Releases

Novelist Khaled Hosseini wished Vanderbilt graduates "prosperity" in their post-college lives, but suggested they stay connected to suffering in the world by tithing 5 percent of their time or money to those less fortunate. Read More

More than 3,400 students will receive degrees during Vanderbilt’s Commencement ceremonies beginning 9 a.m. May 14 on Alumni Lawn. Here are two of the many extraordinary students in the Class of 2010. Read More

Two Vanderbilt University undergraduates had the rare opportunity to present their research findings on the influence of patronage on presidential appointments and government performance at the 2010 Midwest Political Science Association Conference. Read More

Vanderbilt University is the primary organizer of a film festival in Paris that focuses on the experiences and contributions of blacks in French society. Read More

Khaled Hosseini, author of bestselling books The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns, will receive Vanderbilt University’s prestigious Nichols-Chancellor’s Medal Thursday, May 13, when he will address graduating seniors and their families during Senior Day. Read More

Green printing, paper recycling, reducing plastic bottles and a reusable lunch bag are among the new green initiatives being implemented this year for Vanderbilt University’s Commencement activities. Read More

Nashville activist, scholar and author Tommie Morton-Young will receive the Distinguished Alumna Award from Vanderbilt University’s Peabody College of education and human development during Commencement ceremonies on Friday, May 14. Read More

Nearly 100 students, staff and faculty members, and even families in town for Friday’s commencement will be working in Nashville Tuesday, May 11, helping victims from floods that overtook the area last weekend. Read More

A special online Vanderbilt Flood Relief Fund has been established to get resources directed more efficiently within the university community. Read More

Immortality and uncontrolled cell division are the fundamental differences between cancer cells and normal cells. Read More

Nashville Opera and Vanderbilt Dyer Observatory are joining forces to present a unique evening of operatic music and star-gazing on Saturday, May 15. The concert will begin at 7 p.m. but doors will open at 6. The concert will take place in the observatory’s patio tent and guests are encouraged to bring a picnic basket and beverages. Read More

Tradition and technology will each be a part of Vanderbilt University’s annual Commencement Week activities, which run May 12-14 with the main Commencement ceremony on Friday, May 14. Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos will deliver the traditional Commencement address in a ceremony beginning 9 a.m. on Alumni Lawn. Graduates are invited to tweet their thoughts during the ceremony and a new text messaging service is available for updates on weather, events and other Commencement issues. Read More

As part of Vanderbilt University’s broad efforts to assist in Middle Tennessee’s flood recovery, up to two weeks paid leave is being granted to faculty, staff and trainees whose personal residences were destroyed or otherwise rendered uninhabitable on May 1-2. The paid time off will be over and above accrued vacation or personal time. Read More

Many in the Nashville community have been adversely affected by the flood and are in need of resource items immediately. To help, Vanderbilt University will be hosting a flood relief giveaway of items donated by its employees on Friday, May 7. Read More

While there are still numerous clean up and restoration efforts happening, buildings are up and operational. Read More

Campus officials, faculty and students with final exams on their minds are coming together to bring aid and comfort to members of the Vanderbilt community affected by flooding in Nashville over the weekend. Read More

University officials are monitoring flooding in the Nashville area. Vanderbilt has created a special website to update information as we get it about the flooding and other inclement weather affecting the Nashville area. Please check it frequently here. Read More

Although Robert Scherrer, chair of the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Vanderbilt University, is a highly regarded cosmologist and an award-winning teacher, the American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) has selected him as the 2010 recipient of its Klopsteg Memorial Award based on his work as a published science fiction writer. Read More

A Vanderbilt University professor whose expertise is medieval and Renaissance European history has been named a 2010 Fellow by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Read More

The latest research on the nation’s key K-12 and higher education issues, from No Child Left Behind to charter schools to higher education funding, will be presented by Vanderbilt University Peabody College researchers April 30-May 4 at the American Educational Research Foundation annual conference in Denver, Colo. Read More