Releases

Nearly 700 higher education students representing 92 nations and 42 U.S. states gained expertise and inspiration from influential leaders to improve lives during the Clinton Global Initiative University 2023 annual meeting, hosted by Vanderbilt University March 3–5. Read More

The Margaret Cuninggim Women's Center is celebrating Women’s History Month by partnering with the Community Resource Center to collect period products for donation throughout Middle Tennessee. Collection bins have been placed across campus, and there will be a "packing party" March 31. Read More

A mental health battle with internet addiction and the ruinous effects of unfiltered social media nearly ravaged a talented entrepreneur while she was a student at Vanderbilt. But Larissa May, BA’16, has turned her healing journey into an influential, youth-based digital advocacy and empowerment platform, #HalfTheStory. May returned to Vanderbilt March 4 to speak as part of the Clinton Global Initiative University annual meeting. Read More

Vanderbilt professor Renã Robinson discusses the state of supporting Black professionals in STEM and how partners are critical to advancing equity, diversity, and inclusion efforts in STEM for academic and corporate organizations. Read More

Lauren Malachowski and Kathryn Humphreys When a parent needs to cook dinner or take a shower, often they will place their baby in a bouncy seat, swing, exersaucer, or similar seating device intended to protect the baby and grant a degree of independence to both the parent and infant. For… Read More

Maria A. Ressa, an internationally acclaimed journalist who has endured political threats and government arrests for her commitment to truth and democracy, will receive Vanderbilt University’s prestigious Nichols-Chancellor’s Medal when she speaks to the university’s graduating students and their families during 2023 Commencement activities. Read More

Kathleen Fuchs Hritz, an experienced higher education administrator with an extensive background in nonprofit management and community building, has joined the Vanderbilt Division of Government and Community Relations as senior director of community relations. Read More

The Wond’ry, Vanderbilt’s Innovation Center, has launched the Climate Innovation Accelerator program. Nashville small businesses and nonprofits will be matched with Vanderbilt, TSU and Fisk students and business mentors to develop climate-ready and future-fit business solutions. Read More

Vanderbilt University has announced the creation of the Vanderbilt Policy Accelerator for Political Economy and Regulation, a $6 million effort to advance research, education and ideas. The Vanderbilt Policy Accelerator is part of Discovery Vanderbilt, a groundbreaking initiative to bolster innovative research and education at the university. Read More

A clinical patient encounter led two Medical Innovators Development Program students to develop a potentially life-saving technology through an industry immersion experience with GE HealthCare. Read More

All Vanderbilt faculty are invited to attend the next Faculty Senate meeting scheduled for Thursday, March 2, from 4:10 to 5:30 p.m. Voting members (elected senators and deans) are expected to attend in person on the second floor of the Faculty Commons Building.   Read More

When Somto Dimobi Okoye, BE’19, was growing up in Lagos, Nigeria, her mother would open their home to people who needed help—instilling a philosophy of building strength and community through a tightly woven support system. Okoye continues that philosophy by creating ways to help colleagues and Vanderbilt students realize and exercise their full potential. Read More

Vanderbilt professors Abhishek Dubey, Jonathan Brunger, and Carlos Silvera Batista have won National Science Foundation CAREER Awards. The prestigious five-year award honors early career faculty who have the potential to serve as role models in research and education and lead advances in their fields. Read More

A new digital suggestion box is open for ideas from creative university staff members seeking to solve issues they have experienced with systems or processes in their work. The Wond’ry is leading “50 Ideas, 50 Solutions in 50 Days: Innovating for the Next 150 Years of Vanderbilt University.” Read More

Vanderbilt professor Sruthi Thatchenkery addresses the complexity of competition and innovation in platform ecosystems with new research. Read More

Four researchers from Vanderbilt University’s Peabody College of education and human development are among those named to Education Week's 2023 Edu-Scholar Public Influence Rankings, an annual list of education researchers who have demonstrated the greatest influence over educational policy and practice. Read More

China’s modernization, “passion and fashion” in 19th-century Paris, singing in a musical ensemble, and steps to writing a memoir. Registration is now open for these and other engaging courses offered by the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Vanderbilt for spring 2023. Read More

Vanderbilt researcher Amanda Lea, along with a global team of experts, has discovered new pathways of natural selection in humans. Read More

The Future of Work initiative is moving full speed ahead to elevate the Vanderbilt staff experience with a new committee focused on three key areas: employee recognition, orientation and onboarding, and performance management. Read More

The Wond’ry is working with IBM to equip Vanderbilt community members with no-cost STEM education and career readiness resources through IBM SkillsBuild, a no-cost education program focused on underrepresented communities, that helps develop valuable new skills and equitable access to career opportunities in technology fields. Read More