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Campus Dining announces the reopening of Local Java, effective March 1. The popular coffee shop was closed during COVID-19 restrictions and has been challenged with staffing shortages into the current academic year. Read More

Benjamin Thomas Jordan Jr., associate professor of the practice of engineering management, died Feb. 21 in Nashville following a brief illness. He was 79. Jordan was an active faculty member in the Division of General Engineering and had been teaching three engineering management courses this semester. Read More

The Vanderbilt Evolutionary Studies Initiative welcomes image forensics detective Elisabeth Bik for the inaugural J.T. Scopes virtual lecture. The lecture series highlights the work of high-profile scientists that speak truth to power and defend science. Read More

Ebony Omotola McGee, professor of diversity and STEM education at Vanderbilt Peabody College of education and human development, calls for the dominant culture in STEM fields to step up to provide remedies for dismantling racism in her editorial, “Dismantle racism in science.”  Read More

Kimberly Welch, associate professor of history and assistant professor of law at Vanderbilt University, has been awarded a 2022 Dan David Prize. The internationally renowned annual award, headquartered at Tel Aviv University, gives prizes of $300,000 each to nine early- to mid-career history scholars whose outstanding contributions expand knowledge of the past, enrich society in the present and promise to improve the future of the world.   Read More

Many students are using online options to catch up during COVID-19, but questions remain about how well these online credit recovery approaches are working. Carolyn Heinrich, Patricia and Rodes Hart Professor of Public Policy and Education, offers her perspective on why credit recovery is taking a new focus during the pandemic.  Read More

Vanderbilt University’s Communications and Marketing team was honored with three Emmy Awards from the Midsouth Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences during the organization’s livestreamed ceremony on Feb. 26. Read More

Melanoma is the fifth most-common type of cancer in the U.S., and according to the American Cancer Society, about half of patients with malignant melanoma have mutations of the BRAF gene. Identification of potential tumor biomarkers such as SOX10 can help physicians better predict outcomes for their patients.  Read More

Alyssa Aloyo, a program manager for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, works on strategic planning, program development and cultivating relationships with others across the university who are committed to equity, inclusion and belonging at Vanderbilt. Read More

Applications are open for two internal funding programs, the Educational Advancement Fund and the Course Improvement Grant, designed to support excellence in the classroom through continued pedagogical advancement and long-term educational transformation. The deadline to submit for the upcoming second round has been extended to Friday, May 20. Read More

The Discovery Sciences Emerging Scholars Lecture series presents Theresa Loveless, UC-Irvine, speaking on “Ordered DNA Writing Enables Lineage Tracing and Analog Recording in Mammalian Cells” on Thursday, March 10. Read More

The Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Flexner Deans’ Lecture Series will present two student lectures on Monday, March 7, at noon in Langford Auditorium. Read More

Vanderbilt University may submit one letter of inquiry as lead institution to the 2022 Creating Equitable Pathways to STEM Graduate Education program from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. Read More

Vanderbilt University may submit only one application to the Bank of America Charitable Foundation Grant Program. Applications may only be submitted for the Economic Mobility Focused on the Needs of the Community Request for Proposals. Read More

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

Audrey K. Bowden, Dorothy J. Wingfield Phillips Chancellor Faculty Fellow and associate professor of biomedical engineering and electrical engineering, has received a 2022 Lewis Latimer Fellowship. The exclusive program offers only six fellowships per class, and fellows are selected through a rigorous nomination process. Read More

Vanderbilt stands in support of all members of the university community impacted by events in Ukraine, especially those with connections to the region, Chancellor Daniel Diermeier writes in a statement, which also details university resources. Read More

Dan Cornfield, professor of sociology, political science and American studies, offers perspective on what’s driving the Great Resignation and what’s next for labor trends in this stage of the COVID-19 pandemic. Read More

As Russia unleashed an assault against Ukraine on Thursday, a panel of Vanderbilt experts brought context to the developments during a virtual event on the escalating conflict and its potential global implications. Read More

Due to ongoing Russian military action, travel to Ukraine by Vanderbilt University faculty, staff or students on university-sponsored or affiliated travel is suspended until further notice, effective immediately. Read More