Meet our Students
With nearly 5,000 undergraduate and graduate students hailing from all 50 U.S. states and more than 90 countries, A&S immerses you in a rich diversity of culture, experience, and thought.
This diversity creates a dynamic learning community. Our students are empowered to explore what they’re passionate about and gain perspectives, capacities, and skills they will need for any career opportunity. While at Vanderbilt, our students are creating, discovering, building, and forging paths they never imagined possible.
Read more about our undergraduate and graduate academic programs, and learn more about our students below.
MEET OUR UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS
Sarah Hourihan
Class of 2024
Sarah conducted research on the dark-eyed junco songbird as part of the Beckman Scholars Program, which provides 15-month mentored research experiences for exceptional undergraduates in chemistry, biological sciences, and interdisciplinary combinations.
Vivek Kumar
Class of 2024
Vivek says his MHS major and business minor are perfect for preparing him for a future in health care management. “I feel like the interdisciplinary nature of the MHS classes on a daily basis—coupled with my business minor—are just so practical to the work I want to do down the road. I couldn’t think of a better combination.”
Danait Issac
Class of 2024
Danait is passionate about environmental justice and strengthening cultural ties for people from traditionally underrepresented backgrounds. She’s tackling these issues in a unique way—taking students out of their comfort zones and into the woods.
Jacqueline Welsh
Class of 2026
Jacqueline has wanted to go back to Italy since living there during her childhood. She was interested in learning more about the country as an adult in an academic setting, so the Vanderbilt Maymester program in Bologna was the perfect option.
MEET OUR GRADUATE STUDENTS
KeShawn Ivory
Astrophysics
KeShawn is co-director of events for Black in Astro, an organization that celebrates and amplifies the Black experience in space-related fields. The group recently won the Annie Maunder Medal for outreach or public engagement in astronomy or geophysics from the Royal Astronomical Society.
Jacob Steenwyk
Biological Sciences
Jacob and collaborators at Vanderbilt, Tel Aviv University, and University of Wisconsin-Madison, measured the coevolution of pairs of genes shared across budding yeasts to identify the genes that participate in the same cellular or molecular functions. The results of this work could fundamentally change how we identify genes with similar functions.
Lucy Kim
English
In the six years Lucy has worked as a tutor and mentor in Vanderbilt’s Writing Studio, she has held more than 800 appointments, providing writing support to more than 400 undergraduate, graduate and professional students. “I’ve never really thought of my clients in terms of numbers or hours. Helping them is something that I do almost automatically because it’s something that I cherish.”