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Quantum Potential Podcast Episode 8: Rewiring the brain and rethinking pain with Craig Lindsley
May 28, 2025—In this episode of Quantum Potential, Craig Lindsley, William K. Warren, Jr. Professor of Medicine, University Distinguished Professor of Biochemistry, Chemistry and Pharmacology and executive director of the Warren Center...
Faculty Accolades 2024-25
May 23, 2025—Throughout the past academic year, faculty in the College of Arts and Science have shown tremendous dedication to not only providing unparalleled instruction, but also toward advancing their scholarship and...
Research roundup: 11 things we learned this year
May 23, 2025—Illustrations by Liz Chagnon Faculty in the College of Arts and Science are pursuing groundbreaking research and discovery across a wide range of fields. They advance scientific progress, artistic expression,...
College of Arts and Science graduate students receive teaching awards
May 23, 2025—The College of Arts and Science recently recognized four graduate students for exceptional teaching in the 2024-2025 academic year: Savannah Bastian and Lucia Edafioka received the Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching...
Scientists discover new evidence of intermediate-mass black holes
May 23, 2025—In the world of black holes, there are generally three size categories: stellar-mass black holes (about five to 50 times the mass of the sun), supermassive black holes (millions to...
Inaugural public programing series in New York City draws standing room-only crowds
May 22, 2025—Vanderbilt-New York City's first foray into public programming invited New York City residents to engage with the university in a three-event series titled “Vanderbilt in the City: Conversations on America.”...
‘Food for Thought’ sparks dialogue on culture and culinary identity
May 20, 2025—“Creating cuisines is about building community through agriculture and bridging the local with the global,” said Ted Fischer, Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor of Anthropology, during the opening session of “Food for...
McGee Center’s new home in Vanderbilt’s Central Library celebrated at campus gathering
May 19, 2025—University leaders, faculty, students and invited guests gathered at the McGee Applied Research Center for Narrative Studies to celebrate its new home at the Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries’ Central...
Looking back for the future
May 18, 2025—Our past has something to say. 2025 Guggenheim Fellow Larisa DeSantis is ready to translate.
Quantum Potential Podcast Episode 7: Deconstructing the political polling process with Josh Clinton
May 15, 2025—Josh Clinton, Abby and Jon Winkelried Chair and professor of political science, and co-director of the Vanderbilt Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions, joins Provost C. Cybele Raver to...
Vanderbilt volleyball team to embark on Japan tour
May 15, 2025—For the first time in 45 years, Vanderbilt volleyball is back—and they’re already making history. This month, the team will embark on a 10-day tour of Japan, where they will...
Two semesters same interview – a First-Year experience with Bethel Derege
May 1, 2025—Say hello to Bethel Derege (Class of 2028) as she answers the same questions across two different semesters, for a peak into a first-year experience in the College of Arts...
Vanderbilt joins Global Urban Humanities Network of scholars and practitioners
April 24, 2025—Vanderbilt University has joined the Urban Humanities Network (UHN) as a consortium campus, solidifying the university’s place among leading institutions at the forefront of urban humanities scholarship. Established in 2022,...
Growing academically and personally through undergraduate research
April 21, 2025—In many ways, the Vanderbilt undergraduate experience is a unique one. One example is in the unparalleled, hands-on research opportunities that students have from the moment they step onto campus....
Every day needs a night: study examines impact of artificial light on life cycle of trees
April 8, 2025—While taking a flight one evening, Assistant Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences Lin Meng observed that the landscape outside of her window was lit up entirely by artificial light....
A lot of nerve: One undergraduate’s path to treating brain cancer
March 27, 2025—It all started during his senior year of high school, when Shanay Desai watched the world go digital due to the pandemic. During that time, Desai mentored lowerclassmen from other...
Art learning from science learning from art: worlds colliding in new Arctic exhibit
March 24, 2025—If you could write a letter to someone 1,000 years from now, what would you say? And what would they think of the world today when reading it? These are...