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Written by: Caitlynn Peetz Stephens This article was originally posted in Education Week. Read more.   For decades, the Metro Nashville schools in Tennessee created district-level jobs organically as the system started programs, responded to evolving student needs, or secured new funding. The result has been an organizational chart… Read More

Vanderbilt’s Innovation Ambassadors program provides faculty across Vanderbilt University and Vanderbilt University Medical Center with peer guidance on innovation, intellectual property and commercialization. Through the Vanderbilt Center for Technolo... Read More

In a groundbreaking study published recently in the journal Nature, researchers at Vanderbilt University and Vanderbilt Health have created the first growth charts for white matter in the brain over a human lifetime. The work brings together nearly two... Read More

This was originally published in the Automated with Brian Heater podcast. Automated is A3’s weekly conversation with the people shaping the future of automation.     Physical AI is moving fast. But Matthew Johnson-Roberson says robotics is still missing something fundamental. Read More

An audience of more than 500 staff members attended the 2026 Spring Staff Assembly to reflect on the year’s milestones and celebrate their colleagues achievements. Several individual staff members and teams across the university were recognized for the... Read More

At Vanderbilt, the future of AI isn't just a technical question — it's a moral one. Read More

Vanderbilt University’s College of Connected Computing (CCC) welcomed students, innovators and changemakers for the second annual Global Good Hackathon, held March 28–29. Building on the momentum of its inaugural year, the event brought together 21 teams dedicated to developing technology-driven solutions that address pressing social challenges. Students working on their… Read More

Vanderbilt University’s competitive programming team traveled to Orlando, FL on March 22 to compete in the 2026 International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC) North American Championship (NAC), held at the University of Central Florida.  The team qualified through regional competitions, earning a spot among the top 52 teams in North America. Read More

Written by: Wayne Birch  This article was originally posted in The Magazine of the Public Sector HR Association Public Eye. Read more.   Job classification remains one of HR’s most consequential yet inconsistently executed processes. Despite its direct impact on FLSA compliance, compensation equity, workforce planning… Read More

During the Spring Faculty Assembly on April 9, nine faculty members received awards for their significant impact through scholarship, research, creative expression, service, teaching or mentoring. The chancellor also spoke about Vanderbilt’s strength e... Read More