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2 weeks ago | 
vanderbilthustler.com | Tasfia Alam |Alison Winters |Brina Ratangee |Barrie Barto
The Hustler spoke with Chancellor Daniel Diermeier for the last debrief of the 2024-25 school year. He shared insight into the university’s response to federal policy changes, cuts to federal funding and limitations on initiatives promoting diversity, equity and inclusion, as well as immigration enforcement on college campuses. Additionally, Diermeier discussed March Madness, this year’s commencement speaker and his advice to the Class of 2025 ahead of graduation.
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2 weeks ago | 
vanderbilthustler.com | Alison Winters |Tasfia Alam
Former undergraduate student Douglas Norman filed a civil lawsuit against the university in Middle Tennessee’s federal district court on March 13, alleging he was falsely arrested by Vanderbilt University Public Safety on April 16, 2024, and that officers knowingly entrapped him into this arrest. This was Norman’s second arrest by VUPS following an initial arrest on Nov. 14, 2023.
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4 weeks ago | 
vanderbilthustler.com | Alison Winters
Vanderbilt University Public Safety sent an email to the Vanderbilt community on March 26 at 6:48 p.m. CDT announcing an “unplanned electrical outage.” Approximately 30 minutes before, the power went out in buildings across campus, and the email labeled the affected areas as “much of main and Peabody Campus,” with the reason for the outage specified as the failure of a transformer on main campus. “Major portions of campus have been affected by a loss of power,” the VUPS email reads.
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1 month ago | 
vanderbilthustler.com | Alison Winters
Dialogue Vanderbilt hosted Jonathan Greenblatt, Chief Executive Officer of the Anti-Defamation League, on March 18 in Central Library for a discussion with author and professor of African American and diaspora studies and ethics and society Michael Eric Dyson.
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1 month ago | 
vanderbilthustler.com | Alison Winters
Approximately 250 students, faculty and local community members rallied at the Tennessee State Capitol on March 7 to protest against President Donald Trump’s executive orders to cut the federal workforce and halt federal funding to scientific research.
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1 month ago | 
vanderbilthustler.com | Alison Winters
Vanderbilt Hillel and Dores for Israel hosted their annual Israel Week, also called I-Week, from Feb. 17–21. The week featured food and community events in celebration of Israeli culture. The full list of events included a falafel night, an Israeli Shuk market, a krav maga self defense workshop and a Shabbat service and dinner. A speaker event with writer and peace activist Dalia Ziada titled “The Complexities of the Middle East” was held on Feb. 18.
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1 month ago | 
vanderbilthustler.com | Alison Winters
Chancellor Daniel Diermeier sent an email to the Vanderbilt community on Feb. 26 at 6:12 p.m. CST in response to the Feb. 7 announcement by the National Institutes of Health to cut funding for “indirect costs.” Diermeier shared insight into the potential effects of these cuts and called for “improvements to the federal funding system.”This decision by the NIH would cap reimbursement rates for facilities and administration costs at 15%. This action was temporarily blocked by a federal judge on Feb.
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2 months ago | 
vanderbilthustler.com | Brina Ratangee |Alison Winters
U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Cruz (R-Texas) released a database on Feb. 11 flagging 3,483 National Science Foundation grants awarded during the Biden-Harris administration toward “questionable projects” allegedly promoting diversity, equity and inclusion or advancing “neo-Marxist class warfare propaganda.” Among the listed grants are 15 awarded to Vanderbilt totaling $4,941,175, one $20,000 grant to VUMC and seven collaborative research projects awarded $400,378 in funding.
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2 months ago | 
vanderbilthustler.com | Alison Winters
Housing and Residential Experience will be closing the Mayfield Lodges as of March 14, according to notification sent to residents on Feb. 18 at 3:25 p.m. CST. The email cited issues with heating and hot water as the reason for the closure. Across the 20 houses, there are approximately 150 students who currently reside in Mayfield Lodges, and all residents will be relocated to available spaces on campus. Students were given the option to move on Feb.
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2 months ago | 
vanderbilthustler.com | Brina Ratangee |Alison Winters
The Hustler fact-checks a message sent to VUMC affiliates by VUMC President and CEO Jeff Balser and recent actions taken by Vanderbilt and VUMC. 8 minutes ago VUMC President and Chief Executive Officer Jeff Balser shared a video message with VUMC affiliates on Feb. 12 addressing the impact of recent federal executive orders on operations. The message comes following VUMC’s decision to scrub its websites and social media of all diversity, equity and inclusion-related language.
