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Learn all about entrepreneurship research and resources Vanderbilt has to offer at this three part workshop series! No experience is necessary for these workshops, which will be presented virtually. Recordings will be available upon request. These workshops are open to all Vanderbilt students, faculty, and staff along with community members. Read More

We invite you to visit the Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery for these April events: ART BUILDS, Wednesday, April 6,  3:00–4:00 p.m. (the first Wednesday of the month) Join us for this months informal drop-in discussion about the art on exhibit in Skyscraper Gothic: Medieval Style & Modernist Buildings,… Read More

Are you aware that the mixing of quantitative and qualitative research analysis methods offers power and flexibility that sometimes is not possible through simply focusing on one or the other?  It is a research methodology that is adaptable to diverse settings, including those that involve teaching and learning in digital… Read More

Margaret Layne and the first Track and Field Team, 1978 Vanderbilt Commodore The first recorded organization of women’s athletics at Vanderbilt University was by Stella Vaughn in the 1890s. Women students participated in numerous athletic activities from then on, never receiving much appreciation or support from the university.  There… Read More

Come for the presentation. Stay for the Edit-a-thon. No experience required! Celebrate Women’s History Month by joining the international campaign to make women artists’ lives and their work visible on Wikipedia. Write about your favorite woman artist, curator, architect, photographer or critic. Wednesday, March 30, 11 a.m.–2 p.m. Cohen… Read More

If you have not already registered to attend this Friday’s noon-1:00 p.m. webinar showcasing the Libraries’ latest new acquisitions, we hope you will register today. Curators will share these highlights from collections that are newly processed and now accessible: The Title IX Scrapbook of Margaret Layne ENG’80 includes… Read More

Curators’ Tour and Reception,  Thursday, March 24, 4:10–5:10 p.m., Fine Arts Gallery Co-curators Kevin D. Murphy, Andrew W. Mellon Chair in the Humanities and professor and chair of the department of History of Art and Architecture, and Lisa Reilly, Commonwealth Professor of Architectural History at the University of Virginia will… Read More

Beginning Monday, March 14, the Jean & Alexander Heard Libraries will reopen their doors to visitors. Campus visitors who are accompanied by a community member, such as an admissions officer or faculty researcher, are also welcome. Alumni and emeriti are once again able to visit the libraries during open hours… Read More

The Vanderbilt Libraries are pleased to shine a spotlight on Women’s History resources this month, when the contributions of women take center stage. Frank Crawford Vanderbilt, second wife of Cornelius Vanderbilt, and her cousin, Amelia McTyeire, set forth the plan that ultimately resulted in the Commodore giving the initial gift… Read More

Images move us. Photographs can often capture the lived reality of our world in ways that come to define our collective memory and they do so in a way that is both religious and political. Vanderbilt Divinity School invites you to a virtual event that brings together community artists, theologians… Read More