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Sohee Park will use prestigious Gutenberg Chair award to study the neuroscience of the bodily self
Feb. 12, 2026—Over the next year, Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Chair and Professor of Psychology Sohee Park will work to develop a novel approach to examine the nature of the body and the self in those with schizophrenia. Park will be conducting this research as part of her Gutenberg Chair award. Established in 2007, the award aims to...
Vanderbilt Faculty Experts Answer Your Questions on AI
Feb. 9, 2026—Faculty experts Ole Molvig, assistant professor of history and cinema & media arts, and Jenny Davis, Gertrude Conoway Vanderbilt Professor of Sociology, respond to Vanderbilt students’ most pressing questions in this deep dive on all things artificial intelligence.
College of Arts and Science faculty recognized with 2025 teaching, advising awards
Jan. 29, 2026—In the College of Arts and Science, teaching is a critical part of our mission, with our faculty at the heart of our school. Each year, we recognize our faculty for their dedication to not only teaching, but also for their mentorship and guidance. During the first faculty meeting of the spring semester, eight faculty...
A&S students receive prestigious Wattles Fellowship
Jan. 29, 2026—Two seniors in the College of Arts and Science have been named 2026-2027 recipients of the Wattles Fellowship. The fellowship offers three women graduates from Vanderbilt University a one-year, fully integrated position in the London corporate risk management and insurance market. Meet the college’s two Wattles Fellows and learn about their plans for the future,...
Friend or foe? A&S faculty discuss benefits and concerns of AI
Jan. 29, 2026—Artificial intelligence has become increasingly present in our everyday lives—embedded in our cell phones, popping up on social media platforms, and incorporated into many business operations. With this rapid adoption comes many emotions ranging from excitement about having a technological aid that makes life more efficient to despair about the potential impacts on the environment...
New study examines why some people can more easily detect AI imagery
Jan. 28, 2026—Can you tell the difference between an artificial-intelligence-generated face and a real one? In an era of digital misinformation, where fabricated images can spread widely across news and social media, this skill is proving invaluable. A new study has found that a person’s object recognition ability, or the ability to distinguish visually similar objects, can...
Ramayya, professor of physics, emeritus, has died
Jan. 7, 2026—Akunuri Ramayya, professor of physics, emeritus, died on October 16, 2025, in Tennessee at the age of 87. Born in 1938 in the city of Vijayawada in India, Ramayya was equally passionate about his research as he was about educating and guiding his students. He received bachelor’s and master’s degrees in nuclear physics in 1957...
Political science students create mock “Freedom Report” on Middle East countries
Dec. 17, 2025—Freedom is something many people in the world seek, but what factors contribute to a country being considered free? This is a question students in Associate Professor of Political Science Katherine Carroll’s course, Middle East Politics, explored by creating a mock report for Freedom House, a U.S.-based nonprofit organization that promotes democracy, political freedom, and...
Never forgotten: Tiffany Fracchia’s class helps identify missing American WWII soldier in France
Dec. 10, 2025—There are more than 80,000 unaccounted-for American service personnel from past conflicts, according to the U.S. Department of Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA). More than 70,000 are missing from World War II alone, leaving their surviving families and descendants with questions, but no answers. Growing up, Associate Professor of the Practice of Anthropology Tiffany Fracchia...
Going Behind the Scenes of a Vanderbilt Theatre Production
Nov. 14, 2025—Timothy P. McNamara, Searcy Family Dean of the College of Arts and Science, went behind the scenes with Mackenna Guadagnoli (class of 2026) on the set of the Department of Theatre’s latest production and learned a few things along the way!