Keivan Stassun

Four elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences

Four Vanderbilt University faculty members were recently elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences.

Making connections in autism research across VU and VUMC focus of Nov. 17 event

“Surprising Connections in Autism and Innovation,” a day of presentations, poster sessions and cross-discipline conversations, will be held Friday, Nov. 17, at The Commons Center, rooms 237 and 235.

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Research that ruled in 2016: Readers’ favorite stories

Artificial kidneys, gay-straight alliances and junkyard batteries captured readers’ attention in 2016.

Celebration honors nine endowed chair recipients

Nine faculty members who hold endowed chairs were honored and donors were thanked during a festive celebration Sept. 26 at the Student Life Center.

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The Chronicle of Higher Education: Building a Better ‘Bridge’ to the Ph.D.

The Fisk-Vanderbilt Master’s-to-Ph.D. Bridge Program, which supports minority STEM graduate students, is the subject of a feature story in the Chronicle of Higher Education.

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Chancellor reviews a year of dialogue, change and renewed energy at Spring Faculty Assembly

Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos discussed the implementation of the university’s Academic Strategic Plan, the university and Medical Center transition to two separate legal and financial entities, groundbreaking research, and the university’s examination of what community looks like at Vanderbilt in his Spring Faculty Assembly address.