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Brooke Ackerly, professor of political science, has received a Volkswagen Foundation Transatlantic Bridge Professorship at the University of Hamburg for the next three years. She is the first Vanderbilt faculty member to receive this award. The Transatlantic Bridge Professorship program engages internationally renowned U.S. scholars in the humanities and social… Read More

Sarah Igo, Andrew Jackson Chair in American History, explains why the current debate around Flock cameras is not, in fact, new, and we have been challenging surveillance technologies in the U.S. for decades. Read More

How can one person’s health decision affect an entire community? Associate Professor of Biological Sciences Nicole Creanza is helping middle and high school students answer that question through a free interactive classroom resource based on real-world data. “Community Immunity: A simulation-based exploration of vaccination choices” is a… Read More

By Ann Marie Deer Owens Today’s biggest pressing and complex challenges are most effectively addressed through interdisciplinary approaches and perspectives. The Collaborative Humanities Postdoctoral Program (CHPP) fully embodies that approach, bringing together early-career scholars to address important contemporary issues through a critical humanities lens. For the past… Read More

Norman Henry Tolk, professor emeritus of physics and scientific entrepreneur who fostered interdisciplinary collaboration while elevating physics research at Vanderbilt, died on June 19, 2026. Tolk was 88 years old and lived in Brentwood, Tenn. He was born on Jan. 9, 1938, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, and grew up with… Read More