Kara Furlong

The McGee Applied Research Center for Narrative Studies is launching a new speaker series this fall designed to help students and others take a critical look at media influences and foster a healthy relationship with technology. “Reimagining Expertise” will examine what it means to be an “expert” in the year 2025. Read More

Local and regional makers of comics, zines, and more will be at the 2025 Nashville Comic Arts Festival hosted by Vanderbilt University on Saturday, Oct. 4. This free event, which is open to the public, will be from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. in the fourth-floor main lobby of Central Library. Read More

Young people and their families will explore science, engineering and coding through hands-on autumn-themed activities at Fall Into STEAM, hosted by Vanderbilt’s Peabody Library on Saturday, Oct. 25. Read More

The Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries will host a pair of events on Wednesday, Sept. 17, to celebrate Constitution Day. Read More

The life, music, writings and visual art of jazz multi-instrumentalist and composer Yusef A. Lateef will be celebrated Sept. 12–13, when Vanderbilt University’s Blair School of Music hosts the Yusef Lateef Symposium. The two-day conference will include panel discussions, viewings of the Yusef A. Lateef Collection housed at the Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries, a film screening, visual art displays and live music performances. Read More

The Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries’ Special Collections and University Archives has completed a long-term project to fully digitize the Lamar Alexander Papers, which document the life and work of a significant figure in Tennessee and U.S. political history. Read More

A new exhibit at Vanderbilt’s Central Library traces the evolution of the manifesto as a literary and artistic form, showcasing the bold declarations of poets, painters and provocateurs who reshaped modern culture. Read More

Philip Walker, director of Vanderbilt’s Annette and Irwin Eskind Family Biomedical Library and Learning Center, has been elected chair of the National Library of Medicine’s Board of Regents. Walker will serve a one-year term beginning Aug. 4. Read More

The influence of Vanderbilt University writers on acclaimed author Flannery O’Connor—and the extensive reach of O’Connor’s work on literature and beyond—are the subjects of a new Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries exhibit. Read More

Elizabeth Gilbert, who has mined personal experience and deep observation for three bestselling memoirs, will discuss her latest work, "All the Way to the River: Love, Loss and Liberation," in a Sept. 17 talk at Vanderbilt University. Read More