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1 week ago | 
vanderbilthustler.com | Alison Winters |Jorie Fawcett
Summit Sisters Coffee is led by Camie Carlisle and Chelsea Lanier, who told The Hustler their story and explained their company’s coffee roasting system and house-made blends.
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1 week ago | 
vanderbilthustler.com | Alison Winters
The LGBTQ+ Policy Lab reported a total of $9.6 million lost in federal grants from the National Institutes of Health following recent changes in federal policy, effectively terminating three of the lab’s projects. These research projects were all previously funded by five-year federal grants that were intended to provide support until 2029.
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2 weeks ago | 
vanderbilthustler.com | Alison Winters
The American Association of Colleges and Universities published a public statement on April 22 titled “A Call for Constructive Engagement,” criticizing recent federal policy changes that have affected institutions of higher education and have led to research funding cuts. As of publication, 514 leaders of colleges, universities and scholarly societies have signed in support of the letter — no Vanderbilt administrators are listed.
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1 month 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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1 month 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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1 month 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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2 months 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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2 months 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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2 months 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.
