Releases

No matter what angle you look at it from, Vanderbilt's campus is a sight to behold! This week our favorite #vandygram goes to @casey_care_again for this great shot taken across West End. 🤩 Read More

Cellular soldiers created using the body’s own defenses can track down and kill escaping cancer cells during surgeries, preventing metastasis and saving lives, a Vanderbilt University biomedical engineer has discovered, particularly in cases of triple negative breast cancer. Read More

Peabody College faculty will be among a cohort of experts to produce reports on key leadership issues in K-12 education. Read More

A computer model of forces exerted by cells during development of a fertilized egg into a fruit fly larvae holds promise to help scientists understand the morphogenesis of organisms that are much more complicated. Shane Hutson, professor of physics and biological sciences and chair of the Department of… Read More

“They are behaving like animals, and that’s a link between them and what we recognize as animals," says paleontologist Simon A.F. Darroch. Read More

The automatic stumble response, so natural for most people, is virtually impossible for those who use prosthetic legs, simply because even state-of-the-art prosthetics cannot adapt to stumbling. Read More

Doctors formerly had to extract the malaria parasite’s DNA first, virtually impossible to do in rural, low-resource areas. Read More

A Vanderbilt University electrical engineer has combining her research on low-cost, nanostructured thin films with a device most American adults already own to create a diagnostic tool. Read More

We love seeing our Vanderbilt family reunite all over the world, which is why this week our favorite #vandygram goes to @heikimiki for this shot of the Vanderbilt University Alumni Association Japan Chapter's annual gathering in Tokyo! Read More

This week our favorite #vandygram goes to @vanderbilthistoricalreview for this awesome throwback commemorating our @VandyBoys' SEC win. This shot is from 1895, and you can see Benson Hall in the background! Read More

For this installment of the student-athlete series, we take a look at three Class of 2019 seniors. Read More

The team, one of the first in the world to examine the ability’s origins, used a small CT scanner to look inside a 30-million-year-old ear bone fossil from a specimen resembling Olympicetus avitus. Read More

Seasonal light exposure during pregnancy had effects on serotonin and depression that persisted into adulthood in mice. Read More

In celebration of #VU2019, we're sharing some of our favorite posts on Instagram (so far!). Continue to share your graduation photos on Instagram using #VU2019, and follow us at @vanderbiltu for all the commencement fun! Read More

For the experiment, the team put seven different cars from two manufacturers on a rural highway and simulated actual driving conditions. Read More

This week our favorite #vandygram goes to @laurenkhamrick for this great shot outside Kirkland Hall. She thinks this spot makes for the perfect #vandygram, and we agree! 😉 Read More

On Tuesday, April 16, Vanderbilt University Police responded to a report of anti-Semitic vandalism at the Central Library. Read More

Rama Kumaran initially intended to study both science and flute when he came to Vanderbilt. He says he didn’t come expecting to know everything. “But I expected to do everything," he says. Read More

The finding gives a boost to the field of metabolomics, the next big thing in fighting cancer. It can complement immunotherapies, which use the body’s natural defenses to kill cancer cells. Read More

This week our favorite #vandygram goes to @abbyjean909, who shared this AMAZING embroidery of the famous Kirkland Hall. We honestly have no words for this incredible work of art! 👏🏻 Read More