MyVU News
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Men’s golf currently fifth at NCAA championship
The Vanderbilt men's golf team has made the 54-hole cut and moves on to the final round of stroke play on Monday. Read MoreJun 1, 2015
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Our favorite photos of the week
A dramatic lightning display near Kirkland Hall is one of our favorite photos of the week. See more on the Get Social website. Read MoreMay 29, 2015
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‘The Fantastic World of the American Circus’ continues through Sept. 4
There's still time to experience the excitement of the big top this summer with “Thrills and Chills! The Fantastic World of the American Circus.” The exhibition is on display at the Vanderbilt Fine Arts Gallery. Read MoreMay 28, 2015
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‘Legal residency’ program launched for selected Vanderbilt law grads
Select Vanderbilt Law School graduates will do a 'legal residency' with the UnitedLex global consulting and legal services firm under a new deal. Read MoreMay 28, 2015
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MNPS educators honored as Blue Ribbon Teachers
Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos hosted a reception May 21 honoring 50 Metro Nashville Public Schools Blue Ribbon Teachers selected through a community-driven awards program. Read MoreMay 26, 2015
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Vanderbilt Board of Trust member Judson Randolph has died
Judson Graves Randolph, a member of the Vanderbilt University Board of Trust for more than two decades and a longtime chief surgeon at Children’s Hospital in Washington, D.C., died May 17. Read MoreMay 22, 2015
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Head Start turns 50 – and there’s a Vanderbilt connection
Peace Corps founder Sargent Shriver launched the federal Head Start program a half-century ago, bringing early learning opportunities to more than 32 million needy children. None of it would have been possible without the woman whose work he modeled the program after: Peabody College's Susan Gray. Read MoreMay 22, 2015
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STEM standouts are college bound
The School for Science and Math at Vanderbilt has graduated 23 Metro Nashville Public School students, all of whom are headed to college this fall. Read MoreMay 22, 2015
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Vanderbilt power plant exhaust stack demolition is complete
The Vanderbilt power plant has a dramatic new look. Demolition of the brick exhaust stack, which once stretched more than 200 feet tall, is now complete. Read MoreMay 21, 2015
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Owen, MLT announce partnership to accelerate careers of minorities
The Owen Graduate School of Management is partnering with a nonprofit organization to help minority students at each stage of their careers. Read MoreMay 21, 2015
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Mayor issues proclamation honoring women’s tennis team
Nashville Mayor Karl Dean issued a city proclamation May 20 in honor of the Vanderbilt women’s tennis team’s NCAA Division I Championship title. Read MoreMay 20, 2015
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Tennis celebration planned for fall
Vanderbilt athletic officials have announced that a public celebration of the Commodores' NCAA women's tennis championship is being planned for early fall due to the uniqueness of the championship tournament format. Read MoreMay 20, 2015
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Vanderbilt’s Geer to field Twitter queries on Nashville mayoral race May 28
Join in the discussion May 28 when Vanderbilt's John Geer answers questions on Twitter about the Nashville mayoral race. Read MoreMay 20, 2015
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Vanderbilt students to intern in D.C. through OACS program
Twenty-three students will intern with various organizations in Washington, D.C., this summer through the Vanderbilt Internship Experience in Washington. Read MoreMay 20, 2015
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A message from Chancellor Zeppos on the Commodores’ historic win
"Once again, it is good to be gold!" writes Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos in a message to the Vanderbilt community regarding the women's tennis team's history-making NCAA Division I Championship win. Read MoreMay 20, 2015
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Women’s tennis wins national title
For the second time in less than a year and only the third time in school history, Vanderbilt has won a national championship. This time it was the women's tennis team raising the hardware after defeating UCLA 4-2 Tuesday in the NCAA Championship. Read MoreMay 20, 2015
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Men’s golf advances to NCAA Championship play
The fifth-ranked Commodore men's golf team is advancing to the NCAA Championship for the second consecutive season and the fifth time in program history. The championship will take place May 29-June 3 in Bradenton, Florida. Read MoreMay 19, 2015
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Middle school students part of Nashville’s ‘living public history’
A sixth-grade class from Meigs Academic Magnet Middle School recently spent a day with Peabody researchers at the Nashville Public Library participating in an instructional program developed at Vanderbilt called “Telling, Mapping and Listening to Nashville: Public History and Geography of the New South.” Read MoreMay 19, 2015
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Rising senior named Thomas R. Pickering Foreign Affairs Fellow
Maritza Navarrete is one of 10 undergraduates from across the country named as a Thomas R. Pickering Foreign Affairs Fellow for 2015. Pickering fellows typically go on to represent the United States as Foreign Service officers. Read MoreMay 19, 2015
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New study takes hard look at National Council on Teacher Quality’s ratings of teacher prep programs
A new study found that teacher prep programs with higher NCTQ ratings do not necessarily produce graduates who are more effective at raising student test scores. Read MoreMay 19, 2015