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Class of 2023: Read about Bangkok, Thailand native Pai Masavisut and how he tackles the challenging academic concentration of prison and carceral studies at Vanderbilt Divinity School.  Read More

Hartman researched and developed a thesis for his Immersion Vanderbilt degree requirement while in Geneva, Switzerland. Read More

Class of 2023: Grace Locke’s desire to better understand the immigration system and people fleeing their homelands, along with her gift for multiple languages, has uniquely positioned the political science and Spanish double major to make an impact.  Read More

Class of 2023: The day Vanessa Ajeh was born in a Nigerian hospital, both she and her mother almost died due to the hospital’s lack of advanced medical resources and training for its staff. That terrifying start to her life is the touchstone propelling Ajeh, a medicine, health and society and Spanish double major, to be a changemaker in her community and pursue a future career in neonatal medicine. Read More

Class of 2023: Lucy Kim came from South Korea with the goal of earning a Ph.D. in English. Read about the powerful impact she's had while helping hundreds of students find their voice at Vanderbilt’s Writing Studio. Read More

Legendary German ambassador, the first to serve in a united Germany since 1941 and the facilitator of President Ronald Reagan’s “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall” speech, has been named Vanderbilt University Distinguished Ambassador in Residence. Read More

The department of cell and developmental biology will continue its seminar series this May. On May 1, Dr. Pascal Kaeser presents: “Mechanisms and Roles of Fast Dopamine Signaling," and Dr. Jason Spence presents: “Interrogating stem cell niches during human development" on May 8. Read More

The STIR Lab at Vanderbilt University is seeking adolescents, age 13-18, for a remote research study involving social media and online safety. Survey participants must have access to a computer with video calling capabilities; parental consent is required for participation.  Read More

From hosting a mobile food pantry to the Empty Bowls studio art project to food drives sponsored by Vanderbilt Student Government or the University Staff Advisory Council, the Vanderbilt community has engaged with Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee in myriad ways over the past decade.   Read More

Dr. André L. Churchwell will step down as vice chancellor for outreach, inclusion and belonging and chief diversity officer at the university effective June 30, 2023, and transition to a new role within the Office of the Chancellor as senior advisor on inclusion and community outreach. Read More

The Vanderbilt Kennedy Center Lectures on Development and Developmental Disabilities will host 'Empathy and Morality Should Not Be Conflated,' a lecture that integrates evolutionary theory, neuroscience, psychology and behavioral economics to demonstrate how various social and situational factors unconsciously and rapidly modulate empathy. The lecture will take place on Thursday, May 4, from noon - 1 p.m.; a limited number of boxed lunches (first come, first served) will be provided - please register to attend. Read More

Watch highlights from the launch celebration of Dare to Grow, a $3.2 billion comprehensive campaign that will fuel Vanderbilt’s ambition to be the great university of the 21st century. Read More

Educational as well as beautiful, Vanderbilt’s arboretum is 150 years in the making. Read More

The Department of Computer Science will host a showcase of student artwork co-created with artificial intelligence on Tuesday, May 2, from 3 to 5 p.m. The event will be at the fourth-floor Computer Science space at the Sony Building, 1400 18th Ave. S. Read More

As Vanderbilt University dares to grow while observing its Sesquicentennial this year, the campus welcomes a new tree to mark the occasion. The Bur Oak is the first part of a robust plan to plant more trees in honor of Vanderbilt’s 150th anniversary. Read More

Students from seven Tennessee colleges and universities submitted poems exploring “What unity through American democracy means to me” for the second annual poetry contest sponsored by the Vanderbilt Project on Unity & American Democracy. The judges selected Vanderbilt senior Sophie Kaiser’s poem as the winner. Read More

The Department of Cell and Developmental Biology at Vanderbilt University will host the fourth annual Cell Dynamics Symposium May 18-19. Read More

The Global Scholars in Residence program is accepting applications for scholar visits during the 2023–24 academic year. Apply by May 26. Read More

Renowned marketing expert Thomas J. Steenburgh, a senior associate dean at the University of Virginia, has been named the new dean of the Owen Graduate School of Management. Read More

Vanderbilt has been invited to participate in the V Foundation 2023 Pediatric Cancer Research Grant Program, with special focus topic “Therapeutic Resistance.” Read More