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The program offers the Vanderbilt community an educational opportunity to learn about the business operations of the university and the higher education landscape. Applications are open March 17–April 30. Read More

AlertVU is used at Vanderbilt to alert all students, faculty and staff in the event of an emergency that poses an imminent threat or danger to the Vanderbilt community. AlertVU notifications are always delivered to the user’s Vanderbilt email address, and users may also elect to receive notifications via mobile phone (voice or text), landline or a personal email address.  Read More

A reimagined space at the Peabody Library will provide student, faculty and staff groups on campus a serene setting in which to meditate, reflect and practice mindfulness. Read More

In this thought-provoking fourth episode of Quantum Potential, Vanderbilt University Provost C. Cybele Raver hosts renowned developmental psychologist David Yeager, professor of psychology at the University of Texas at Austin, co-founder of the Texas Behavioral Science and Policy Institute, and author of 10 to 25: The Science of Motivating Young People, for a closer look at how older adults can connect with and empower the next generation. Read More

Vanderbilt University may submit one application to the June 2025 cycle of the Conservation, Food and Health Foundation (CFH) Grants program. Read More

Vanderbilt (VU + VUMC, collaboratively) may choose up to two nominees for the V Foundation 2025 Pediatric Cancer Research Grant Program: one V Scholar OR Translational nominee and one All-Star nominee. Read More

Our world is constantly evolving, and the ability to embrace the disruption that arises from change can be the key to unlocking new opportunities and achieving personal growth. That’s the premise behind Disrupt Everything, a new book by acclaimed author and Vanderbilt alum James Patterson and associate professor Patrick Leddin. Together, the authors will discuss the idea behind positive disruption during a book event at Langford Auditorium on March 26 at 7 p.m. Read More

On Tuesday, March 4—likely the breeziest day of the year—more than 300 students gathered on Alumni Lawn for a pre-spring break event hosted by Vanderbilt Student Affairs. The lunchtime event promoted student wellness and helped them de-stress from midterms. Read More

Chancellor Daniel Diermeier and the Faculty Senate will celebrate faculty achievements and provide key university updates at the 2025 Spring Faculty Assembly on Thursday, April 3.  Many of the university’s highest honors will be presented during the in-person gathering, which will be at 4:10 p.m. in the Student Life Center Ballroom. Additionally, faculty who have served Vanderbilt for 25 years will be recognized.   Read More

Nearly 150 parent and alumni leaders gathered on campus Feb. 28 and March 1 for Vanderbilt’s eighth annual Volunteer Leadership Weekend. Attendees of the weekend events included representatives from many alumni and parent groups across the university. Read More

The PCG Lab will serve as a hub for innovative scholarship, resources, and student learning opportunities in the emerging field of private climate governance. Led by renowned Vanderbilt environmental law scholars, the Lab provides feasible solutions to private actors – ranging from individuals to corporations, financial institutions, religious organizations, and advocacy groups – that can effectively contribute to climate change mitigation and adaptation efforts. Read More

Vanderbilt University’s College of Connected Computing has received a transformational $25 million commitment from trustee John Arnold, BA’95, and his wife, Laura Arnold, to provide foundational support for the college’s faculty leadership, teaching and initiatives that fuel real-world impact. Read More

As part of the Curb Center’s spring programming theme “Art and Democracy,” painter Robert Shetterly will be visiting Vanderbilt courses and giving a talk with senior lecturer Jack Crawford during the week of March 17. Read More

Vanderbilt University may submit up to five applications to the 2025 Incyte Ingenuity Awards in graft-versus-host-disease. Read More

See how a group of Vanderbilt student storytellers are weaving AI and imagination to inspire transformational change. Read More

Smiles, hugs and a few tears filled the room at the Martin Professional Development Center on Feb. 27 as seniors from zoned and magnet Metro Nashville Public Schools celebrated admission to Vanderbilt and induction into the inaugural cohort of the Nashville Vanderbilt Scholars Program.  Read More

Vanderbilt Law School has received a gift from the Anbridge Charitable Fund to endow the creation of The Gail Anderson Cañizares Innocence Clinic, which will support the exoneration of wrongfully convicted individuals in Tennessee while providing students with hands-on case experience. The clinic, which will function as a course available to 2L and 3L students, launches in the 2026 spring semester and will coordinate with the Tennessee Innocence Project to source cases. Read More

In the third episode of the Quantum Potential podcast, Provost C. Cybele Raver welcomes chemist Brian Bachmann, who is the principal investigator for the Vanderbilt Laboratory for Biosynthetic Studies. Read More

All faculty are invited to attend the March 6 Faculty Senate meeting and hear from Vice Provost Padma Raghavan, Vice Chancellor J. Nathan Green and Associate Provost Alan Wiseman regarding research funding and university relations. Senators will vote on two resolutions as well. The meeting begins at 4:10 on the second floor of the Faculty Commons Building at 1101 19th Ave. S.  Read More

The Vanderbilt Kennedy Center invites parents/caregivers and their infant (~6-12 months old) to participate in a music class/parent education opportunity. Read More