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Shelby County District Attorney General Bill Gibbons will be the first in a series of Tennessee gubernatorial candidates to address students in Vanderbilt University's "Introduction to Politics" class. Read More

Tiki Barber, retired Pro Bowl running back, philanthropist and NBC correspondent, will speak at Vanderbilt University's Langford Auditorium Tuesday, Sept. 29, at 7 p.m. Read More

More than 1,800 new Vanderbilt University students, including about 1,600 first-year students and more than 200 transfer students, will march into the school's main gate Sunday, Aug. 23, at 5 p.m. during Founders Walk, a tradition that formally welcomes new students to the Vanderbilt community. Read More

Vanderbilt University's newest Commodores will arrive on campus en masse on Saturday, Aug. 22. Read More

The slavery apology resolution recently passed by the Democratic-controlled U.S. Senate was meaningless and "will do absolutely zilch to promote racial healing and reconciliation," says Carol Swain, a professor of political science and law at Vanderbilt University. Read More

Vanderbilt University's Commencement ceremony, set for May 8, will take place inside Memorial Gym due to inclement weather. Read More

Historian and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Doris Kearns Goodwin will address graduating seniors and their families during Vanderbilt University's Senior Class Day Thursday, May 7, at 10 a.m. on Alumni Lawn. The event, which starts with a ceremonial walk through the gates of the university at 9:30 a.m., is held the day before the university's commencement exercises. Read More

The Vanderbilt University SustainVU office, in conjunction with Plant Operations and Housekeeping staff, will construct a one-day exhibit – Mt. Trashmore – for Earth Day Wednesday, April 22, on Alumni Lawn near the flagpole. Read More

The Vanderbilt University Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps will host a Spring Pass in Review and Awards Ceremony on Thursday, April 16, on the Commons Center Lawn at 3 p.m. Pass in Review is a formal military ceremony that honors the students' hard work and dedication. Read More

On April 18, a group of Vanderbilt engineering students will fire off a 16-foot, 82-pound rocket. If all goes as planned, the vehicle will power its way one mile directly overhead where it will release a remotely piloted aircraft that will collect images and infrared data of the ground below as it is guided back down to earth. Read More

Vanderbilt students will be able to safely see incredible features of the sun in all its naked glory on Sunday, April 5. The Vanderbilt Dyer Observatory will set up its new solar telescope outside The Commons from noon to 2 p.m. Read More

Former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and former Israeli legislator Natan Sharansky will deliver public lectures at Vanderbilt University March 17-18 as part of the university's annual Impact Symposium. Read More

Hundreds of Vanderbilt students will hit the dance floor Feb. 13-14 during Dance Marathon, a 14-hour student-run event to raise money for the Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt and the Children's Miracle Network. Dance Marathon will be held from 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 13, until 9 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 14, at the Student Recreation Center on Vanderbilt's campus. The event is open to the public and all proceeds from Dance Marathon will go to the Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt. Read More

Academically talented 5th and 6th graders taking part in the Saturday Academy at Vanderbilt for the Young, or SAVY, will have a chance to tour a trailer decked out with cutting-edge, computer-aided gizmos and interactive technology Saturday, Feb. 14, from 10 to 11 a.m. in Lot 111 on the corner of 19th and Edgehill avenues. Read More

First-year students in the "Stealing in Music City" seminar at Vanderbilt University must devise a workable system for distributing music that delivers content for a reasonable price and allows songwriters, artists and other stakeholders to get paid. Read More

Vanderbilt University students will spend the afternoon Friday, Oct. 24, building floats for Saturday morning's Homecoming parade leading up to the Vanderbilt Commodores football match-up against the Duke Blue Devils on Saturday, Oct. 25, at 2 p.m. central time. The public is invited to attend the parade. Read More

The Sustainability and Environmental Management Office (SEMO) will offer coordinated recycling at Vanderbilt's last three home football games this season, beginning this Saturday, Oct. 25, at the game against Duke. Read More

The Susan Gray School for Children will dedicate and cut the ribbon on the new Finan Family Playground 2:30 p.m. Oct. 24. The event will be part of Vanderbilt Peabody College's homecoming weekend activities. Read More

Vanderbilt University will host a number of events leading up to and on the day of the Oct. 7 presidential debate in Nashville. Read More

Candidates on the November ballot in Middle Tennessee – in contests ranging from president to state lawmaker – have been invited to meet the Vanderbilt community, including the university's neighbors, at a Sept. 25 picnic on Olin Lawn. Read More