Year: 2011

A couple of hours south of Nashville lies a place inhabited by manned rockets and moon rocks that gives witness to America’s stellar past and beckons young and old to come and contribute to its future. It is the U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama’s No.1 tourist attraction, and Deborah Barnhart is leading it to new frontiers. Read More

Camilla Benbow, Patricia and Rodes Hart Dean of Education and Human Development, raised the Vanderbilt Peabody flag while visiting the South Pole on a National Science Board trip. Elisabeth Dykens, professor of psychology and human development and director of the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center, was appointed to the board of directors… Read More

Bruce Compas, holder of the Patricia and Rodes Hart Chair of Psychology and Human Development and professor of psychology, won the Joe B. Wyatt Distinguished Professor Award this spring. The award, created to honor Chancellor Joe B. Wyatt upon his retirement in 2000, is given to a full-time faculty member… Read More

Commencement took place on Friday, May 13, this year and was forced indoors because of rainy weather. Rebecca Barden of Nashville, shown above with Dean Camilla Benbow, left, and Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos, right, was the Founder’s Medalist for Peabody, graduating with a bachelor of science in human and organizational… Read More

Gifts may be made to Vanderbilt University Medical Center through June 30 to count toward the 2011 Partners In Health Campaign. Credit card gifts may be made here. Other giving options, including payroll deduction, are available. Charitable gifts provide support for medical center programs and activities… Read More

Help Vanderbilt fight heart disease and stroke by becoming a team captain for the 2011 Nashville Heart Walk. The university has set a goal to raise $350,000 this year. Last year, Vanderbilt raised more than  $326,000 for the American Heart Association and was among the top three organizations in the… Read More

Singer-songwriters Jon Randall, Jessi Alexander and Shane McAnally will perform in concert Saturday, June 18, at Dyer Observatory. Read More

It wasn’t the first or the last time the Vanderbilt players grouped up for a celebratory huddle on Saturday night, but it may have been the most symbolic. Because this time, from out of the center of the tight circle of shouting and jumping and man-hugs emerged Coach Tim… Read More

The Department of Art welcomes a new group exhibition of prints, collages, paintings, and mixed media works by 19 artists from across the country into Space 204. All Together Now will be displayed June 30 to Aug. 5 in the gallery. Read More

BioNiQuest Lab Services is offering Vanderbilt researchers the following benefits: – Fifteen to 20 percent savings on the yearly maintenance costs of Beckman instrumentation. – Service representatives who are former Beckman Field Service Engineers with more than 200 years combined experience servicing Beckman instrumentation. – Substantial savings from servicing and… Read More

Get the answers you need at classes held by the Occupational Health Clinic. Read More

At first glance, these alumni do not seem to share much beyond their undergraduate major, human and organizational development. Read More

Mary Louise Hemmeter, associate professor of education, is the lead Peabody researcher for the National Center on Quality Teaching and Learning. Peabody is one of seven institutions that will compose the center. Helping foster children’s learning and readiness for school through the federal Head Start program is the goal of… Read More

Brain scans of adolescents with dyslexia can be used to predict the future improvement of their reading skills with an accuracy rate of up to 90 percent, new research indicates. Advanced analyses of the brain activity images are significantly more accurate in driving predictions than standardized reading tests or any… Read More

Five Vanderbilt University alumni who made their mark as student journalists and distinguished themselves through professions that include author, baseball writer, legal counsel, publisher and radio executive will be inducted Oct. 21 into the Vanderbilt Student Media Hall of Fame. Read More

Now Yazoo is turning to students from the Vanderbilt Accelerator Summer Business Institute to explore what is driving Yazoo's grown and whether Yazoo should expand. Read More

Clinic provides individualized reading tutoring and assessment. Read More

This award is presented biennially in recognition of outstanding community leadership in Middle Tennessee. Read More

Consortium will advance biomedical research nationwide. Read More

Meet other moms and help plan the Vandy Moms upcoming schedule of events. Read More