MyVU News

Janet Currie, the Henry Putnam Professor of Economics and Public Affairs and co-director of the Center for Health and Wellbeing at Princeton University, will discuss “Child Health as Human Capital” on Tuesday, April 4. Currie's talk is the 2023 David Steine Lecture sponsored by the Department of Economics. Read More

Chancellor Daniel Diermeier and Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs C. Cybele Raver honored 41 scholars from across Vanderbilt at an endowed chair investiture ceremony on March 20. Read More

The Vanderbilt Posse Scholar Program is seeking faculty and staff members to serve as mentors to the university’s Posse Scholars. The national Posse Foundation identifies, recruits and trains individuals who have extraordinary leadership potential. Read More

In the Four With a ‘Dore series, we’re getting to know Vanderbilt students four questions at a time. In today’s installment, meet #VU2023’s Desiree Hagg, an Orlando, FL native with double majors in clarinet performance and European history and a minor in psychology. Read More

Learn more about the university’s new and continued efforts surrounding sustainability during an online conversation with Chancellor Daniel Diermeier on Wednesday, May 3, from 4:10 to 5 p.m. Read More

Vanderbilt University’s 2023 Impact Symposium will feature actress and New York Times bestselling author Tabitha Brown; award-winning actor, director and arts and education advocate Giancarlo Esposito; and co-founder of Our Place and the Malala Fund Shiza Shahid. Each will speak on consecutive evenings March 27–29 at 7 p.m. in Langford Auditorium. Tickets are free for the Vanderbilt community. Read More

Vanderbilt University staff are encouraged to register for a design thinking event on Tuesday, April 4, to prototype solutions for issues identified in the “50 Ideas, 50 Solutions in 50 Days: Innovating for the Next 150 Years of Vanderbilt University” initiative. Read More

The University Counseling Center and Student Care Network will host Racial Stress Awareness Week March 27–31 to provide opportunities for learning, expressing, coping and connecting. Read More

Krista Donaldson, BS’95, who directs Innovation to Impact at Stanford University’s Byers Center for Biodesign where her work focuses on ensuring design tools and processes are broadly applicable across global markets, will deliver the School of Engineering’s 2023 Chambers Family Entrepreneurial Lecture on Tuesday, April 4, at 4:15 p.m. at the Wond’ry, Vanderbilt’s Innovation Center, in the Engineering and Science Building. Read More

Cecil Jones Jr., professor emeritus of theatre who taught at Vanderbilt for nearly 30 years and inspired generations of students during his tenure, died March 18 in Nashville. A memorial service for Jones will be held at Calvary United Methodist Church on April 4. Read More

Students representing Vanderbilt Student Government attended the SEC in D.C. conference organized by Texas A&M University earlier this month. The event brought together student leaders from several Southeastern Conference schools to discuss issues facing higher education. Read More

In partnership with the Center for Latin American, Caribbean and Latinx Studies, the Vanderbilt Project on Unity and American Democracy will host Brazilian historian and journalist Dr. Thiago Krause and former U.S. Ambassador to Brazil Michael McKinley to discuss similarities between the Jan. 8 insurrection in Brazil this year and the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol in 2021. Read More

Singers and songwriters Garth Brooks and Stephanie Davis will discuss the continuing importance of a song they co-wrote more than three decades ago when Vanderbilt Divinity School hosts “We Shall Be Free in 2023: Pursuing Unity Through Music” on April 11 at Langford Auditorium. Read More

Yolanda Pierce, dean of the Howard University School of Divinity and a prominent leader on the role of religion in public life, will become dean of Vanderbilt University's Divinity School effective July 1. Read More

Vanderbilt University has been named a nominating partner for the Schmidt Science Fellowship program. This competitive fellowship is open to late-stage doctoral students in the fields of natural sciences, computing, engineering or mathematics after completion of their Ph.D. Fellows will receive a stipend of $100,000 a year for up to two years and placement in an internationally renowned lab. Read More

Chancellor Daniel Diermeier has announced a March 29 online meeting for all staff that will focus on the launch of Vanderbilt’s Sesquicentennial year. The 30-minute meeting will begin at 2:30 p.m.   Read More

Members of the Vanderbilt and Nashville communities are invited to take part in the university’s Sesquicentennial kickoff celebration March 24–25. Events include a kickoff ceremony featuring Chancellor Daniel Diermeier and a “Songs of America” conversation with performances by Emmylou Harris and Rodney Crowell on Friday, March 24, and a community party with free food, music and family-friendly activities on Alumni Lawn on Saturday, March 25. Read More

The capacity to entertain different views is vital not only on a college campus, but also in a democratic society. Universities must educate students to converse, cooperate and coexist with people who see the world differently, writes Chancellor Daniel Diermeier in an essay published in The Chronicle of Higher Education. Read More

A significant faculty-led effort to redesign the College of Arts and Science undergraduate curriculum is nearing completion, aiming to provide a more integrated, inspiring and enduring program of study for all Arts and Science students. Read More

March is national Women’s History Month, a time to acknowledge, reflect and honor the many achievements of women. Vanderbilt’s Office of Health and Wellness is reminding the university community of resources available to help address women’s and gender-related health challenges. Read More