Year: 2011

Vanderbilt has dramatically increased its number of endowed faculty chairs and created a new $100 million endowment for graduate education well ahead of schedule, Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos announced during his Spring Faculty Assembly address. Read More

Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos presented five faculty members with awards when Vanderbilt‘s Spring Faculty Assembly convened April 7. Read More

John Stein, President, Bank of America, Tennessee (left) and Jeff Balser, M.D., Ph.D., vice chancellor for Health Affairs and dean of the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine (right), sign the beam with patient Dalton Waggoner. (Vanderbilt University) The Monroe Carell Jr. Hospital at Vanderbilt officially launched its… Read More

UPDATE: Read about the 2013 IRS section 415g aggregation form here. Do you contribute to another retirement plan? If you do, you may need to report those contributions to Vanderbilt to meet IRS requirements. The Internal Revenue Service requires Vanderbilt to collect certain information on employee contributions made… Read More

During the past year and a half, hard-working volunteers have encouraged classmates to come back and give back to Vanderbilt. This past fall, the university welcomed 5,777 Vanderbilt alumni, spouses and friends to campus for Reunion and Homecoming. Our volunteers worked hard to meet fundraising goals and, in the end,… Read More

Photo by John Russell/Vanderbilt University All Vanderbilt employees are invited to attend the annual Vanderbilt Football Black and Gold Spring Game on Sunday, April 17. A fireworks show is scheduled for immediately after the scrimmage and will cap a day filled with fun, family-friendly activities. Admission to the event is… Read More

Frank L. Parker (Vanderbilt University/Engineering) Frank L. Parker, Distinguished Professor of Environmental and Water Resources Engineering, Emeritus, will speak about the Fukoshima nuclear plant crisis in Japan.  The presentation will take place at 6:30 p.m., Tuesday, April 12, at the Adventure Science Center at 800 Fort Negley Blvd., in… Read More

Philip Dikeman will join the Blair faculty in the Fall as associate professor of flute. Dikeman attended the Oberlin College Conservatory and Yale University, and he has been a member of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra since 1992, serving most recently as acting principal flute.  He has… Read More

Cairo seemed like a sure bet for Sloane Speakman’s study abroad. After all, “no real political movement had taken place in the last 30 years.” My study-abroad experience began much like anyone else’s. I spent months preparing personal statements, making travel plans, and preparing for the cultural transition. I would… Read More

Goodman is interviewed by anchor Chuck Roberts on CNN’s companion news channel HLN. DEANNE GOODMAN, BA’04 Deanne Goodman calls herself a “backpack journalist”—and she could well be the face of 21st-century journalism. As local editor for AOL Patch in Carlsbad, Calif., Goodman shoots video, takes photos and writes news… Read More

Kyser Miree (front) during a ski trip with his fraternity brothersWhen one of their own was murdered less than a year after he walked across the stage to receive his diploma, Kyser Miree’s Vanderbilt friends reacted with shock and grief. And then they got busy working on a way to… Read More

Vanderbilt is closing in on its initial goal of raising $100 million in gifts and pledges by June 30, 2011, for Opportunity Vanderbilt, the university’s initiative to eliminate need-based loans in financial aid packages. At press time donors had contributed $99 million for additional endowed scholarships. The university first announced… Read More

Amelia Winger-Bearskin, right, performs “Flowers” in Manila, Philippines, for the 2010 Tama Tupada International Action and Media Art Festival. When performance art is bad, it’s really bad, Assistant Professor in Art Amelia Winger-Bearskin says by way of explaining why people seem to hate her chosen art form. Because people know… Read More

The Invisible Line: Three American Families and the Secret Journey from Black to White (2011, Penguin) by Daniel J. Sharfstein, associate professor of law The idea of someone transitioning from black to white, without science or surgery, seems hard to grasp on the surface. Yet, Vanderbilt Law School… Read More

Health Plus offers Know Your Numbers at Blair April 8 Read More

Wellcast on understanding color vision deficiency available Read More

Eleven faculty members who have been named to endowed chairs were praised for their outstanding academic achievements during a celebration at the Student Life Center. Read More

In the near future, University Web Communications, in partnership with ITS, will make available new options including themes and tools that Vanderbilt students, faculty and staff can use to host and maintain their individual Web pages. Read More

Barbara Tsakirgis, chair of the Department of Classical Studies, was surprised in the middle of a class with the presentation of the Vanderbilt University Alumni Association Alumni Education Award. Read More

The Vanderbilt Autism Treatment Network and Vanderbilt Kennedy Center’s TRIAD join the autism community in promoting awareness during April Autism Awareness Month and throughout the year. Read More