Division of Government and Community Relations, Championing the interests of VU and our broader community

Volume 13 | April 2024

Vanderbilt’s Division of Government and Community Relations is the leading advocate for the university and our community to local, state and federal government as well as nonprofit partners. This important role gives us a front row seat to the countless ways that Vanderbilt makes a positive impact on Nashville, our state, our country and the entire world.

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Vanderbilt to establish a college dedicated to computing, AI and data science

Vanderbilt has begun work to establish a transformative college dedicated to computer science, AI, data science and related fields. Read more

Elliot Winston Robinson, Maya Antoinette Riley, Yolanda Pierce, and Kristin Horsley

A powerful stage for learning: Vanderbilt and TPAC celebrate successful wrap of InsideOut events

Vanderbilt and the Tennessee Performing Arts Center concluded their 2023-2024 InsideOut series with an impactful event showcasing The Color Purple. Read more

Vice Provost for Research and Innovation Padma Raghavan signs the education partnership agreement between Vanderbilt and the U.S. Army’s Development Command Chemical and Biological Center

Vanderbilt, U.S. Army strengthen connection with new education partnership agreement

In an expansion of its research and innovation partnerships in defense, Vanderbilt University signed a new education partnership agreement with the U.S. Army Development Command’s Chemical Biological Center. Read more

Meet a STARS connection: Rohit Kataria

April is the one-year anniversary of Vanderbilt joining the STARS College Network, a collaboration of public and private universities to create educational pathways for students from small-town and rural America. Read more

Vanderbilt students Laurel Bellocchio, Audrey Arner and Logan Northcutt outside the U.S. Capitol

Vanderbilt students explore STEM policy in Washington, D.C.

Three Vanderbilt graduate students traveled to Washington, D.C. to learn from experts about the role of science in policymaking and the federal policy-making process. Read more

Campus Construction

Utility work planned May 20–23 will close a portion of Children’s Way during work hours

Other News

Vanderbilt creates Center for Sustainability, Energy and Climate

Peabody College to collaborate with MNPS on lab school at John Early Magnet Middle School

Vanderbilt hosts national meeting on smart technology for community enhancement

tnAchieves coaching supports low-income students’ post-secondary persistence at Tennessee community colleges

National Institutes of Health honors Vanderbilt with prestigious research prize

Vanderbilt Names Mark Byington Head Basketball Coach

Get to Work: How Immersion Vanderbilt turns students into hands-on experts

Center for Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx Studies: A legacy and future of leadership and evolution

This newsletter highlights just a few of our favorite stories from the past month. If you want to know more about what you read here, or any of the work of our great university and how VU can help your community, please don’t hesitate to contact our office.

Vanderbilt University Government and Community Relations

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