Sean Seymore
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How patent law can protect public health
Sean Seymore, Centennial Professor of Law at Vanderbilt Law School, argues that federal courts have “abandoned their gatekeeping function” for protecting public health in patent cases. Read MoreMay 21, 2024
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Vanderbilt Law announces launch of Undergraduate Minor in Legal Studies
Led by inaugural director of undergraduate studies and Centennial Professor of Law Sean B. Seymore, the Undergraduate Minor in Legal Studies is designed to help students make an informed judgment about whether to pursue law school and/or a legal career, provide substantive legal knowledge and critical thinking skills, and allow them to become better-informed citizens. Read MoreApr 4, 2024
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The rules of invention do not reflect the realities of the inventive process. Here’s how to fix it.
The Invention Myth, by Sean B. Seymore, Centennial Professor of Law and Professor of Chemistry at Vanderbilt University, offers a new approach to inventorship, one that more accurately reflects the way many significant things are created. Read MoreMar 14, 2024
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Nominations open for ninth cohort of Chancellor Faculty Fellows
Nominations are open for the ninth cohort of the Chancellor Faculty Fellows, a program that awards select faculty with financial and institutional support at a key moment in their careers. Learn more and read about past awardees' successes. Read MoreFeb 6, 2023
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Get to know Vanderbilt’s residential faculty: Professor Sean Seymore
As the new academic year gets underway, Vanderbilt’s faculty heads of house are revealing some things about themselves in this special portrait series. Get to know Sean Seymore, New York Alumni Chancellor’s Professor of Law and faculty head of Warren College. Read MoreJul 30, 2020
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Eight new endowed chair holders honored
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. Read MoreSep 20, 2019
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New residential faculty to join Warren College, The Martha Rivers Ingram Commons
New residential faculty appointments have been announced for Warren College and East House, effective fall 2019. Read MoreApr 2, 2019
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Vanderbilt welcomes the Class of 2022
Service is synonymous with Vanderbilt's culture. On Move-In Day, that means hauling lots of boxes, clothes, mini fridges and “must haves” for the newest class moving into The Martha Rivers Ingram Commons. Read MoreAug 18, 2018
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New residential faculty to join E. Bronson Ingram College, The Martha Rivers Ingram Commons
Vanderbilt University’s Office of the Vice Provost for Learning and Residential Affairs has appointed four new residential faculty to help expand the student learning experience beyond the classroom, beginning this fall. Read MoreApr 2, 2018
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Chancellor Faculty Fellows Program to Advance Trans-institutional Scholarship
Fifteen faculty members from diverse disciplines have been selected as the first cohort of the Chancellor Faculty Fellows program. Read MoreMar 23, 2015
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Patents should not have to be ‘useful’ to be approved: Vanderbilt professor
New inventions should not have to be useful to merit a patent, says Vanderbilt professor Sean B. Seymore. Read MoreNov 19, 2013
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Vanderbilt professors available to talk about upcoming Supreme Court decisions
The U.S. Supreme Court will make decisions on a number of hotly debated cases this term, and a diverse group of Vanderbilt University experts is available to give their opinions about those cases. Read MoreMar 21, 2012
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Vanderbilt professors available to talk about upcoming Supreme Court decisions
The U.S. Supreme Court will make decisions on a number of hotly debated cases this term, and a diverse group of Vanderbilt University experts is available to give their opinions about those cases. Read MoreOct 12, 2011
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Sean Seymore to be MIT’s Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Visiting Associate Professor in Spring 2012
Sean Seymore (Courtesy of Vanderbilt Law School) Sean Seymore has been appointed to the Program in Science, Technology and Society at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology as a Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Visiting Associate Professor in Spring 2012. … Read MoreMay 16, 2011