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A recording of the April 19, 2023 session is now available in Oracle Learning. The session discussed various types of roles, departments and fields within the university; how panelists have navigated career shifts and moves both within and across departments within Vanderbilt; and strategies for growing and developing participant careers.  Read More

New faculty Makayla Cordoza will work with VUMC patients to assess their quality of sleep before and during hospitalization, to better understand how to prevent ICU delirium. Read More

VUPS is issuing this Security Notice to update the Vanderbilt community on additional details regarding the incident that initiated the AlertVU notification on Saturday, Oct. 14, 2023.  Read More

Student Care Network offices, campus partners and student organizations will be in attendance Oct. 26 from 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. to share information about services, engage students in activities and hand out swag. There will be free food, gentle yoga/sound meditation, chair massages and more. This event is open to all Vanderbilt students, faculty and staff. Read More

Vanderbilt University will be well represented at the 2023 Southern Festival of Books: A Celebration of the Written Word, where a significant number of faculty and authors with ties to the university will discuss their works Oct. 18–22. Read More

Vanderbilt (VU and VUMC, collaboratively) may nominate two candidates for the Edward Mallinckrodt, Jr. Foundation Scholar Award Program. Read More

Vanderbilt University may nominate one faculty member in the chemical sciences for the Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Awards Program. Read More

In the Four with a ‘Dore series, we’re getting to know Vanderbilt students four questions at a time. In today's installment, #VU2025’s Ilana Drake is a New York City native double majoring in public policy studies and English with a minor in HOD. Read More

Winborn, Vanderbilt’s all-time leader in tackles for loss, will be recognized at the SEC Championship game in Atlanta at the conclusion of the season. Read More

The Vanderbilt Human Resources’ Employee Learning and Engagement team welcomes 23 leaders from 19 schools and departments to the 13th class of Vanderbilt Leadership Academy. More than 270 faculty and staff members have been part of the program since its inception.  Read More

VUIT's Office of Cybersecurity is hosting a virtual town hall on Oct. 24 as a part of Cybersecurity Awareness Month. Chief Information Officer Jess Evans, along with Chief Information Security Officer Shane Callahan, will share the progress our university’s security program has made over the past year—and what’s coming next. Read More

The Nichols Humanitarian Fund assists students in the creation of a service learning project, and can support students as Immersion Vanderbilt funding. Recipients can conduct projects domestically or in a location the university will sponsor. The reception is an opportunity to celebrate the 2023 Nichols Fund cohort as we launch the application cycle for summer 2024. Read More

Glory Samjolly joins an impressive list of scholars being brought to Vanderbilt by the Global Scholars in Residence program, which was introduced in November 2022 by the Office of the Chancellor. Read More

By Jenna Somers Andres Pinedo How do young people develop an understanding of societal and systemic injustices, and how are they compelled to challenge those injustices? These questions lie at the center of new research published in Child Development that illuminates the interplay between youth participation in community-based… Read More

The Peabody Scholars program gives exceptional undergraduate students at Vanderbilt Peabody College of education and human development the opportunity to contribute to the betterment of society through collaborations with organizations around the world in the form of summer service projects. These projects reflect the program’s larger mission to… Read More

The Fisk-Vanderbilt Master’s-to-Ph.D. Bridge Program, emphasizing multi-messenger astronomy, utilized strategic funding from a Scaling Success Internal Award to secure a $1.7 million NSF grant. This collaborative journey, focusing on inclusive STEM education and innovative training approaches, highlights the power of adaptability and vision in research endeavors. Read More

In 2023, many states made major progress to address poverty, the child care crisis, birth outcomes, and more.   American families are struggling. A national funding cliff is making child care even less affordable and accessible, the Medicaid unwinding means dropped coverage for millions, and child poverty has doubled after… Read More

For the fourth year in a row, Vanderbilt University School of Nursing has won a Higher Education in Excellence in Diversity Award from INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine. The award honors VUSN’s commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion shown through mentorship, education, research and staffing practices. Read More

Darren Reisberg, a highly collaborative and distinguished higher education leader, has been named senior counselor to Vanderbilt Chancellor Daniel Diermeier. In this role, Reisberg will develop and advance strategic initiatives on campus, in the Nashville community and globally on behalf of the university and work with key stakeholders across the institution. Read More

To mark Vanderbilt's Sesquicentennial year, the 100th anniversary of the passing of E.E. Barnard (Vanderbilt Observatory's first director) and the 70th anniversary of Dyer Observatory, Billy Teets, current director of Dyer, offers his advice on how to become as passionate about the stars as Barnard was. Read More