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Vanderbilt earns $19M in federal funding for special education training and research
Oct. 18, 2019—Researchers at Vanderbilt Peabody College received multiple grants from the U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the National Institutes of Health.
Peabody College to host professional programs open house Oct. 29
Oct. 16, 2019—Prospective students interested in a master’s or doctor of education degree will have the opportunity to learn more about the specific program options available and hear about the admissions process while mixing and mingling with current Peabody College students, faculty and staff on Tuesday, Oct. 29.
Humphrey Fellows volunteer in Nashville community
Oct. 16, 2019—Vanderbilt's Hubert H. Humphrey Fellows volunteered at LP Pencil Box in September and the Nashville Zoo in October as part of the 2019-20 cohort's monthly service initiative.
Peabody Neighborhood Project celebrates major milestone with ‘topping out’ ceremony
Oct. 11, 2019—Vanderbilt University’s Peabody Neighborhood project achieved a major milestone on Oct. 10 with the placement of the final steel structural beam in the new connector between the Home Economics and Mayborn buildings. The event included remarks from Interim Chancellor and Provost Susan R. Wente and Patricia and Rodes Hart Dean of Education and Human Development Camilla P. Benbow.
Sustainability efforts must address social inequalities first, environmental justice scholar says
Oct. 7, 2019—Robert Bullard, an award-winning author and distinguished professor of urban planning and environmental policy at Texas Southern University, described the economic and racial disparities inherent in environmental issues before a packed audience in Wyatt Rotunda Oct. 1.
Wente launches new University Arts Council
Oct. 4, 2019—Interim Chancellor and Provost Susan R. Wente has established a new University Arts Council to advocate for the arts and related scholarship at Vanderbilt.
Socioeconomic status dictates which children get into gifted programs
Sep. 30, 2019—Children from higher income families are far more likely to be in gifted programs than less wealthy classmates according to a new Vanderbilt study.
Vanderbilt joins research alliance to bring STEM training to prisoners
Sep. 30, 2019—Rich Milner is among an alliance of researchers who have been awarded a five-year, $5.2M NSF grant.
Vanderbilt’s Ebony McGee receives federal funding to study racial disparities in STEM
Sep. 30, 2019—The project is supported by a three-year grant of $593,957 by the National Science Foundation.
New faculty Elizabeth Biggs: Nurturing potential in students with disabilities
Sep. 29, 2019—Peabody College assistant professor Elizabeth Biggs’ introduction to the academic field that would become her passion started with a misunderstanding.
Arun Gandhi discusses planting ‘seeds of peace’ in the world with VU community
Sep. 20, 2019—Arun Gandhi, a world-renowned sociopolitical activist, journalist, author and the grandson of Mohandas “Mahatma” Gandhi, shared the ways he works to foster peace in the world and lessons he learned from his grandfather during the Dean’s Diversity Lecture at Peabody College of education and human development Sept. 16.
Eight new endowed chair holders honored
Sep. 20, 2019—Vanderbilt’s eight newest endowed chair holders were recognized by Interim Chancellor and Provost Susan R. Wente, deans, colleagues, family members and donors Sept. 16 at the Student Life Center.