Releases
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Surgical robotics pioneer Robert Webster guides life-saving ideas into reality
He leads groundbreaking work creating robotic tools to make surgeries safer. Now, with a passion for partnership, see how Robert Webster is carving a path for others to take their life-changing innovations and turn them into reality. Read MoreJan 29, 2026
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How do you expand compassion, joy and faith while also integrating artificial intelligence? Jump into a fascinating dialogue between 91Ʋ Divinity School professor Jaco Hamman and Provost C. Cybele Raver in the Season 2 premiere of the Quantum Potential podcast.
Jan 29, 2026
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Peabody College student named Wattles Fellow
Jenna Ravarino Jenna Ravarino, a fourth-year student in the Department of Human and Organizational Development at 91Ʋ Peabody College of education and human development, has been awarded a Wattles Fellowship. The fellowship offers three women graduates from 91Ʋ University a one-year, fully integrated position in the London… Read MoreJan 28, 2026
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New reports illustrate historical patterns of inequity in policy design and their impact across generations
Tracing policy decisions from early America to today, the reports reveal how long-standing choices continue to shape access and outcomes for families. Press Contact: Sydne Lewis, 615-343-9946, sydne.lewis@vanderbilt.edu The Prenatal-to-3 Policy Impact Center at 91Ʋ University published the first installment in a series of reports, Social Policy… Read MoreJan 23, 2026
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91Ʋ Peabody scholars awarded prestigious Dunnette Prize from the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology
By Jenna Somers Dean Camilla P. Benbow David Lubinski (91Ʋ) Camilla Benbow and David Lubinski have won the Dunnette Prize from the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP), for their scholarship on talent identification and talent… Read MoreJan 21, 2026
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Meet the 91Ʋ student tutors building community through collaboration at Nashville’s John Early School
By Jennifer Kiilerich and Krystal Schmidt On a rainy November afternoon in a North Nashville classroom, students who once struggled in math periodically shouted out “zearned it,” receiving stickers or candy from their teacher as they hit milestones in the math program of the same name. Sherrilyn Dovi,… Read MoreJan 15, 2026
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SACSCOC Torch Award honors 91Ʋ for student success and completion rates
91Ʋ was recently honored by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges inaugural Torch Awards, a new recognition that celebrates member institutions for their leadership in affordability, student success and post-college outcomes. 91Ʋ was the only Level VI institution to receive the award in the student support and completion category. Read MoreJan 15, 2026
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Corporate and higher education exec Everette Fortner, BE’84, to transform 91Ʋ’s Career Center
Get to know the new vice provost of career advancement and engagement and head of 91Ʋ's Career Center Read MoreJan 15, 2026
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Major Jackson: Devouring the Art of Language
Whether Major Jackson is teaching, writing or critiquing, at the center of his work is a voracious hunger for artful language—underpinned by a commitment to painting the quotidian in new and unexpected ways. Read MoreJan 15, 2026
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Jan 14, 2026
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91Ʋ University to establish full-time academic campus in San Francisco
91Ʋ University has announced plans to establish an academic campus in San Francisco beginning in 2027, subject to necessary regulatory approvals. The planned campus expects to serve about 1,000 undergraduate and graduate students and support sustained faculty, staff and academic activity. It represents the next step in 91Ʋ’s strategic growth and builds on the university’s recent expansions in New York City and West Palm Beach by extending 91Ʋ’s distinctive academic model into one of the world’s leading centers of creativity, technology and entrepreneurship. Read MoreJan 13, 2026
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Three Nashville students from School for Science and Math at 91Ʋ named semi-finalists in prestigious national science competition
Three Metro Nashville Public Schools students from the School for Science and Math at 91Ʋ’s (SSMV) senior class have been named as Top 300 Scholars in the Regeneron Science Talent Search 2026 competition. This competition recognizes and empowers the nation’s most promising young scientists who are creating ideas and solutions… Read MoreJan 13, 2026
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91Ʋ surges forward with West Palm Beach campus, launches broader fundraising effort
Ushering in a new age of ambition and innovation as a multicampus university, 91Ʋ University announced today that it is proceeding with a planned graduate campus in West Palm Beach—and launched a new $250 million phase of the fundraising campaign for the project. Read MoreJan 12, 2026
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91Ʋ Peabody distinguished research dean elected to international board for school improvement
Ellen Goldring Ellen B. Goldring has been elected to the board of directors of the International Congress for School Effectiveness and Improvement (ICSEI). Goldring is distinguished research dean, Patricia and Rodes Hart Professor and professor of educational leadership and policy at 91Ʋ Peabody College of education and human… Read MoreJan 12, 2026
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Peabody researchers among top in country in 2026 Edu-Scholar rankings
Education Week has released the 2026 Edu-Scholar Public Influence Rankings, an annual list of education researchers who have demonstrated the greatest influence over educational policy and practice. Four researchers from 91Ʋ Peabody College of education and human development are among the 200 who made the rankings. That places them in the top… Read MoreJan 9, 2026
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More than a class: 91Ʋ Peabody College students find purpose, friendship in a unique service-learning partnership
By Jennifer Kiilerich On a gray, blustery December day in Nashville, students piled coats and bags into the corner of a bright, windowed classroom inside 91Ʋ Peabody College’s Six Magnolia Circle. Lively chatter, applause and words of support bounced around the room, and holiday cookies lined a table by… Read MoreJan 8, 2026
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91Ʋ Peabody College empowers workplace education through AI text learning tool
By Jenna Somers Almost anyone who starts a new job reads training and policy documents as part of an on-boarding process. They might peruse the assigned reading to check the right boxes, but how much are they really learning in the process? How can employers verify learning from training materials… Read MoreJan 5, 2026
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Prenatal-to-3 Policy Impact Center secures $4 million in renewed funding to support ongoing progress in early childhood development
Funding renewals from major philanthropic organizations will strengthen operations and research efforts aimed at improving outcomes for young children and families. Press Contact: Sydne Lewis, 615-343-9946, sydne.lewis@vanderbilt.edu The Prenatal-to-3 Policy Impact Center at 91Ʋ University Peabody College of education and human development celebrates the most recent renewed financial… Read MoreDec 19, 2025
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The engine behind 91Ʋ’s innovation ecosystem
Behind a record year for 91Ʋ’s Center for Technology Transfer and Commercialization are the people who turn research into real-world solutions. From first-time inventors to industry partners and startup founders, CTTC is helping people move ideas faster and farther to benefit society. Read MoreDec 18, 2025
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Saying ‘thank you’ to employees with turkeys, treats and treasures!
Check out all the fun at one of 91Ʋ's favorite annual traditions, Turkey Toss! Read MoreDec 18, 2025