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Vanderbilt University may submit only one application to the Bank of America Charitable Foundation Grant program. Applications may be submitted only for the Economic Mobility Focused on Needs of Individuals and Families request for proposals. Read More

Kimryn Rathmell, MD, PhD, MMHC, the Hugh Jackson Professor of Medicine and chair of the Department of Medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, will be appointed Director of the National Cancer Institute. Read More

Reporting an allegation of sexual misconduct is your choice. You may submit an incident report directly to the Title IX Office. You may speak with a faculty or staff member, who will then submit an incident report on your behalf. Finally, if you are seeking a criminal process instead of a university process, you may report to local law enforcement.  Read More

Launched this fall, the Open Dialogue Visiting Fellows program is a series to equip students for engaged and informed citizenship in a fractured world. The 12 student ambassadors will work closely with faculty and campus visitors to design programs for their peers, host visiting speakers and serve as representatives of the program to the Vanderbilt community. Read More

All new students who have enrolled at Vanderbilt are required to complete sexual violence prevention training through Project Safe, Title IX and Vanderbilt University Public Safety. There also are online resources to help members of the Vanderbilt University community understand Title IX, the Clery Act and more.  Read More

Housed within the Law School’s Program on Law and Innovation, the AI Legal Lab’s mission is to harness AI to expand access to legal services and knowledge and to improve their delivery. Read More

The Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries are marking the 50th anniversary of hip-hop in 2023 with the acquisition of eight prints by celebrated hip-hop illustrator and documentarian André LeRoy Davis. The prints engage critical themes in U.S. culture, from immigration and policing to identity and electoral politics. Read More

VU and VUMC each may nominate one candidate for the Mary Kay Ash Foundation Innovative/Translational Cancer Research Grant program for 2024. Read More

Vanderbilt’s Peabody College will offer an in-person opportunity for Vanderbilt staff and current undergraduate students to learn about Peabody master’s and doctor of education programs. The Explore Peabody event will take place on Friday, November 10, 1:30-5:00 p.m. in Mayborn 117. Attendees will learn from academic leaders, faculty, and… Read More

See how more than 200 students and faculty came together through 19 interdisciplinary hands-on courses to turn the historic Vaughn home into a living laboratory, unveiling "hidden narratives" of Vanderbilt's and Nashville's past. Read More

Two popular undergraduate minors have found new homes on campus. Beginning in fall 2024, the Hoogland Undergraduate Business Program will be housed at the Owen Graduate School of Management, while data science will become the 10th minor offered by the School of Engineering.   Read More

The Rogers Center, a new initiative directed by historian Nicole Hemmer, will promote scholarship on the study of the U.S. presidency through research, scholarships and nationally renowned speakers. As part of this mission, the center will invite prominent scholars in the field of presidential studies to engage with the Vanderbilt community through book talks and class visits, beginning with award-winning historian Melvyn Leffler Nov. 8. Read More

A feature program about The Vanderbilt Project on Unity and American Democracy will make its Nashville Public Television debut on Thursday, Nov. 16, at 8:30 p.m. CT and will be available afterward on the PBS app. Directly following the premiere, at 9:30 p.m., Vanderbilt professor John Geer and Unity Project co-chairs Bill Haslam and Samar Ali will discuss what they’ve learned in the two years since the project’s inception.  Read More

Vanderbilt University continues to celebrate its Sesquicentennial with events and exhibits across campus, as well as with a new virtual platform and interactive photo mural that allow alumni, friends and fans of the university to celebrate the 150th anniversary from anywhere in the world. Vandyverse, a unique Vanderbilt experience best viewed on a desktop or laptop computer, lets users explore the Vanderbilt campus through virtual exhibits and engaging content that highlight key aspects of the university’s past and present. Read More

The Graduate School hosted a Fall Career Colloquium, co-sponsored by the Career Center and International Student and Scholar Services. Faculty, alumni and industry experts came together to share tools and knowledge to help empower graduate students to excel in their future careers.  Read More

Vanderbilt University may submit only one application for the NEH Humanities Research Centers on Artificial Intelligence opportunity. Read More

Vanderbilt University may submit up to two proposals, one in Medical Research and one in Science and Engineering, for the W.M. Keck Foundation Research Program. Read More

Vanderbilt University may submit one application per academic department to the 2024 Graham Foundation Production and Presentation Grants for Organizations. Read More

Vanderbilt (VU and VUMC combined) can nominate up to two assistant professors for the 2024 Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Awards, sponsored by Oak Ridge Associated Universities. Read More

Vanderbilt University may submit up to three concept papers to the Mellon Foundation Higher Learning Program: 2024 Call for Concepts. Read More