Year: 2013

Vanderbilt specialists are urging parents and children to leave the fireworks displays to the experts this Fourth of July. Children are often seen at the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt for a variety of injuries, including serious damage to eyes from bottle rockets, third-degree burns… Read More

Building world-class information technology is the charge of the new Division of Information Technology at Vanderbilt, which officially launched June 27 during an event at the Student Life Center. Read More

James R. Sasser, a former three-term U.S. senator from Tennessee and ambassador to the People’s Republic of China, and his wife, Mary Sasser, have donated their papers to Vanderbilt University’s Special Collections. Read More

Four members of the Vanderbilt University football team have been dismissed from the team for violation of team rules. The four students have also been placed on interim suspension from the university, effective immediately, pending further investigation and/or a hearing. They may not return to campus for any purpose without… Read More

Read update to this story posted 5:21 a.m. Saturday, June 29. Vanderbilt University today announced that four members of its football team were suspended earlier this week for violation of team rules. As additional facts become known, Vanderbilt will take further action, if and as warranted. Because of… Read More

The deadline to submit a brief research plan for the Pew Scholars Program Limited Submission to Vanderbilt’s Internal Review Committee has changed to July 9, 2013. Anyone interested in being considered as Vanderbilt’s nominee must submit the following (in PDF format) to LSO@vanderbilt.edu by 5 p.m. on July… Read More

In an era of stagnating government support for academic science, officials at many top research universities are looking to private philanthropy and increased efficiencies to maintain their elite status. Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos is quoted. Read More

photo by John Russell/Vanderbilt Do popular education reforms demoralize teachers? Three widely implemented practices intended to strengthen teaching actually do more to undermine… Read More

Watch a June 27 meeting of the new Vanderbilt Information Technology division, led by Vice Chancellor John Lutz. Read more. Read More

The man the crowd knows as Deacon from the popular television show Nashville takes the stage at the Grand Ole Opry to screams of recognition. He starts with a sensitive ballad, and women of all ages stream past the lip of the stage and take his photo before being urged by ushers… Read More

The deaths at Sandy Hook Elementary School demand not only our grief, but our reflection. Read More

Coursera-in-TN is a collaborative conversation between the Vanderbilt University Coursera team and the Tennessee State System schools which recently joined with Coursera. At an event on June 24, 2013, Vanderbilt administrators, faculty and staff shared lessons learned from the early days of Coursera production, and gave brief show-and-tell remarks about… Read More

Suzanna Sherry's op-ed about the deeply divided Supreme Court decision to strike down what was considered the government’s strongest legal tool to stop voting discrimination appeared on the Washington Post website on June 25. Read More

Vandy goes Harry Potter! Students learn through the lens of the "Harry Potter" series. Ann Neely, associate professor of the practice of teaching and learning, and Georgene Troseth, associate professor of psychology, led a Harry Potter-themed first-year writing seminar in psychology in England over spring break. The… Read More

Three of Vanderbilt’s graduate and professional schools have new deans effective July 1. Read More

A sculpture, 'Water and Sun,' was donated to Vanderbilt by Frank Garrison Jr., BA’76, JD’79, and his wife Amy P. Garrison, BA’79, and installed on the Peabody campus. It was given in honor of Frank’s grandfather Sidney Clarence Garrison, who was president of Peabody from 1938 until… Read More

Many friends were lost this year; they will be missed. Photo by John Russell/Vanderbilt Alumni Berlin Vance, BS’39, of Amarillo, Texas, Jan. 1, 2013. Herschiel S. Barnes, BS’40, JD’48, of Cookeville, Tenn., Oct. 17, 2012. Joe T. Brandon, BS’42, of San Marcos, Calif., Sept. 9, 2012. Selina… Read More

Vanderbilt University Medical Center researchers are using a new mom’s own singing voice to help preemie babies learn an essential skill that is often difficult for them. Read More

Readers share their feedback and insights. Read More

New books have been published by Peabody faculty and alumni. Read More