Alysa Suleiman

Apr 9, 2024 | vanderbilthustler.com | Zach Joseph |Alysa Suleiman

CORRECTION: This article was corrected on April 11 at 1:55 p.m. CDT. It originally stated that “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free” is a phrase of English origin. Though the phrase was popularized by pro-Palestinian demonstrators in the West, its roots can be traced to similar phrases in Arabic.

Mar 30, 2024 | vanderbilthustler.com | Alysa Suleiman |Tasfia Alam

Vanderbilt Programming Board hosted the 60th annual IMPACT Symposium speaker series featuring journalist Anderson Cooper on March 21 and comedian Ziwe Fumudoh on March 26. IMPACT is among the oldest university lecture series across the United States. This year’s programming centered on the theme “Voices of Truth: Navigating Identity, Journalism and Social Commentary.” Anderson CooperCooper is an award-winning broadcast journalist for CNN and CBS known for his political commentary.

Mar 8, 2024 | vanderbilthustler.com | Alysa Suleiman

The Open Dialogue Visiting Fellows program hosted Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Anne Applebaum on March 5 to speak at the John Seigenthaler Center about autocracies emerging around the world. Dialogue Vanderbilt and the Vanderbilt Project on Unity and American Democracy co-sponsored the discussion, which was moderated by political science professor Jon Meacham.  After reporting for 15 years on the fall of communism in Eastern Europe, Applebaum now works as a staff writer for The Atlantic.

Feb 8, 2024 | vanderbilthustler.com | Alysa Suleiman |Young Yao

Vanderbilt professor Jonathan Metzl released his latest book, titled “What We’ve Become: Living and Dying in a Country of Arms,” on Jan. 30. The book analyzes American gun politics and explores the mental health crisis and conflicts over race as potential motivations for gun violence. Metzl, an expert on the intersection of gun violence, racial conflicts and public health, serves as the director of Vanderbilt’s Department of Medicine, Health and Society.

Feb 5, 2024 | vanderbilthustler.com | Alysa Suleiman

Vanderbilt’s Open Dialogue Visiting Fellows Program welcomed Melissa Harris-Perry for a discussion on navigating race and the Supreme Court’s decision on affirmative action at Central Library on Jan. 31. Harris-Perry is the Maya Angelou Presidential Chair at Wake Forest University and the founder of the Anna Julia Cooper Center, which encourages and conducts research on the intersections of race, gender and place.