Releases
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Vanderbilt Peabody College researchers win federal award to expand speech-language support for toddlers with cleft palate
By Jennifer Kiilerich Toddlerhood is a critical window for developmental interventions. But up to 75 percent of children born with cleft lip or palate don’t receive the speech-language support they may need until grade school. This lag puts them at risk of challenges with communication, social… Read MoreFeb 5, 2026
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Early language intervention shows promise for Spanish-speaking children with language delays
By Jenna Somers A new study finds that a culturally sustaining treatment can help nearly half of young Spanish-speaking children with early language delays improve their skills significantly—five times more than standard care alone. Led by researchers at Vanderbilt University Peabody College of education and human development, the… Read MoreFeb 3, 2026
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Innovation Catalyst Funds awarded to seven faculty from October 2025 cycle
Vanderbilt University announced seven recipients of the Innovation Catalyst Fund awards for the October 2025 cycle. The awards offer strategic pre-seed funding to help faculty across a wide range of disciplines turn promising research concepts into tangible solutions that address fundamental societal needs. Read MoreFeb 2, 2026
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Vanderbilt’s Susan Gray School adds kindergarten to its inclusive pre-school program
In 2021, Kathleen Seabolt, executive director, Vanderbilt Child & Family Center , founded the Owls kindergarten as a pilot program at The Acorn School, which provides care for young children of Vanderbilt University faculty and staff. Beginning in the fall of 2026, Owls will migrate across campus to join the Susan Gray School, Vanderbilt’s inclusive pre-school that is part of Vanderbilt Peabody College of education and human development. Read MoreFeb 2, 2026
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Warm Up & Recharge at Vanderbilt: Community warming center is open through Monday, Feb. 2
Following the recent winter storm and widespread power outages, Vanderbilt University is opening the David Williams II Recreation and Wellness Center to faculty, staff, students and members of the larger Nashville and Middle Tennessee community in need of a safe, warm place to rest and recharge. Read MoreJan 29, 2026
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Vanderbilt launches new season of ‘Quantum Potential’ podcast
Advances in medicine, society and life-altering innovations are sparked through an environment committed to curiosity and potential. See what’s coming up in the second season of the Quantum Potential podcast as Provost C. Cybele Raver introduces listeners the innovators driving Vanderbilt progress. Read MoreJan 29, 2026
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Surgical robotics pioneer Robert Webster guides life-saving ideas into reality
He leads groundbreaking work creating robotic tools to make surgeries safer. Now, with a passion for partnership, see how Robert Webster is carving a path for others to take their life-changing innovations and turn them into reality. Read MoreJan 29, 2026
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How do you expand compassion, joy and faith while also integrating artificial intelligence? Jump into a fascinating dialogue between Vanderbilt Divinity School professor Jaco Hamman and Provost C. Cybele Raver in the Season 2 premiere of the Quantum Potential podcast.
Jan 29, 2026
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Peabody College student named Wattles Fellow
Jenna Ravarino Jenna Ravarino, a fourth-year student in the Department of Human and Organizational Development at Vanderbilt Peabody College of education and human development, has been awarded a Wattles Fellowship. The fellowship offers three women graduates from Vanderbilt University a one-year, fully integrated position in the London… Read MoreJan 28, 2026
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New reports illustrate historical patterns of inequity in policy design and their impact across generations
Tracing policy decisions from early America to today, the reports reveal how long-standing choices continue to shape access and outcomes for families. Press Contact: Sydne Lewis, 615-343-9946, sydne.lewis@vanderbilt.edu The Prenatal-to-3 Policy Impact Center at Vanderbilt University published the first installment in a series of reports, Social Policy… Read MoreJan 23, 2026
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Vanderbilt Peabody scholars awarded prestigious Dunnette Prize from the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology
By Jenna Somers Dean Camilla P. Benbow David Lubinski (Vanderbilt) Camilla Benbow and David Lubinski have won the Dunnette Prize from the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP), for their scholarship on talent identification and talent… Read MoreJan 21, 2026
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Meet the Vanderbilt student tutors building community through collaboration at Nashville’s John Early School
By Jennifer Kiilerich and Krystal Schmidt On a rainy November afternoon in a North Nashville classroom, students who once struggled in math periodically shouted out “zearned it,” receiving stickers or candy from their teacher as they hit milestones in the math program of the same name. Sherrilyn Dovi,… Read MoreJan 15, 2026
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SACSCOC Torch Award honors Vanderbilt for student success and completion rates
Vanderbilt was recently honored by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges inaugural Torch Awards, a new recognition that celebrates member institutions for their leadership in affordability, student success and post-college outcomes. Vanderbilt was the only Level VI institution to receive the award in the student support and completion category. Read MoreJan 15, 2026
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Corporate and higher education exec Everette Fortner, BE’84, to transform Vanderbilt’s Career Center
Get to know the new vice provost of career advancement and engagement and head of Vanderbilt's Career Center Read MoreJan 15, 2026
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Major Jackson: Devouring the Art of Language
Whether Major Jackson is teaching, writing or critiquing, at the center of his work is a voracious hunger for artful language—underpinned by a commitment to painting the quotidian in new and unexpected ways. Read MoreJan 15, 2026
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Jan 14, 2026
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Vanderbilt University to establish full-time academic campus in San Francisco
Vanderbilt University has announced plans to establish an academic campus in San Francisco beginning in 2027, subject to necessary regulatory approvals. The planned campus expects to serve about 1,000 undergraduate and graduate students and support sustained faculty, staff and academic activity. It represents the next step in Vanderbilt’s strategic growth and builds on the university’s recent expansions in New York City and West Palm Beach by extending Vanderbilt’s distinctive academic model into one of the world’s leading centers of creativity, technology and entrepreneurship. Read MoreJan 13, 2026
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Three Nashville students from School for Science and Math at Vanderbilt named semi-finalists in prestigious national science competition
Three Metro Nashville Public Schools students from the School for Science and Math at Vanderbilt’s (SSMV) senior class have been named as Top 300 Scholars in the Regeneron Science Talent Search 2026 competition. This competition recognizes and empowers the nation’s most promising young scientists who are creating ideas and solutions… Read MoreJan 13, 2026
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Vanderbilt surges forward with West Palm Beach campus, launches broader fundraising effort
Ushering in a new age of ambition and innovation as a multicampus university, Vanderbilt University announced today that it is proceeding with a planned graduate campus in West Palm Beach—and launched a new $250 million phase of the fundraising campaign for the project. Read MoreJan 12, 2026
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Vanderbilt Peabody distinguished research dean elected to international board for school improvement
Ellen Goldring Ellen B. Goldring has been elected to the board of directors of the International Congress for School Effectiveness and Improvement (ICSEI). Goldring is distinguished research dean, Patricia and Rodes Hart Professor and professor of educational leadership and policy at Vanderbilt Peabody College of education and human… Read MoreJan 12, 2026