MyVU News
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Women’s tennis advances to NCAA Final Four
For the third time this season, the Vanderbilt women's tennis team defeated the Florida Gators, earning a trip to the NCAA Final Four for the first time in more than a decade. Read MoreMay 18, 2015
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Our favorite #vandygram photos of the week
Judging from the photos shared on Twitter and Instagram, the Vanderbilt community is still on a Commencement high. Take a look at some of our favorite images from the past week. Read MoreMay 15, 2015
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Kudos: Read about faculty, staff and student awards, appointments and achievements
Read the latest faculty, staff and student awards, appointments and achievements. Read MoreMay 15, 2015
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Lilly Endowment funds VU Divinity program on preaching quality
A new two-year program will train preaching coaches to help ministers improve their communication skills. Read MoreMay 14, 2015
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Peabody professors honored for education research
Peabody College professors Rogers Hall and Ebony McGee were honored by the American Educational Research Association on April 17. Read MoreMay 14, 2015
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The full General Assembly should vote on Insure Tennessee: Vanderbilt Poll
Results of the latest Vanderbilt Poll have been released, and they show that Tennesseans are very supportive of Insure Tennessee. Read MoreMay 13, 2015
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Commencement strawberries donated to Nashville Zoo and Walden’s Puddle
Animals at the Nashville Zoo and Walden’s Puddle recently enjoyed a sweet treat, thanks to Vanderbilt’s Office of the Chancellor and Commencement Office. Read MoreMay 13, 2015
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Top archaeological society honors Wernke for interdisciplinary study of colonial Peru
Steve Wernke has been awarded the Society of American Archaeology 2015 Book Award in the scholarly category. Read MoreMay 13, 2015
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Aerospace Club wins NASA’s Student Launch Challenge for third year in row
For the third year in a row, the Vanderbilt Aerospace Club has won NASA’s eight-month long rocketry competition – the 2014-15 Student Launch Challenge – beating out 30 other university and college teams. Read MoreMay 12, 2015
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Faculty-Staff Campaign ends June 30
In 1873, a single gift established Vanderbilt University. Today, it continues to thrive thanks to the philanthropic investments of the Vanderbilt community. Read MoreMay 12, 2015
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National Employee Health and Fitness Day celebration is May 20
Get free smoothies, bike repairs and more, and participate in a host of physical activities for National Employee Health and Fitness Day, which aims to inspire and sustain healthy lifestyle actions at work. Read MoreMay 11, 2015
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Vanderbilt’s expanded aid initiative crosses $200 million milestone
Gifts and pledges to Opportunity Vanderbilt, the university’s expanded and ongoing financial aid initiative, have crossed $200 million. Read MoreMay 11, 2015
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The best of Commencement 2015 on social media
What a week! See our favorite tweets, posts, videos and photos from #VU2015. Read MoreMay 8, 2015
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Strive for balance, chancellor tells Vanderbilt graduates
Vanderbilt Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos had words of advice for Vanderbilt graduates at their Commencement exercises on May 8. Read MoreMay 8, 2015
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Vanderbilt University honors 28 as emeriti faculty
Twenty-eight retiring faculty members were recognized during Vanderbilt’s Commencement ceremony May 8, when the university honored their years of service and bestowed on them the title of emeritus or emerita faculty. Read MoreMay 8, 2015
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Vanderbilt awards Founder’s Medals to top scholars at Commencement
Vanderbilt awarded Founder’s Medals to its top scholars at Commencement, May 8. Read MoreMay 8, 2015
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Shirley Collado named Peabody Distinguished Alumna
Shirley Collado, a member of Vanderbilt's inaugural POSSE class, was honored by Peabody College with the 2015 Distinguished Alumna Award during Vanderbilt's Commencement. Read MoreMay 8, 2015
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Connect your passion to something that matters, Isaacson urges Vanderbilt graduating seniors
Life is much more than following your passion, writer Walter Isaacson told graduating seniors during his Senior Day address. Read MoreMay 7, 2015
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Task force named to prioritize Academic Strategic Plan health initiatives
A new faculty task force has been appointed to prioritize and refine the eight health-related initiatives in the Academic Strategic Plan and to inventory existing health-related interdisciplinary centers and institutes at Vanderbilt. Read MoreMay 7, 2015
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Class of 2015: Caroline Hatfield mines insight from studying the female image
If you’re funny, you don’t have to be perfect. That’s what senior Caroline Hatfield discovered in a research project about the cultural expectations by which female celebrities are judged compared to how society judges female comedians. Read MoreMay 5, 2015