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A student-run conference hosted by the Owen Graduate School of Management's Turner Family Center for Social Ventures discussed the unique challenges and opportunities faced by social ventures. Read More

Professor of History Marshall Eakin has received the 2016 Vanderbilt Alumni Education Award. The alumni association's board of directors selected Eakin for his significant contributions to educational programming as a speaker for Commodore Classrooms and the Vanderbilt Travel Program. Read More

Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Susan R. Wente announced today that Lawrence J. Marnett will be named dean of basic sciences in the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine at the time of the legal separation of the university and Medical Center. Read More

Vanderbilt graduate student Darren Tinker has been selected by NASA for its 2016 class of Space Technology Research Fellows. Read More

Waverly D. Crenshaw Jr., BA'78, JD'81, was confirmed to a seat on the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee by a 92-0 vote of the U.S. Senate April 11. Read More

Following a multi-committee systematic review of the university’s course evaluation practices, Vanderbilt University will implement a new course evaluation system for the four undergraduate schools. The course evaluation form will include new questions that will go into effect in fall 2016. Read More

First-year students will not be the only new faces at The Martha Rivers Ingram Commons this fall. Four new faculty heads of house have signed on to live in the first-year student community and help further its mission of easing the transition to university life and extending learning outside the classroom. Read More

The Eva F. and Peter C. Hodgson Scholarship has been endowed by an emeritus theology professor and his wife to benefit Vanderbilt Divinity and Graduate Department of Religion students. Read More

Vanderbilt is the 24th best university for African American students, say "Money" and "Essence" magazines. Read More

As the date nears for Vanderbilt University and Vanderbilt University Medical Center to transition to separate legal and financial entities, institutional leaders are requesting that all university and Medical Center departments place a moratorium on systems changes within the information technology environment surrounding the period of legal close. Read More

Nashville Mayor Megan Barry was the guest speaker at an undergraduate political science class on April 11. Read More

In the wake of the March terrorist attacks that killed a Vanderbilt graduate business student on a school trip to Israel and an alumni couple working in Belgium, the undergraduate Vanderbilt Student Government passed bills honoring their memories. Read More

A longtime vice chancellor and general counsel who cared deeply about Vanderbilt's integrity and reputation has died at the age of 75. Read More

Vanderbilt education researcher Dale Farran was honored by the Nashville Area Association for the Education of Young Children April 10. Read More

A problem with the data center temperature control system at the Hill Center caused a widespread outage of administrative systems early Monday morning. The issue has now been resolved. Read More

Hundreds of Vanderbilt students gathered on Alumni Lawn April 9 for the university’s annual commemoration of Holi, the Hindu color festival, which celebrates the arrival of spring. Read More

Easing traffic congestion and improving the public transportation system are critical issues for the city, and the Vanderbilt community has the opportunity to interact with transit officials on those topics during an April 14 Food For Thought lunch conversation. Read More

An extraordinary collection of works by and about Paul Verlaine, one of France's most celebrated poets of the late 19th century, has been acquired by Vanderbilt University's W.T. Bandy Center for Baudelaire and French Studies. Read More

The welcome of new head men's basketball coach Bryce Drew to campus is one of our favorite #vandygram photos of the week. Read More

Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos will host a town hall meeting for faculty, students and staff on Friday, April 15. Read More