Guggenheim
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Cowie named Guggenheim Fellow
The Board of Trustees of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation announced the appointment of 188 Guggenheim Fellowships to a distinguished and diverse group of culture creators working across 52 disciplines. Jefferson Cowie, the James G. Stahlman Professor of History at Vanderbilt University, was named to this 99th class of Guggenheim Fellows. Read MoreApr 15, 2024
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Vanderbilt professor named 2022 Guggenheim Fellow
Robert Barsky will be recognized at a reception honoring the 2022 Guggenheim Fellows on June 7 in New York. Read MoreApr 20, 2022
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Vanderbilt Arts and Science professor named 2021 Guggenheim Fellow
Emily Greble, a historian of modern Europe whose research explores how the Balkans challenge presumptions about European history, is among 184 artists, writers, scholars and scientists awarded a 2021 John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship. Read MoreApr 14, 2021
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Two Arts and Science professors named 2020 Guggenheim Fellows
Two College of Arts and Science professors are among 175 scholars, artists and scientists to be awarded 2020 John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowships. Read MoreApr 30, 2020
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Vanderbilt history professor awarded Guggenheim Fellowship
Lauren Benton, the Nelson O. Tyrone, Jr. Professor of History and professor of law at Vanderbilt University, was named a 2019 John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellow. Read MoreApr 12, 2019
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Today’s budding yeasts shed traits from their 400-million-year-old ancestor
Evolutionary biologists decoded the genomes of nearly a third of known budding yeast species, allowing them to reconstruct an ancient parent’s metabolic characteristics. Read MoreNov 8, 2018
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Three Vanderbilt A&S professors awarded 2018 Guggenheim Fellowships
College of Arts and Science professors Joel Harrington, Antonis Rokas and Edward Wright-Rios have been awarded highly prestigious 2018 Guggenheim Fellowships for their research. Read MoreApr 5, 2018
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Vanderbilt English professor awarded 2017 Guggenheim Fellowship
Professor of English Mark Schoenfield, an expert on Romantic periodicals and culture, has been awarded a 2017 John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship in English literature. Read MoreApr 18, 2017
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Vanderbilt poet awarded Guggenheim Fellowship
Beth Bachmann, a Vanderbilt writer-in-residence who has published two poetry collections, has been selected from a group of nearly 3,000 applicants for a 2016 John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship. Read MoreApr 9, 2016
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Electric eels deliver Taser-like shocks
A Vanderbilt biologist has determined that electric eels possess an electroshock system uncannily similar to a Taser. Read MoreDec 4, 2014
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Alumnus receives 2014 Guggenheim Fellowship
The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation has awarded filmmaker Mark Kendall, BA’05, MA’08, a Guggenheim Fellowship. According to the foundation, Guggenheim Fellows are appointed on the basis of impressive achievement in the past and exceptional promise for future accomplishment. He was awarded the fellowship to develop his next project, which… Read MoreApr 18, 2014
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Two Vanderbilt professors awarded 2014 Guggenheim Fellowships
Vanderbilt College of Arts and Science professors Ken Catania and Helmut Smith are among 178 scholars, artists and scientists named 2014 John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation fellows. Read MoreApr 11, 2014
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Three Vanderbilt professors awarded Guggenheim Fellowships
Three Vanderbilt University professors are among 175 scholars, artists and scientists named the 2013 John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellows. Read MoreApr 15, 2013
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Two Vanderbilt humanities professors named Guggenheim fellows
Two humanities professors in Vanderbilt University’s College of Arts and Science have been named 2012 Fellows by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Read MoreApr 24, 2012