Graduate Student Council

The Vanderbilt Graduate Student Council has announced the winners of the 2024 Graduate Leadership Anchor Awards, honoring the hard work and leadership of Vanderbilt graduate students schoolwide. This year’s awards recognize outstanding service, mentorship, departmental leadership, research and best overall. Read More

Vanderbilt is increasing annual stipends for its nearly 1,900 doctoral students beginning with the new fiscal year. Stipends for Ph.D. students will increase to a range of $34,000 to $38,000.   Read More

Thanks to a partnership among the Office of the Provost and leaders in each of Vanderbilt's Graduate School programs, all incoming doctoral students received a shot of financial support at the start of the fall semester by way of a $2,000 Launching Student Success stipend. Read More

Newly renovated space on the first floor of Alumni Hall is designed to become a robust hub for student life within the Graduate School community. Read More

Political science professor Cindy Kam will lead a new steering committee to guide actions and areas for study for an initiative focusing on women students, faculty and postdocs, announced earlier by Provost Susan R. Wente. Read More

Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos today announced the creation of the Community Oriented Result and Expectation (CORE) Committee—a group that primarily will comprise Vanderbilt University community members who will meet regularly to make recommendations to the university’s police department regarding safety and security on campus. Read More

Vanderbilt graduate students demonstrated that they can summarize their 80,000-word theses in less than three minutes using terms that members of the public can understand during this year's Three Minute Thesis competition. Read More

Vanderbilt graduate students demonstrated that they can summarize their 80,000-word theses in less than three minutes using terms that members of the public can understand during this year's Three-Minute Thesis Competition. Read More

Brain symmetry, woman warriors and malaria were among the research topics featured by the winners of the second annual Three Minute Thesis competition Read More