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Flex Meal Deal returns for faculty, staff, and graduate and professional students
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 MoreAug 18, 2025
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Founders Walk embraces new Vanderbilt students; emphasizes community, common purpose and collaboration
Founders Walk, an annual tradition at Vanderbilt that celebrates the moment that first-year, transfer and Next Steps students officially begin their journey as members of the Vanderbilt University community, took place on Aug. 17, concluding Move-In Weekend. A magical scene awaited students, with a grand entrance marked for each Commons house amid twinkling lights woven through the lawn’s elms and oaks and melodic strains from a string quartet. Read MoreAug 18, 2025
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Vanderbilt begins search for next dean of Arts and Science, names committee
Provost and Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs C. Cybele Raver has launched a global search for the next dean of the Vanderbilt University College of Arts and Science, who will begin their appointment in the 2026–27 academic year. Dean Timothy P. McNamara has announced his decision to step down from the deanship at the end of his term on June 30, 2026, and return to the faculty. Read MoreAug 18, 2025
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Vandy in Hollywood connects Vanderbilt to the heart of the entertainment industry
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 MoreAug 14, 2025
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Vanderbilt University expands public programming in NYC with Fall 2025 Faculty Lecture Series
Building on the success of its inaugural public programming in Chelsea, Vanderbilt University today announced the next chapter of its faculty lecture series at Vanderbilt University - New York City. This fall, the university will invite New Yorkers and the Vanderbilt community to explore the intersections of music and spirituality and the mutual influence of technology and education through two public events: “Divine Rhythms: Jazz and the Sacred” on September 25 and “AI and the Future of the American University” on November 13. Read MoreAug 14, 2025
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Get to know Vanderbilt’s residential faculty: Jesús G. Ruiz
Learn more about Prof. Jesús Ruiz and his family and why he's excited to be faculty head of Moore College. Read MoreAug 14, 2025
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Get to know Vanderbilt’s residential faculty: Gilbert Gonzales
See the top songs on Gilbert Gonzales's playlist and learn why he wanted to be a faculty head of house. Read MoreAug 14, 2025
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Fall Faculty Assembly will be in person on Aug. 28
Chancellor Daniel Diermeier, Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs C. Cybele Raver and the Faculty Senate will celebrate faculty achievements and provide key university updates at the 2025 Fall Faculty Assembly on Thursday, Aug. 28. Read MoreAug 14, 2025
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A. James & Alice B. Clark Foundation invests $16.5M to enhance impact at School of Engineering
In a powerful capstone to its legacy, the A. James & Alice B. Clark Foundation is investing an additional $16.5 million in Vanderbilt’s School of Engineering and the Clark Scholars Program—building on a transformational partnership that began with the program’s founding in 2017. The Clark Foundation’s generosity also fuels Vanderbilt’s historic Dare to Grow fundraising campaign Read MoreAug 14, 2025
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Get to know Vanderbilt’s residential faculty: Justin Quarry
Learn about the newest faculty head of house and his special ties to Vanderbilt long before he became a professor. Read MoreAug 13, 2025
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Yusef Lateef Symposium at Vanderbilt’s Blair School of Music to feature jazz luminaries, showcase Heard Libraries collection
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 MoreAug 13, 2025
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Heard Libraries exhibit explores the bold history of the manifesto
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 MoreAug 13, 2025
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Heard Libraries complete digitization of Lamar Alexander Papers, making vital political history more widely accessible
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 MoreAug 13, 2025
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Hayes, Nagarajan and Costanzo win 2025 Cell Imaging Shared Resource Life Is Beautiful Image Contest
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 MoreAug 13, 2025
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The A&S College Core: redefining undergraduate education
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 MoreAug 13, 2025
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The Curb Center welcomes five new Curb Scholars
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 MoreAug 13, 2025
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Everything you need to know about Move-In 2025
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 MoreAug 11, 2025
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Get to know Vanderbilt’s residential faculty: Jesse Spencer-Smith
Get to know Jesse Spencer-Smith's favorite food, books, music and why he's excited to be faculty head of Sutherland House on the Ingram Commons. Read MoreAug 11, 2025
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New York State attorney general approves Vanderbilt’s lease deal for NYC Campus
Vanderbilt University has announced that the New York State attorney general has granted the approval necessary to close on the lease of its new campus in New York City. The approval is an important milestone in the agreement between Vanderbilt and the General Theological Seminary that enables Vanderbilt to operate on the historic block in the heart of the Chelsea neighborhood. Read MoreAug 11, 2025
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Vanderbilt Volleyball Match 1 is Aug. 29
After 45 years, Vanderbilt Volleyball is back and you’re invited to witness history on Aug. 29 at Match 1! Join us as we take on Nashville neighbor Belmont at 7 p.m. on Wyatt Lawn on the university’s campus. Read MoreAug 8, 2025