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Vanderbilt University is taking the next step in its long-term efforts to build an innovation neighborhood by filing a Specific Plan application with the Nashville Planning Department to reshape 40 underutilized acres on the campus’s western edge into a mixed-use, pedestrian-first hub for research, collaboration and entrepreneurship. Read More

As far back as he can remember, Andy Schwartz has been fascinated by two things—how the brain works and how humans process natural language.   Andy Schwartz, director of the Human Language Analysis Beings lab and research associate professor in the Vanderbilt College of Connected Computing (Submitted photo)… Read More

RESEARCH SPARK: Get to know Shekhar Bhansali, new head of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and his vision for AI engineering education. Read More

Vanderbilt University announced nine recipients of the Innovation Catalyst Fund awards for the June 2025 cycle, continuing its mission of accelerating translational research and driving innovative solutions to real-world challenges by providing faculty with crucial pre-seed funding across diverse disciplines.  The newly selected projects span cutting-edge work in health care, engineering and technology solutions. Read More

"Hosting Nissha Medical Technologies at the former site of our Stadium Club on West End Avenue will give our faculty and students extraordinary new opportunities to work with a leader in advancing medical devices—a strategic research priority for Vanderbilt and our region," Chancellor Daniel Diermeier said during a news conference on campus announcing the partnership. Read More

RESEARCH SPARK: Meet new faculty Maya Singhal and see how their research could help us understand the impact of diverse community dynamics. Read More

Hear from Vanderbilt's newest faculty on the positive impact their research could have on society. Read More

Tracy Sharpley-Whiting's research explores the interior lives of historical figures whose artistic influence shaped their worlds. Her impressive accomplishments led to her recent election to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the nation’s oldest and most prestigious honorary societies. Read More

Building on the success of her first term, Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs C. Cybele Raver is realigning her leadership team to enhance the university’s efforts in research excellence, student opportunities and global impact. Read More

Padma Raghavan has been appointed to the newly created role of chancellor’s executive director for science and technology strategy, reporting directly to Chancellor Daniel Diermeier, beginning July 1. The move underscores Vanderbilt’s commitment to accelerating its impact in research and innovation at the national and global levels. Read More

The trial, which is funded by a K23 Career Development Award from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, is expected to begin this summer and will assign peer-parent coaches to families to determine whether their having support to navigate the medical system and other challenges means their children will be healthier.   Read More

Vanderbilt University and its Center for Technology Transfer and Commercialization hosted the inaugural Southeast Venture Showcase, a first-of-its kind collaboration among top research universities and federal laboratories across the Southeast to highlight their most promising new technology-based ventures.  Read More

Chancellor Daniel Diermeier and Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs C. Cybele Raver honored scholars from across Vanderbilt at an endowed chair investiture ceremony on April 30. These individuals are prominent faculty members who have distinguished themselves as pioneers and leaders in their fields. Read More

Bennett Landman who holds a Stevenson Chair, has more than 2,000 collaborations globally that look at all sorts of different diseases, from the head down to the shins. But the heart of his work remains medicine and the promise of a world where AI-driven imaging leads to earlier diagnoses and better patient outcomes. Read More

Moments before James Patterson and Patrick Leddin took the stage, the Langford Auditorium went dark. A campus-wide power outage was the culprit, but cancelling the event wasn’t in the cards. Instead, prolific author Patterson and associate professor Leddin used the circumstances to their advantage — they were, after… Read More

What if AI could fight fires? The first Nashville Tech Studio grant awarded by the Nashville Innovation Alliance fosters a collaboration between the Nashville Fire Department and Vanderbilt University that will analyze data to help allocate resources, determine optimal staffing levels and even predict future incidents.   Read More

The U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs recently named Vanderbilt University a Fulbright Top Producing Institution, with 19 selected for the 2024-25 program. Read More

Vanderbilt’s Carrie K. Jones and the University of Glasgow’s Andrew Tobin have received a prestigious £5 million ($6.2 million) Wellcome Trust Discovery Award to study how blocking the M5 muscarinic receptor in the brain could reduce opioid addiction while preserving pain relief. This groundbreaking international collaboration, supported by the Warren Center for Neuroscience Drug Discovery, aims to advance new treatments in the critical global health crisis of opioid use disorder. Read More

Dialogue Vanderbilt will commemorate the 100-year anniversary of the Scopes 'Monkey' trial with a series of events starting on Feb. 11. The case, which riveted nations across the world in 1925, involved Tennessee high school teacher John T. Scopes, who was accused of teaching the theory of evolution in his classroom—a violation of state law. Read More

On Jan. 14, President Biden awarded nearly 400 scientists and engineers the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government on outstanding scientists and engineers early in their careers. Among the awardees were six Vanderbilt faculty members and three alumni. Read More