Chancellor Diermeier Interviews & Op-eds
- July 31, 2026: Forbes
- The University And Its Purpose: A Declaration Of First Principles
- Chancellor Daniel Diermeier authored this piece.
- July 27, 2026: The Tennessean
- Why Vanderbilt is building campuses beyond Nashville
- Chancellor Daniel Diermeier and Richard Florida authored this piece.
- July 13, 2026: New York Magazine
- How Vandy Bested the Ivies
- Chancellor Daniel Diermeier is featured.
- June 27, 2026: The Atlantic
- Higher Ed Is Very Sorry
- Chancellor Daniel Diermeier is featured.
- June 26, 2026: Freakonomics Radio
- Why Does Vanderbilt Keep Winning?
- Chancellor Daniel Diermeier is featured.
- June 17, 2026: The Washington Post
- Colleges know public trust has plummeted, and leaders are seeking a fix
- Chancellor Daniel Diermeier is featured.
- June 15, 2026: Sports Business Journal
- Changing the Narrative: How Candice Storey Lee reshaped Vanderbilt athletics
- Chancellor Daniel Diermeier is featured.
- June 13, 2026: What Happens Next in 6 Minutes with Larry Bernstein
- Encouraging Competing Viewpoints Among College Students
- Chancellor Daniel Diermeier is featured.
- June 5, 2026: The Chronicle of Higher Education
- Has the Left Ruined the Humanities?
- Chancellor Daniel Diermeier is featured.
- May 24, 2026: USA Today
- University commencement isn't the place for politics
- Chancellor Daniel Diermeier authored this piece.
- May 12, 2026: Jewish Insider
- After campus chaos, university leaders focus on rebuilding trust
- Chancellor Daniel Diermeier is featured.
- May 10, 2026: FOX News
- Vanderbilt University chancellor warns schools are too political
- Chancellor Daniel Diermeier is featured.
- April 30, 2026: The Times
- Inside Vanderbilt: The ‘new Harvard’ where students actually have fun
- Chancellor Daniel Diermeier is featured.
- April 20, 2026: Fast Company
- This university leader has advice for his corporate counterparts
- Chancellor Daniel Diermeier is featured.
- March 26, 2026: 'Ed on the Edge'
- Podcast: Ep. 58
- Chancellor Daniel Diermeier is featured.
- March 20, 2026: The Washington Times 'Threat Status' Podcast
- Why universities are a key U.S. national security asset.
- Chancellor Daniel Diermeier is featured.
- March 18, 2026: The Washington Post 'Reasonably Optimistic' Podcast
- Universities charged into the culture wars. Now they’re fighting to get out.
- Chancellor Daniel Diermeier is featured.
- March 13, 2026: WSMV
- Vanderbilt celebrates 150 years with ambitious expansion plans
- Chancellor Daniel Diermeier is featured.
- March 9, 2026: The New Yorker
- The Unmaking of the American University
- Chancellor Daniel Diermeier is featured.
- March 5, 2026: WSMV
- Chancellor reveals details behind Vanderbilt’s expansion to NYC, San Francisco, West Palm Beach
- Chancellor Daniel Diermeier is featured.
- March 4, 2026: The Chronicle of Higher Education
- The Self-Flagellating President
- Chancellor Daniel Diermeier is featured.
- February 24, 2026: The San Francisco Standard
- CCA closure: Vanderbilt chancellor on the school’s big San Francisco takeover
- Chancellor Daniel Diermeier is featured.
- February 19, 2026: The Palm Beach Post
- South Florida's defense tech boom: Palantir, Vanderbilt, and new jobs
- Chancellor Daniel Diermeier is featured.
- February 18, 2026: The Atlantic
- The Harvard of the South … Of the West?
- Chancellor Daniel Diermeier is featured.
- February 18, 2026: The Chronicle of Higher Education
- Higher Ed’s Most Divisive Chancellor
- Chancellor Daniel Diermeier is featured.
- February 17, 2026: CBS12
- West Palm Beach eyes bigger role in booming defense industry
- Chancellor Daniel Diermeier is featured.
- February 14, 2026: Podcast: The Good Fight
- Daniel Diermeier on Why Universities Are Their Own Worst Enemies
- Chancellor Daniel Diermeier is featured.
- February 11, 2026: Podcast: Quantum Potential
- Campuses, Partnerships and the Power of Place with Chancellor Daniel Diermeier
- Chancellor Daniel Diermeier is featured.
- January 23, 2026: WEF
- Meaning of Politics
- Chancellor Daniel Diermeier is featured.
- January 23, 2026: Bloomberg HT
- One of the biggest themes this year is the erosion of trust in institutions.
- Chancellor Daniel Diermeier is featured.
- January 21, 2026: The New York Times
- Investigations and a Billion-Dollar ‘Shakedown’: How Trump Targeted Higher Education
- Chancellor Daniel Diermeier is featured.
- January 19, 2026: Forbes
- When Institutions Lose Their Bearings
- Chancellor Daniel Diermeier authored this piece.
- January 13, 2026: The Wall Street Journal
- Vanderbilt University Plans New Campus in San Francisco
- Chancellor Daniel Diermeier is featured.
- January 12, 2026: The Palm Beach Post
- Vanderbilt U. campus in West Palm Beach hits money goals, will be built
- Chancellor Daniel Diermeier is featured.
- January 12, 2026: Bloomberg
- Vanderbilt’s West Palm Beach Campus Moves Forward With Backing From Billionaire Ross
- Chancellor Daniel Diermeier is featured.