MyVU News

Meet the new faculty head of Gillette House, Carol Ziegler, professor of nursing. Read More

As Vanderbilt approaches the start of the 2021–22 academic year, the university is monitoring the evolving COVID-19 pandemic and public health guidance to keep the VU community as safe as possible. Read More

Vanderbilt has reinstated the COVID-19 paid leave bank, which is available to eligible staff. The paid leave bank consists of a maximum of one week, which is 40 hours, of COVID-19 leave per employee, and is in addition to an individual’s current PTO accruals. Read More

Dore Jam, a celebration of the Commodores across all sports, is scheduled from 3 to 5 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 21. Representatives from all 15 Vanderbilt athletics programs will be in attendance to meet and greet fans. Read More

Campus parking options for 2021-22 are now available. Current permits expire Aug. 31. Read More

Chancellor Daniel Diermeier celebrates the contributions of Vanderbilt’s international faculty across campus, and three faculty members share their experiences and the importance of diverse points of view to academic excellence, in this video. Read More

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