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Topics include health care, immigration, bipartisanship and President Trump. Read More

Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos will deliver Vanderbilt University’s Commencement address May 12, the day after filmmaker Ken Burns accepts a prestigious Vanderbilt award and offers his advice. Read More

Area teens will watch their model bridges break apart dramatically Saturday, March 4, at the 9th Annual Music City Bridge Building Competition, organized by the American Society of Civil Engineers and Janey Camp, a Vanderbilt University civil engineering research associate professor. Read More

Reporters are invited to a May 19 news conference unveiling the results of the latest Vanderbilt Poll-Tennessee Read More

A number of exciting projects are among the 74 design projects featured at the School of Engineering’s annual Design Day, including zero-energy home designs and a solar-powered desalination system. Read More

The American Society of Civil Engineers' Music City Bridge Building Competition is being held Saturday, Feb. 27 at Vanderbilt University's Laboratory for Systems Integrity and Reliability. Read More

Results of the latest Vanderbilt Poll on Tennessee issues will be released on December 4 in the Student Life Center on the Vanderbilt campus. Read More

Eric Holder, attorney general of the United States from 2009 to April 2015, will deliver a talk on Friday, Nov. 6, as part of the Vanderbilt University Chancellor’s Lecture Series. Read More

Area Girl Scouts will have the opportunity to earn their “Engineering Day” patches at an event hosted by Vanderbilt University engineering students on Saturday, Oct. 3. Read More

All of the candidates running in the Aug. 6 Nashville election are invited to stump for votes at a July 16 indoor picnic for the Vanderbilt community. Read More

As voters prepare to go to the polls Nov. 4, they will be able to take the measure of their congressional representatives’ effectiveness using a new website developed by Vanderbilt University and University of Virginia political scientists. Read More

PLEASE NOTE: Commencement has been moved to Memorial Gym due to inclement weather. Read More

Black Girls CODE founder Kimberly Bryant is available on Thursday, Feb. 20, to discuss introducing girls of color to tech careers. Read More

Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and Vanderbilt Distinguished Visiting Professor Jon Meacham will join Stephen and Andrew Schlesinger to discuss the legacy of their father, the late presidential historian Arthur Schlesinger Jr., during a media availability Nov. 5 at Vanderbilt. Read More

Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos will give the traditional address to Vanderbilt graduating students during Commencement ceremonies Friday, May 10, preceded by a speech from Nobel and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Toni Morrison, who will appear at Senior Day Thursday, May 9. Read More

Gov. Bill Haslam, Sen. Lamar Alexander, Sen. Bill Frist, Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos and School of Engineering Dean Philippe Fauchet will headline a working meeting hosted at Vanderbilt to discuss a recent report from the National Research Council of the National Academies titled Research Universities And The Future Of America: 10 Breakthrough Actions Vital To Our Nation’s Prosperity And Security. Read More

The effects of climate change will have widespread impact on the state, but there are opportunities to offset it by incorporating “climate-friendly” and “climate-resilient” actions into routine management decisions, say scientists from Vanderbilt and other major Tennessee research institutions in a new report. Read More

Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos will address Vanderbilt graduates during Commencement ceremonies Friday, May 11 on Alumni Lawn. Newsman Tom Brokaw will receive the university’s prestigious Nichols-Chancellor’s Medal during the Senior Day ceremony Thursday, May 11. Read More

Fans attending the Vanderbilt-Arkansas football game at Vanderbilt Stadium on Saturday are encouraged to get caught “green-handed” as Vanderbilt takes the EPA’s Game Day Challenge. Read More

Vanderbilt University will host director Michael Moore at Langford Auditorium Tuesday, Oct. 4 at 7 p.m. All tickets for the event are sold out. Read More