health in Tennessee,” a virtual event, on Wednesday, Aug. 18, at noon CT. Read More

A university working group has developed a remote and hybrid work policy for staff whose positions are eligible based on business needs. The policy is gradually being rolled out across participating units on campus. Read More

Vanderbilt University joined Nashville community leaders to pay tribute to the life and Nashville legacy of U.S. Rep. John Lewis with the formal dedication of Rep. John Lewis Way and a public celebration at Ryman Auditorium. Read More

The Office of Faculty Affairs is collaborating with the Nashville Public Library and Vanderbilt University Facilities this summer to offer a series of in-person enrichment experiences for faculty. Read More

Thomas Talbot, professor of medicine and chief hospital epidemiologist at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, shares what we know about when COVID-19 vaccines will be fully approved. Read More

Campus visitors and Vanderbilt community members can now use new hourly paid parking spaces in select parking lots and garages across campus for short-term and visitor parking needs.  Read More

Join the School of Medicine Basic Sciences’ monthly Lab-to-Table series for a conversation with former Tour de France and Olympic athletes about science and cycling. The discussion will touch on the athletes’ personal experiences with training, coaching and medicine in cycling and how biomedical science has shaped their efforts. The virtual event will be Tuesday, Aug. 17, at 11 a.m. CT. Read More

Two faculty from Peabody College of education and human development have been awarded grants totaling $4.5 million from the National Center for Special Education Research. Read More

Vanderbilt University’s Carmichael Towers East came down safely in a controlled implosion on Saturday to make way for a new world-class residential college on campus. Read More

Intelligent Systems, an indoor air quality monitoring startup founded by Tim Darrah, a Ph.D. student in computer science, has won a stage 2 grant from VentureWell, which funds and trains faculty and student innovators to create successful, socially beneficial businesses. Darrah grew Intelligent Systems through the Wond’ry, Vanderbilt’s Innovation Center. Read More

In accordance with recent changes to CDC guidelines, Vanderbilt University has updated its visitor policy after consulting with public health experts. Beginning Monday, Aug. 2, visitors coming to campus must wear a mask indoors, whether vaccinated or unvaccinated. Read More

Thomas Talbot, professor of medicine and chief hospital epidemiologist at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, discusses what we know about the delta variant of COVID-19.  Read More

Vanderbilt University engineering and education faculty are part of a new $20 million research institute funded by the National Science Foundation that aims to create artificial intelligence tools to advance human learning and education. Read More

The Division of Administration recently conducted a drawing for 25 Vanderbilt University-employed staff and postdoctoral scholars who submitted their COVID-19 vaccination record to the university before July 19. Each winner will receive $1,000. Read More

Three ambitious, multidisciplinary projects led by Vanderbilt School of Engineering faculty will be featured Wednesday, July 28, and Thursday, July 29, during the National Science Foundation Convergence Accelerator Expo 2021. Read More

A controlled implosion of Vanderbilt University’s Carmichael Towers East will take place on Saturday, July 31, to make way for a new world-class residential college on campus. The implosion is scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. Read More