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Senior Nadia McGlynn wins NABG conference award
Oct. 20, 2023—Nadia McGlynn, a senior double majoring in Earth and environmental sciences and anthropology, recently won first place for her poster presentation at the National Association of Black Geoscientists 42nd annual technical conference. McGlynn conducted research on Antarctic glaciers that furthers our understanding about how they respond to climate change. Hear from her below about her...
Enrique Pupo-Walker, Centennial Professor of Spanish and Portuguese, has died
Oct. 19, 2023—Enrique Pupo-Walker, Centennial Professor of Spanish and Portuguese and former director of the Center for Latin American and Iberian Studies, died September 25 in Nashville. He was 90. Pupo-Walker was born in Holguin, Cuba, in 1933. He received his undergraduate degree at La Universidad de la Habana, in Cuba, in 1954, a master’s degree from...
Outside the Lines: An Immersive Experience in Art + Medicine with Leo Huang, BA’24
Sep. 28, 2023— When Liyu “Leo” Huang, BA’24, attended the Fall Research Match event during his freshmen year at Vanderbilt, he never imagined it would lead him to three years of immersive, hands-on research combining his two passions: medicine and the creative arts. A Cornelius Vanderbilt Scholar majoring in architecture and the built environment; neuroscience; and...
College of Arts and Science launches three new undergraduate academic programs
Sep. 26, 2023—The College of Arts and Science has added two new minors and a new major concentration to its robust list of academic offerings. The minor in political economy, minor in Spanish for the professions, and Korean concentration in the Asian Studies major were developed to leverage faculty expertise, respond to student interest, and address evolving,...
Meet Caroline Delafield ‘25
Sep. 22, 2023—Meet Caroline Delafield, a junior majoring in political science and minoring in art history. Caroline spent her summer in the Criminal Law Internship Program through the Washington D.C. Public Defenders Service. The internship will serve as Caroline’s Vanderbilt Immersion experience. Q. Tell us about the internship and the kinds of things you were responsible for....
Three A&S faculty elected 2023 members of AAAS
Sep. 5, 2023—The American Academy of Arts and Sciences announced the election of three College of Arts and Science faculty among its 2023 cohort of 270 new members. They are: María Magdalena Campos-Pons, Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor of Art Major Jackson, Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Professor of English Keivan Stassun, Stevenson Professor of Physics and professor of astronomy, computer science and...
Thirty-five leading scholars join College of Arts and Science faculty in fall 2023
Aug. 25, 2023— Vanderbilt College of Arts and Science is honored to welcome for the fall 2023 academic term 35 new faculty members, who add to our growing community of distinguished researchers and teachers. “We’re excited to welcome these exceptional scholars to our vibrant academic community,” said Timothy P. McNamara, interim dean of the College of Arts and...
Renowned scholar Dan Margalit joins Vanderbilt University as professor and chair of Department of Mathematics
Aug. 16, 2023—Dan Margalit has joined the Vanderbilt College of Arts and Science as professor of mathematics and chair of the Department of Mathematics. Margalit is a highly accomplished mathematician whose research expertise lies at the intersection of low-dimensional topology and geometric group theory, with a particular focus on mapping class groups of surfaces. “We are thrilled...
Raheleh Filsoofi receives Tennessee Arts Commission Grant
Aug. 16, 2023—Raheleh Filsoofi, assistant professor of art and Steinert Family Dean’s Faculty Fellow in Race, Racial Justice, and Social Justice, has been awarded a Tennessee Art Commission Grant for her project, “The Resonance of the Lands: Finding Identity and Place in Tennessee Through Clay, Music, and Community.” The program involves mapping and extracting clay from various...
inter+SECTIONS: LGBTQ Health + Public Policy with Gilbert Gonzales
Jun. 15, 2023—Gilbert Gonzales, assistant professor of medicine, health, and society, works at the intersection of LGBTQ health and public policy. A subject area where there once was limited data, Gonzales and colleagues have worked to bolster the research available to help inform both the public and the decision makers who form policies that affect health outcomes...