Community

The Margaret Cuninggim Women's Center is celebrating Women’s History Month by partnering with the Community Resource Center to collect period products for donation throughout Middle Tennessee. Collection bins have been placed across campus, and there will be a "packing party" March 31. Read More

With numerous things to do around Nashville, we have narrowed down our top 10 recommendations for you to check out. Getting to these venues is easier than ever with Vanderbilt's free access to WeGo local and regional buses and the WeGo Star when you present your Commodore Card. Read More

Historical insights into the Russia–Ukraine War, American popular music and a guide to healthy living are among the classes offered by the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Vanderbilt this fall. Registration is open for older adults through Sept. 23. Read More

Lifelong Learning at Vanderbilt Divinity School, a new curricular-based program open to the community, aims to expand the public discussion surrounding religious issues. Read More

A Vanderbilt co-authored study of Brazilian responses to COVID-19 offers insight on the merits of social medicine while challenging widely held assumptions about traditional public health models. Read More

The Rev. Don Beisswenger, a Divinity School emeritus professor who lived out his faith as a dedicated community activist—serving six months in federal prison for a nonviolent protest—has died. Read More

In the coming weeks, Vanderbilt student-athletes and staffers will participate in several volunteer opportunities for the first time at Nashville's Buena Vista Elementary School, a unique chance for the Commodores to make an impact in the Nashville community. Read More

For the 12th consecutive year, Vanderbilt University is supporting the Richland Creek Run, scheduled for Saturday, April 21. Vanderbilt registrants may obtain a $5 discount with online registration through Sunday, April 1. Read More

As offices across Vanderbilt’s campus go more fully digital, they have found themselves with a surplus of physical office supplies. The university recently donated some of these extras to LP Pencil Box, a nonprofit that distributes donated office supplies to Metro Nashville Public Schools. Read More

"Hollywood's Gender Problem," a Belcourt Theatre three-part seminar, will be led by Arts and Science professors Bonnie Dow, Claire Sisco King and Jennifer Fay three Saturdays—December 2, 9 and 16. Read More

VU Theatre performs a modern adaptation of the 1920s Italian comedy "Six Characters in Search of an Author"—with five students playing slightly tweaked versions of themselves—Nov. 3-11. Read More

Vanderbilt Divinity School invites the community to help launch its new Luce Foundation-funded Public Theology and Racial Justice Collaborative from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the Ruby. Read More

Vanderbilt Divinity School's Relevant Religion series, "Meanings and Implications of the Holocaust: Names/Dates/Numbers," will be led by Jay Geller and hosted by three West End congregations. Read More

For the first time, the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Vanderbilt is offering a series of classes taught by Fisk University faculty on the Fisk campus. Read More

Gilman Whiting, whose areas of research include psycho-social educational resilience, race and fatherhood initiatives will co-lead a Belcourt Theatre film series for black teenage boys. Read More

A Divinity School Relevant Religion class Dec. 3 will explore the reality of experiencing spiritual trauma while doing the work of justice and sharing stories and practices for restoring hope. Read More

The story of African Americans who escaped from slavery during the Civil War and built Fort Negley will be told during an event co-sponsored by the Robert Penn Warren Center for the Humanities. Read More

The public is invited to hear Dean Emilie Townes speak at a Vanderbilt Divinity School community breakfast Sept. 20 from 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. Read More

'The Patron Saint of Losing Sleep,' a play written by Diana Grisanti and directed by Associate Professor Leah Lowe, will open Sept. 9 in the Actors Bridge Studio. Read More

Vanderbilt faculty, staff and students are encouraged to come to Centennial Park Aug. 27, when a limited number of bench seats will be reserved for them to see "A Comedy of Errors." Read More