Year: 2014

High-density lipoprotein (HDL) is known as “good cholesterol” because elevated levels protect against heart attacks and plaque buildup. However, in some cases HDL may not function properly and may actually accelerate the disease. Read More

Conditions on Earth for the first 500 million years after it formed may have been surprisingly similar to the present day, complete with oceans, continents and active crustal plates. Read More

The women’s lacrosse team will compete in the Big East Conference in 2015, joining current members Cincinnati, Connecticut, Georgetown, Marquette, Temple and Villanova, as well as fellow newcomer Florida. Read More

Sims is the first-ever Commodore and SEC player—and just the 18th player in NCAA history—to return two kickoffs for touchdowns in the same game. Read More

The Kathryn and Margaret Millspaugh Fund for Art Conservation is helping take care of Vanderbilt’s fine arts collection. Read More

The opportunity to sing a diverse range of material drew Shirley last February to the American Traditions Competition, a national vocal competition in which he placed fifth. Read More

Find out where some of your favorite former men’s basketball players are continuing their careers on the hardwood. Read More

Tony Earley, the Samuel Milton Fleming Professor of English, describes his latest book as “much more grown up and calm” than his previous story collection published in 1994. Read More

A rare Korean funerary statue guarding outside Payne Hall has been relocated indoors. Read More

The Vanderbilt Burn Center recently began using a Wii video game console as part of therapy for some patients, particularly pediatric patients who are having difficulty regaining mobility after suffering burn injuries. Read More

Donna Ferrato's photos, which were on display at the Vanderbilt Fine Arts Gallery, focus on the prevalence of violence against women in our society. Read More

Vanderbilt Eye Institute’s Initiative for Personalized Medicine in Ophthalmology looks for biomarkers that determine a person’s risk of developing any of the three leading causes of blindness. Read More

Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos, who is current chair of the SEC’s presidents and chancellors, has appointed a committee to search for the eighth commissioner in the history of the league. Read More

Craig M. Lewis has returned to Vanderbilt Owen Graduate School of Management after three years as chief economist at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Read More

Vanderbilt has scored its best position ever in U.S. News & World Report’s ranking of national universities, finishing No. 16 after five years at No. 17. Read More

U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander, BA’62, discussed the Ebola epidemic with Vanderbilt physicians during a September visit to campus. Read More

Vanderbilt University Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos announced in November that the institution is embarking on a process to reconfigure Vanderbilt University Medical Center as a not-for-profit academic medical center that is financially distinct from the university. Read More

Nashville-area families seeking midwifery care outside the traditional hospital setting will have a new option beginning next summer: an outpatient birth center. Read More

Greg Abbott, JD’84, was elected governor of our nation’s second most populous state Nov. 4. Read More

A brand-new pipe organ, built in the style of 18th-century Central German organs similar to those Bach knew, has been installed in the Blair School of Music’s Steve and Judy Turner Recital Hall. Read More