Year: 2011

Vanderbilt’s Vaccine and Treatment Evaluation Unit has received a $1.6 million contract from the National Institutes of Health for a novel approach to vaccine development. Read More

Stop by any participating Middle Tennessee Dairy Queen on Aug. 11 to support Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, by purchasing a Blizzard. Proceeds will benefit the hospital. Contact: Allison Sambola, (615) 343-0722    … Read More

Dr. Tom Elasy, medical director of the Vanderbilt-Eskind Diabetes Clinic, has been named director of the Division of General Internal Medicine and Public Health. Read More

Vanderbilt junior John Jenkins was selected to the final 12-man roster for the World University Games August 13-23 in China. Read More

There is a new way to design computer chips and electronic circuitry for extreme environments: make them out of diamond. Read More

Check out the August edition of What’s in Season to learn what you can find at your favorite local farmers’ markets beginning in August. There’s also a recipe using market items for Rustic Ratatouille. The 2011 Vanderbilt Farmers’ Market is now in full swing at two locations: Vanderbilt University… Read More

Feminist theologian Mary E. Hunt spoke Aug. 1 as part of the Summer Institute for Seminary Students, sponsored by the Carpenter Program in Religion, Gender and Sexuality and the Human Rights Campaign. Watch video of Hunt, co-founder and co-director of the Women’s Alliance for Theology, Ethics and Ritual, speaking on… Read More

Metro Nashville Police investigated a suspicious item at the West End Marriott near campus, blocking some campus traffic for about two hours. Read More

Health Plus invites you to stop by and have your weight, blood pressure and body mass index checked at these times and locations: 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 4 in Room 201 of Kirkland Hall. 5 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday, Aug. 8, to Friday, Aug. 12, at… Read More

Franklin met up with fans at Corner Pub in Midtown Nashville. Read More

Vanderbilt University’s Space 204 will kick off its fall season with another kick-off of sorts. Coop Curatorial Collective’s inaugural exhibition, My mind is telling me know but my body is telling me yes, will be on display Thursday, Aug. 25, though Friday, Oct. 7. Read More

After 10 years as Vanderbilt’s head women’s soccer coach, Coach Ronnie Woodard has announced her retirement, effective immediately. Vice Chancellor David Williams appointed current assistant Derek Greene as interim head coach. Read More

The bridge will not re-open Aug. 1 as originally scheduled. Read More

At Vanderbilt, education is at the crux of everything we do. Read More

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 More

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 More

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 More

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 More

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 More

Abdiweli Mohamed Ali (photo courtesy of Niagara University)     Abdiweli Mohamed Ali, a Vanderbilt master’s degree graduate in economics, has been named prime minister of Somalia. Michael Burcham, lecturer in management; John Howser, director of medical center… Read More