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The International Tax Office has announced a new partnership with Sprintax, set to launch in January 2025. This change comes in response to feedback from the campus international community and aims to enhance the tax filing experience for international students, researchers and employees.  Read More

Virgin Pulse—the company that powers your well-being program—is rebranding to Personify Health on Jan. 1, 2025. Starting Dec. 9, your Virgin Pulse sign-in link will go to a new Personify Health web address. Personify Health will also be available through the Microsoft Teams app store, allowing you to make prioritizing health and well-being at work a seamless part of your daily routine. Read More

As part of the Central Utilities Initiative, phased underground boring and exploratory work will take place from Dec. 9 to Jan. 16, resulting in periodic lane and sidewalk closures. Read More

The annual postdoctoral fellows holiday luncheon will take place on December 9. Please reserve your spot by November 26. Read More

Norris “EJ” Edney III, a higher education and equity professional dedicated to fostering access, engagement and excellence with more than 16 years of experience, will join the Student Affairs team as associate dean of students for belonging and communities. Read More

Temporary vehicle, pedestrian route changes along Children’s Way near 24th Avenue South on Nov. 5. Alternative vehicle and pedestrian pathways along Children’s Way and 24th Avenue South will be in effect on Sept. 24 and Oct. 1. Read More

Open Enrollment will take place on MyVU Benefits between 12 a.m. CT Oct. 21, and 11:59 p.m. CT Nov. 4, 2024. You can make or change your elections as often as you would like during this time. Keep in mind, you must complete the entire enrollment process and confirm your elections in order to ensure you have the benefits you want in place for 2025. Read More

On Monday, Oct. 14, and Tuesday, Oct. 15, traffic patterns along 21st Avenue near Medical Center Drive will be adjusted to accommodate the completion of utility work for a Vanderbilt University Medical Center project.   Read More

Vanderbilt provides numerous ways to keep you up to date about important information, from scholarship and grant opportunities to events and activities. Check out this list of resources to help you stay in the know as you embark on your Vanderbilt journey.  Read More

To replace and upgrade the utility systems in West Hall, which is on Vanderbilt’s Peabody College campus, a helicopter lift is scheduled for Monday, June 10.  Read More

“Woven Wind,” led by Vanderbilt art professor Vesna Pavlović, is a collaborative project that honors untold stories of enslaved people through art, archival research and community engagement. Funded by significant grants including a $40,000 NEA grant announced May 15, the project symbolizes resilience and remembrance with unique clay vessels created during reparative justice workshops. Read More

After a rigorous nomination and review process, Vanderbilt University professors -- Jada Benn Torres, David Cliffel, Volker Haase, Janet Macdonald, Xiao-Ou Shu, Keith Wilson and Zheng Wei -- were named fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Read More

In a new series on the Vanderbilt Instagram account, students can get to know some of the dedicated staff who play a crucial role in creating a welcoming and supportive environment for them. This installment features Dwayne V. Elliott, the director of Arts & Campus Events in Student Affairs, who has worked at Vanderbilt for almost 20 years.  Read More

Logan Glazier’s (Class of 2025) experience is what many educators might call the ideal result of education: the ability to take what’s learned in a classroom—be it something specific, like how to build a roof rack, or general, like critical thinking skills—and apply it in the outside world. That ideal is exactly why, when Vanderbilt rolled out a strategic plan in fall 2014, it put a greater focus on experiential learning. That plan emerged as Immersion Vanderbilt.   Read More

In a new series on the Vanderbilt Instagram account, students can get to know some of the dedicated staff who play a crucial role in creating a welcoming and supportive environment for them. This installment features Ethan Dastugue, a senior admissions counselor in the Office of Undergraduate Admissions. Read More

Generative AI Seed Grants support innovative research across five schools, highlighting groundbreaking projects in emergency response, enzymology, early literacy, nursing education, historical analysis and AI law. The grant program embodies Vanderbilt’s leadership in generative AI research and application. Read More

The Vanderbilt Innovation Catalyst Fund honors eight projects in its inaugural pre-seed funding round, showcasing the university’s commitment to transforming research into real-world solutions. Read More

Vanderbilt investigators who intend to apply for the 2024 NIH S10 either Shared or High-end Instrumentation Grant programs have until April 1 to submit an internal proposal for review. Read More

Melissa Gresalfi has been reappointed as Vanderbilt University’s dean of residential colleges and residential education and dean of The Martha Rivers Ingram Commons. Read More

Effective Jan. 1, 2024, Vanderbilt will match up to 6 percent of your retirement plan contributions. This includes a 3 percent match of your mandatory contribution and up to 3 percent match of your voluntary contribution. Read More