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On Friday, February 3rd, Vanderbilt Synesis was presented with the highest award in its class of journals, the Augustine Collective’s “Best Issue Award” for our summer 2022 issue, Work. The prize is awarded annually to one of twenty-nine journals at the Veritas Weekend Conference, in Boston, MA. The winner is chosen by the Augustine Collective, […]

Dear Reader, It is a signal privilege of the human race to enjoy aesthetics. Whether we see it in the orange hues of a clear sunrise, or hear it in the soaring voice of a splendorous soprano, or smell it in the scent of a fresh pie, we love beauty. Certainly, animals like dogs or […]

Dear Reader,  “What’s your major? And what exactly do you want to do with that?” Those are two of the most common, and perhaps also the most daunting, questions asked on our campus. Our campus culture assigns honor to those people who pursue impressive work – that can be due to the prestige of the […]

Dear Reader, In an ever-changing world, it can start to feel like the only constant is ourselves. We begin to feel like circumstances, even other people, cannot ultimately give us what we want, so we turn inward to rely on ourselves. As a society, we have taken to heart Polonius’ advice to Laertes in Hamlet: […]

Dear Reader, In the midst of the tragedies of this past year, perhaps the greatest challenge was being forced to walk much of it alone. Many of us have faced illness and grief while physically separated from our friends and family, and isolation has not only amplified those challenges, but become a form of suffering […]