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For decades, Nashville’s story to the outside world has been deeply rooted in music and the music industry. But across the city in labs, startups and research centers, a different kind of creativity is at work, one that’s measured in patents, prototypes and problems solved—and its story deserves its own moment in the spotlight. Read More

Former Dean of the University of Miami’s College of Engineering and a member of the National Academy of Engineering, Dr. Biswas is globally renowned for his pioneering work in aerosol science. Read More

The day 14-year-old Christos Constantinidis finished reading Asimov’s New Guide to Science, he knew he was going to be a scientist. Today, he studies what’s actually happening in our brains when we’re thinking. Read More

Vanderbilt University today announced plans to establish the Jen-Hsun and Lori Huang College of Art, Architecture and Design as a cornerstone of its San Francisco campus, made possible by a landmark $75 million matching gift from the Huang family. The gift already has generated additional philanthropic support, for a total investment thus far of over $100 million. The new college, led by an academic dean for which a national search has been initiated, will build on the nearly 120-year legacy of the California College of the Arts.  Read More

Looking for new ways to embrace uncertainty and jump into new chapters in your life? Listen to this special summer remix of the Quantum Potential podcast as acclaimed poet Major Jackson explains how poetry can help! Read More

Ege Kavalali, chair of the Department of Pharmacology at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Basic Sciences, wants to know how the billions of cells in our brains talk to each other all day. Read More

See how mostly engineering students used design thinking to create a garment for a world-renowned artist in a premier global art show. Read More

Seven incoming first-year students and two rising sophomores have been selected for the Ingram Scholars Program. They were chosen from among a highly competitive pool of applicants for the prestigious merit scholarship, which is awarded each year to students who demonstrate academic excellence and a strong commitment to service. Read More

Meet the researcher who pioneered ways to protect online medical data and is training the next generation to advance tech in health and protect your privacy. Read More

Adugna Olani, senior lecturer in economics (Vanderbilt University) The Vanderbilt community is mourning the death of Adugna Olani, senior lecturer in economics, who died June 15, 2026, at the age of 45. Olani was a revered professor and mentor who had been teaching at Vanderbilt since 2018. Olani was… Read More

Jad Abumrad, Distinguished Research Professor of Communication of Science and Technology and creator of award-winning series like Radiolab, More Perfect, Dolly Parton’s America and Fela Kuti: Fear No Man, set out in life to be a composer. Perhaps a poet, maybe a fiction writer, but it was music, Abumrad said, that was “running through me constantly.” Read More

Eleven of Vanderbilt University’s most promising recently tenured faculty have been awarded spots in the 2026 Chancellor Faculty Fellows program. This year’s recipients demonstrate exceptional and innovative scholarly achievement. “These scholars represent the next generation of academic leaders, advancing the bold ideas and transformative research that are strengthening Vanderbilt’s… Read More

As a middle school math teacher on Chicago’s South Side, Chezare A. Warren, now associate professor of leadership, policy and organizations at Peabody College and principal investigator of The Possibilities Project, noticed something interesting. Read More

By Jennifer Kiilerich In Vanderbilt’s Magnolia Makerspace on a breezy April morning, the school year was winding down for Roberts Academy for Dyslexia fourth and fifth graders. It was a time of year when young learners might be daydreaming about summer vacations and pool days. But that Tuesday, all… Read More

Bill Ivey, a guitar-playing folklorist who founded and was the first director of the Curb Center for Art, Enterprise and Public Policy at Vanderbilt, as well as former chair of the National Endowment for the Arts and longtime director of the Country Music Foundation, died Nov. 7, 2025, at his home in Nashville. He was 81. Read More

George Eric Core, scholar, editor and writer, died Oct. 14, 2023. He was 84. Read More

Avery Dickins de Girón bridges academic work with the wider Vanderbilt and Nashville communities, ensuring that cultural learning is shared and carried forward. Read More