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Chris Guthrie has been reappointed dean of the Vanderbilt Law School by Provost C. Cybele Raver. The reappointment is for a five-year term starting July 1, at which point Guthrie will have completed 15 years in the role.   Read More

Construction projects represent more than $50 million of direct investment by the Office of the Provost and the Division of Administration to facilitate trans-institutional research and collaboration.  Read More

Vanderbilt University is expanding Opportunity Vanderbilt, its nationally recognized no-loan financial aid program. Read More

It was a big night for Blair School of Music as faculty members Edgar Meyer and Dashon Burton added to their Grammy Award collections at the 66th annual ceremonies in Los Angeles. Read More

Vanderbilt University’s undergraduate Class of 2024 undergraduate will have a unique backdrop for their May 10 Commencement ceremony: Geodis Park. Read More

Vanderbilt University will celebrate Black History Month during February with events aimed to acknowledge and appreciate the accomplishments of Black people on campus, across the country and around the globe. Check out this list of events hosted happening throughout the month by the Bishop Joseph Johnson Black Cultural Center. Read More

The latest annual sustainability report, released by Environmental Health, Safety and Sustainability in the Division of Administration, details Vanderbilt’s fiscal year 2023 sustainability efforts that support the university’s overall sustainability goals.   Read More

Dialogue Vanderbilt recently hosted an insightful fireside chat between Rabbi David J. Wolpe and Vanderbilt Divinity School Dean Yolanda Pierce. The Jan. 18 event was part of a series organized by Dialogue Vanderbilt that aims to foster open discussions about faith and how it influences people dealing with pressing societal issues.  Read More

This year’s MLK Day commemoration theme—“One Vanderbilt. One Nashville. One Dream.”—was a nod to the history of the university, which celebrates its sesquicentennial this year and where generations of Nashvillians have come together to learn and serve.  Read More

All in-person classes scheduled for Tuesday, Jan. 16 have been canceled and will not be held. Chancellor Daniel Diermeier has declared an administrative leave day.  Read More

In just over a year, generative AI has emerged from a niche curiosity to a driving force in many of Vanderbilt’s classrooms. The Office of Faculty Affairs and Professional Education has launched several resources and programs related to generative AI, including an updated academic affairs policy, an online resource hub, a new teaching award and a pilot program for a secure, proprietary alternative to ChatGPT. These updates reflect AI becoming an established tool in classrooms and labs across the campus and give faculty ways to help equip students to best use generative AI for new lines of inquiry and scholarship.  Read More

President Joe Biden’s nomination of Douglas Schmidt, Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor of Computer Science, to become Director of Operational Test and Evaluation for the Department of Defense was formally submitted to the Senate on Dec. 4, 2023. Read More

The Vanderbilt Center for Addiction Research, led by Erin Calipari, advances research to understand how addiction and substance use disorder develops in the brain. VCAR’s goals are to develop new pharmaceutical strategies and to destigmatize addiction as a personal failing. Read More

Sydney M. Savion, an international leader in workforce development, organizational culture and employee-centered learning, is the first vice chancellor for people, culture and belonging at Vanderbilt University. Her first day on campus will be Jan. 29, 2024. Read More

Khalil Ekulona, host of the Nashville Public Radio program This Is Nashville, will be the keynote speaker for Vanderbilt University’s 2024 Martin Luther King Jr. Day commemoration. Ekulona will address the Vanderbilt community on Monday, Jan. 15, at 1:30 p.m. Read More

If the 2024 presidential election were held today, a felony conviction would cost former President Trump some votes, but not enough to make Tennessee a close contest in the 2024 presidential race. This shift could, however, cost Trump key battleground states, according to the latest statewide Vanderbilt Poll, released today. Read More

Relief efforts related to the devastating tornadoes that touched down in multiple counties across Middle Tennessee. Here's how you can help. Read More

The future for AI regulation is currently being charted in the United States and will have significant effects on the health sciences, writes Vanderbilt researcher Laura Stark in a new article published in The New England Journal of Medicine. Read More

As a Marshall Scholar, considered among the most accomplished undergraduates and recent graduates in the U.S., Neikirk will pursue advanced degrees in social determinants of health and biomedical imaging. Read More

Four Vanderbilt alumni who devoted their lives to ministry, scholarship and social justice issues have been recognized as the 2023 Vanderbilt Divinity School and Graduate Department of Religion Distinguished Alumni/ae. Read More