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The roots of country music are far more multicultural than some think. Hear from hit country songwriter, New York Times-bestselling novelist, and professor of African American and Diaspora Studies Alice Randall about country music’s Black roots. Read More

WATCH how The Longest Table events brought the Vanderbilt community together to share healthy discussions across differences. Read More

Vanderbilt alumni are coming home for Reunion 2026, October 15–18, and we need Vanderbilt staff to help give them a warm Commodore welcome! Sign up to be a Reunion Staff Volunteer Ambassador and help alumni navigate campus, connect with fellow Commodores, and make the most of their Reunion experience. Opportunities include greeting alumni, assisting with registration, scanning nametags, and more. Read More

The Finfrocks have become deeply embedded in the South Florida region. The family’s organization, FINFROCK, simplifies and accelerates the process of building structures and has revolutionized the construction process across the state. But before the Finfrock family transformed the building industry in the area, Allen and Laura Finfrock were just two college students at Vanderbilt University. Read More

Learn about some breakthrough research centers led by Chancellor Faculty Fellows. Read More

Between Oct. 15 and Nov. 15, 2026, faculty, staff and postdoctoral fellows who are engaged in sponsored research must complete the updated Research Security for VU Faculty and Staff course in CITI Program. Read More

Natasha V. Sachs has been named assistant vice chancellor and executive director of Vanderbilt University–West Palm Beach. She joins the university at a pivotal stage in the development of its planned graduate campus in South Florida. Read More

Rafael Arrojo e Drigo, an assistant professor of molecular physiology and biophysics, has won a prestigious 2027 Laureate Award from the international Endocrine Society for innovative research that “has transformed our understanding of thyroid hormone biology, diabetes, and the biology of aging.” Read More

It’s the time of year when Vanderbilt pride meets purpose. As a thank-you to our community for doing your part in helping shape the opportunities, research and programs that make our university great, we want you to have a little piece of Vandy. Whether you’re into collectible socks, beanies or Squishmallows, we’ve got you. Read More

Vanderbilt Business is excited to announce the launch of the Evening MBA for Fall 2027. The Evening MBA is a flexible program featuring the rigorous business training and career advancement opportunities of the traditional daytime MBA, but tailored to full-time working professionals. Read More

Open Enrollment is your once-a-year opportunity to choose the benefits that best meet the needs of you and your family. To ensure that you’re enrolled in the plans you want, all fully benefits-eligible employees must complete Open Enrollment, even if you do not plan to make changes or waive coverage. Read More

Seven Vanderbilt researchers have received Innovation Catalyst Fund awards in the June 2026 cycle to advance promising technologies toward commercialization and real-world impact. Read More

The 2026 Southern Festival of Books, presented by Vanderbilt University in partnership with Humanities Tennessee, will connect celebrated authors from wide-ranging genres with a vast community that shares their passion for creative expression. Many writers and performers with Vanderbilt ties will be featured at the annual literary festival, which returns to the Bicentennial Capitol Mall State Park, Tennessee State Museum, and Tennessee State Library and Archives Oct. 17–18. Admission is free. Read More

The complete papers of pioneering Colombian intellectual and cultural activist Manuel Zapata Olivella are now available to the public, and access has been expanded to the papers of his sister, master dancer and folklorist Delia Zapata Olivella, thanks to archival efforts by Vanderbilt’s Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries’ Special Collections and University Archives. These materials give students, scholars and historians a more complete picture of the distinguished siblings’ lives and legacies. Read More

It was the summer of 1965, and the Vanderbilt University Board of Trustees was enjoying a retreat in Hot Springs, Virginia. A small group within the board had been lobbying for a graduate business school since 1958 — in fact, the idea was floated as far back as 1881 — but the plan had stalled. Half-jokingly, with drinks flowing, the trustees suggested launching the business school themselves, with each of them serving as volunteer faculty. An ambitious (and no doubt ill-advised) plan that never materialized, but that did light a fuse. Because four years later, the Vanderbilt Graduate School of Management (VGSM) opened in earnest, launching the American South’s first full-fledged, fully staffed business school. Read More

Today’s biggest pressing and complex challenges are most effectively addressed through interdisciplinary approaches and perspectives. The Collaborative Humanities Postdoctoral Program fully embodies that approach, bringing together early-career scholars to address important contemporary issues through a critical humanities lens. For the past five years, the program has offered a deeply supportive community for postdoctoral scholars from leading graduate programs nationwide, preparing them to change the future of humanistic study in their respective fields. Read More

Spencer Rothfuss, Hannah Collins, and James Hayes are the winners of the 2026 Cell Imaging Shared Resource Life Is Beautiful Image Contest. Their striking images showcase the beauty and complexity of biological structures revealed through advanced microscopy. Read More

Adam and Shira Boehler have made a $5 million founding gift to establish the Boehler Program in Healthcare Entrepreneurship and Innovation, an integrated academic program anchored at the Owen Graduate School of Management designed to advance Vanderbilt’s leadership in healthcare entrepreneurship and innovation education. Known as HCEi, the program will combine Vanderbilt’s strengths in business, medicine, technology and policy within the uniquely dynamic healthcare ecosystem of Nashville—home to the largest concentration of healthcare companies in the United States. Read More

Ready for some inspiring truth bombs? Meet Vanderbilt's newest faculty as they share their best advice. Read More

In compliance with the Jeanne Clery Campus Safety Act, the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013, the Stop Campus Hazing Act and the Fire Safety Right-to-Know provisions of the 2008 Higher Education Opportunity Act, Vanderbilt University publishes an annual report to provide information on security-related services offered by the university. Read More