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Vanderbilt’s Art in the Christian Tradition database launches major update
Vanderbilt Divinity Library has launched a comprehensive redesign of its Art in the Christian Tradition (ACT) website, fully integrating this database of more than 7,000 religious images with the Revised Common Lectionary (RCL) platform to support digi... Read MoreAugust 9, 2026
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Vanderbilt to host 2027 North American Syriac Symposium
Every four years, scholars and students in North American join across institutions to discuss the study of Syriac language and culture. The North American Syriac Symposium, held since 1991, brings together the brightest in the field to discuss topics related to the language, literature and cultural history of Syriac Christianity, extending chronologically from the first centuries C.E. to the present day. … Read MoreAugust 5, 2026
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Vanderbilt staff are building the future of work—one AI project at a time
The Amplify Staff Fellows program is not a lecture series or a passive introduction to technology. It’s a hands-on innovation lab where small cohorts of staff with intermediate or above familiarity with generative AI meet every other week to experiment... Read MoreJuly 20, 2026
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Sacred Ground: Retracing the sites of Nashville’s nonviolent revolution
Before boarding a bus for a tour of historic Nashville Civil Rights sites, local community members met at Vanderbilt Divinity School to learn about the School’s history with Civil Rights leader Rev. James Lawson Jr. Director of the James Lawson Institute, Taure Brown, welcomed the participants before setting out on… Read MoreJuly 8, 2026
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Reading the history of religion in America: 250 years of influence
As part of the Treaty of Tripoli, 1797, President John Adams approved the following statement: “The government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion.” Yet that didn’t mean Christianity wasn’t influential during the Revolutionary era, and the relationship between religion and… Read MoreJune 30, 2026
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Integrative Chaplaincy and the work of grief
For Chaplain (Captain) William Dykes, ministry is a shared experience of entering fully into the lives of the people he serves. Dykes is a student in the Vanderbilt Divinity School’s Doctor of Ministry in Integrative Chaplaincy program and an active-duty Army chaplain in the 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment (The… Read MoreMay 19, 2026
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Celebrating the graduating Class of 2026
“Friends, graduates, this now is part of your calling. I hope you will form communities of compassion in an age of outrage,” said Bishop William McAlilly to the 60 graduates and hundreds of guests at Vanderbilt Divinity School’s Commencement. McAlilly is a retired Bishop of the Tennessee-Western Kentucky Conference… Read MoreMay 13, 2026
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Vanderbilt University honors Class of 2026 Founder’s Medalists
Learn about the outstanding graduates chosen as each school's Founder's Medalist recipients for the Class of 2026 Read MoreMay 6, 2026
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Keith Meador, director of the Center for Biomedical Ethics and Society, to retire July 1
Meador has integrated ethics into the daily life of clinical departments at Vanderbilt Health. Under his direction, the center expanded its reach across specialties, establishing programs in surgical ethics, pediatric ethics and maternal-child health. Read MoreMay 5, 2026
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The Moral Reckoning of AI
At Vanderbilt, the future of AI isn't just a technical question — it's a moral one. Read MoreMay 3, 2026