What is freedom? And what happens when one person’s approach to freedom infringes on another person’s civil liberties? These are the central questions in Jefferson Cowie’s Freedom’s Dominion: A Saga of White Resistance to Federal Power. In this work, Cowie zeroes in on Barbour County, Alabama, and its relationship with federal power and freedom, from […]
Is Earth unique? A Vanderbilt astronomer may soon find out.
The James Webb Space Telescope launched into space about one year ago. Six months after becoming fully operational, it has glimpsed distant galaxies while peeling back our cosmic history closer to the Big Bang than ever before.
Vanderbilt is helping launch a college to train teachers in Iraq
With the help of a U.S. State Department grant, faculty from Vanderbilt’s Peabody College will partner with American University of Iraq – Baghdad to launch a college of education.
Vanderbilt graduate students protest new apartments, as Nashville housing prices continue to rise
Graduate student workers are rallying at Vanderbilt University Wednesday to protest unaffordable housing.
How Middle Tennessee colleges should be preparing for potential monkeypox outbreaks
Though monkeypox is rare and not as contagious as the coronavirus, there’s still opportunities for it to spread on a college campus through sharing a dorm room, hookups and even contact sports.
Curious Nashville: What’s with the Hogwarts-looking tower at Vanderbilt University?
The west end of Vanderbilt University’s campus has seen its fair share of new buildings go up since 2018, but one tower rises above the rest.
Vanderbilt receives federal grants to expand Latin American studies at schools across the South
Vanderbilt’s Center for Latin American, Caribbean and Latinx Studies has received national recognition for its work, as well as $1.7 million in federal grants. The funds will expand its unique curriculum and the number of students who can access it.
Examining the local impact of the Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade
The U.S. Supreme Court issued its decision on Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health this morning, overturning Roe v. Wade and ending the constitutional right to abortion.
New Vanderbilt poll shows Tennesseans are growing frustrated with elected officials and direction of the country
Tennesseans aren’t happy with the performances of Democratic President Joe Biden or Republican Gov. Bill Lee. That’s according to a Vanderbilt University poll that gathered responses from 1,000 registered voters in the state. The poll shows Tennesseans are dissatisfied with the direction of the country.
As Vanderbilt’s Asian American population grows, students say it’s time for campus to be more inclusive
Vanderbilt offers African American studies and Latino studies, but when it comes to classes on the Asian American experience, the university has fallen short, students say.
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