Events

Our VUCast crews catch graduates, families and friends celebrating Commencement 2010. Read More

Vanderbilt students, faculty and staff help Nashville’s flood survivors clean up. Read More

Nashville Opera and Vanderbilt Dyer Observatory are joining forces to present a unique evening of operatic music and star-gazing on Saturday, May 15. The concert will begin at 7 p.m. but doors will open at 6. The concert will take place in the observatory’s patio tent and guests are encouraged to bring a picnic basket and beverages. Read More

Vanderbilt is celebrating Earth Day on Thursday, April 22, on Rand Terrace from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Read More

Poet Ciaran Carson will read from his work at Vanderbilt University. Read More

Mayor Karl Dean and businessman Cal Turner Jr. will speak at a May 6 breakfast to introduce an online directory of classes and services for the city’s growing foreign-born population. Read More

Watch video of the 2010 Spring Faculty Assembly. Read More

Watch video of the symposium "Vanderbilt and the Nashville Sit-In Movement: A 50-Year Retrospective." Read More

The Vanderbilt Political Review, a non-partisan political journal run entirely by Vanderbilt undergraduate students, will host the first Nashville Intercollegiate Activism Conference on Feb. 27. The one-day conference will commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Nashville civil rights sit-ins and will examine how students were able to defeat segregation as well as how students can be involved in social change today. Read More

Paintings by 11 artists "exploring the use of color, the development of space" make up The Painters Eye exhibit, which opens with a reception Feb. 18 at Vanderbilt University. Read More

While most are trying to keep warm during one of the coldest winters the Southeast has seen in years, The Music Group at Vanderbilt University is gearing up for its Rites of Spring Music Festival Friday, April 23, and Saturday, April 24. This year's line up includes Drake, Ben Harper and Relentless7, Phoenix and Passion Pit. Read More

The 50th anniversary of the Nashville sit-ins, which were an early civil rights movement success and a critical time in the life of Vanderbilt University, will be observed with a symposium featuring some of its participants. Read More

In celebration of the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin, the Department of Biological Sciences and the Law School at Vanderbilt University are jointly sponsoring a panel discussion about the famous naturalist's life and research. Read More

The Seagull, which debuts Feb. 19 at Neely Auditorium at Vanderbilt University, explores a young artist‘s struggle as he searches for new forms to express truth, a struggle thwarted by fractured domesticity and self-doubt. Read More

Video: Rock Band competition sponsored by the Curb Center. Read More

The Schola Pacis, Nashville's male a cappella group, will present the 129-year-old program Festival of Lessons and Carols Dec. 13 at Benton Chapel on the campus of Vanderbilt University. Read More

Watch the Nov. 5 ribbon cutting ceremony for Vanderbilt University Medical Center's new 11-story, $169 million Critical Care Tower. Read More

Five Vanderbilt University alumni who have distinguished themselves through a variety of careers – including public servant, journalist and humorist – and have made significant contributions as staff members of the university's student media – will be inducted into the Vanderbilt Student Media Hall of Fame on Oct. 16, 2009. Read More

The Association of Vanderbilt Black Alumni (AVBA) will not only reflect on its achievements the past 25 years but also consider issues pertinent to current and future African Americans on campus during a series of events Oct. 15-17. Read More

Vanderbilt University has several events planned for students, faculty, staff, alumni and the general public during its homecoming scheduled Tuesday, Oct. 13, through Saturday, Oct. 17, when the Vanderbilt Commodores take on the Georgia Bulldogs at 11:20 a.m. central time. Read More