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Vanderbilt faculty, staff and students are eligible to receive complimentary tickets for the football team’s season opener against Charleston Southern at 6 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 30, celebrating the exciting next chapter for head coach Clark Lea’s Commodores and a community that lives, works and cheers together. Read More

This fall, the College of Arts and Science is introducing strategic structural and pedagogical changes to undergraduate education that will better serve students and faculty and help to deliver an unparalleled undergraduate academic experience. Read More

The Buchanan Library Fellows program supports hands-on student learning opportunities that build desirable skills and deepen students’ understanding of resources and services in the Vanderbilt libraries. With a focus on undergraduate instruction, the program connects faculty and professional librarians with students to work on experiential library projects, then present their work at the end of the fellowship. Read More

Flex Meals can be purchased in blocks of 10 meals, and are regularly $100 (plus tax) per block for faculty and staff, $150 (plus tax) per block for graduate and professional students. Read More

This summer, Vanderbilt University students stepped onto Hollywood’s biggest stages through the Vandy in Hollywood program, a long-running initiative that immerses students in the entertainment industry and offers transformative career opportunities. Read More

The life, music, writings and visual art of jazz multi-instrumentalist and composer Yusef A. Lateef will be celebrated Sept. 12–13, when Vanderbilt University’s Blair School of Music hosts the Yusef Lateef Symposium. The two-day conference will include panel discussions, viewings of the Yusef A. Lateef Collection housed at the Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries, a film screening, visual art displays and live music performances. Read More

A new exhibit at Vanderbilt’s Central Library traces the evolution of the manifesto as a literary and artistic form, showcasing the bold declarations of poets, painters and provocateurs who reshaped modern culture. Revolution and the Arts: Manifestos from Symbolism to Surrealism is now on view outside the W.T. Bandy Center for Baudelaire and Modern French Studies study room on the eighth floor of Central Library. Read More

The Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries’ Special Collections and University Archives has completed a long-term project to fully digitize the Lamar Alexander Papers, which document the life and work of a significant figure in Tennessee and U.S. political history. Read More

James Hayes, Rekha Nagarajan and James Costanzo are the winners of the 2025 Cell Imaging Shared Resource Life Is Beautiful Image Contest. They worked with Jenny Schafer, CISR managing director and research associate professor of cell and developmental biology, Oleg Kovtun, research assistant professor of chemistry, and CISR senior research specialists Kari Seedle and Tegy Vadakkan to create these images as part of their individual research projects. Read More

The College Core provides students with a broad and deep education across the arts and the sciences. Built on the idea that students need to be equipped with fundamental capacities that will serve them beyond the classroom, the new curriculum will encourage exploration and curiosity, help students forge unexpected connections, and span across disciplines. Read More

The Curb Scholars program at The Curb Center for Art, Enterprise and Public Policy is taking on five new undergraduate students this semester. This program, inspired by the life and career of songwriter and entertainment figure Mike Curb, rewards students working in a variety of artistic spaces. Read More

Move-In is an exciting time for all students, and preparations are underway to welcome them back for the new academic year. Information on the schedule and other important details gathered here can help ensure a successful Move-In. Read More

From July 24 to 26, veterans from all over the country—some with coaching backgrounds and experience, others looking to embark upon a new trajectory as a coach—gathered at the Nashville Marriott at Vanderbilt to channel their military leadership into coaching skills. Vanderbilt hosted the opening reception on campus and several of the university's coaches led workshops and seminars throughout the summit. Read More

When bacterial pathogens enter our bodies, they’ve got one goal—hunt for food to multiply. And during the process, they make us sick. Eric Skaar, Ernest W. Goodpasture Professor of Pathology and director of the Vanderbilt Institute for Infection, Immunology and Inflammation, is uncovering how pathogens compete with healthy microbes for essential nutrients. He was recently elected a member of the National Academy of Sciences. Read More

Philip Walker, director of Vanderbilt’s Annette and Irwin Eskind Family Biomedical Library and Learning Center, has been elected chair of the National Library of Medicine’s Board of Regents. Walker will serve a one-year term beginning Aug. 4. Read More

After concluding her term as associate dean for academic affairs for the Graduate School, Terrah Akard will return to her role as professor of nursing in the School of Nursing. Julián Hillyer, Centennial Professor of Biological Sciences, and Andrea Page-McCaw, Stevenson Chair and professor of cell and developmental biology, have been named associate deans for academic affairs. Read More

Tracy Sharpley-Whiting's research explores the interior lives of historical figures whose artistic influence shaped their worlds. Her impressive accomplishments led to her recent election to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the nation’s oldest and most prestigious honorary societies. Read More

Carl Rodrigues, a dynamic leader in real estate and economic development, has been announced as Vanderbilt University’s first vice chancellor for real estate, facilities and development. He will begin his tenure on a part-time basis on Sept. 1 and transition to a full-time role beginning Nov. 1. Read More

The Division of Government and Community Relations has announced the opening of applications for the Community Engagement Collaboration Fund. The fund aims to foster capacity for deeper collaboration among university partners and local community organizations.   Read More

Registration is open for the 19th annual Vanderbilt Postdoctoral Association Symposium on Tuesday, Oct. 14, at the Student Life Center, starting at 9 a.m. Faculty members from all disciplines are invited to participate as judges for the poster presentations. Read More