Commons

Questions of identity surrounded Michael Jackson in life and death. A Sept. 21 panel discussion at Vanderbilt University will focus on larger issues of identity and diversity through the lens of the late pop star's life and career. Read More

Vanderbilt University's newest Commodores will arrive on campus en masse on Saturday, Aug. 22. Read More

Vanderbilt University's Commons campus recently received the 2009 Governor's Environmental Stewardship Award for the "Building Green" category. Vanderbilt University was one of 14 winners announced by Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation Commissioner Jim Fyke. Read More

Vanderbilt students will be able to safely see incredible features of the sun in all its naked glory on Sunday, April 5. The Vanderbilt Dyer Observatory will set up its new solar telescope outside The Commons from noon to 2 p.m. Read More

Just a few weeks after hosting ESPN's GameDay on campus, Vanderbilt University students are preparing for a different match-up on Tuesday, Nov. 4, and have dubbed their Election Day activities "Election GameDay." Read More

Watch video of a lunchtime "Federal Forum" on the "Passage of the Higher Education Act: the feds want us to do WHAT?" Read More

Alexandros Mallias, Greece's ambassador to the United States, will join Vanderbilt University Professor of Classics, Emerita, Susan Ford Wiltshire for a discussion of the roots of the American political tradition in the ancient Greek city-states 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 27, in Room 237 of The Commons Center. Read More

Mayor Karl Dean will discuss one of his favorite authors, John Irving, at an event for Vanderbilt University students Sunday, Oct. 12, 3 to 4 p.m. as part of a "citywide read" initiative. Read More

The New York Times best-selling author Stephen Mansfield and Vanderbilt Divinity School Dean James Hudnut-Beumler bring a discussion, "Race, Religion and Politics: Evangelicals, Conservatives and Liberals Look for Common Ground," to Vanderbilt University Wednesday, Oct. 1, at 6 p.m. Read More

Community leaders, educators and a hip-hop artist will gather at Vanderbilt University to discuss hip-hop, the presidential election and the youth vote Thursday, Sept. 25, at 6 p.m. in the multi-purpose room at The Commons Center. Read More

Watch history in the making as the Class of 2012 move-in and become the first students to experience living and learning at The Commons. Read More

They walk past our founder Cornelius Vanderbilt as faculty, students and staff cheer. Watch Founders Walk, a Vanderbilt tradition for first-year and transfer students. Read More

Distinguished Professor of Political Science John Geer speaks on the dynamic relationship of teaching and learning at Vanderbilt, through the lens of his perspective on Election 2008. Read More

First-year students will move in to The Commons, Vanderbilt University's new living-learning community on Saturday, Aug. 16, from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Read More

The undergraduate experience at Vanderbilt University is undergoing its most significant transformation with its new campus within a campus for first-year students, The Commons, opening Saturday, Aug. 16. Read More

Vanderbilt University is the first university in the state to receive Gold level certification for its environmentally friendly construction from the U.S. Green Building Council\'s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Rating System. Read More

Students will be next-door neighbors with faculty at The Commons, Vanderbilt's new community for first-year students opening in August. VUCast's Princine Lewis has more on move in day for the dean of The Commons. Read More