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The College of Arts and Science is the oldest and largest school at Vanderbilt University. Collaboration across disciplines permeates everything we do.

We’re a place where students learn enduring, widely applicable habits of mind, build community, and discover who they are and who they want to become. Diversity--of ideas, backgrounds, opportunities, and topics--is foundational to our strength and fundamental to the Arts and Science experience. We are also Vanderbilt’s oldest, largest, and most academically diverse school, with 35 departments and programs offering more than 60 unique majors and minors in the Humanities, Social Sciences, and Natural Sciences. Housed within a nationally-ranked R1 university, we pride ourselves on our dual focus on undergraduate teaching and world-changing research. Explore our page to learn more about who we are, or visit our website at as.vanderbilt.edu!

10/28/2026

Every September, the United Nations General Assembly brings the world’s leaders to New York City. This year, a few miles from U.N. headquarters, Vanderbilt’s Center for Global Democracy convened leading experts to ask what makes democracy resilient through a panel discussion at the new Vanderbilt University–New York City campus.

As the panel explored how the public and the institutions that serve it uphold democracy, one theme kept recurring: Disillusionment with democracy is not a rejection of it.

Read more about this engaging conversation.

📎https://news.vanderbilt.edu/2026/10/26/vanderbilt-center-for-global-democracy-hosts-nyc-discussion-on-resilient-democracies/

10/26/2026

For Meredith and Griffin Perry, excellence at Vanderbilt means creating opportunity—on the field, in the classroom and everywhere in between.

The Vanderbilt alumni have made a transformative gift that will establish the Perry and Lewis Family Scholarship in the College of Arts and Science through Opportunity Vanderbilt, providing need-based aid for undergraduate students. It will also support Vandy United projects at Hawkins Field, helping enhance the home of Vanderbilt’s two-time national champion baseball team.

The Perrys, who will celebrate their 20th Reunion with the Class of 2006, have remained deeply connected to Vanderbilt since their student days. Their latest gift creates opportunity for the next generation of Commodores while investing in the programs that bring the Vanderbilt community together.

Read more: https://giving.vanderbilt.edu/perry-gift-college-arts-science-vandy-united/

10/19/2026

Congratulations to Marcelo Disconzi, associate professor of mathematics, for receiving the prestigious Elliott–Yui Distinguished Visitorship at the Fields Institute in Toronto, CA! Disconzi is one of only 13 international recipients of the award since 2007 and the first from Vanderbilt.

Disconzi’s work focuses on the mathematics of relativistic fluids, investigating the interaction between Einstein’s equations of general relativity and the equations of fluid dynamics. He will spend part of the spring 2027 semester with researchers from the Fields Institute and the University of Toronto.

“This award will give me the opportunity to interact with members of the University of Toronto’s research group on mathematical general relativity, which is one of the best of its kind in the world,” Disconzi said. “I’m also hoping to forge new collaborations and meet other mathematicians.”

10/16/2026

Congratulations to Brooke Ackerly, professor of political science! She is the first Vanderbilt faculty member to receive the Volkswagen Foundation Transatlantic Bridge Professorship.

Ackerly, an accomplished researcher and expert in human rights and climate change, will spend time over the next three years at the University of Hamburg studying whether development projects related to climate relief and emergency interventions are achieving their goals, and if not, how they can be improved to support fundamental human rights and democracy.

“This is a well-deserved recognition of Brooke’s impressive expertise and scholarship,” said Jason Merchant, Searcy Family Dean of the College of Arts and Science. “Her research on climate change and democracy is critical to helping inform effective policies and solutions to a set of pressing and complex challenges. As Vanderbilt increases its global reach, impact, and academic collaborations, Brooke exemplifies those values through this prestigious transatlantic professorship.”

Read more: https://as.vanderbilt.edu/news/2026/10/07/brooke-ackerly-awarded-volkswagen-foundations-prestigious-transatlantic-bridge-professorship-at-university-of-hamburg/

10/16/2026

This year, 83 new faculty members joined the 1,800+ scholars and educators at the heart of Vanderbilt’s robust academic environment and interdisciplinary research.

Meet some of these inspiring new faculty and learn what drew them to the Vanderbilt community: https://news.vanderbilt.edu/2026/09/24/new-faculty-new-professors-share-why-they-chose-vanderbilt/

10/09/2026

10/08/2026

Plan to visit the Southern Festival of Books on October 17-18! See the article below for a full schedule that features many A&S faculty. Admission is free!

Many writers and performers with Vanderbilt ties will be featured at the 2026 Southern Festival of Books, which returns to the Bicentennial Capitol Mall State Park, Tennessee State Museum, and Tennessee State Library and Archives Oct. 17–18.

10/06/2026

The fall tradition returns: Limited-edition Vanderbilt swag is back!

It’s that time of year when Vanderbilt pride meets purpose.

For your part in helping us shape the opportunities, research, and programs that make our university great, we want you to have a little piece of Vandy. Whether it’s collectible socks, beanies, or Squishmallows you’re into, we’ve got you.

Make a gift to the College of Arts and Science before Nov. 8 and claim your limited-edition Vanderbilt gear.

https://www.givecampus.com/campaigns/85138/donations/new?designation=collegeofartsandscience&a=13936623

10/05/2026

A cohort of Vanderbilt postdocs are tackling society’s biggest challenges through interdisciplinary approaches. As part of the Collaborative Humanities Postdoctoral Program, the scholars receiving important training and experience while contributing to the university’s intellectual community by conducting collaborative research and teaching undergraduates.

Now in its fifth year, CHPP offers humanities postdocs a rare three-year fellowship, when most programs are two years. Representing a wide range of humanistic fields, the fellows gain teaching experience, make professional connections, and benefit from faculty mentoring.

Learn more about this unique program and its scholars.

🔗https://as.vanderbilt.edu/news/2026/09/25/humanities-postdoc-program-enriches-vanderbilts-vibrant-academic-community-with-extended-fellowships/

10/02/2026

The current debate around Flock cameras is not new, suggests U.S. intellectual history expert Sarah Igo. In fact, citizens have been challenging surveillance technologies with surprising results across both sides of the aisle from the start.

Sarah Igo (History) explains why the current debate around Flock ca...

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