Year: 2009

William E. Troutt, president of Rhodes College in Memphis, Tenn., received the Distinguished Alumnus Award from Vanderbilt University's Peabody College of education and human development during Commencement ceremonies Friday, May 8. Read More

Top scholars from Vanderbilt University's undergraduate and professional schools were honored with Founder's Medals during Commencement on May 8. Read More

Thirteen retiring faculty members were recognized during Vanderbilt's May 8 commencement ceremony when the university honored their years of service and bestowed on them the title of emeritus or emerita faculty. Read More

Vanderbilt University's Commencement ceremony, set for May 8, will take place inside Memorial Gym due to inclement weather. Read More

Watch video of a May 6 talk by Assistant Professor of Philosophy Jonathan Neufeld. Read More

Vanderbilt graduates along with their family and friends will gather for the annual Senior Day address - this year by Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Doris Kearns Goodwin - indoors in Memorial Gymnasium. The 10 a.m. Thursday, May 7, address was originally scheduled for Alumni Lawn, but rainy weather during the past week made it necessary to move the event indoors. Vanderbilt officials wanted to allow time for Alumni Lawn to dry out and to avoid damage before Friday's outdoor Commencement. Read More

The role and potential ordination of women in the Roman Catholic Church is the subject of a lecture at Vanderbilt University on Monday, May 11, by scholar Gary Macy, who has written a book on the topic. Read More

Robert T. Jiménez, professor of language, literacy and culture at Vanderbilt University's Peabody College of education and human development, was recently elected president of the National Reading Conference. Read More

Vanderbilt Programs for Talented Youth is now accepting applications for Summer/Saturday Academy at Vanderbilt for the Young, a new summer edition of the successful SAVY Saturday program. Read More

Vanderbilt graduates along with their family and friends will gather for the annual Senior Day address - this year by Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Doris Kearns Goodwin - indoors in Memorial Gymnasium. Read More

Vanderbilt University's Peabody College of education and human development celebrated the 30th anniversary of its merger with the university by awarding six of its faculty with new endowed chairs. The chairs were announced at the Peabody spring faculty meeting May 5. Read More

Historian and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Doris Kearns Goodwin will address graduating seniors and their families during Vanderbilt University's Senior Class Day Thursday, May 7, at 10 a.m. on Alumni Lawn. The event, which starts with a ceremonial walk through the gates of the university at 9:30 a.m., is held the day before the university's commencement exercises. Read More

On Friday, May 8, the academic careers of several thousand Vanderbilt University students will culminate in Commencement. The university will grant about 3,400 degrees this year: 1,580 to undergraduates and 1,820 to graduate and professional students. About 2,700 graduates are expected to attend the ceremony. While each student has a unique and personal history, some of them are truly extraordinary. Read More

Vanderbilt University announced today that it has received a $100,000 Grand Challenges Explorations grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The grant will support an innovative global health research project conducted by Senior Research Associate Guirong Wang, titled "Targeting TRP Channel Heat Receptors to Disrupt Anopheles gambiae Host Seeking." Read More

From Saturday, May 2, through Saturday, May 9, the day after Commencement, students will have numerous opportunities to donate and recycle items they don't want to keep. Read More

Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos will give the traditional address to graduates during the Commencement ceremony beginning 9 a.m. Friday, May 8. Read More

Watch Children's Hospital's first conjoined twins surgery, calling all race car drivers and it's strawberries and champagne time. (7:59) Read More

Watch video of an April 7 concert at the Blair School of Music. Read More

Results from the latest AmericasBarometer Survey showing what the impact of worldwide economic decline might mean for democratic consolidation in Latin America will be presented on May 8 at the Inter-American Dialogue in Washington, D.C. The presentation by Vanderbilt University political scientists Mitchell Seligson and Elizabeth Zechmeister is titled "Economic Shocks and Democratic Vulnerabilities: Evidence from the AmericasBarometer Survey." Read More

Vanderbilt Medical Center and Student Health Services are working closely with the Centers for Disease Control and the Tennessee Department of Health to continue to monitor the ongoing H1N1 virus (swine flu) situation. Read More