West Palm Beach

The Finfrocks have become deeply embedded in the South Florida region. The family’s organization, FINFROCK, simplifies and accelerates the process of building structures and has revolutionized the construction process across the state. But before the Finfrock family transformed the building industry in the area, Allen and Laura Finfrock were just two college students at Vanderbilt University. Read More

Natasha V. Sachs has been named assistant vice chancellor and executive director of Vanderbilt University–West Palm Beach. She joins the university at a pivotal stage in the development of its planned graduate campus in South Florida. Read More

Vanderbilt University has named the Honorable Christopher J. Scolese, former director of the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office and NASA’s renowned Goddard Space Flight Center, to lead the new Vanderbilt Institute for Innovations Beyond Earth, which will expand the university’s research and innovation enterprise. Read More

Kickoff event for the Dare to Grow campaign (Vanderbilt University) Vanderbilt University’s historic Dare to Grow campaign concluded June 30, 2026, with $4.5 billion in donor support—fueled by a record-breaking $757 million raised in the campaign’s final year, a 350 percent increase in annual fundraising performance since 2021, and… Read More

Former Dean of the University of Miami’s College of Engineering and a member of the National Academy of Engineering, Dr. Biswas is globally renowned for his pioneering work in aerosol science. Read More

Former Dean of the University of Miami’s College of Engineering and a member of the National Academy of Engineering, Dr. Biswas is globally renowned for his pioneering work in aerosol science. Read More

Vanderbilt University has announced a series of executive-level changes to support its success today and its long-term strategic vision. The changes come as Vanderbilt prepares to open its New York campus in August 2026 and continues planning for campuses in West Palm Beach and San Francisco. Also, the need to represent Vanderbilt’s interests and values through strategic communications continues to grow, and there is increased focus on positioning the university at the forefront of technological change.  Read More

As an undergraduate, Marcia Fordyce-Steinfurth, BA’94, arrived in Nashville from Washington, D.C., eager to continue her education at another top-tier institution after attending Stone Ridge. At Vanderbilt, she connected with classmates from her hometown as well as peers from a wide range of backgrounds, all while immersing herself in a small-town Southern culture that was entirely new to her. Now, with a daughter at Vanderbilt, Marcia and her husband, P.R. Steinfurth, have witnessed firsthand how the university continues to help students access professional opportunities. Inspired in part by the lasting impact of Marcia’s undergraduate education, the Steinfurths knew they wanted to give back. Read More

During a special ceremony in Palm Beach, Florida on March 16, Cody Crowell, BS’07, was honored with Vanderbilt’s Pathfinder Award in recognition of his exceptional vision and dedication in helping the university identify and pursue transformative opportunities, particularly his leadership in championing our expanded presence in West Palm Beach. Read More

Vanderbilt Board of Trust member Robert “Bob” Levy, BA’72, and Diane vS. Levy are fueling a surge in momentum for Vanderbilt’s future in South Florida with a $6.5 million commitment. Their gift marks an important milestone in Vanderbilt’s expansion to its new graduate campus in West Palm Beach, establishing a strong foundation for academic excellence and strategic flexibility in the region known as Wall Street South. Read More

Vanderbilt University’s planned West Palm Beach campus has gained crucial momentum with the donation of several parcels of prime land totaling over an acre from longtime West Palm Beach developer and philanthropist Jeff Greene and his wife, Mei Sze Greene. The Greenes’ gift—comprising eight contiguous parcels—expands the site established through commitments by the City of West Palm Beach and Palm Beach County, creating a unified footprint for the university’s new graduate campus. Read More

Vanderbilt University co-hosted the inaugural Defense Tech Leadership Summit in West Palm Beach, Florida, convening leaders from business, government, defense and academia in a city emerging as a hub for defense and high-technology innovation. Read More

Ushering in a new age of ambition and innovation as a multicampus university, Vanderbilt University announced today that it is proceeding with a planned graduate campus in West Palm Beach—and launched a new $250 million phase of the fundraising campaign for the project. Read More

Excellence, the first principle set forth in the updated Code of Bylaws approved by Vanderbilt’s Board of Trust, along with our other two guiding principles—academic freedom and free expression, and growth and development—drives our core purpose: to provide transformative education and pathbreaking research. It is our foremost commitment and our steadfast promise in all that we do. Read More

Vanderbilt's Dare to Grow Campaign has surpassed its initial fundraising goal, underscoring the incredible generosity of Vanderbilt’s donors and the widespread enthusiasm for the university’s vision. This early achievement has established a launching pad for bolder, more far-reaching impact throughout the remainder of the campaign. Read More

As Vanderbilt University continues to partner with the Palm Beach region to explore the potential for a campus in West Palm Beach, the university released artist renderings of its planned West Palm Beach Campus. Read More

The Dare to Grow campaign, which was launched publicly in spring 2023, has eclipsed its $3.2 billion fundraising goal 20 months ahead of its target date of June 30, 2026, underscoring the generosity of donors, widespread enthusiasm for the university’s vision and boundless potential for the future. The news is both a celebration and a call to action as Vanderbilt looks ahead to deepening its impact in Nashville, across the nation and around the world. Read More

In a unanimous vote on Oct. 22, the Palm Beach County Commission approved a deal to provide five acres of county-owned land to Vanderbilt for the development of a new campus in West Palm Beach. Read More