National education reporter Laura Pappano will discuss her latest book, School Moms: Parent Activism, Partisan Politics, and the Battle for Public Education, at the Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries on Tuesday, April 9. In her book, Pappano draws on archival research as well as on-the-ground reporting to offer a nuanced view of how schools across the country have become lightning rods in the culture wars.
Vanderbilt University officially launched the McGee Applied Research Center for Narrative Studies at a campus event on Feb. 7.
A new exhibit celebrating the 50th anniversary of Vanderbilt Divinity School’s Antoinette Brown Lecture Series will open on Monday, March 4, at the Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries.
The complete archive of Vanderbilt University’s flagship publication has been fully digitized and is now available online, making more than a century of university history accessible to the Vanderbilt community and others around the globe.
A Vanderbilt University Medical Center program designed to teach parents healthy discipline strategies is reaching a wider audience thanks to a collaboration with the Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries’ Digital Lab.
Gilded treasures belonging to university founder Cornelius Vanderbilt, a shipping and railroad magnate and one of the wealthiest Americans of the 19th century, are among the items featured in All That Glitters: Silver and Gold at Vanderbilt, currently on display at the Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries’ Special Collections and University Archives.
Vanderbilt alumnus and author Gregg Hecimovich will discuss his acclaimed biography, The Life and Times of Hannah Crafts: The True Story of The Bondwoman’s Narrative, at the Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries on Thursday, Feb. 8.
The Sarah Shannon Stevenson Science and Engineering Library has reconfigured its physical space to be more conducive for students to gather. The library has relocated all books from its main floor to the Reading Room, freeing up more than 3,400 square feet of space for studying and collaboration.
A new program launching at the Alyne Queener Massey Law Library in January will enable Vanderbilt Law School students to borrow essential textbooks for the full length of a semester and help alleviate some of the costs associated with attending law school.
