Month: July 2015

The Vanderbilt University Alumni Association Board of Directors announces eight new members, who began their three-year terms July 1. “I am excited to have each of these leaders join the board,” says Patti White, BA’76, president of the Alumni Association. “They represent the diverse Vanderbilt alumni community and… Read More

Rosenheim knows her birds. She focuses on fliers from the famous red-tailed hawks occupying a posh perch on Fifth Avenue to the marine fowl of Long Island estates and estuaries. Read More

CoRPs volunteers are the face of Vanderbilt in their communities. During the past year they staffed 190 college fairs and interviewed 6,082 applicants, extending the reach of the undergraduate admissions office with a personal touch. Read More

Members of the classes of 2005 to 2014 have shown their commitment to Vanderbilt and its students by rising to the GOLD Challenge3 and securing a $100,000 gift to Opportunity Vanderbilt. Read More

Vanderbilt Magazine spoke to several members of the Commodore community about their experiences as the first in their families to graduate from college. Here are the stories they shared. Read More

To quote the great Bob Dylan, the times they are a-changing. When I graduated in 1996, Vanderbilt’s admittance rate sat a shade below 60 percent. For this year’s incoming class, it was 11.6 percent. Read More

Come to Vandy Walks: "Vanderbilt Athletics National Championship Tour,” led by Eric Jones, on Aug. 13, Noon—1 p.m. Read More

Thursdays through October, stop by the Walnut Hills Farm booth at the Vanderbilt Farmers’ Market and you will be entered into a gift card drawing sponsored by Health Plus. Read More

Thursdays through October, stop by the Sugar Camp Farm booth at the Vanderbilt Farmers’ Market and you will be entered into a gift card drawing sponsored by Health Plus. Read More

Vanderbilt University has released the results of an internal assessment that estimates it spends approximately $146 million a year complying with federal regulations. Read More

Vanderbilt Work/Life Connections-EAP offers resources to all Vanderbilt employees who are touched by cancer. Read More

The Vanderbilt Child and Family Center will host a Lunch and Learn on Aug. 19 on how to recognize dementia vs. typical age-related change. Read More

Simply Mac is offering pre-orders for Vanderbilt faculty, staff and students on items discounted during Tennessee’s Sales Tax Holiday, Aug. 7-9. Read More

Vanderbilt supported 62,000 total jobs with wages and benefits in excess of $3.5 billion. Read More

The Vanderbilt Recreation and Wellness Center and Health Plus present “Clean Up Your Game Day Eating with Executive Chef Lucius Carroll,” scheduled from noon to 1 p.m. Friday, Aug. 21, at the VRWC Demonstration Kitchen. Read More

Martha Andrews “Marty” Nord, a longtime communications professor at Vanderbilt’s Owen Graduate School of Management and former director of the Vanderbilt Women in Engineering Program, died July 28 in Nashville. Read More

Thirteen surveyors from The Joint Commission (TJC), the independent, not-for-profit organization that accredits and certifies more than 20,500 health care organizations and programs in the United States, visited Vanderbilt University Medical Center last week for an unannounced survey. Read More

The gut has its own built-in pacemakers, populations of specialized cells that control smooth muscle contraction in the stomach, small intestine and colon. Read More

Stuart Dill, a 30-year veteran as an artist manager on Nashville’s Music Row, has been named Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s liaison with the entertainment industry, effective Aug. 4. Read More

Dan Brown, M.D., professor of Radiology and Radiological Sciences and chief of Interventional Oncology, will spearhead a national Vanderbilt-led research registry that tracks cancer patients whose tumors are treated with Yttrium-90 (Y-90), a radioactive isotope. Read More