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CLASS OF 2024: Schyler Rowland finds a home in the lab, collaborating to fight diseases
WATCH: Learn how biomedical engineering major Schyler Rowland says mentors have inspired her future in fighting diseases Read MoreMar 1, 2024
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CLASS OF 2024: Call to nature helps Danait Issac build community and cultural bonds
WATCH: See how Danait Issac is sharing her love of her Eritrean heritage and the great outdoors to empower and connect Vanderbilt students. Read MoreFeb 23, 2024
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CLASS OF 2024: Discovery and communication key to biochemistry Ph.D. Kaitlyn Browning
WATCH: See how Ph.D. candidate Kaitlyn Browning wants to fight miscommunication and misinformation around science. Read MoreFeb 16, 2024
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CLASS OF 2024: Trey Ferguson aims to “lift as he climbs” with law and business degrees
WATCH: Learn about the mentor who most inspired Trey Ferguson to use his J.D./MBA degrees to help future graduate students. Read MoreFeb 9, 2024
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CLASS OF 2024: Meet the researcher partnering with teens to create digital health and happiness
WATCH: See how Ph.D. candidate Rachel Hanebutt is empowering young people take control of their social media presence and habits, creating digital flourishing. Read MoreFeb 2, 2024
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Alexandra Doten, BA’18, turns love of astronomy into TikTok triumph
See how Alexandra Doten, BA'18 is turning her love for all things space into a social media adventure. Read MoreJan 31, 2024
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CLASS OF 2024: Cambri Driskell uses personal challenges, faith, entrepreneurial spirit as inspiration for service
WATCH: See how Cambri Driskell turned personal challenges into motivation and empathy to help others. Read MoreJan 12, 2024
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CLASS OF 2024: Tatum Earp composes music with storytelling, family and faith at the core
WATCH: Learn how Blair composition student Tatum Earp was inspired by her late father's senior photography project to create a unique and inspiring Immersion Vanderbilt project. Read MoreJan 12, 2024
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CLASS OF 2024: Double ’Dore Cameron Robinson moves from football field to mission field
WATCH: Find out how former Commodore football player Cam Robinson is combining a passion for healing, a love of people, and his Divinity School education to change lives. Read MoreJan 11, 2024
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CLASS OF 2024: Childhood experiences inspire Vivek Kumar in health care management
WATCH: Watch as medicine, health and society major Vivek Kumar is inspired by family experiences to fuel his future dreams. Read MoreJan 5, 2024
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WATCH: New Vanderbilt Divinity dean to build on school’s excellence as innovator, collaborator
The Divinity School’s storied history and reputation for theological education—including advocacy for racial and social justice—were key to Yolanda Pierce’s move to Vanderbilt for the deanship. Read MoreNov 6, 2023
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WATCH: Storied Vanderbilt campus home becomes living history lab and exhibit
See how more than 200 students and faculty came together through 19 interdisciplinary hands-on courses to turn the historic Vaughn home into a living laboratory, unveiling "hidden narratives" of Vanderbilt's and Nashville's past. Read MoreOct 31, 2023
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Aaron Feng, BA’18, champions the environment within finance, oil and gas industries
See how Yalun Aaron Feng, BA’18, is using his optimism and passion for the environment to build bridges between business and environmental advocacy. Read MoreOct 27, 2023
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New dean aims to elevate Vanderbilt’s business school with focus on students, cutting-edge collaboration
WATCH: Get to know the new dean of the Vanderbilt Owen Graduate School of Management, Tom Steenburgh, and his vision for the future of business education. Read MoreOct 26, 2023
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WATCH: Computer science major helps fight infectious diseases with AI-focused Immersion Vanderbilt project
WATCH: Today’s fight against infectious diseases is being waged in the computer lab as much as the wet lab. Using artificial intelligence and machine learning, Vanderbilt researchers and students like School of Engineering undergraduate Karen Pu are expanding the power of computer modeling to identify mutating viruses—and potentially improve vaccines. Read MoreOct 17, 2023
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NEW FACULTY: Vanderbilt’s newest faculty tackle society’s most pressing issues
Knowledge, discovery and collaboration are key elements in finding solutions to the world’s most pressing issues and challenges. Meet some new faculty members who are exploring current and pressing societal issues. Read MoreAug 30, 2023
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Incoming students welcomed at Founders Walk, learn ‘The Vanderbilt Way’
First-year, transfer and Next Steps students took part in the Vanderbilt University tradition of Founders Walk on Aug. 20. In a celebratory procession, the students made their way from The Martha Rivers Ingram Commons to Alumni Lawn. Read MoreAug 23, 2023
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WATCH: Chemistry major pursues passions in poetry, dance through Immersion Vanderbilt
JaHyne “JJ” Johnson, BA’23, came to Vanderbilt as a QuestBridge Scholar, ready to “do the work” and come out with a solid career path. What the chemistry major didn’t realize then was that the opportunities he pursued through classes, activities and Immersion Vanderbilt would allow him to write poetry, conduct research, dance in a ballet, launch a podcast and more. Read MoreAug 23, 2023
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WATCH: Move-In features fun, connection on The Ingram Commons for Class of 2027
What better way to be welcomed into the Vanderbilt University community than with cheering, music and lots of helping hands! Move-In Weekend on The Martha Rivers Ingram Commons is one of the university’s most-loved traditions, building support and belonging from Day 1. Read MoreAug 21, 2023
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Vanderbilt to connect with talented international students in new partnership
Vanderbilt University is partnering with the Davis United World College Scholars Program, an international nonprofit organization that has provided scholarships and education for academically talented students from around the world for more than two decades. Read MoreAug 4, 2023