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Vanderbilt University

Tennesseans’ economic worries transcend political party, Vanderbilt poll finds

By Marianna Bacallao

December 11, 2025

Anxiety over the cost of living has risen in Tennessee since President Donald Trump took office, according to a Vanderbilt University poll released Thursday.

Filed Under: Business, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: affordability, budget, Donald Trump, economy, John Geer, Josh Clinton, personal finance, tnleg, tnpol, vaccine, Vaccines, Vanderbilt Poll, Vanderbilt University

Vanderbilt’s Pavia among Heisman finalists

By The Associated Press

December 8, 2025

Vanderbilt quarterback Diego Pavia is among the finalists for the Heisman Trophy given to the top player in college football. He is the first Heisman finalist in the university’s history.

Filed Under: Sports, WPLN News Tagged With: Diego Pavia, football, Vanderbilt University

Vanderbilt football earns first 10-win season

By The Associated Press

November 29, 2025

Vanderbilt secured its first 10-win season with its highest-scoring game against Tennessee since 1923 while keeping its hopes for a berth in the College Football Playoff alive.

Filed Under: Sports, WPLN News Tagged With: football, Vanderbilt University

Vanderbilt community protests Trump administration’s higher education compact

By Rose Gilbert

November 5, 2025

On Wednesday, more than three hundred students, professors, staff and community members with the Indivisible movement gathered on Vanderbilt University’s campus to demand that the university reject the Trump administration’s “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education.”

Filed Under: Education, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: federal funding, Higher Education, student loans, Trump Administration, Vanderbilt, Vanderbilt University

Our HBCU we never knew and the arts center, artists, and scholars working to keep its memory alive

By Mary Mancini

October 7, 2025

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Nothing remains of Roger Williams University except a couple of historical plaques tucked away on Vanderbilt’s Peabody Campus.

Filed Under: Programs Tagged With: Ciona Rouse, Curb Center, Hagood, Kevin Murphy, Lanecia Rouse, Leah Lowe, Vanderbilt University

Trump asks 9 colleges to commit to his political agenda and get favorable access to federal money

By The Associated Press

October 2, 2025

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The White House is asking nine major universities, including Vanderbilt, to commit to President Donald Trump’s political priorities in exchange for more favorable access to federal money.

Filed Under: Education, WPLN News Tagged With: Donald Trump, Vanderbilt University

State incentives help draw Japanese medical device maker to Nashville

By Cynthia Abrams

September 24, 2025

Nissha Medical Technologies announced it would be partnering with Vanderbilt to advance endoscopic devices.

Filed Under: Business, Health Care, WPLN News Tagged With: economic incentives, medical device, Nissha Medical Technologies, Stuart McWhorter, Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development, Vanderbilt University

Disability services in Appalachia face defunding under proposed federal budget cuts

By Chris Schulz, West Virginia Public Broadcasting

September 22, 2025

A person puts their hand over an older person's hand that's holding a cane.

Advocates are concerned funding cuts proposed by the Trump administration could eliminate some forms of disability services, including all University Centers for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities.

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Appalachia + Mid-South Newsroom, disabilities, Trump Administration, University of Tennessee, Vanderbilt University

Vanderbilt ready to keep investing in football after historic season and House settlement

By Teresa M. Walker, AP

June 22, 2025

Vanderbilt has plenty of options for divvying up revenue sharing under the House settlement with a two-time national baseball champ and both men’s and women’s basketball coming off NCAA Tournament berths. But football will not be overlooked.

Filed Under: Sports, WPLN News Tagged With: football, Vanderbilt University

Americans are shaky on Trump’s tariffs, deportations without hearings, Vanderbilt poll finds

By Marianna Bacallao

June 18, 2025

Thousands gather for 'No Kings' protest at Bicentennial Mall in Nashville on June 14, 2025

More Americans worry about how deportations are being carried out than they worry about their current finances, according to a Vanderbilt poll released Wednesday.

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Donald Trump, economy, Immigration, Kilmar Abrego Garcia, MAGA, Politics, republicans, tariffs, tnleg, tnpol, Vanderbilt Poll, Vanderbilt University

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