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Class of 2024 poses in the shape of "2024"
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May 9, 2024
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WATCH: Graduates Day Celebration
Promotional poster for David Brooks' Graduates Day address, which features a headshot of Brooks to the left with the caption "David Brooks: Author, journalist and founder of Weave: The Social Fabric Project at the Aspen Institute." To the right, the V150 Vanderbilt University logo sits atop the words "graduates Day Class of 2024; Thursday, May 9" with the URL vu.edu/commencement below.
Watch as New York Times columnist David Brooks receives Vanderbilt’s prestigious Nichols-Chancellor’s Medal as he gives the 2024 Graduates Day address at 11 a.m. CT. Read More
FACULTY ACCOLADES
Clinton named 2024 Carnegie Fellow to study causes of political polarization
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Josh Clinton, who holds the Abby and Jon Winkelried Chair and serves as professor of political science and co-director of the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions, has been named a 2024 Andrew Carnegie Foundation Fellow. He joins 27 other scholars nationwide being recognized for their research into the polarization of society and the fortification of our democracy. Read More
DISCOVERY VANDERBILT
Gen. Paul Nakasone named founding director of Institute for National Defense and Global Security
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Vanderbilt University is proud to announce the launch of the Institute for National Defense and Global Security. The founding director and leader of the institute will be retired Gen. Paul M. Nakasone, who has served as commander of U.S. Cyber Command, director of the National Security Agency, and chief of the Central Security Service. Read More
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Glimpses of some soon-to-be graduates 🎓📸
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May 9–10, 2024
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May 8–June 12 | James Lawson Institute: Academy for Nonviolence Series
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Commencement celebrations for the Class of 2024 to kick off today, May 9
 
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WATCH: Unique perspectives from around the globe enrich the Class of 2024
 
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WATCH: Meet student-athletes in the Class of 2024—inspiring on and off the field
 
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Vanderbilt researchers flip the script on yeast ecological diversity
 
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Politico: The smartest computers are theirs to use
Yuankai Huo, assistant professor of computer science, is mentioned.
 
Reuters: Jail time for contempt could spell political trouble for Trump
John Geer, Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Professor of Political Science and senior advisor in the Office of the Chancellor, is quoted.
 
Nashville Post: VU to offer online certificate related to behavior analysis
The launch of a new online certificate program at Vanderbilt Peabody College of education and human development is featured.

Best Colleges: Vanderbilt will give qualifying Nashville public school students free education
The launch of the Nashville Vanderbilt Scholars program is featured.
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