Media Advisory

James J. Yee, Army captain and former chaplain at the United States military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, who was falsely accused of espionage and arrested and imprisoned for nearly three months before charges were dropped, will bring his story to Vanderbilt Monday, Sept. 22. Read More

Technology company Google will bring its retro-fitted, eco-friendly school bus to Vanderbilt University Thursday, Sept. 18, as part of a campaign to get more students, faculty and staff using their free Google Apps for Education that includes Google Calendar, Google Docs, Google Talk calls and instant messaging, and Google Sites Web site builder. Read More

The man credited with making ‘Must See TV' one of the most popular and recognizable promotional themes in television history is coming to the Vanderbilt Owen Graduate School of Management. Read More

More than 1,700 new Vanderbilt University students, including first-year and transfer students, will carry banners and march into the school's main gate 5 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 24, during Founders Walk, a tradition that formally welcomes new students to the Vanderbilt community. Read More

The undergraduate experience at Vanderbilt University is undergoing its most significant transformation with its new campus within a campus for first-year students, The Commons, opening Saturday, Aug. 16. Read More

First-year students will move in to The Commons, Vanderbilt University's new living-learning community on Saturday, Aug. 16, from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Read More

Joseline Elizabeth Vasquez Santay will undergo preliminary procedures to help doctors at the Monroe Carell Jr. Children\'s Hospital at Vanderbilt determine how to safely remove a neck tumor which is as large as the toddler\'s head. Read More

Rally Across America, a non-profit charity bicycle race which raises money for childhood cancer research, will visit the Hematology and Oncology Clinic at the Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt on Friday, June 27. Read More

A free electronics recycling event will be held at LP Field from May 14 to May 17. A large number of items are expected to be recycled on Wednesday, May 14, providing photo and video opportunities. Items could include computer systems, monitors, printers, copiers, fax machines, TVs, cell… Read More

Graduating students will receive diplomas at Vanderbilt University\'s Commencement on Friday, May 9, starting at 9 a.m. on Alumni Lawn, near West End Avenue and 23rd Avenue North. Chancellor Nicholas Zeppos will give the Commencement address to graduates. Read More

In his May 9 commencement address at Vanderbilt\'s Owen Graduate School of Management, Howard Lutnick, Chairman and CEO of Cantor Fitzgerald, will tell graduating MBAs that the heart and soul of a business resides inside its people and transcends success in the marketplace. Read More

Musician and social activist Bob Geldof will speak at Vanderbilt\'s Senior Class Day on Thursday, May 8, at 10 a.m. on Alumni Lawn. Senior Class Day, 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. Geldof\'s speech will be webcast live. Read More

Civil rights leaders and activists Angela Davis and the Rev. James Lawson will speak on April 4, the 40th anniversary of the assassination of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., and a special panel including Houston Baker, Richard King, Bob Moses and Ruth Turner Perot will examine Robert Penn Warren\'s 1965 book Who Speaks for the Negro? Read More

A distinguished group of scholars, journalists and activists will grapple with some of the thorniest issues of immigration during a symposium organized by Carol Swain, a Vanderbilt University professor of political science and law. Read More

Vanderbilt will celebrate the selection of Nicholas S. Zeppos as the university\'s eighth chancellor during a special open house Monday, March 10, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Student Life Center. Read More

The eighth chancellor of Vanderbilt University will be available to speak with media at 1 p.m. Saturday, March 1, in the second floor lobby of Kirkland Hall. Read More

The Food Security Partners of Middle Tennessee is hosting the state\'s first ever Food Security Summit Saturday, Feb. 16, at Westminster Presbyterian Church in Nashville from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Nashville Mayor Karl Dean will address the group at 10 a.m. Read More

Rigoberta Menchu, a Mayan Indian from Guatemala internationally recognized for her work for social justice and cultural reconciliation for indigenous people, will speak at Vanderbilt University on Thursday, Feb. 7, at 7 p.m. at Benton Chapel on Vanderbilt University\'s campus. Read More

A multi-disciplinary panel will take up the controversial topic of state-required vaccinations for sexually transmitted disease on Tuesday, Feb. 5, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. in the Flynn Auditorium of the Vanderbilt Law School. Read More

Vanderbilt University students will hold a presidential caucus Friday, Feb. 1, in advance of what has been dubbed "Super Duper Tuesday." Read More