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(iStock Photo) Common Core math should include ‘pattern abstraction’ Identifying a pattern of colors or shapes and replicating it with different colors or shapes—also known as pattern abstraction—should be included in Common Core—according to a study by Bethany Rittle-Johnson, associate professor of psychology. This seemingly simple learning… Read More

Peabody is partnering with faculty across VU to understand how the brain works differently in those who have difficulty reading. Read More

The School for Science and Math at Vanderbilt is a unique research-centered learning experience for MNPS high schoolers. Read More

Peabody College is a research powerhouse, yet undergraduate education remains at the heart of the college’s mission. Read More

Tony and Anita Gotto's passion for supporting the art of teaching was a perfect match for Peabody's Dale Farran. Read More

Hattye Yarbrough's World War II scrapbook will be featured in the Smithsonian’s new National Museum of African American History and Culture. Read More

From finance to fashion, HOD students pursue unique internships of their own making. They've logged hours at Oscar de la Renta, CONAN, the World Food Programme, Deloitte, Neville McCarthy PR and Big Machine Label Group (home to Taylor Swift) to name a few. Read More

Barbara Harty has a special bond with her late grandmother, Barbara Anthony, who was an advocate of education—and her namesake. Read More

After a bout with bladder cancer, Ballard serves as a member of the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center Young Ambassadors. Read More

Before winning NBC’s The Sing Off last December with his fellow Melodores, Ted Moock, BS’15, had already been cast to play a Treblemaker in the movie Pitch Perfect 2, currently out in theatres. Read More

The Vanderbilt Student Media Hall of Fame will induct 2015 class members Roy Neel, Eric Etheridge, Georgia Stitt and Amy Chowdhry during Vanderbilt Reunion at the John Seigenthaler Center. Read More

A new HUD study conducted in partnership with Vanderbilt found that housing choice vouchers were more effective for homeless families than other options. Read More

Seventeen cross-disciplinary projects involving 153 faculty from all 10 Vanderbilt colleges and schools have been selected for the initial set of awards from the new Trans-Institutional Program initiative. Read More

Dennis Dickerson, Sandra Barnes and Jonathan Metzl are available to provide valuable context to the tragedy in Charleston. Read More

In the latest VUCast: Learn about a mosquito-fighter stronger than any on the market; see the creative project for sick kids that sent a VU student to the White House; and do you recognize the faces in our #Vandygram mashup? Watch now! Read More

The White House has recognized Gokul Krishnan, a Ph.D. student in learning sciences at Vanderbilt's Peabody College, for his Makerspace project at the Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt. Read More

When doing math, some children do worse on subsequent problems after receiving feedback. Read More

Scholars from across the country presented research insights on issues spanning the educational pipeline, from pre-K to Ph.D. Read More

Metro Nashville Public Schools fifth- through eighth-graders gathered at Vanderbilt to hear acclaimed children's and young adult author Jacqueline Woodson, thanks to a gift by best-selling novelist James Patterson. Read More

Peabody College researcher Andy Finch has been honored by the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy. Read More