Office Of The Provost

A biography of singer-songwriter Sam Cooke will be the fourth book by Peter Guralnick to be declared “a classic in blues literature” by the Blues Hall of Fame. Read More

Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos has named a committee including a Board of Trust member, two top administrators and a number of faculty members who will search for the next Vanderbilt University provost. Read More

Nine Vanderbilt University faculty members named to endowed chairs were honored for their academic achievements during a celebration Jan. 22 at the Student Life Center. Read More

Ann Kaiser, premier scholar in child language intervention, has been selected to receive the prestigious J. E. Wallace Wallin Lifetime Achievement Award of the Council for Exceptional Children. Read More

Addressing the shortage of opportunities for advanced, specialized study for those who aspire to lead independent schools, Vanderbilt's Peabody College of education and human development is launching a new M.Ed. in independent school leadership. Read More

Chris Guthrie will serve a second term as dean of Vanderbilt Law School. Read More

Vanderbilt University Professor Donna Y. Ford is among the distinguished nominees for the 45th NAACP Image Awards. Read More

Vanderbilt University Divinity School will develop strategies to boost the economic well-being of its future graduates, thanks to a $250,000 grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. Read More

Read about faculty and staff awards and achievements in the latest edition of "Kudos." Read More

Two administrators from Vanderbilt University have been named to chair task forces for the Association of American Universities’ 2014 Council on Federal Relations. Christina West (Vanderbilt) Christina West, assistant vice chancellor for federal relations, will chair the Higher Education Task Force. This group is responsible for developing… Read More

Members of Vanderbilt Peabody College of education and human development faculty were named in the 2014 Edu-Scholar Public Presence Rankings, which recognizes university-based academics who are contributing substantially to public debates about K-12 and higher education. Read More

McNamara (Vanderbilt University) Timothy McNamara, vice provost for faculty and international affairs and professor of psychology at Vanderbilt, has been elected to the Board of Trustees of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges, the regional body for the accreditation of degree-granting higher… Read More

Vanderbilt University’s Peabody College of education and human development has named Carol R. Johnson, former superintendent of Boston Public Schools, a visiting professor in its Department of Leadership, Policy and Organizations beginning in January 2014. Read More

Educators from far-flung lands will share favorite childhood folktales with third- and fourth-graders at Eakin Elementary School in Nashville, Tenn., on Thursday, Dec. 5. Read More

Eighteen academic and administrative leaders at Vanderbilt University have been elected fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) this year. Read More

Vanderbilt Heard Libraries' Bill Hook and Larry Reeves are among 26 fellows participating in the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) Leadership Fellows Program for 2013-15. Read More

Jon Kaas is the 2014 recipient of the George A. Miller Prize in Cognitive Neuroscience, which recognizes individuals whose research has had a revolutionary impact on the field. Read More

The iPad you use to check email, watch episodes of "Mad Men" and play Words with Friends may hold the key to enabling children with autism to express themselves through speech. Read More

Read about faculty and student awards and achievements. Read More

(Steve Green/Vanderbilt) Vanderbilt’s Faculty Senate will meet Nov. 7 at 4:10 p.m. in 140 Frist Hall. Vice Chancellor for Administration Jerry Fife will discuss campus safety issues. All meetings of the senate are open to members of the Faculty Assembly, which consists of full-time faculty members who hold… Read More