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March 18, 2024
IMPACT SYMPOSIUM
Anderson Cooper, Ziwe Fumudoh to speak at IMPACT Symposium 60th anniversary
Promotional poster for the 60th anniversary of the IMPACT Symposium, featuring images of Anderson Cooper and Ziwe Fumudoh with event date, time and location details.
Hosted by the Vanderbilt Programming Board, this year's 60th anniversary IMPACT Symposium will feature award-winning journalist and anchor Anderson Cooper on March 21, and comedian and political satirist Ziwe Fumudoh on March 26. Read More
ATHLETICS
Dores Go Dancing: Vanderbilt women's basketball earns an at-large bid into the NCAA Tournament 
Members of the women's basketball team celebrate their Selection Sunday tournament announcement.
The Vanderbilt women’s basketball team returns to March Madness after a 10-year hiatus, as the Commodores earned an at-large bid into the 2024 NCAA Tournament. Vanderbilt will be the No. 12 seed in Regional 3 in Portland and will take on Columbia in a First Four contest on March 20 at the Cassell Coliseum in Blacksburg, Virginia. Read More
FUTUREVU
Sustainability, transportation and environmental efforts highlighted in FutureVU FY2023 Progress Report
Aerial image of campus.
The annual report provides an overview of progress around the core themes of connectivity and community enhancement, diversity and inclusion, accessibility, environmental sustainability and the preservation of the university’s historic, park-like setting. Read More
A statue of Margaret Branscomb faces the Garden Club that she founded.
Celebrate Women's History Month and take a walk through campus to learn about some significant women in Vanderbilt's history. This walking tour was developed as part of the Women’s Center’s 40th anniversary celebration in 2018. Each year at Reunion, an in-person version of the tour is offered, but you are welcome to take a stroll through history at any time through this site.
This Week at VU
 
March 19, 2024
12:30 p.m. • Central Library, Suite 200
Vanderbilt Project on Unity & American Democracy Lunch & Learn: 'Questions of Citizenship'
March 19, 2024
3 p.m. • Jacobs Believed in Me Auditorium, Featheringill Hall 134
2024 Frank L. Parker Distinguished Professor Lecture: 'Urban System Science for Sustainable, Healthy & Equitable Cities'
March 23, 2024
10 a.m.–2 p.m. • Nashville Public Library Main Branch
Vanderbilt Brain Institute's Brain Blast 2024
Upcoming Events
 
April 1 | Dialogue Vanderbilt Webinar on Islamophobia

April 2 | Dialogue Vanderbilt Webinar on Antisemitism

April 15 | Final Application Deadline: Online Master of Legal Studies Program
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Latest Headlines
 
#VU2024
WATCH: Schyler Rowland finds a home in the lab, collaborating to fight diseases
 
Belonging
WATCH: VU Staff Q&A Series – Charlene McPherson, Campus Dining
 
Campus Safety
AlertVU full-scale test scheduled for March 19 at 3 p.m.
 
Research & Innovation
Vanderbilt celebrates Generative AI Seed Grant awardees
 
FYI
Annual Conflict of Interest disclosure campaign launches March 26 for faculty, staff and postdocs
 
Campus Dining
Dining options during Ramadan
 
Health & Wellness
Tips for managing stress
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VU in the News
 
WPLN: This Is Nashville: Exploring Vanderbilt’s new Quantum Potential series
Jonathan Sprinkle, professor of computer science, civil and environmental engineering and electrical and computer engineering, Daniel Work, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering, and Jad Abumrad, Distinguished Research Professor of cinema & media arts and communication of science and technology, discuss the Quantum Potential series in this podcast.
 
Forbes: Don’t make innovation a casualty of the war on universities
Chancellor Daniel Diermeier authored this article.
 
Nashville Business Journal: The Boss: Vanderbilt University's Owen Graduate School of Management dean says do your research, then jump
Thomas Steenburgh, Ralph Owen Dean of the Owen Graduate School of Management and professor of management, is quoted.

Los Angeles Times: Column: Polls get it right most of the time. Here’s what to be wary of
John Sides, William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor and professor of political science, is quoted.
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