Chris Skinker
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Vanderbilt Baseball Claims a Long-Awaited National Title
John Norwood's home run propelled the ’Dores to a 3–2 victory in the deciding game of the College World Series, giving the university its first-ever national championship in any men’s sport. Read MoreSep 26, 2014
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Roster: The Walk On
Marc Panu (JOHN RUSSELL) Four years ago Marc Panu walked on to Vanderbilt’s football team. He sweated through the sweltering summer training camp. He spent grueling hours lifting weights. He studied game plans and watched endless film. His reward was slow in coming. In 2009 he didn’t play… Read MoreJan 21, 2013
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Collective Memory: Through History’s Lens
BY ROB HAMMOND, BA’71 ABOVE PHOTO: President John F. Kennedy reads the program for Vanderbilt's 90th anniversary convocation in 1963. (Photo by Cecil Stoughton) When I was in sixth grade, John F. Kennedy became one of my boyhood heroes. During his 1960 campaign he came to my hometown of LaGrange, Ga.,… Read MoreJan 15, 2013
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Birdie Boogie
Professional golfer and Vanderbilt alumnus Brandt Snedeker, BA’03, climbed into the top 10 of the world rankings for the first time in his career last fall. The Nashville native jumped eight spots to No. 10 after winning the Tour Championship at Atlanta’s East Lake Golf Club… Read MoreJan 15, 2013
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Pea-Brained
ILLUSTRATION BY DAVID PLUNKERT Take a millionth of a human brain, and squeeze it into a chamber the size of a mustard seed. Next, link it to a second chamber filled with cerebral spinal fluid, and thread both of them with artificial blood vessels to create a microenvironment that… Read MoreJan 15, 2013
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Up in the Air
Archaeological sites that take years to map will be completed in minutes if tests of a new system being developed at Vanderbilt go well. The Skate SUAS (Small Unmanned Aerial System), created by Aurora Flight Sciences, will be integrated into a larger system that combines a flying device that can… Read MoreJan 15, 2013
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A Lesson Before Dying
Roy looked like he was 15 at most. He looked like a water boy for a varsity sports team. But without him, my platoon was culturally blind and deaf. Read MoreJan 15, 2013
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Vanderbilt Sailing Club on Nashville’s Percy Priest Lake
Student and alumni members of the Vanderbilt Sailing Club braved some particularly crisp October air for a regatta on Nashville’s Percy Priest Lake during Reunion and Homecoming Weekend. Read MoreJan 14, 2013
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Dean Fauchet’s Vision for Solving Real-Life Problems
Fauchet says human needs can be grouped into four core basics—medicine and health; energy and natural resources; security; and entertainment—and engineering is part of each. Read MoreJan 14, 2013
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Stassun on Producing Minority Ph.D. Recipients
Not long after he arrived at Vanderbilt nine years ago, Keivan Stassun, professor of astronomy, began building on a newly forged alliance with Fisk University, a historically black college just two miles from the Vanderbilt campus, in an effort to increase the number of African Americans, Latinos, Native Americans and other minorities earning Ph.D. degrees in science. Read MoreJan 14, 2013
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Largest 3-D Map of Universe Released to Public
Stargazers, rejoice: The largest-ever 3-D map of the universe has been released to the public. The new map contains images of 200 million galaxies. Read MoreJan 11, 2013
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Commodores Top Baseball Poll
The Commodores’ 11-player freshman baseball class is the best in the nation, according to Collegiate Baseball. Read MoreJan 11, 2013
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New Recreation Center and Multipurpose Facility Cast Wide Net
Vanderbilt broke ground in September on a new multipurpose field house, additions to the Student Recreation Center, and renovation of recreation fields. Read MoreJan 11, 2013
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Stage & Screen Exhibit Draws from Performing Arts Collections
Stage & Screen: The Star Quality of Vanderbilt’s Performing Arts Collections, on view at Vanderbilt’s renovated Central Library and Special Collections, invites viewers to step “behind the curtain” of some of the world’s most memorable productions. Read MoreJan 11, 2013
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‘Tumbleweed’ Sculpture Installed on Campus
A signature piece of art created by renowned American sculptor Mark di Suvero was acquired by Vanderbilt and installed April 30 between the Student Life Center and the E. Bronson Ingram Studio Arts Building. Read MoreJan 11, 2013
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Vanderbilt Offers Online Courses
Vanderbilt makes its first institution-wide foray into digital course offerings—both for credit and not for credit—in 2013. Read MoreJan 11, 2013
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Doctor Isolates Cause in Nationwide Meningitis Outbreak
A Vanderbilt physician’s determination to find the cause of a patient’s illness provided the crucial discovery in a meningitis outbreak that has sickened 704 people in 20 states and has led to 46 deaths. Read MoreJan 11, 2013
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Oak Leaf Society honors loyal donors
This past spring Vanderbilt launched a new donor society to recognize the more than 28,000 Vanderbilt alumni, parents, friends and community members who demonstrate loyalty to the university by renewing their charitable gifts each year. Read MoreJan 11, 2013
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School of Medicine Debuts New Learning Model
This past summer medical students began implementing an innovative four-year education model called Curriculum 2.0. A deeply integrated system requiring flexibility and teamwork on the part of faculty, it allows students greater influence over their learning. Read MoreJan 11, 2013