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A team comprising Assistant Professor of Psychology André Bastos, Associate Professor of Psychology and Associate Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences Alexander Maier and Ph.D. candidate Jacob A. Westerberg is among three international research teams that have won the opportunity to pursue their exploration of brain function at the Allen Brain Observatory. Read More

Mosquito-borne diseases like malaria represent an ongoing global health crisis of (literally) biblical proportions. LJ Zwiebel has identified the biological factors that help female mosquitos mate, suck blood and sense environmental threats. Est. reading time: 1.5 mins. Read More

Peabody College doctoral students Stacy Jer and Diana Khan have been awarded 2022 David L. Boren Fellowships to support the completion of their doctoral studies, and rising sophomore Shaun Karakkattu has been named an alternate for the Boren Scholarship. Read More

The Vanderbilt Eye Institute will host a pop-up trunk show at Vanderbilt Health One Hundred Oaks on Friday, June 10, from 12:30 to 4 p.m. The event will be held in the first-floor conference room under the escalators at Entrance D. Read More

The prime-time achievements of famed television producer Norman Lear, China’s modernization, memory and the brain, and art in the context of societal change are among the topics offered this summer by the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Vanderbilt. Read More

The Vanderbilt Farmers’ Market is back. Join us on Medical Center Plaza every Thursday from 1:30 to 5 p.m. Read More

Freshman student-athlete Gordon Sargent won a four-man playoff Monday at the Grayhawk Golf Club in Scottsdale, Arizona, to claim the NCAA men's golf national title. Read More

Research Development and Support‘s tailored services for developing and broadening sponsorship funding are part of a cohesive strategy to support faculty pursuing competitive research proposals from a range of external sponsors, including federal, state and local governments, industry partners and nonprofits. Read More

Fourteen Vanderbilt students and recent alumni were awarded the Critical Language Scholarship by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs during the 2021–22 academic year. The CLS program seeks to expand the number of Americans studying and mastering critical foreign languages. Read More

Sponsored Programs Administration, within the Office of the Vice Provost for Research, continues to support the Vanderbilt research community’s transition to the Vanderbilt Electronic Research Administration system through the VERA training page, FAQs page, the dissemination of training materials and regularly scheduled training sessions. Read More

Vanessa Beasley, BA’88, vice provost for academic affairs and dean of residential faculty, will step down on June 30 to become the next president of Trinity University in San Antonio. Read More

Dreaming. Connecting. These themes run through outgoing Dean of the Vanderbilt School of Medicine Basic Sciences Larry Marnett’s life. They have powered his five-plus decades of research and his progressively more complex roles in academic leadership. Read More

The integration of cinema and science is at the foundation of Vanderbilt University professor Daniel Levin’s research. Levin teaches Film and Psychology in addition to other classes that examine how cognitive science and the arts collide.  Read More

The Vanderbilt University Education and Brain Sciences Research Laboratory (EBRL) is seeking individuals between the ages of 8 and 20 years old, with or without a diagnosis of Neurofibromatosis Type 1 (NF-1), for a research study that seeks to learn more about how children and adolescents who struggle with reading can learn to become good readers. Read More

Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs C. Cybele Raver, Vice Provost for Research Padma Raghavan and Vice Provost for University Enrollment Affairs Douglas Christiansen joined others to celebrate the successful implementation of the Vanderbilt Electronic Research Administration system May 24 at the Student Life Center. Read More

HR Employee Learning and Engagement will offer a new learning series this summer: “Psychological Safety Beyond the Buzzword: A Practical 4-Part Series for Teams.” The series offers an inside look at how managers, leaders and their teams can enhance team culture. Read More

James Muchira, assistant professor of nursing, shares how he came to the Vanderbilt School of Nursing and how his experience as a researcher in Kenya transferred to Nashville.  Read More

In a sign that malaise over rising inflation and stressors related to pandemic recovery could be influencing Tennesseans’ attitudes toward elected leaders, support for President Joe Biden and Gov. Bill Lee has dropped among registered voters, according to the most recent statewide Vanderbilt Poll. Read More

Chancellor Daniel Diermeier paid tribute to Vanderbilt staff’s “spirit of continual growth” and their role in advancing the university's educational mission during his remarks at the fourth annual staff assembly on May 23. Read More

The Vanderbilt Graduate School has recognized outstanding research among Ph.D. candidates across the university in 2021–22 through the nomination and awarding of endowed scholarship funding. Read More