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Monogram Health, RockCity, Vanderbilt University announce updates

CORRECTION: This piece was corrected on Oct. 12 at 10:09 a.m. CDT. It previously stated that Thomas Schwartz was the director of Vanderbilt’s department of history; he is actually the director of undergraduate studies in the department of history. Hamas, an Islamist militant group that governs Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, launched a surprise attack and...

CORRECTION: This piece was corrected on Oct. 12 at 10:09 a.m. CDT. It previously stated that Thomas Schwartz was the director of Vanderbilt’s department of history; he is actually the director of undergraduate studies in the department of history. Hamas, an Islamist militant group that governs Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, launched a surprise attack and...

University of Florida President Ben Sasse said "too little education" is happening on elite campuses after Harvard students engaged in anti-Israel rhetoric.

Kelly Goldsmith and Leigh Gilchrist were announced as faculty director and inaugural associate faculty director, respectively, of the Ingram Scholars Program on Sept. 22. Goldsmith and Gilchrist’s terms will begin Jan. 1, after current faculty director Brian Heuser concludes his second term and returns to his faculty role in Peabody College.  Goldsmith is a professor...

Hartwick College President Darren Reisberg has resigned to take a position at Vanderbilt University.

The United States and Israel are the twin pillars of Western Civilization, and students are being indoctrinated to hate our civilization.

Starting in the 2024-25 school year, the Posse Foundation will send two additional cohorts from New York City and Houston to Vanderbilt. Scholars receive four-year, full-tuition scholarships to attend Vanderbilt.  The Posse Foundation, a nonprofit that assists student leaders with potential that Posse says could be overlooked by “traditional admissions criteria” during the transition to...

Hamas, an Islamist militant group that governs Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, launched a surprise attack and invasion of Israel on Oct. 7. Vanderbilt administrators, faculty and students expressed sorrow and concern in response to the attack and Israeli retaliation and official declaration of war. Nations including the U.S., U.K. and Canada have designated Hamas...

The board member, Marc Rowan, called for alumni to cease donations until the university’s president and board of trustees chair stepped down.