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An updated version of OAK, Vanderbilt’s course management system, will launch Aug. 12. (Vanderbilt University) OAK (Online Access to Knowledge), Vanderbilt’s course management system, is expanding its current functionality to provide additional services and customizations and to make course delivery and management more efficient. The updated version… Read More

July 23 was the first day of class for the VUSM class of 2016, a little more than a week earlier than the start of last year’s classes. Read More

This summer, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine students began implementing a new, innovative, four-year education model called Curriculum 2.0. Read More

The Center for Student Professional Development, formerly the Vanderbilt Career Center, is rolling out a new mission and a new name that reflects its holistic approach to preparing students to be resilient in these uncertain times. Read More

Four Vanderbilt University standout graduating seniors are available to speak with reporters covering May 11 Commencement ceremonies at Vanderbilt University. Read More

The Ingram Commons’ first class graduates First-year students and faculty heads of house gathered at The Martha Rivers Ingram Commons in August 2008 for their first-ever class photo. The taking of a class photo each year has become an Ingram Commons tradition. (John Russell/Vanderbilt) On a bright spring day… Read More

Senior Nate Marshall’s passion for poetry helped him find his voice – and his calling Nate Marshall is all about the words. He started writing poetry in grammar school, and in the eighth grade, when a poem he wrote got him detention, Marshall realized two things: His words could have… Read More

Roteta Senior engineering student Pauline Roteta has been selected for a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship to Brazil. Read More

Curtis Northcutt, a member of the Class of 2013, has been named a 2012 Goldwater Scholar. Each year, Vanderbilt is given the opportunity to nominate up to four outstanding sophomore and junior students in the math, science and engineering fields. Competition for the award is fierce: 282 scholars were… Read More

A combined team from Vanderbilt Engineering’s Aerospace Club and Peabody’s Department of Teaching and Learning won a prestigious outreach award from NASA for inspiring school students in the study of rocketry and other science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) related topics. Read More

Tyler Ford (image courtesy of Oxygen Television) Vanderbilt student Tyler Ford will be one of 14 contenders featured on season two of The Glee Project when the reality television series returns to the Oxygen network this summer. The competition’s grand prize is a guest-starring role on the Fox TV… Read More

Update: In anticipation of there being greater interest than the available venue will accommodate for this evening’s town hall meeting on the university’s nondiscrimination policy, the university has scheduled a live webstream of the event. It should be accessible at 6:15 p.m. to anyone on the Vanderbilt network. Read More

Dear Members of the Vanderbilt Community, As we settle into the spring semester, which will conclude with many of our students taking on new roles – as alumni – in our Vanderbilt community, it is a good time to reflect on the core principles and values of our university. Chancellor… Read More

About 20 Vanderbilt University students will get a firsthand lesson in politicking by participating in the Iowa Caucus in early January. Students will attend political rallies, volunteer for candidates’ campaigns and generally observe the Republican caucuses. Read More

The Vanderbilt Melodores (Steve Green/Vanderbilt) The Vanderbilt Melodores, an all-male student a cappella group, has been lauded among the “Top 10 American Collegiate A Cappella Groups” for 2011 by a popular a cappella blog. The Melodores ranked No. 6 on the list, which also featured groups that have appeared… Read More

(photo courtesy of VIBE) VIBE, Vanderbilt’s premiere hip-hop dance team, will present their fifth annual show, “The Next Chapter: Inspiring a Hip-Hop Generation,” at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 3, at the Student Life Center Ballroom. The event will benefit the Martha O’Bryan Center. The 2011… Read More

(John Russell/Vanderbilt) You might notice students with bags in hand, packing car trunks or hopping cabs over the next few days. The Vanderbilt campus will be a bit quieter as students enjoy a mini fall break from classes Oct. 6 and 7. All residence halls will remain open throughout… Read More

Aaron Moscow, Senior, Theater major, Pre-Medicine Claim to fame: Original Cast director On majoring in Theater and Pre-Med: It’s tough, because in the theater department you have to have this “work with each other, you want everyone to succeed” mindset, and then you step into Organic Chemistry lab and you… Read More

Vanderbilt students will participate in more than 50 service projects in the Nashville community during their second annual 9/11 Weekend of Service. Read More

Vanderbilt University will begin welcoming first-year students to campus first thing Saturday morning, Aug. 20, when move-in begins at 7 a.m. at The Martha Rivers Ingram Commons, Vanderbilt’s first-year student community. Read More