State Government Relations

  • Graphic for 'On the Hill' featuring the tagline 'Invest. Engage. Influence.' The image includes three sections: a U.S. Rep. Mark Green, R-Tenn., and CISA Director Jen Easterly at a table, a central image a group photo TBI and Vanderbilt officials, and Vanderbilt University Chancellor Daniel Diermeier and Nashville Mayor Freddie O'Connell posing at an event.

    On the Hill – Issue 13

    ON THE HILL is a biannual report produced by the Division of Government and Community Relations summarizing activity at all three levels of government, as outlined by the Vanderbilt Federal Relations, State Government Relations, and Local Government Relations teams. Read More

    Dec. 19, 2024

  • Tommy Farmer, Special Agent in Charge, Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, Daniel Culbreath, Assistant Vice Chancellor for State Government Relations, Vanderbilt University, Nathan Green, Vice Chancellor for Government and Community Relations, Vanderbilt University, David B. Rausch, Director, Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, Darryl Richardson, Assistant Director, Drug Investigation Division, Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, Kristen Gilliland, Director of Outreach and Advocacy Programs, Warren Center for Neuroscience Drug Discovery

    Tennessee Bureau of Investigation and Vanderbilt researchers to collaborate on opioid crisis, cannabis education

    “By bringing together the expertise of Vanderbilt researchers and the frontline experience of the TBI, we’re fostering a partnership that can lead to real, evidence-based solutions for Tennessee communities affected by the opioid crisis.” said Daniel Culbreath, assistant vice chancellor for state government relations. Read More

    Dec. 18, 2024

  • Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tenn., Heather Bloemhard, Gwen Zwirko, Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., and Daniel Culbreath in Washington, D.C.

    Vanderbilt, Tennessee’s largest employers gather in D.C. for Tennessee Chamber event

    Nathan Green and Daniel Culbreath represented Vanderbilt at the Tennessee Chamber’s Washington D.C. Fly In, discussing policies that benefit both the university and Tennessee’s business community. Read More

    Sep. 25, 2024

  • ON THE HILL, Invest. Engage. Influence.

    On the Hill – Issue 12

    ON THE HILL is a biannual report produced by the Division of Government and Community Relations summarizing activity at all three levels of government, as outlined by the Vanderbilt Federal Relations, State Government Relations, and Local Government Relations teams. Read More

    Apr. 25, 2024

  • On the Hill: Invest. Engage. Influence.

    On the Hill – Issue 11

    ON THE HILL is a biannual report produced by the Division of Government and Community Relations summarizing activity at all three levels of government, as outlined by the Vanderbilt Federal Relations, State Government Relations, and Local Government Relations teams. Read More

    Sep. 19, 2023

  • On the Hill

    On the Hill

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    Aug. 23, 2023

  • Vanderbilt Bass Military Scholars

    Bass Military Scholars present to Tennessee House Committee

    VU’s Bass Military Scholars Program is on track to be the preeminent graduate studies scholarship program for U.S. veterans. Retired U.S. Army Brigadier General Scott Brower, who directs the program, delivered a presentation about the program’s impact to the Tennessee House Education Administration Committee in February. House committee members were highly engaged in the presentation and very interested in hearing how programs such as this can be emulated in Tennessee to support our veterans. Read More

    Mar. 14, 2023

  • Researchers working with the Tennessee Department of Transportation

    Real World Research: Reducing Human-Caused Traffic Jams

    Researchers working with the Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) have turned a four-mile section of I-24 into the world’s largest open road testbed to better understand and mitigate traffic. Read More

    Mar. 7, 2023

  • Tennessee State Senate Transportation Committee Chair Sen. Becky Duncan Massey (R-Knoxville) gets an inside look into the I-24 MOTION testbed and CIRCLES Consortium at Vanderbilt. (Vanderbilt University)

    State Transportation Chair visits Vanderbilt; Bass Military Scholars featured at House Education Committee

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    Feb. 25, 2023

  • Peabody’s Cynthia Osborne and Kelley Durkin alongside Assistant Vice Chancellor for State Government Relations Daniel Culbreath (right) present to the House Finance, Ways and Means Committee. (State of Tennessee)

    112th TN General Assembly overview; Vanderbilt at the State Capitol

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    Sep. 25, 2022