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Twenty-eight Vanderbilt student-athletes spent Martin Luther King Jr. Day touring the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C. Read More

Want to learn more about Immersion Vanderbilt? The initiative calls for each undergraduate student to participate in an intensive learning experience that takes place in and beyond the classroom and culminates in the creation of a student-designed, academic product. Read More

The Office for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion presents “iNCLUSIVE,” a biweekly blast of diverse news and events from across campus. Read More

Vanderbilt ranked 20th in the second annual Reuters Top 100, which aims to identify the institutions doing the most to advance science, invent new technologies and help drive the global economy. Read More

"The Banjo: A Conversation with Laurent Dubois and Dom Flemons" will include a musical performance by Flemons, a Grammy-winning musician, Jan. 26 in Alumni Hall. Read More

Standing on the dais from which Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. once spoke, Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos charged college students gathered Saturday at Fisk University to live out the civil rights leader's legacy. Read More

Andrea M. Bordeau, an expert in the field of global safety and security with extensive experience living and studying abroad, has been named to the newly created position of global safety and security manager within Vanderbilt’s Global Education Office. Read More

A tribute to recently deceased finance professor J. Dewey Daane appeared in "The Wall Street Journal," and "The New York Times" interviewed infectious disease expert Dr. William Schaffner about President-elect Donald Trump’s plans to start a commission on vaccination safety. Read a selection of Vanderbilt news stories for the week of Jan. 9. Read More

Seven Peabody professors are in the 2017 Edu-Scholar Public Influence Rankings. Read More

The Margaret Cuninggim Women’s Center is seeking nominations for its annual awards that recognize and honor Vanderbilt community members for their contributions to the advancement of university women. Read More

The project began with a question — among a list of 10 lifestyle behaviors, any of which a person can change immediately, which ones have the most impact on health? Read More

Peter L. Rousseau, Vanderbilt University professor of economics and professor of history, has been named co-recipient of the inaugural Robert E. Lucas Jr. Prize by the "Journal of Political Economy." Read More

Vanderbilt faculty, staff and students are invited to attend a series of January events designed to further conversations around healthy help-seeking behavior and creating a culture in which the stigma of seeking support can be eradicated. Read More

Read the January 2017 issue of “EDI Connect,” the official newsletter of the Office of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion. Read More

Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos was named as a "person of the year" for 2016 by the Tennessee Tribune, Nashville's African American newspaper. Read More

Imagine a “DNA photocopier” small enough to hold in your hand that could identify the bacteria or virus causing an infection even before the symptoms appear. Read More

Vanderbilt will launch Brightspace as its primary course management system in summer 2017 replacing Blackboard, the university’s current system. Read More

The next Open Dore On Location, informal discussion sessions with Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Susan R. Wente, will be held from 4 to 5 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 17, at the Bishop Joseph Johnson Black Cultural Center. All faculty and staff are invited to attend. Read More

The Faculty Senate and the Office of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion are partnering during the month of January for Savor Diversity, a series of hour-long lunch sessions. Read More

Three Vanderbilt alumni—a content development manager at Twitter, an integrated business planning manager for Cisco Systems, and the cofounder of the online interior design firm Havenly—have been named to the 2017 Forbes “30 Under 30.” Read More