Nashville

Nashville Downtown Partnership is teaming up with Vanderbilt University and Pinnacle Financial Partners to bring the esteemed author and historian, Jon Meacham, to downtown’s biggest business event. The Annual Meeting & Awards Luncheon will be held Oct. 18 from noon to 1:30 p.m. at Music City Center. Read More

The Wond’ry’s Jaclyn Mothupi and School of Engineering’s Janey Camp contribute to Metro Nashville climate adaptation and resilience plan that prioritizes all Nashvillians. Read More

More than half of the world’s population lives in dense urban areas. The College of Arts and Science’s Grand Challenge Initiative on Cities is hosting a two-day symposium to address critical questions, such as: What makes a successful city, and how might universities and scholars introduce innovative ways of understanding cities, their problems and their solutions? Read More

Nashville is known for its music and entertainment, but it’s also a hub for a variety of other industries, including sports, health care management, technology, printing and publishing, and tourism. Read our list of Nashville's top 10 places to experience. Read More

Nursing professor, registered nurse and family nurse practitioner Carol Ziegler was nominated to the Board of Health by Mayor John Cooper. Ziegler is also co-founder of the Climate, Health and Energy Equity lab and a member of the Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health. Read More

Janey Camp is part of a regional consortium developing programming to ensure equity in the next generation of the food, agriculture, natural resources and human sciences workforce. The project recently won an $18 million grant from the United States Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture. Read More

The bicycle and pedestrian corridor will serve as the connecting artery for improvements and operational enhancements to multiple Vanderbilt Athletics facilities and will increase biking and walking connectivity to Centennial Park. Read More

A National Endowment for the Humanities grant awarded to Vanderbilt’s Angela Sutton, assistant dean for graduate education and strategic initiatives in the College of Arts and Science, will help fund the excavation of a historic Nashville neighborhood and a collection of the oral histories of the neighborhood’s descendants. Read More

For the second year running, the Vanderbilt Poll–Nashville shows more than half of respondents believe the city is on the wrong track. This trend is amplified by a plurality of respondents indicating the growth of the city is making their quality of life worse, rather than better or having no effect. Read More

“Remembrance and Reflection: A Gathering for the Vanderbilt Community in Honor of The Covenant School” will be Tuesday, April 4, at 4 p.m. in the Wyatt Center Rotunda, with a reception to follow. Read More

The Curb Center for Art, Enterprise and Public Policy at Vanderbilt and chatterbird, a Nashville-based chamber ensemble, are collaborating to spotlight four Blair School of Music composers and their new works on Wednesday, April 12. The performance will be at Saint Elle in the Wedgewood–Houston neighborhood. Read More

The public is invited to a March 16 lecture at Vanderbilt Dyer Observatory to learn more about noted astronomer Edward Emerson Barnard and his connections to Vanderbilt’s history. Read More

The Office of the Provost has awarded four inaugural Arts, Discovery and Innovation grants to support faculty and staff research collaborations with the National Museum of African American Music. Read More

Vanderbilt University was part of a consortium of academic researchers, working with leading automakers, that recently concluded a five-day test on a stretch of I-24 near downtown Nashville—the largest study of its kind in the world. The researchers tested an AI-powered cruise control system designed to increase fuel savings and ease traffic. Read More

The Arts, Discovery and Innovation Fund is now open to all full-time faculty across all disciplines and all provost-reporting staff who would like to work with the National Museum of African American Music on educational and research projects. The deadline for fall submissions is Oct. 14. Read More

With numerous things to do around Nashville, we have narrowed down our top 10 recommendations for you to check out. Getting to these venues is easier than ever with Vanderbilt's free access to WeGo local and regional buses and the WeGo Star when you present your Commodore Card. Read More

We Shall Overcome: Civil Rights and the Nashville Press, 1957-1968, a photography exhibition on loan to Vanderbilt Divinity School from the Frist Art Museum, illuminates key moments in Nashville’s struggle for racial equality, including the leadership of the Rev. James Lawson. Read More

Historical insights into the Russia–Ukraine War, American popular music and a guide to healthy living are among the classes offered by the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Vanderbilt this fall. Registration is open for older adults through Sept. 23. Read More

Vanderbilt faculty expertise and collaborations will enhance two Nashville Shakespeare Festival/Kennie Playhouse Theatre productions—Cymbeline and Gem of the Ocean—which open Aug. 18 and 25, respectively, at oneC1TY. Read More

Vanderbilt has named Leah Lowe, a theatre department faculty member who has developed and strengthened ties between the university and Nashville arts community, as director of the Curb Center for Art, Enterprise and Public Policy. Read More