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VU Theatre performs classic ‘Uncle Vanya’ with modern twists Feb. 14-22
Vanderbilt University Theatre will perform an acclaimed translation of Anton Chekhov’s tragicomedy "Uncle Vanya" Feb. 14-22 at Neely Auditorium. Read MoreFeb 13, 2020
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VU Press launches Little Free Library as part of 80th-year celebration
A new Little Free Library, designed to resemble the historic Kirkland Hall, offers a selection of books published by Vanderbilt University Press and other titles donated by community members. Read MoreJan 17, 2020
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Former Cheekwood exhibit finds home at Vanderbilt’s Susan Gray School
A one-of-a-kind playhouse inspired by the Beatrix Potter story "The Tale of Peter Rabbit" has been installed at The Susan Gray School at Vanderbilt Peabody College. The Peter Rabbit House was designed as part of a Design as an Immersive Vanderbilt Experience project and created in collaboration with Pfeffer Torode Architecture, Daigh Rick Landscape Architects and Peabody College’s Early Childhood and Elementary Education program. Read MoreDec 16, 2019
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Lifelong learners over 50 invited to sign up for Vanderbilt Osher winter classes
Winter 2020 classes offered by the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Vanderbilt include the history of Fort Negley, memoir writing, brain disorders and a Shakespeare production. Read MoreNov 26, 2019
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Visit by acclaimed war journalist to mark Veterans Day at Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt will commemorate Veterans Day on Monday, Nov. 11, with several events highlighting the unique roles and sacrifices of military medical workers, with a focus on those who served during the Vietnam War. Read MoreNov 4, 2019
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Listen: VU Theatre production inspired by Vanderbilt women bowlers
"Bowling for Beginners," a new play based partly on experiences of the Vanderbilt women’s bowling team—which has won two national titles—opens Friday at Neely Auditorium. Read MoreOct 2, 2019
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Listen: Heard Libraries’ cookbooks exhibit showcases historical connection of cooking and medicine
The evolution of cookbooks over hundreds of years and their connections to medicine and health are the focus of a new cross-disciplinary exhibit at the Vanderbilt Central Library. Read MoreSep 25, 2019
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Rokas to lead budding cross-disciplinary collaboration on evolutionary studies
The Vanderbilt Evolutionary Studies Initiative seeks to position the university as a global leader in evolutionary studies by engaging a large group of scholars who share this research interest. Read MoreAug 14, 2019
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Tichi’s latest research is ‘how-to manual’ for Gilded Age socialites
Cecelia Tichi, Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Professor of English and professor of American studies, will discuss the many rules for making it into the top tier of late-19th century high society during a reading and discussion of her book "What Would Mrs. Astor Do?" March 13 in the Vanderbilt Library's Special Collections. Read MoreMar 4, 2019
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Vanderbilt Osher Lifelong Learning Institute announces spring classes
Pirates in the Atlantic world, religion in prison, and a workshop on jazz great Cole Porter are among the classes offered this spring by the Vanderbilt Osher Lifelong Learning Institute. Read MoreFeb 26, 2019
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Alumnus expands his chronicle of Freedom Riders with new portraits
Lessons from the 1961 Freedom Rides and their relevance to today’s racial justice protests were discussed by alumnus and author Eric Etheridge and rider Rip Patten during a recent campus visit. Read MoreFeb 6, 2019
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Vanderbilt Osher winter term: Innovation, ‘Julius Caesar’ and more
Innovative thinking in the digital age, women in the civil rights movement and acting for opera are among the winter 2019 classes offered by Vanderbilt’s Osher Institute for Lifelong Learners. Read MoreDec 21, 2018
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Flag ceremony to honor veterans and preserve Impact ‘treasure’
A U.S. flag that became the backdrop for the early years of Vanderbilt’s Impact Symposium will be unfurled, refolded and preserved during a campus ceremony to honor veterans Nov. 12. Read MoreOct 19, 2018
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Connections between arts and sports focus of student-athlete workshops
Engaging student-athletes in creative forms of expression and building connections between excellence in sports and the arts are among goals for three summer workshops organized by the Curb Center. Read MoreJul 19, 2018
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NPR podcast visits Immersion seminar on literary arts
Eleven students shared stories about their first-year Vanderbilt experiences with Nashville poets, and the conversations were transformed into meaningful poems during a literary arts seminar. Read MoreApr 19, 2018
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Vanderbilt Institute for Digital Learning offering workshop on audio production for dialogue
The Vanderbilt Institute for Digital Learning is offering a flipped workshop on recording, editing, mixing and mastering dialogue for podcasts and narrated videos April 4 from 1:30 to 4 p.m. in 206 Alumni Hall. Read MoreMar 30, 2018
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Album spotlights Blair School’s Biddlecombe and students
The album "Music in the Listening Place," featuring the Vanderbilt Chorale and directed by Tucker Biddlecombe, has been released on Navona Records. Read MoreMar 26, 2018
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Enroll now in Vanderbilt’s Osher Lifelong Learning spring classes
Nashville's thriving sports scene, 21st-century American cities and the latest brain research are among the spring 2018 classes offered by the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Vanderbilt. Read MoreFeb 23, 2018
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Love and changing gender roles explored in VU Theatre production
'Orlando,' an adaptation of a novel by Virginia Woolf that explores love and changing gender roles, will be performed by Vanderbilt University Theatre Feb. 16–24 at Neely Auditorium. Read MoreFeb 14, 2018
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‘Cultures in Clay’ exhibit showcases 4,000-year-old writing system
"Cultures in Clay," a new exhibit at Vanderbilt Divinity Library, spotlights a 4,000-year-old cuneiform writing system on tablets used by ancient Sumerians, Babylonians and Assyrians. Read MoreDec 11, 2017