Year: 2013

Lift Ev’ry Voice Rick Lee “First-generation students who don’t have cultural capital, who don’t come to the table with college-educated parents or economic resources—for those kids to walk across the stage at graduation makes every single day worthwhile,” says Roslyn Clark Artis of her work in higher… Read More

Nancy and Hilliard Travis spent a lifetime doing all they could to benefit their community, especially their beloved Vanderbilt. The most recent example is a generous bequest gift to the Vanderbilt University School of Nursing for scholarships and pediatric research. Read More

Chinese Heart AFP / Getty Images Eunice Moe Brock of Liaocheng City, Shandong, China, died April 28, 2013. She was 95. Known as Mu Lin’ai, she was born in Hebei, the daughter of American missionaries to China. She recalled the tumultuous time of her youth in a… Read More

“Show … Your … Gold!” Crowell with his grandson Reid (Courtesy of Frank Crowell III) Frank Crowell, game-day announcer for Commodore football and men’s basketball for 22 years, died July 9, 2013. He was 71. A Nashville native and graduate of the University of North Carolina, Crowell… Read More

The Physician as Polymath Courtesy of Michael Tekeli Dr. Patrick Spencer Tekeli of San Francisco died June 27, 2013. He was 55. Born in San Francisco, he graduated from the University of California-Berkeley in 1980. After earning his medical degree at Vanderbilt in 1984, he began an… Read More

Sociology’s Tour de Force Courtesy of Paul Campbell Ernest Q. Campbell, emeritus professor of sociology, former chair of the Vanderbilt Department of Sociology and Anthropology, and emeritus dean of the Graduate School, of Nashville, died July 28, 2013. He was 86. Instrumental in… Read More

Brenda Ellis’ recollection of the Thresher disaster [“Watershed Event,” Collective Memory, Summer 2013] and Vanderbilt’s connections then and now brought to mind that fateful April day 50 years ago. Read More

Martin Rapisarda will discuss the "Difficult Art" exhibition at the Dec. 4 "Thinking Out of the (Lunch) Box: Conversations with a Philosophical Flavor with David Wood" at the Nashville Public Library. Read More

Award-winning scientist, author and educator Sean B. Carroll illuminates the never-before-told account of the intersection of two of the most insightful minds of the 20th century, biologist Jacques Monod and writer and philosopher Albert Camus, during a Nov. 19 Chancellor’s Lecture at Vanderbilt University. Carroll discusses his book Brave Genius:… Read More

Watch video of the most recent presentation in the InsideOut of the Lunch Box series — Vanderbilt University’s Momentum Dance Company — which took place on November 21. Momentum Dance Company is Vanderbilt’s first student-run dance performance group. All pieces are choreographed, directed, and performed by Vanderbilt undergraduate students. Their… Read More

On Nov. 25, Vanderbilt University Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos and Emory University President James W. Wagner sent a letter to Reps. Diane Black (R-TN) and Tom Price (R-GA) regarding the ongoing budget challenges in Washington, D.C. Read More

MRI brain scans reveal that children with autism spectrum disorders respond to a narrower range of familiar rewards. Read More

An iPhone app designed by three members of the VandyMobile club to improve the Vandy Vans experience is now available for free at the iTunes store. Read More

The new Vanderbilt Institute for Digital Learning is digging into its work to research, innovate and support digital learning with a new website, a new program to fund faculty exploration of digital learning, graduate fellows, a faculty advisory committee and more. Read More

Barnes & Noble at Vanderbilt will welcome Cory Basil for a very special Gallery B&N at 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 7. The event will include a discussion and Q&A with Basil about his new book, Perils of Fishboy; a book signing; refreshments for all ages (wine for the adults, cider… Read More

Vanderbilt University’s Peabody College of education and human development has named Carol R. Johnson, former superintendent of Boston Public Schools, a visiting professor in its Department of Leadership, Policy and Organizations beginning in January 2014. Read More

More than 400 top journalists, scholars, communications professionals and newsmakers from across the country will converge on the Vanderbilt University campus in spring 2014 for the national Education Writers Association’s annual gathering. Read More

(image courtesy of Gilda's Gang) Train with Gilda’s Gang Nashville to walk or run the Country Music Half Marathon on April 26, 2014. Gilda’s Gang is a half-marathon training program sponsored by Vanderbilt University Medical Center and serves as a fundraiser for Gilda’s Club Nashville. Inspired by Dr. Gail… Read More

On Oct. 24, Vanderbilt celebrated Food Day with events at Vanderbilt Health One Hundred Oaks and the Vanderbilt Farmers’ Market. Food Day is a nationwide celebration and a movement for healthy, affordable and sustainable food. Read More

(iStockphoto) Representatives from the Greater Nashville Regional Council Area Agency on Aging and Disability will discuss resources available for those who are caring for a spouse or parent from noon to 1 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 4, in Light Hall, Room 437. The talk will cover the Options for Community… Read More