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Acclaimed journalist Byron Pitts to speak at 2023 MLK Day commemorative event Monday |
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Emmy Award–winning journalist Byron Pitts, co-host of ABC’s Nightline, will be the keynote speaker for Vanderbilt’s 2023 Martin Luther King Jr. Day commemorative event on Monday, Jan. 16, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at Blair School of Music’s Ingram Hall. Other activities planned for VU’s commemoration include a Joint Day of Service on Saturday, Jan. 14, and the Nashville MLK Day March and Convocation on Monday morning.
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A look ahead at our 150th year |
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In a message to the university community, Chancellor Daniel Diermeier welcomes Vanderbilt students, faculty, staff and postdocs back to what promises to be an especially rich and fruitful spring semester.
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Mabel Cummins strikes balance as bowling team captain, Undergraduate Honor Council president |
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Between academics, training and competition, collegiate student-athletes must juggle a lot. Mabel Cummins, captain of the Vanderbilt bowling team, added to her multitasking over the past year by also serving as president of the university’s Undergraduate Honor Council.
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Major Jackson to host daily poetry podcast
‘The Slowdown’ |
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Major Jackson, professor of English, director of creative writing and holder of the Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Chair in the Humanities, has been named the new host of the celebrated poetry podcast The Slowdown, produced by American Public Media in partnership with the Poetry Foundation.
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Vanderbilt University awarded National Endowment for the Arts grant for Florence Price celebration |
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The Vanderbilt Blair School of Music has been approved by the National Endowment for the Arts to receive a Grants for Arts Projects award of $20,000. Led by professor Douglas Shadle, the grant will fund “Florence Price: A Celebration,” a series of performances honoring classical composer Florence Price.
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Nichols Humanitarian Fund accepting applications through Jan. 17 |
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The Nichols Humanitarian Fund, which provides funding in support of Vanderbilt students who plan to pursue humanitarian immersive experiences, is accepting applications for summer 2023. The deadline to apply is 11:59 p.m. CT on Jan. 17.
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Ambassador of Ireland to visit Vanderbilt
Jan. 19 as part of goodwill tour |
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The ambassador of the Republic of Ireland to the United States, Geraldine Byrne Nason, will discuss international relations on Thursday, Jan. 19, at Vanderbilt. The conversation will be from 4 to 5:30 p.m. in the Vanderbilt Central Library fourth-floor Community Room. The event is open to the public.
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REGISTER: Unity Project to host ‘Upholding Democracy in the Age of the Big Lie’ with
co-authors Major Garrett and David Becker |
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The Vanderbilt Project on Unity and American Democracy will host CBS Chief Washington Correspondent Major Garrett and David Becker, executive director of the Center for Election Innovation and Research, to discuss their book, The Big Truth: Upholding Democracy in the Age of the Big Lie, on Tuesday, Jan. 31, at 11 a.m. at the Scarritt Bennett Center.
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Data Science Institute seeking students for project using AI models to better understand new languages |
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The Data Science Institute is working with Elliott McCarter, senior lecturer in Asian studies, on a new project this semester to bridge language acquisition gap through deep learning. DSI is looking for students to join the project and help harness the latest developments in data-driven research to create a better way to learn new languages.
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