How I want to better the world: Graduate, professional students share inspirations and goals
Putting in the immense effort to work toward a master’s degree or doctorate requires passion, dedication and drive. In honor of Graduate and Professional Student Appreciation Week, we talked with students from our graduate schools about what in their field inspires them and how they want to use their Vanderbilt education to make things better in our communities, our country and our world.Read More
ATHLETICS
Shea Ralph named AP Coach of the Year
The Associated Press announced that Vanderbilt women’s basketball head coach Shea Ralph has been named the 2025-26 AP Coach of the Year. Ralph becomes the first Vanderbilt head coach to win the AP Coach of the Year award and the second Commodore coach to win a national coach of the year honor. The honor gives Ralph a clean sweep of all the major national coach of the year awards for the 2025-26 campaign.Read More
GLOBAL
Transformative exploration across continents and cultures: Meet the 2026 Keegan Traveling Fellows
As 2026 Keegan Traveling Fellows, seven Vanderbilt students will embark on immersive global experiences designed to deepen their academic interests and broaden their perspectives through independent travel. Three postgraduate Keegan fellows will spend a year pursuing self-designed projects around the world, while four rising juniors and seniors have been named Summer Keegan Traveling Fellows, pursuing immersive cross-cultural projects as part of Immersion Vanderbilt.Read More
The secret is out! Here is your Rites of Spring 2026 lineup 🎧
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