Releases

You’ve probably heard that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Vanderbilt researchers have discovered why that adage holds weight—especially for the one in nine adults worldwide living with diabetes. Read More

Behind every major breakthrough is an investment that made it possible. Hear from Chancellor Faculty Fellows on how that support changed helped them to make a difference. Read More

Vanderbilt's Welcome Week was celebrated on two campuses this year: Nashville and the newly opened Vanderbilt University–New York City. It was a moment that marked the first step in a vision to broaden Vanderbilt’s reach beyond its Nashville roots with a bold plan: to become a single university spanning multiple major cities, where each campus brings its own strengths and connections into a single, connected network. Read More

See how Vanderbilt celebrated the historic opening of its New York City campus with a unique welcome week that could only happen in the Big Apple! Read More

James Cracraft, Ana Christina da Silva Iddings, Tatiana Peredo and Norbert Ross have four distinct research agendas, but they share a common goal: closing the distance between people. They are living Vanderbilt's commitment to radical collaboration across borders as Fulbright U.S. Scholar award recipients. Read More

Kickoff event for the Dare to Grow campaign (Vanderbilt University) Vanderbilt University’s historic Dare to Grow campaign concluded June 30, 2026, with $4.5 billion in donor support—fueled by a record-breaking $757 million raised in the campaign’s final year, a 350 percent increase in annual fundraising performance since 2021, and… Read More

by Jennifer Kiilerich The National Association for Gifted Children awarded Gabriella Noreen, a doctoral student in quantitative methods; David Lubinski, Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor of Psychology Emeritus and professor emeritus of psychology and human development; and Camilla Benbow, Patricia and Rodes Hart Dean of Education and Human Development;… Read More

Vanderbilt Associate Professor Norbert Ross’ theater work has taken him across Latin America, including to Chile and Argentina. (Submitted photo) Norbert Ross isn’t your typical cultural anthropologist. When he’s out in the field in places like Mexico, El Salvador, Argentina and Chile, the associate professor of anthropology in the… Read More

The 2026–27 academic year begins with two important faculty events: the first Faculty Senate meeting of the year on Thursday, Aug. 27, and the Fall Faculty Assembly on Thursday, Sept. 3.  Read More

Dr. Michael Matheny is passionate about combining AI technologies with a human touch. See how he’s helping improve patient care and protecting patients with implanted medical devices. Read More

Check out this list to find out all the things you've got to try here at Vanderbilt! Read More

Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs C. Cybele Raver has been named president-designate of the University of Michigan and will transition out of her role at Vanderbilt later this fall. She will begin her new role as president of Michigan on Dec. 1. Read More

Vanderbilt’s Center for Technology Transfer and Commercialization closed out fiscal 2025 with a record number of invention disclosures and one of its busiest years for licensing. In FY26, the team raised the bar even higher. In FY26, CTTC processed 267 new invention disclosures, a 16 percent increase over the previous year’s 231. That back-to-back growth signals that Vanderbilt’s high-performance innovation engine is accelerating.   Read More

Following the June release of the 2026 Tennessee Educator Survey results, the Tennessee Education Research Alliance (TERA) at Vanderbilt Peabody College of education and human development is publishing a series of briefs and snapshots throughout late summer and fall exploring what Tennessee educators said about some of… Read More

Recently published books by Vanderbilt alumni authors Read More

By Jennifer Kiilerich From July 27-31, Vanderbilt Peabody College of education and human development welcomed Staff Excellence Fellows (SEF) from the American University of Iraq-Baghdad’s new Center for the Advancement of Higher Education in Iraq (CAHEI). The visit was an inflection point in the collaboration between Peabody and AUIB… Read More

Vanderbilt University and Vanderbilt Health departments now have another option for purchasing officially licensed Vanderbilt merchandise. The Vanderbilt Bookstore (Follett Higher Education) is now available as an Internal Campus Supplier of licensed merchandise, enabling purchases through each organization’s standard procurement process. Read More

By Jennifer Kiilerich In a Hillsboro High School science lab in Nashville, Tennessee, a group of teens from Metro Nashville Public Schools spent their summer exploring whether filtration with peanuts could aid in creating safe, sustainable water for Ugandan communities. Despite about 7,000 miles between the locales, that work… Read More

Jackson “Jack” Watts Moore, JD’73, passed away on July 18, 2026. A long-serving member of the Vanderbilt University Board of Trust, Jack was a friend and adviser to countless members of the university community and a lifelong supporter of the university and of Vanderbilt Law School. Read More