William Gardner

Undergraduate students at Vanderbilt have unique opportunities to conduct a wide range of research, discovery, and scholarship during their time on campus. Whether the study is related to Immersion, through an internship, or in a research lab, students gain a range of exclusive experience before graduation. Hear from Ellie Allain… Read More

The Future of the A&S Curriculum Committee will host curriculum expert and author Roosevelt Montás for a talk and Q&A session on Friday, April 14, at 3 p.m. in Alumni Hall, room 201. The topic of discussion aligns with the author’s latest book, Rescuing Socrates: How the Great Books… Read More

Rebecca VanDiver, associate professor of art and architecture, discusses the work of Elizabeth Catlett, an African American printmaker and sculptor. VanDiver looks at how art functions not only as a lens into society, but also as a cultural vehicle between the movement and the museum. Read More

Cecil Jones, Jr., professor of theatre, emeritus, who taught at Vanderbilt for 29 years, died on March 18 in Nashville. He was 92. Born in Nashville, he completed his undergraduate education at Vanderbilt, graduating with a bachelor of arts in 1951. He went on to earn his master’s degree… Read More

Extensive outreach and fact-finding from Vanderbilt community and beyond shape new curriculum design NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A significant faculty-led effort to redesign the aged College of Arts & Science undergraduate curriculum is nearing completion, aiming to provide a more integrated, inspiring, and enduring program of study for all A&S students. Read More

Alice Randall, Andrew W. Mellon Chair in the Humanities and writer-in-residence of African American and Diaspora Studies, discusses the untold stories of Black country music in Nashville and its roots that stretch back more than 100 years ago. Read More

Mark Wollaeger, a professor of English, emeritus, former director of graduate studies in English, died on his birthday, February 19. He was 66. Wollaeger earned a bachelor of arts from Stanford University in 1979, and a Ph.D. in English from Yale University in 1986. He taught at Yale from… Read More

Aimi Hamraie, associate professor of medicine, health, and society, discusses opportunities to make urban environments more equitable and accessible for disabled individuals. Hamraie, whose work focuses on disability and the built environment, offers solutions for a more accessible future for all. Read More

A group of scholars who work at the intersection of gender and race in the discipline of political theory recently convened for the first time as part of the new Oxford-Vanderbilt Gender, Race, and Political Theory Project. The project is being co-convened by Shatema Threadcraft, associate professor of gender and… Read More

Cornelius Vanderbilt Scholar Suman Mohanty, BA’25, spent her winter break doing something she’s always dreamed of—supporting a community she loves through teaching and medicine. Mohanty, a second-year medicine, health, and society and child development double major, traveled to the Dr. Isac Santra Balniketan Child Care Institution, an orphanage in Sambalpur,… Read More

Today, we’re talking with alumna Halee Robinson who graduated in 2019 with a double major in history and political science. She’s currently a fourth-year Ph.D. candidate in the Department of History at Princeton University, studying the carceral state and state violence following the Civil War. Q.  Tell us about… Read More

Today, we’re talking with alumnus Skyler Gordon who graduated in 2016 with a double major in history and classical and Mediterranean studies. He’s currently a fifth-year Ph.D. candidate in the Department of History at Princeton University, studying race and racism in the U.S. armed forces. Q.  Can you tell us… Read More

The group recently won the Annie Maunder Medal for outreach or public engagement in astronomy or geophysics from the Royal Astronomical Society KeShawn Ivory, a second-year graduate student working toward a Ph.D. in astrophysics, is co-director of events for Black in Astro, an organization that… Read More

Data gained could help with fire activity predictions and environmental planning NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A newly developed technique is revealing how prehistoric climate change shaped fire activity in California. The new data suggest that increased climate whiplash—change between extreme wetness and dryness—occurred at the same time as increases in fire… Read More

Steven Taylor, assistant professor of physics and astronomy Stephen Taylor, assistant professor of physics and astronomy, has been elected to a two-year term to NANOGrav, an international collaboration dedicated to exploring the low-frequency gravitational wave universe through pulsar timing. See the Q&A below to learn more about… Read More

Nashville, Tenn. — While knowing the ages of stars in the galaxy was once limited to a small number of stars painstakingly analyzed one at a time, a new age-dating method developed by a cohort of Vanderbilt and other researchers now allows for age estimates to occur for tens of thousands… Read More

  Left to right: Gilbert Gonzales, Savanna Starko, John Geer, Alissa Hare, Nathan Schley, Tiffany Patterson, Elizabeth Meadows, Rupinder Saggi, Bianca Manago, Sheri Shaneyfelt, Roger Moore On December 6, the College of Arts and Science recognized nine faculty members for outstanding teaching and advising. These annual awards acknowledge faculty… Read More

As once only imagined technologies now become reality, Chancellor’s Professor of History Michael Bess studies the ethical implications for society as the artificial intelligence race outpaces regulation. Read More

Mark Sapir, Centennial Professor of Mathematics (John Russell/Vanderbilt University) Mark V. Sapir, Centennial Professor of Mathematics, died in Nashville on Oct. 8, 2022. He was 65 years old. Sapir, who made significant research contributions in the areas of geometric group theory, semigroup theory and combinatorial algebra, was born in Russia on Feb. Read More