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Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos officially welcomed the 108th Tennessee General Assembly, including 50 new lawmakers, at a special reception held at the Tennessee State Museum Jan. 9. Read More

MyVU, your source for news about the Vanderbilt community, has updated the look of its website and biweekly email newsletter to make it easy to learn about valuable news and information. Read More

Vanderbilt Law School Dean Chris Guthrie will lead the search committee to find the next dean of the Owen Graduate School of Management. Read More

Twelve Vanderbilt faculty members were named in the Edu-Scholar Public Presence Rankings, which recognize university-based academics who are contributing substantially to public debates about K-12 and higher education. Read More

After several weeks at home soaking up tender loving care from their parents, college students across Tennessee are heading back to campus. Now parents can shift their worries to keeping their students healthy this winter when they’re far from home. Read More

All Vanderbilt faculty, students and staff should log in to AlertVU to make sure their contact information is complete and up-to-date so that they will receive critical information during emergencies. Read More

We love hearing from you, our fans, friends and followers, and this week the chatter was all about Vanderbilt’s win at the Franklin American Mortgage Company Music City Bowl. Congrats again to the Dores! Anchor Down! Here are just a few of our favorite Tweets and images from the… Read More

Matthew Wright (Vanderbilt) Matthew Wright, Vanderbilt University vice chancellor for investments, has announced his resignation, effective Jan. 31. “Matthew led Vanderbilt’s investment portfolio through an exceptionally challenging time,” Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos said. “The recession of 2009 took a heavy toll on the endowments of many universities, but… Read More

Vanderbilt University ranked 15th among the “20 Smartest Colleges in America” in a survey conducted by Lumosity, a cognitive training site. Some 60,000 students at more than 400 colleges and universities were evaluated by playing games that measured various cognitive skills including attention, memory, speed of processing, problem solving… Read More

Former graduate students and colleagues of Douglas Knight from around the globe recently surprised the Vanderbilt University professor with a “festschrift,” or book of original essays, on the occasion of his 40th year of teaching. Read More

Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times journalist Nicholas Kristof will speak at Vanderbilt University Thursday, Jan. 31. Along with his wife, journalist Sheryl WuDunn, Kristof is author of the 2009 book "Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide." Read More

Tax time—especially for lower income families—can be extremely stressful (not to mention expensive). Last year, more than 10,000 individuals and families across Middle Tennessee received support through United Way’s Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program, a number which is expected to increase again this year. Gifts can… Read More

Saturday University for Spring 2013 will feature poets Thomas Lux, Garrett Hongo and Stephen Dobyns. Read More

Emilie M. Townes, a distinguished Yale University scholar and administrator whose areas of expertise include Christian ethics and womanist theology, has been named dean of Vanderbilt University Divinity School. Read More

For high-achieving students from low-income families, barriers—both financial and motivational—can stand in the way of a college education. That’s why Nashville Mayor Karl Dean, in partnership with the Nashville Public Education Foundation, established One Step Ahead, a scholarship fund designed to help students in Metro Nashville Public Schools cover… Read More

Param Jaggi Param Jaggi, a sophomore from Plano, Texas, has been named to Forbes magazine’s “30 Under 30.” Zakiya Smith, a 2006 Vanderbilt graduate, and Eugene Chung, a 2005 graduate, also have been named to the annual list recognizing rising stars across the fields of energy, education, marketing and… Read More

The top news stories, Tweets, Facebook posts, photos and videos of the year. Read More

James W. Bradford Jr. After eight years at the helm of Vanderbilt University’s business school, James W. Bradford Jr. announced Dec. 13 he will be stepping down as dean of the Owen Graduate School of Management at the end of this academic year. “I am proud of… Read More

Research by Professor of Physics and Astronomy Keivan Stassun and postdoctoral scholar Saurav Dhital has contributed to a new theory about the formation of wide binary star systems. Stassun explores the research in a “News and Views” column in the current issue of Nature. Read More

Nine Vanderbilt University faculty members named to endowed chairs were honored for outstanding academic achievements Dec. 12 during a celebration at the Student Life Center. Read More