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.”
Our HBCU We Never Knew and the arts center, artists, and scholars working to keep its memory alive
Nothing remains of Roger Williams University except a couple of historical plaques tucked away on Vanderbilt’s Peabody Campus. Founded in the wake of the Civil War alongside Fisk and Meharry, this historically Black institution once thrived before being destroyed in two suspicious fires in 1905. Today we uncover the forgotten history of Roger Williams, visit […]
Trump asks 9 colleges to commit to his political agenda and get favorable access to federal money
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.
State incentives help draw Japanese medical device maker to Nashville
Nissha Medical Technologies announced it would be partnering with Vanderbilt to advance endoscopic devices.
Disability services in Appalachia face defunding under proposed federal budget cuts
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.
Vanderbilt ready to keep investing in football after historic season and House settlement
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.
Americans are shaky on Trump’s tariffs, deportations without hearings, Vanderbilt poll finds
More Americans worry about how deportations are being carried out than they worry about their current finances, according to a Vanderbilt poll released Wednesday.
Tennesseans have dim view of U.S. economy, poll finds
The majority of Tennesseans from across the political spectrum say the U.S. economy is in bad shape, according to a new poll from Vanderbilt University.
Students ask University of Tennessee, Knoxville to denounce political interference in higher education
A University of Tennessee student is asking her school to sign a national letter denouncing political interference in higher education.
Nashville Mayor Freddie O’Connell’s approval remains strong across party lines, poll finds
While politicians nationwide are seeing a stark partisan divide in their approval ratings, Nashville Mayor Freddie O’Connell’s is sitting high at 67%.
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