MyVU News
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VUPD launches SafeVU app
SafeVU is a personalized communication platform that links Vanderbilt community members to the VUPD communications center in the event they need either emergency or nonemergency assistance. Read MoreSep 25, 2015
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Annual report on crime statistics, security and fire safety available Oct. 1
The annual report provides information on security-related services offered by the university. Read MoreSep 24, 2015
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New videos on copyright law will help users balance fair-use considerations
Three educational videos on copyright law and policy that will help guide faculty, staff and students in using Blackboard and related technologies are now available. Read MoreSep 23, 2015
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Kudos: Read about the latest faculty and student awards and achievements
Read about the latest faculty and student awards and achievements. Read MoreSep 23, 2015
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U.S.-Cuban relations topic of Williamson County Library talk
The history of U.S.-Cuban relations will be the focus of Frank Robinson's talk at the Williamson County Public Library Sept. 25. Read MoreSep 22, 2015
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Metzl assumes post in gun violence prevention organization
Jonathan Metzl of the Center Medicine, Health and Society has signed up with The Safe Tennessee Project as director of research. Read MoreSep 21, 2015
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Diane Neighbors, champion of child care at Vanderbilt, to retire
Under Diane Neighbors’ guidance over the past 25-plus years, Vanderbilt’s child care program has grown to five centers currently accommodating 577 children of faculty, staff and students. Neighbors will retire Sept. 30. Read MoreSep 21, 2015
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Vanderbilt MFA student wins top poetry prize
Tiana Clark, a first-year poetry student in Vanderbilt’s MFA Program in Creative Writing, has won first place and $10,000 in a leading poetry journal’s annual competition. Read MoreSep 21, 2015
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Next graduate education forum set for Sept. 24
The second in a series of forums discussing graduate education at Vanderbilt is scheduled for Thursday, Sept. 24. Read MoreSep 21, 2015
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Jonathan Franzen to discuss new novel Sept. 23 at Ingram Hall
National Book Award-winning author Jonathan Franzen will discuss his new novel, "Purity," Sept. 23 in Ingram Hall at Vanderbilt's Blair School of Music. Read MoreSep 18, 2015
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African Diaspora symposium hosts first local screening of ‘Dreams Are Colder than Death’
A Sept. 24-26 symposium will include plenary speakers Nahum Chancler of UC-Irvine and Cheryl Wall of Rutgers University, as well as Vanderbilt faculty member Lucius Outlaw and others. Read MoreSep 17, 2015
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Student entrepreneurial pitch competition to stream live on SEC Network Sept. 21
The SEC Network will provide coverage of the 2015 SEC Symposium, highlighted by a live SEC Network+ stream of the student entrepreneurial pitch competition on Monday, Sept. 21. Read MoreSep 17, 2015
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Protecting Syrian and Iraqi culture topic of Vanderbilt lecture and exhibit
Efforts to stop the massive cultural destruction in Syria and Iraq will be discussed Sept. 22 during the Goldberg Lecture, with an accompanying exhibit in Cohen Memorial Hall. Read MoreSep 16, 2015
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Get discount on men’s and women’s basketball season tickets
Vanderbilt employees who want to experience the thrill and excitement of Commodore basketball can now purchase discounted tickets for the upcoming men’s and women’s seasons. Read MoreSep 16, 2015
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Julian Wuerth wins Kant Society book prize
The North American Kant Society has honored Julian Wuerth of Vanderbilt for his book on philosopher Immanuel Kant. Read MoreSep 16, 2015
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Vanderbilt alumni elected to Metro government Sept. 10
Two candidates with close ties to Vanderbilt University were elected to office within the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County on Sept. 10. Read MoreSep 16, 2015
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Faculty Senate introduces leaders; newsletter to launch in October
The Faculty Senate, the representative and deliberative body of the Vanderbilt faculties, introduces its leadership for 2015-16. Read MoreSep 16, 2015
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‘Future of College Athletics’ kicks off Chancellor’s Town Halls series
Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos will host the first in a series of town hall meetings for faculty on Friday, Sept. 18. Read MoreSep 15, 2015
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Law and neuroscience research gets $1.4 million in additional grant money
A $1.4 million grant will allow a research network based at Vanderbilt to continue its study of the intersection of neuroscience and criminal justice. Read MoreSep 14, 2015
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Governing board for Vanderbilt University Medical Center named
The Vanderbilt University Board of Trust has elected the members of the governing board for Vanderbilt University Medical Center. This independent board will immediately begin planning for VUMC to operate as a separate entity and will govern the Medical Center once its financial and administrative transition from the university is complete. Read MoreSep 14, 2015