MyVU News

After delaying demolition due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Vanderbilt is moving forward on its plan to demolish the Carmichael Towers East residence halls with a controlled implosion on Saturday, July 31, to make way for a new residential college in the West End Neighborhood. Read More

George Hornberger, an established leader in the fields of water resources and sustainability and director of the Vanderbilt Institute for Energy and the Environment, retired June 30. In preparation of his retirement, the Office of the Provost launched the Climate, Environment and Energy Futures Working Group to evaluate and plan for the future of energy, environment and climate research and advocacy at the university. Read More

The University Staff Advisory Council invites the Vanderbilt community to participate in Jingle in July, a fundraiser for the Faculty and Staff Hardship Fund. The hardship fund provides assistance to qualifying Vanderbilt faculty and staff who are experiencing a temporary hardship due to a significant life event. Read More

Individuals age 18-40 who are right-handed and native English monolingual speakers are being sought for a research study. Read More

Public opinion polls ahead of the 2020 election were the most inaccurate in a generation, according to Josh Clinton, Abby and Jon Winkelried Chair and professor of political science, who recently served as chair of a special task force convened by the American Association for Public Opinion Research specifically to evaluate polling. Read More

Vanderbilt faculty, staff and community partners gathered on July 16 to break ground on the university’s new graduate and professional student housing development.   Read More

Computer science graduate student Haley A. Adams has been awarded a 2021 Microsoft Research Dissertation Grant. She is one of 10 recipients in the United States and Canada. Read More

Vanderbilt University will join with many community partners to pay tribute to the life and Nashville legacy of Rep. John Lewis on July 16 and 17 with the formal dedication of Rep. John Lewis Way and a public celebration at Ryman Auditorium. Read More

Thomas Talbot, professor of medicine and chief hospital epidemiologist at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, shares why it's important for people to get vaccinated, even if they've already had COVID-19. Read More

Vanderbilt University ranks 35th on the list of the top 100 worldwide universities granted U.S. utility patents in 2020. This is up one spot from 2019. Read More

Chancellor Daniel Diermeier has reaffirmed Vanderbilt’s commitment to improving access to higher education in partnership with the American Talent Initiative, an alliance that aims to enroll, support and graduate 50,000 more lower-income students at top colleges and universities by 2025. Read More

Vanderbilt faculty, staff, and students can now apply for the Vanderbilt Microbiome Initiative Venture Fund, which supports microbiome scholarship spanning research, education, outreach, art, ethics, law and policy development, among others. Read More

The Office of the Provost has announced the inaugural round of grant recipients for the Seeding Success Grant program established in March. Fifteen faculty members across four Vanderbilt schools and colleges will receive support for their work. Read More

Carter Philips, BA’65, professor of classics, emeritus, and university marshal at Vanderbilt Commencement for more than two decades, died July 8. He was 78. Read More

The Program for Extracellular Vesicle Research has been upgraded to the Center for Extracellular Vesicle Research, one of nine official centers and institutes associated with the School of Medicine Basic Sciences. Read More

Associate Professor of Nursing Laurie Connors has received a grant from the National Institutes of Health National Human Genome Research Institute to train doctoral nurses in the translation and integration of genomics into academics, research and clinical practice. Read More

Phase one of FutureVU Digital, which includes a new homepage and associated top-level pages, as well as an updated news and storytelling site, launched on the evening of July 12. Read More

Vanderbilt’s Inclusive Book Group will meet online Wednesday, Aug. 4, to discuss "When Breath Becomes Air," a memoir that offers readers an intimate look at the profound moments that shaped a young doctor’s life before and after his cancer diagnosis. The virtual gathering will take place from noon to 1 p.m. CT. Read More

LAVA, the LGBTQIA+ Association of Vanderbilt Alumni, and the Vanderbilt Alumni Association explored the significance of a landmark Supreme Court case that ruled that discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 in an online ’Dores in Dialogue event June 22. Panelists also focused on the recent proliferation of legislation at the state level targeting the rights of LGBTQIA+ individuals. Read More

Vanderbilt student-athletes Jack Leiter and Kumar Rocker, both pitchers for the Commodore baseball team, were selected on night one of the 2021 MLB draft Sunday evening. Leiter went second overall to the Texas Rangers, and Rocker was picked 10th by the New York Mets. Read More