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June 11, 2024
FUTUREVU
Opening of Vanderbilt’s Oliver C. Carmichael College completes 12-year West End Neighborhood construction
Carmichael College
The 160,000-square-foot Oliver C. Carmichael College will join E. Bronson Ingram, Nicholas S. Zeppos and Rothschild as the final residential college in the West End Neighborhood, concluding 12 years of construction. The transformation of the West End Neighborhood is part of FutureVU, a framework for campus planning that embodies the university’s core values and holistic approach to its mission of teaching, research and service, while prioritizing inclusivity and sustainability. Read More
FACULTY ACCOLADES
Chancellor announces 2024 Faculty Fellows, grants $40,000 per year to support scholarship and research
Headshots of the 2024 Chancellor Faculty Fellows
Thirteen outstanding faculty members from across the university have been selected for the 2024 cohort of Chancellor Faculty Fellows. This group is composed of highly accomplished, recently tenured faculty from a wide variety of disciplines and areas of expertise. Read More
IN MEMORIAM
Civil rights icon and Distinguished Professor Rev. James M. Lawson Jr. dies at 95
The Rev. James Morris Lawson Jr.
The Rev. James Morris Lawson Jr., a leader of the Civil Rights Movement who trained scores of activists during his time in Nashville—many of whom went on to prominence—and whose expulsion from Vanderbilt in 1960 led to national headlines and prompted some faculty members to resign in protest, died Sunday, June 9, in Los Angeles. Read More
Veronica Fraley throws the Vanderbilt "V" hand sign while posing with her NCAA discus championship trophy.
With a fourth-round throw of 63.66 meters, graduate student Veronica Fraley became the NCAA discus champion on the final day of the NCAA Outdoor Championships last week. She joins Ryan Tolbert (track and field, 1997) and Gordon Sargent (men’s golf, 2022) as the third individual NCAA champion in school history.
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June 14, 2024
4–6 p.m. • Black Cultural Center
'Juneteenth: Celebration of Freedom' Event
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June 19 | ‘First Family of Black Country’ Mural Unveiling & Juneteenth Celebration

June 22 | Nashville Pride: Walk with the Carpenter Program & Vanderbilt Divinity School
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Residential Colleges
Renowned climate researcher Jessica Oster appointed as New Stambaugh House faculty head
 
Government Relations
Read the latest ‘ON THE HILL’ government relations report
 
Nashville & Community
Vanderbilt conference sparks collaboration for Tennessee’s transportation future
 
Libraries
Heard Libraries host fifth Southern Library Support Staff Conference, drawing professionals from across the Southeast
 
Alumni Relations
Vanderbilt Nashville Chapter and FirstBank host fintech panel
 
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Construction Updates
David Williams II Recreation and Wellness Center main courts to be closed for building maintenance beginning mid-June

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VU in the News
 
Tennessee Firefly: Vanderbilt and Oak Ridge partner on AI research and development for national security
Chancellor Daniel Diermeier and Padma Raghavan, vice provost for research and innovation, are quoted.
 
Fortune: AI-generated ‘BBL Drizzy’ started as a Drake joke—but music creators are now terrified it spells the beginning of the end
Joseph Fishman, Robert S. and Theresa L. Reder Faculty Fellow and professor of law, is quoted.
 
NBC News: Drinking on a plane may be bad for your heart, new research suggests
Mariann Piano, Nancy and Hilliard Travis Professor and professor of nursing, is quoted.

Los Angeles Times: Liberals don’t like Biden’s border plan, but it may help him where he needs it most
The research of John Sides, William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor and professor of political science, is cited.
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