Year: 2011

The former U.S. poet laureate discusses his upcoming Vanderbilt residency and the importance of a poem’s ‘shape’ In the opinion of poet Billy Collins, poetry needs to be everywhere. “I think ambushing people with poems on billboards, buses,… Read More

(image courtesy of Helene Dunbar) Ten years ago, tragic events took place that changed America forever. There is no getting around that. There exists in our memories the time before Sept. 11, 2001, and the time after it, and those time periods are profoundly different. The enormity of the… Read More

James Bradford (Vanderbilt University) James Bradford, dean of the Owen Graduate School of Management, has been named to the board of directors of Cracker Barrel Old Country Store. Vanderbilt’s Department of Mathematics is headquarters to Constructive Approximation, an internationally recognized mathematics journal recently ranked 10th out of 277 journals… Read More

Student Natalie DuBose looks at prayer ribbons hanging from the remembrance tree on Sept. 13, 2001. (Vanderbilt University/Neil Brake) In the hours and days following the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, Vanderbilt responded to the tragedy by organizing events and services designed to give the university community opportunities… Read More

(John Russell/Vanderbilt University) Thumbing through a handful of her daughter’s recently taken senior photos, Kim Drake was a little tearful. “I’m having a mother moment,” she explained before tucking them away to offer some friendly guidance to a patient at the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center’s Patient and Family Resource… Read More

Autumn Reading List As summer turns to fall, even those of us long out of school seem to feel a familiar urge to hit the books. The promise of cooler days makes us want to curl up with a good read, and Vanderbilt alumni and faculty offer up several possibilities… Read More

PavlovićThe explorations of Vesna Pavlović into our motivations for taking photographs and how we experience them are showcased in a major exhibit that opened in June at the Frist Center for the Visual Arts in Nashville. The exhibit, Projected Histories, ran through Sept. 11. Pavlović, assistant professor of art at… Read More

Richards In The Seawall, a short film that debuted at the Cannes Film Festival this year, a young boy begins an emotional journey from his home in Guyana, South America, to a new life in Brooklyn. It’s a journey that filmmaker Mason Richards himself made when he was 7 years… Read More

Evan Mack’s opera, Angel of the Amazon, was given its world premiere by Encompass New Opera Theatre in May at the Jerome Robbins Theater of Baryshnikov Arts Center in New York City. With serendipitous timing, two Blair alumni are making their marks on the Boston opera scene this year. Heidi… Read More

In predicting when and how America’s financial collapse would occur, my focus was on the growing importance of the housing sector, the actions of our government, and the response of the private sector. Read More

The monthly test of the Vanderbilt outdoor warning sirens will be conducted this Saturday, Sept. 3, immediately following the test of the Metro sirens at noon. Read More

Fall sessions begin Sept. 6. Read More

Vanderbilt employees and their families receive a discount on this program and may be eligible for reimbursement of some of the cost. Read More

Proceeds go to the Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt. Read More

A joint opening will take place Sept. 8 at the Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries Gallery and the Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery. Read More

Scanning electron micrograph of a Hydractinia symbiolongicarpus colony by Perrin Ireland. Art and science are not mutually exclusive. On the contrary, these two important fields of human endeavor often draw from and inspire each other. Think Leonardo da Vinci and Benjamin Franklin. A 21st century version of this cross-fertilization currently… Read More

The Vanderbilt Owen Graduate School of Management has launched a new master of accountancy program that focuses on preparing students for a highly sought-after career in valuation services for an international public accounting firm. The MAcc Valuation program is currently recruiting students to join the first class starting in August of 2012. Read More

The Vanderbilt Kennedy Center Learning Assessment Clinic serves students with and without disabilities, ages 5 to 25, who are experiencing academic learning challenges. Read More

Vanderbilt employees are being sought to mentor individuals with disabilities by allowing them to job shadow for a day. Read More

How the brain is wired to control impulsive behavior differs significantly from what psychologists have thought, new research finds. Read More