Releases
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Vanderbilt faculty honored for excellence in research and service; celebration rescheduled for Faculty Senate meeting
Nashville’s tumultuous spring weather upended plans for an in-person faculty assembly on April 3. Fortunately, faculty will still have an opportunity to connect with colleagues and congratulate the 10 spring award winners during the May 1 Faculty Senate meeting. Read MoreApr 24, 2025
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Sevilla to step down as vice provost for career advancement and engagement
Alex Sevilla, vice provost for career advancement and engagement, announced his plans to step down from his role, effective June 30. Associate Vice Chancellor and Chief of Staff in the Office of the Provost Kosha Tucker will oversee the Office of Career Advancement and Engagement in an interim capacity during the transition. Read MoreApr 24, 2025
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CLASS OF 2025: Brilliance with balance for engineering major Evelyn Marx
Learn more about Class of 2025 engineering student Evelyn Marx's work with the Department of Defense and one of her most fun memories of Vanderbilt. Read MoreApr 23, 2025
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CLASS OF 2025: Jack Roberts Jue builds bridges between schools and policymakers
Jack Roberts Jue grew up with educational opportunities that fed his curiosity and nurtured his love of learning—opportunities he shared as a high school English and history teacher in a low-income school system. But it was the stark disparity of resources for students that propelled Roberts Jue to focus the… Read MoreApr 21, 2025
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CLASS OF 2025: Jessica Quintos Day leads through service
While the chaos of the COVID-19 pandemic sent most people into quarantine, doctor of medicine candidate Jessica Quintos Day was on the front lines, assisting in a California emergency room as a medical scribe while an undergraduate. It was that tenuous time that demanded multiple levels of collaboration, which ultimately… Read MoreApr 21, 2025
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WATCH: Class of 2025 students are carving bold paths for the future
Vanderbilt is passionate about supporting and inspiring a new kind of leader. Meet three members of the Class of 2025 carving unique paths to make the world better. Read MoreApr 21, 2025
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CLASS OF 2025: Sarah Marvin, compassionate ally
Read how track and field student athlete Sarah Marvin is creating community. Read MoreApr 17, 2025
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CLASS OF 2025: Malcolm Travis Brown and his calling of compassion
What led Class of 2025 student Malcolm Travis Brown to want to be a chaplain? Learn more about the mission for this empathetic military veteran. Read MoreApr 17, 2025
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History’s detective: Jane Landers and her team rescue enslaved Africans’ stories from oblivion
See how historian Jane Landers and her team are rescuing enslaved Africans’ stories from oblivion and honoring thousands of lives. Read MoreApr 17, 2025
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Empowering kids to unpack AI algorithms: a Vanderbilt researcher’s game-based approach
By Jennifer Kiilerich With artificial intelligence being rapidly deployed across all sectors of public life, including education, it is becoming increasingly important to understand how younger children interact with AI algorithms. Future programmers will need to consider the social and ethical impacts of technology, contends Vanderbilt Peabody College of… Read MoreApr 17, 2025
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CLASS OF 2025: Caring, charisma define Keyonte’ Doughty’s Vanderbilt journey
What inspired Keyonte' Doughty to come to Vanderbilt and where does he find community? Get to know more about this awesome Class of 2025 student. Read MoreApr 16, 2025
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Bringing the past to life: fellows announced for new initiative to bolster teaching of high school history
Vanderbilt University’s Alexander Initiative, part of Peabody College of education and human development, has selected its inaugural cohort of Alexander Fellows. The immersive professional development experience for outstanding high school teachers from across the United States aims to revitalize U.S. history and civics education. Thirty teachers were… Read MoreApr 14, 2025
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New science building to house collaborative space for three Vanderbilt schools and colleges
Radical collaboration is the driving vision for the state-of the-art science building planned for the current site of Stevenson Center 6. The new building will be a shared space for the College of Arts and Science, the School of Engineering and the School of Medicine Basic Sciences; it will address the growing need for updated, accessible and sustainable facilities that offer space for an open exchange of ideas. Read MoreApr 10, 2025
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CLASS OF 2025: Maya Mueller finds brilliance reaching beyond her comfort zone
Find out why Class of 2025 student Maya Mueller traveled to Tanzania and see what a banana costume had to do with overcoming stage fright for this clarinet performance major. Read MoreApr 8, 2025
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Pamela Jeffries: Innovation in nursing education
Dean Pamela Jeffries of the Vanderbilt University School of Nursing conducts research around innovative instruction using technology and simulations that give student nurses a way to begin learning how to make clinical decisions without putting patients at risk. Read MoreApr 7, 2025
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Eunjoo Kim: Research at the junction of theology and culture
Charles G. Finney Professor of Homiletics and Liturgics Eunjoo Kim does research that focuses on new perspectives and methods of preaching and worship that are relevant to changing cultural contexts. Read MoreApr 7, 2025
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WATCH: Class of 2025 students lead creative collaborations with impact
Meet four members of the Class of 2025 who are collaborating in powerful ways. Read MoreApr 7, 2025