Releases

The eminent astronomer David Weedman, who is a Nashville native and graduate of Vanderbilt, will be delivering a free public lecture on Tuesday evening, May 27. Read More

Plans for the Monroe Carell Children's Hospital will highlight a kickoff event for the Eve of Janus Ball on Sunday, June 1, 2 p.m.-4 p.m., in the lobby of the Frances Williams Preston Building on the Vanderbilt campus. Read More

Tort reform has come to Washington, D.C. with a vengeance. Congress, with the White House's blessing, has begun to propose a dizzying array of federal laws designed to change the way lawsuits are handled in the 50 states. Read More

The newly created Center for the Americas at Vanderbilt will provide innovative perspectives on American history, culture and society by bringing together a powerful group of scholars whose research and teaching cuts across the political and geographical boundaries of North, Central and South America. Read More

Dale A. Johnson and Dennis C. Dickerson have been elected president and president elect of the American Society of Church History. This is the first time someone from Vanderbilt has served in this role for the national organization and the first time faculty from one university have served back-to-back terms. Read More

Imagine a single, star-like object that burns with as much energy as billions of stars in hundreds of galaxies combined. Such objects exist. They are called quasars and are just one of the nearly unimaginable astronomical objects that eminent astronomer David Weedman will describe in the free public lecture, “Seyfert Galaxies, Quasars and the Edge of the Universe.”, on May 27. Read More

Sound and text of Chancellor Gordon Gee's Commencement address Read More

Vanderbilt's top scholars in nine undergraduate and professional schools received Founder's Medals during Commencement exercises on May 9. Read More

Vanderbilt’s Peabody College honored alumnus Hal R. Ramer, of Nashville, with its Lifetime Service Award at the College’s commencement ceremony Friday, May 9. He is the first recipient of the award. Read More

Peabody College honored H. Dean Propst, chancellor emeritus of the University System of Georgia, with its 2003 Distinguished Alumnus Award during commencement Friday, May 9. Read More

Approximately 2,400 students, including one of the largest undergraduate classes in the history of Vanderbilt, will receive diplomas at the University’s Commencement May 9 on Alumni Lawn. Read More

The recent rainstorms have forced Vanderbilt to move its main Commencement ceremony from Alumni Lawn to Memorial Gym Friday, May 9. Read More

Approximately 2,400 students will receive diplomas at Vanderbilt’s graduation exercises Friday, May 9. Read More

Mary L. Schapiro, vice chairman of the National Association of Securities Dealers and president of its Regulatory Policy and Oversight Division, will deliver the keynote address to the graduating class of the Owen Graduate School of Management at Commencement exercises on May 9. Read More

New findings provide evidence of a Trojan Horse-like mechanism whereby HIV infiltrates the immune system undetected and then exploits the system to promote its own survival. Read More

Opinion piece for Christian Science Monitor by Rick Chappell, director of Science Research Communications Read More

Faculty leaders from all 12 Southeastern Conference schools are gathering for the first time this week at Vanderbilt to discuss the role of academics in intercollegiate athletics. Read More

Studies are examining whether expressive writing sessions can make a difference in emotional and physical health of patients with chronic illnesses- specifically patients with HIV, diabetes, and people looking for a way to stop smoking. Read More

The community is invited to bring a picnic, blankets and friends to the first evening of "Music on the Mountain," featuring Baldassari, Schaufer and Taylor Sunday, April 27 at 6 p.m. Read More

A heart surgeon who broke the color barrier at the Vanderbilt School of Medicine, the board chairman of a distinguished research institute, magazine editor, business executive from Nashville, graduating Vanderbilt senior and retired CEO are the newest members of the Vanderbilt Board of Trust. Read More