Myvu Wednesday

Vanderbilt's Assistant Professor of History, Meng Zhang, has been awarded a stipend from the National Endowment for the Humanities for her intriguing research into the historical and societal implications of the edible bird's nest trade between China and maritime Asia. Read More

The event will be from 8 to 10 a.m. on June 6 at the Vanderbilt Student Life Center. Candidates for the city's top leadership role will discuss Nashville's rapid growth and other topics important to voters. This event is open to the Vanderbilt and Nashville community, and tickets are free. Read More

Vanderbilt has received funding from the National Science Foundation's Regional Innovation Engines program to develop a strategy for closed-cycle manufacturing to reduce waste and increase efficiencies across various sectors, including automotive, aerospace, energy, food and beverage, and materials in Tennessee and Kentucky. Read More

Vanderbilt University will serve as a core partner in the ATEMS-TN coalition being funded by the National Science Foundation’s Regional Innovation Engines program to help shape the future of mobility and usher in a new era of economic prosperity in Tennessee.  Read More

The Class of 2023 is the first graduating class that was required to complete an Immersion Vanderbilt project. Each of these students has engaged in hands-on training and self-discovery, and they’ve brought value to the community in the process. Read More

Survey questions are intended to establish how Vanderbilt staff, in connection to their role at the university, engage with community and government organizations as well as local programs and initiatives. Read More

Vanderbilt alumnus Ashwin Kumar has been selected from a pool of more than 7,000 applicants for the 2023 cohort of the Knight-Hennessy Scholars program, where scholars receive up to three years of financial support to pursue graduate studies at Stanford University. Read More

The Vanderbilt Summit on Modern Conflict and Emerging Threats took place on May 4 and 5, 2023. It included remarks from international experts and industry leaders on the nature of modern conflict and emerging threats the intelligence, technology and academic disciplines must consider in this era. Read More

Due to inclement weather forecasted for the Vanderbilt University area today, the undergraduate Commencement ceremony will move to Bridgestone Arena, 501 Broadway, in downtown Nashville. The ceremony will begin at 10 a.m. CT and will be livestreamed on the university’s Commencement website at vu.edu/commencement. Due to timing constraints, graduate and professional school graduates are being asked to only attend their degree-specific ceremonies on campus. Their respective schools and colleges will alert them if their ceremony details change. Read More

With the new partnership, LaunchTN and Vanderbilt will work collaboratively to support, engage and attract high-growth startups. Read More

The project, called the District Impact Report, is an interactive dashboard that showcases the university's economic, social and cultural contributions to communities across the state. Read More

The research fair, sponsored by the Office of Experiential Learning and Immersion Vanderbilt and the Office of Undergraduate Education within the Office of the Provost, provides the campus with an annual opportunity to share the groundbreaking research conducted by students and world-renowned faculty.  Read More

The Office of Digital Education is working to bring Vanderbilt’s best-in-class education to a larger online audience than ever before with the launch of Vanderbilt Online, a centralized portfolio of the university’s digital education offerings, including online and hybrid degree programs, certificates, boot camps, micro-credentials and continuing education courses. Read More

All Vanderbilt faculty are invited to attend the final Faculty Senate meeting of this academic year on Thursday, May 4, from 4:10 to 5:30 p.m. on the second floor of the Faculty Commons Building at 1101 19th Ave. S.  A reception will follow.  Read More

Maria A. Ressa, an internationally acclaimed journalist who has endured political threats and government arrests for her commitment to truth and democracy, will receive Vanderbilt University’s prestigious Nichols-Chancellor’s Medal when she speaks to the university’s graduating students and their families on May 11 during 2023 Commencement activities. Vanderbilt is honoring the Class of 2023 with a series of events May 11–12. Read More

Vanderbilt’s Special Collections and University Archives materials and operations will have a new home on campus at 1101 19th Avenue. The historic 1101 building will provide a large reading room and shelving for ready access to the university’s special collections. Read More

From hosting a mobile food pantry to the Empty Bowls studio art project to food drives sponsored by Vanderbilt Student Government or the University Staff Advisory Council, the Vanderbilt community has engaged with Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee in myriad ways over the past decade.   Read More

As Vanderbilt University dares to grow while observing its Sesquicentennial this year, the campus welcomes a new tree to mark the occasion. The Bur Oak is the first part of a robust plan to plant more trees in honor of Vanderbilt’s 150th anniversary. Read More

Students from seven Tennessee colleges and universities submitted poems exploring “What unity through American democracy means to me” for the second annual poetry contest sponsored by the Vanderbilt Project on Unity & American Democracy. The judges selected Vanderbilt senior Sophie Kaiser’s poem as the winner. Read More

Renowned marketing expert Thomas J. Steenburgh, a senior associate dean at the University of Virginia, has been named the new dean of the Owen Graduate School of Management. Read More