Month: August 2011
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Chancellor: Support Mayor’s First Day Festival Aug. 7
At Vanderbilt, education is at the crux of everything we do. Read MoreAug 1, 2011
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Out of the Deep
A shark attack leads to a collaboration that could transform the lives of amputees This is the last snapshot taken of Craig Hutto before a shark attack claimed his leg on June 27, 2005. Photo provided by Craig Hutto It was an overcast June morning at Cap San Blas, Fla.,… Read MoreAug 1, 2011
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It’s All Connected
The Sustainability Project sparks a campus dialogue about our relationship with the environment and commitment to its future (Neil Brake/Vanderbilt) Bangladesh, in South Asia, is a flat, low-lying land situated between the melting snowcaps of the Himalayas… Read MoreAug 1, 2011
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In Conversation
Tim Corbin reflects on the best baseball team in school history Coach Tim Corbin (John Russell/Vanderbilt) For a head baseball coach, Tim Corbin quite easily slides away… Read MoreAug 1, 2011
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Rethinking History
Frank Wcislo examines how we consider Russia and its leaders two decades after the Cold War Frank Wcislo, associate professor of history (John Russell/Vanderbilt) As Soviet Russia disintegrated in the late 1980s and early 1990s, Frank Wcislo and other… Read MoreAug 1, 2011
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Editor’s Note
As you can see, the Vanderbilt View underwent a transformation over the summer. Not a full-blown overhaul by any means, but a little nip and tuck nonetheless. As you might imagine, we’re doing our best to save trees and money. But that’s not our only motivation. Since the View launched… Read MoreAug 1, 2011
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Snjezana Bojic, What’s Your Story?
The Vanderbilt Child and Family Center's Zana Bojic (Daniel Dubois/Vanderbilt) Seventeen years ago, Snjezana Bojic left her home in war-torn Bosnia as a refugee looking to escape the brutality and deprivation of that devastating conflict. She was 22 years old, and it was the second year of a war characterized… Read MoreAug 1, 2011