MyVU News

Katie Crawford, Cornelius Vanderbilt Chair, professor of history, and chair of the Department of Gender and Sexuality Studies, has been named the interim director of the Robert Penn Warren Center for the Humanities. Crawford’s appointment follows the five-year leadership of Holly Tucker, Mellon Foundation Chair in the Humanities and professor of French, who is stepping down to pursue her research and new trans-institutional projects. Read More

A new course through the Vanderbilt Center for Sustainability, Energy and Climate seeks to engage students in discussions about taking a planetary health approach to address climate change and resource sustainability challenges. Read More

Our Vanderbilt community thrives on connection, shared experiences and a sense of belonging. In November, we launched the Moments That Matter campaign to recognize the moments that shape the lives of our staff, students and faculty. While we encourage you to keep sharing your stories and… Read More

Vestigo is a print and online magazine published by the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Basic Sciences. Published once a year, Vestigo provides an in-depth view of research that’s happening in our community, highlights trainee accomplishments, and celebrates the successes of our staff and faculty. Read More

Subscriptions to Bloomberg.com, a leading source for international business, financial and economic news, are now available free of charge for Vanderbilt students, faculty and staff courtesy of the Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries. Read More

Vanderbilt University is a key partner in two initiatives that aim to enhance safety and efficiency on Nashville's busiest roads through cutting-edge technologies like LiDAR and AI. Read More

Vanderbilt alumni Jake Aronskind, BA’19, and Andrew Roth, BS’21, were named to the 2025 Forbes 30 Under 30 for creating and scaling successful businesses. Aronskind is CEO and co-founder of Pepper, a recipe sharing app. He earned his bachelor's degree in economics from the College of Arts and Science. Roth is the CEO and founder of dcdx, a global marketing research and strategy firm. He earned his bachelor’s degree in human and organizational development from Peabody College of education and human development. Read More

The Employee Critical Support Fund has partnered with Kroger Community Rewards Program, with the goal of providing financial assistance to faculty and staff experiencing temporary financial hardships. The Employee Critical Support Fund offers financial support to Vanderbilt employees facing unforeseen emergencies or catastrophic events. Read More

Vanderbilt community members interested in expanding their intercultural competency and learning how to better engage across and within differences are encouraged to sign up to be part of the Vanderbilt Unity Lab’s spring 2025 cohort. Participation in this research is open to all Vanderbilt faculty, staff, graduate and undergraduate students and postdocs. Read More

Free speech was at hot topic at a recent Lunch and Learn hosted by Dialogue Vanderbilt. Greg Lukianoff, New York Times bestseller and CEO of the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, led the discussion with Vanderbilt students at the Jean and Alexander Heard Central Library on Jan. 14. Read More

Vanderbilt University will host an acclaimed multimedia art exhibit celebrating more than 100 years of influential Black writers—from the end of the Civil War through the Civil Rights era—at several campus locations this spring.  Read More

The Broadview at Vanderbilt residential community welcomed its second tenant to the fold: The Turnip Truck. It joins 8th & Roast along with a host of amenities available to students, including access to collaborative work spaces and study rooms. Read More

A key component of first-year student support is Vanderbilt’s six-week extended orientation program, Vanderbilt Visions. Vanderbilt Visions is co-facilitated by an upper-division peer mentor and a faculty member, called VUceptors. VUceptors support students throughout CommonVU Orientation and for the duration of the Vanderbilt Visions program. Faculty who would like to learn more about serving in the role of a faculty VUceptor are invited to an interest breakfast on Wednesday, Jan. 29, from 9 to 10 a.m. at The Martha Rivers Ingram Commons dean’s residence, located at 1235 18th Ave. S. Read More

Immersion Vanderbilt, now in its third year as a graduation requirement, consistently provides students with the opportunity to pursue a variety of in-depth experiences and independent projects. Students align their immersion projects with their interests—whether those are artistic, research-oriented, career-focused, globally aimed or community-engaged. Faculty from all 10 schools and colleges support students’ goals and ambitions within immersion, and this year, that support is enhanced by a new cohort of 10 Immersion Faculty Fellows who are supported by Undergraduate Education in the Office of the Provost.  Read More

A new spring semester series in the School of Engineering—”How Does This Work?”— features current and former CEOs, CTOs, and prominent entrepreneurs sharing their insights on tackling major engineering problems. Vanderbilt University’s entire community can learn directly from 19 leading experts about solving complex, large-scale societal challenges in Nashville and beyond. Read More

Vanderbilt University’s new Center for Computational Systems Biology brings computer science, engineering and biomedical researchers together with clinicians at Vanderbilt University Medical Center to accelerate discovery related to human diseases and conditions. Read More

In January 2024, Vanderbilt joined the Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities, reinforcing its commitment to engaging the Nashville community and to learning and promoting best practices for addressing the unique opportunities and challenges in our metropolitan environment. Through this membership, the Vanderbilt community can access a network of peer-learning circles, webinars, and community engagement-related content and scholarship. Read More

Cybele Raver’s ‘Quantum Potential’ podcast explores solutions for humanity’s greatest challenges. Read More

The Vanderbilt University Social, Behavioral and Educational Research Institutional Review Board will begin its phased launch on March 3, transitioning oversight of SBER studies involving human participants from the Vanderbilt University Medical Center IRB. Researchers can access new resources, training and tools to streamline the submission process and ensure compliance during this transition. Read More

As part of the Central Utilities Initiative Phase II project, sidewalk and single-lane road closures and a demolition will occur in Central Neighborhood starting Monday, Jan. 20. Read More