The Wond’ry

Vanderbilt’s partnership with the recently opened National Museum of African American Music promises the potential of community-building discussions involving music, race, history and storytelling. Read More

A new Nanomaker Immersion course coming to Vanderbilt aims to train the next generation of nanotechnology entrepreneurs in a facility rarely utilized by undergraduates. Vanderbilt professor Alice D. Leach will teach nanotech development and commercialization techniques to the next generation of nanotechnology entrepreneurs beginning in fall 2022. Read More

Taking care of your mind and body doesn’t have to be hard work. The following are some suggestions from the experts at the Student Care Network on how to support your health and wellness while also having fun. Read More

The Wond’ry at the Innovation Pavillion’s Ideator program works with regional inventors to bring ideas to life. An Ideator team of Ph.D. students from Meharry Medical College will now work with the National Science Foundation to further evaluate and commercialize their idea. Read More

The inaugural Vanderbilt Changemakers event featured a discussion with Owen Graduate School of Management alumni Nat Robinson, MBA’07, JD’18, and Tori Samples, BMus’12, MBA’18, about the company they created to provide virtual banking services to refugees and migrants. Read More

Two Vanderbilt Owen Graduate School of Management alumni will discuss the company they created to provide banking services to refugee populations. The event, "Vanderbilt Changemakers: Leaf Global Fintech," will take place on Wednesday, Jan. 27, from 11 a.m. to noon CT. Read More

Vanderbilt students recently had the opportunity to make their own stylish and unique “designer” face masks at multiple mask-making sessions led by Vanderbilt costume shop manager and senior lecturer Alexandra Sargent Capps at the Wond’ry, Vanderbilt’s Innovation Center. Read More

Kevin Galloway, director of making at the Wond’ry, has adjusted his class on engineering and immersive design to help students create in all environments while making things that help people. Read More

Want to get the undivided attention of founders, CEOs and other experts to listen to your idea for a new product, service or technology and provide feedback? University-affiliated innovators can apply to present their idea at our next Innovation Open Mic Night. Read More

When Riddhi Singhania starts her day at Vanderbilt, many of her peers are turning in for the night. That's because she's experiencing her first year at the university remotely from her home in Indore, India. Read More

Beginning in September 2020, join us for the first annual speaker series on various topics in the coffee sector. The speaker series is open to the public. Read More

Alumni Charleson and Charreau Bell are siblings, business partners, innovators and entrepreneurs, as well as emblematic of the culture of innovation at Vanderbilt's Wond’ry and Data Science Institute. Read More

"The Scholarship of Everyday Life: Coffee" is a multidisciplinary series of talks and interactive experiences in which undergraduates discover the connections among their classwork, scholarly research and everyday objects and how their use can affect people in communities on the local and global scale. Applications for the program, sponsored by the Robert Penn Warren Center for the Humanities and the Social Innovation Practice Area @ the Wond'ry, are due Sept. 4. Read More

For the second year, the Wond’ry at Vanderbilt University is hosting an NFL Fantasy Football Draft Party using IBM’s Watson. Join online for this fun and competitive event on Wednesday, Sept. 9, from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. CT. Read More

Want to get the undivided attention of founders, CEOs and other experts to listen to your idea for a new product, service or technology and provide feedback? University-affiliated innovators can apply to present their idea at our next Innovation Open Mic Night. Read More

The Wond’ry has launched the Innovation Portal, a tool to assist the Vanderbilt community in accessing Wond’ry resources. Read More

Worst-case scenarios of cyber warfare are motivating Brad and Tim Potteiger, twin brothers and Vanderbilt alumni who are pioneering a new method of cybersecurity known as "moving target defense." Read More

David Owens, professor of the practice of management and innovation and Evans Family Executive Director of the Wond'ry, discusses ways new graduates may think about starting their careers amid the uncertain economy brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. Read More

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to upend lives in countless ways, members of the Vanderbilt community have shown remarkable resilience in the face of the crisis. Read More

David Owens, professor for the practice of management and innovation and Evans Family Executive Director of the Wond'ry, discusses how the COVID-19 pandemic will change workplaces. Read More