Arts And Science

In the new Vanderbilt Poll, 86 percent of Tennessee voters said they approved of Gov. Bill Haslam’s Tennessee Promise Program, which makes community and technical colleges free to high school graduates. Read More

A study co-authored by Peter Rousseau, professor of economics, found that wines from Bordeaux's premier chateaus posted annual returns from 1900 to 2012 that beat government bonds. Read More

Watch video of a faculty seminar during Commencement 2014. Throughout the late 19th century, the large hats that women wore to the theatre blocked the view of spectators sitting behind them prompting outraged newspaper editorials, debate in state legislatures, and on at least one occasion, a physical fight. This talk… Read More

Vanderbilt astronomers have developed a model that predicts the effect that ingesting earth-like planets has on the chemical composition of stars like the Sun -- a capability that can aid in efforts to find Earth-like exoplanets. Read More

Top scholars from Vanderbilt's undergraduate and professional schools were honored with Founder’s Medals May 9, 2014. Read More

In 1964, soon-to-be Vanderbilt graduate Katherine Gorham missed Commencement because she was in the hospital, recovering from having her first child. On Friday, she walked across the platform in cap and gown after her husband and the university arranged for her to participate in Commencement with the Class of 2014. Read More

Twenty retiring faculty members were recognized during Vanderbilt’s Commencement ceremony May 9, when the university honored their years of service and bestowed on them the title of emeritus or emerita faculty. Read More

Vanderbilt Libraries pay tribute to renowned sports writers and alumni Grantland Rice and Fred Russell in a new exhibition. Read More

For Class of 2014 graduate Leandra Fernandez, one of the “most fulfilling and meaningful” aspects of her time at Vanderbilt was serving as a member of Vanderbilt Student Volunteers for Science. Read More

According to a 2013 survey of graduating seniors, more than half did faculty-guided or independent research during their Vanderbilt careers. Read about five students for whom research has helped shape their undergraduate years. Read More

Four Vanderbilt University students have been awarded Critical Language Scholarships by the U.S. Department of State to study critical-needs languages abroad during the summer of 2014. Read More

Phillip Ackerman-Lieberman (Steve Green, Vanderbilt) Phillip I. Ackerman-Lieberman draws on legal documents from the Cairo Geniza in his new book, The Business of Identity: Jews, Muslims, and Economic Life in Medieval Egypt (Stanford University Press, 2014), for a better understanding of daily life in the Medieval Islamic world. Read More

When Katie Walden came to Vanderbilt’s Blair School of Music, she believed a piano bench would always be in her future. But four years of learning and exploration have led her to a different kind of bench—a baseball bench. Read More

The Vanderbilt Board of Trust has approved eight new members, including a former Posse Scholar and a graduating senior in the College of Arts and Science. Read More

In the latest VUCast: Watch a senior erase stereotypes among young students in the Middle East; see how a senior is telling stories to change perceptions about disabilities; and learn how you can click your way to Commencement. All this and more in the latest VUCast, Vanderbilt's online newscast. Watch now. Read More

The Littlejohn Family Undergraduate Research Program enables Arts and Science undergraduates to conduct original research alongside faculty fellows. Read More

A last-minute decision to sign up for a film production class changed the trajectory of Harvey Burrell’s life. Read More

Faculty-Staff Campaign co-chairs Vanessa and Trey Beasley had a very personal reason for returning to Vanderbilt. But it’s the community of support among faculty, staff, students and friends that's kept them here for almost a decade. Read More

Meet Vanderbilt Arts and Science major Harvey Burrell. Harvey’s creative story-telling and desire to elevate the image of people with physical disabilities turned his college experience into an epic cross-country adventure and an inspirational documentary called “Endless Abilities.” [vucastblurb]… Read More

Vanderbilt University has awarded its 2014 Michael B. Keegan Traveling Fellowship to graduating seniors David Sanchez and Emily Yount. The goal of the fellowship is to develop future leaders through world travel and experiential learning. Read More