Year: 2026

Three Vanderbilt University students have been recognized with funding to support their original research related to 19th-century French poet Charles Baudelaire. The grants, awarded annually by the Fondation Claude Pichois, are hosted and administered by the Fondation de France in partnership with Vanderbilt’s W.T. Bandy Center for Baudelaire and Modern French Studies. Read More

Critically acclaimed, award-winning author Maggie O’Farrell will discuss her latest novel, Land, on Thursday, July 2, at Vanderbilt University. O’Farrell will be in conversation with author Ariel Lawhon beginning at 2 p.m. in the Commodore Ballroom at the Student Life Center. Read More

Former first lady of the United States Jill Biden will discuss her new memoir, "View from the East Wing," on Monday, June 8, at Vanderbilt University. Read More

The Wilson Music Library will offer extended opening hours during the finals period: Friday, April 17, 2026: 8 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday, April 18, 2026: 12 p.m.-5 p.m. Read More

Winston the Therapy Dog will be present at the Wilson Music Library on Monday, April 13, 2026, from 1-3 p.m. Come and take a break and hang!… Read More

The Biodiversity Heritage Library has announced a new collaboration with Vanderbilt University’s Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries that will provide digital preservation support for the world’s largest open-access repository of natural history materials. Read More

The Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries will host a pair of panel discussions on Monday, April 13, designed to support Vanderbilt graduate students, postdoctoral scholars and early career faculty as they navigate the complexities of the scholarly publishing landscape. Read More

The rise of practical phrenology in the U.S. via the work of one 19th-century family, who not only built a cultural empire around the pseudoscience but made it central to various reform movements, will be the topic of a talk on Tuesday, April 14, at the Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries. Read More

Vanderbilt University’s Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries have received a pair of grants supporting Tennessee America 250 initiatives from the Tennessee Commission for the United States Semiquincentennial. The funding, made available by the state of Tennessee, is administered by the Tennessee State Museum in support of statewide America 250 activities. Read More

Due to ongoing facility upgrades in the Blair School of Music that have shut down the water to a significant portion of the building, the Music Library will be closed on Thursday, March 12, 2026. We will return to our regular Spring Break hours on Friday, March 13, 2026 (9… Read More