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Oversight of higher education has expanded to the point of undermining the ability of colleges and universities to function in a dynamic economy, testified Vanderbilt Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos before the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Feb. 24. Read More

Lauren A. Benton, a prolific scholar and experienced academic leader whose work spans history, law and anthropology, has been named the next dean of the College of Arts and Science at Vanderbilt University, effective July 1. Read More

Thirteen incoming first-year students have been chosen as the newest members of the Ingram Scholarship program. The 13 are among 831 high school seniors who applied for the prestigious program. Read More

A poll by the Latin American Opinion Project shows that Argentines have responded to the death of prosecutor Alberto Nisman with anger and resignation. Read More

Classes are resuming Wednesday, Feb. 18. Read More

Vanderbilt education experts explain that screen time is not the enemy. The trick is picking the right apps. Read More

Fifteen faculty members hailing from a diverse cross section of disciplines have been selected as the first cohort of the Chancellor's Faculty Fellows program. Read More

Simplifying and improving federal regulations for America’s 6,000 colleges and universities, while protecting students and taxpayers, is the aim of a new report released Feb. 12 from the Task Force on Government Regulation of Higher Education. Read More

The Program on Law and Innovation at Vanderbilt Law School has been started to prepare students for 21st-century legal practice. Read More

Vanderbilt political scientist Cecilia Mo has won a $1 million grant from the Labor Department to fight human trafficking. Read More

"Vanderbilt can make a difference, and we must make a difference, because the consequences of sexual violence—shattered dreams and shattered lives—are intolerable," writes Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos in a message to the Vanderbilt community. Read More

Vice Chancellor for Public Affairs Beth Fortune gives the university's official statement following the conviction of two former football players in the 2013 rape of a fellow student. Read More

Download the interactive, high-tech rendering that shows the building’s exterior and design in 360-degree detail. Read More

A new study reveals details about the slaves who lived and died at Grassmere Plantation—now home to the Nashville Zoo. Read More

A cutting-edge Vanderbilt lab that studies how materials, structures and machines operate under real-world conditions will play a key part in the new multistate, $259 million Institute for Advanced Composites Manufacturing Innovation (IACMI) to be announced today by President Obama. Read More

Plant Operations is asking the Vanderbilt community to take small steps for the rest of the week to help reduce pressure on the campus’ energy infrastructure during the current bout of extremely cold weather. Read More

Leading business, health care and civic officials will hold a Nashville Community Health Forum at Vanderbilt on Jan. 14 focused on the chronically poor health condition of Davidson County and Tennessee residents. Read More

A low-lying island in Southwest Bangladesh provides a dramatic foretaste of the impact facing 10 percent of the world's population in terms of global sea level rise due to unforeseen consequences of last century's flood control efforts, according to a new Vanderbilt interdisciplinary study. Read More

Electricity, learning, marijuana, outer space and planet Earth were the hot topics of 2014. Read More

Vanderbilt's power plant now runs exclusively on natural gas. Read More