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Tennessee's first African American state health commissioner and an internationally renowned scholar on the Old Testament will be honored Oct. 30 by Vanderbilt Divinity School and the Graduate Department of Religion. Read More

Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos will deliver his bi-annual address and present several of the university’s highest honors to faculty on Thursday, Aug. 27, at the Student Life Center. Read More

Associate Professor of History of Art Betsey Robinson led a conference focused on lessons learned from water practices in the ancient Mediterranean. Read More

Black faculty members are expected to be “entertaining” when presenting academic research, according to a new study that traces modern day racial microagressions to past objectification of blacks. Read More

Vanessa Beasley became dean of The Martha Rivers Ingram Commons at Vanderbilt this summer. We sat down with her prior to Move-In Day to talk about what makes The Ingram Commons community and the conversations it fosters so important. Read More

The award honors highly accomplished women working in science, technology, engineering or mathematics who have made a positive impact on the trajectories of other women thinking about or newly embarking on STEM careers. Read More

You can see more of our favorite photos of the week on the Get Social website, and share yours by tagging them #vandygram. Photo by Instagram user @jasonbradley… Read More

The summer 2015 issue of "Vanderbilt Magazine" is now available online and features an in-depth look at the changing face of college admissions, stories about first-generation college students, a profile on Vanderbilt's first woman graduate and more. Read More

Vanderbilt's investment office has hired an operations manager and three new investment managers. Read More

Vanderbilt opens its 2015 football season on Thursday, Sept. 3, with a nationally televised game on the SEC Network against Western Kentucky University. With the game being played on a workday, some adjustments in parking and traffic flow are necessary. Read More

Nashville's homeless services community is invited to participate in a discussion of important new findings that could have policy implications close to home. Read More

When you use your Kroger Plus card at area stores, a percentage of your total purchase can benefit Vanderbilt’s Faculty and Staff Hardship Fund. Read More

Jean Bass Crawford, former editor of the "Vanderbilt Alumnus" and director of the Office of Alumni Publications, died Aug. 7 in Nashville. Read More

Vanderbilt Owen Graduate School of Management was one of 45 top business schools that visited the White House Aug. 5 to announce that it was committing to a new set of best practices for helping women succeed in business school and throughout their careers. Read More

The Vanderbilt University Board of Trust has approved a $10 million project to provide enhanced space in Memorial Gym for instruction, team building, coaching and settings that can foster interactions with returning professional players. Read More

Vanderbilt Divinity School is a partner in a new Nashville affordable housing initiative in which students and young adults with intellectual disabilities form friendships and share activities together. Read More

Vanderbilt alumnus and first-time author Andrew Maraniss will receive the 2015 Lillian Smith Book Award for his acclaimed work "Strong Inside: Perry Wallace and the Collision of Race and Sports in the South." Read More

Online vehicle registration for the 2015-16 academic year is now open. Please register or renew registration on your vehicle before the current permit expires on Aug. 31. Read More

For the second year in a row, Vanderbilt students were named the happiest college students in the nation by the "Princeton Review"—and they took to social media to share their happiness over the news. Read More

A new Innovation Center is being developed to support a "maker" culture at Vanderbilt that will encourage entrepreneurship and creativity and bolster implementation of the university’s Academic Strategic Plan. Read More