Year: 2015

NASA physicist and author Les Johnson will give two public lectures on campus on the technology of solar sailing and its potential for exploring the solar system and reaching other stars. Read More

Vanderbilt University Theatre will perform "City of Songs" Nov. 6-8 and 12-14. The original play, written by Brian Granger and the play's cast members, explores what it's like to live and work in Nashville during its current status as an "it" city. Read More

Engineering Day activities planned for Nov. 5 will range from the whimsical to the creative to the academic, including a pair of lectures by alumni Morris H. Morgan III and Carolyn Morgan, who will discuss their experiences as African American students during the civil rights era and how their time at Vanderbilt encouraged them into STEM fields. Read More

The Owen Graduate School of Management’s Executive Development Institute will feature the session “Managing Business Process for Performance” Nov. 18-19. Read More

Clinics with more non-physician clinicians are associated with better access for Medicaid patients and lower prices for office visits, according to a recent study. Read More

An incident of sexual assault was reported to a Campus Security Authority on Nov. 1. Read More

Fred Thompson, who began an illustrious legal and political career after graduating from Vanderbilt Law School in 1967, died Nov. 1. He was 73. Read More

Vanderbilt students are stepping back in time by digging in the dirt and getting class credit for it. They are doing an archaeological dig behind an on-campus 1870’s home of a Vanderbilt University professor and his family. Students are searching in the dirt to find items from the servants who… Read More

A project excavating early servants’ quarters is capturing clues about Vanderbilt lives that would otherwise be forgotten. Read More

Dr. Paul Sternberg Jr. headlines a Nov. 12 conference at Vanderbilt on building a culture of hospitality in healthcare. Read More

Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos will host the next in a series of town hall meetings for the Vanderbilt community on Friday, Nov. 6. Read More

Photo by @cix2photos Between Halloween, changing fall colors and a visit from Reese Witherspoon, we have a lot of favorite photos this week! Share your Vanderbilt photos with us by tagging them #vandygram. Read More

Community Research Partners is sponsoring a presentation by the Vanderbilt Center for Effective Health Communication Nov. 6 to describe current health literacy research at Vanderbilt and resources available through the center. Read More

Pregnancy doesn’t necessarily require hospital care. That simple premise is what led Cara Osborne, MSN’01, to co-author a landmark study demonstrating the safety and effectiveness of giving birth outside a traditional medical setting. It’s also an idea that she’s put into practice as the founder of Baby+Company, a group of… Read More

In recent years there has been a noticeable trend in Vanderbilt student-athletes making it to the pros. The Fall 2015 issue of Vanderbilt Magazine highlights these athletes—that have gone pro in seven different sports—and the impact their success has on Vanderbilt athletics. Read More

Just south of Denver, the vision for a futuristic development is coming to reality. The new community is called Sterling Ranch and Brock Smethills, BE’13, is the chief operating officer. In the next 20 years, the five-square-mile, $4.3 billion planned community will take shape as a futuristic city—and Vanderbilt students… Read More

The timing of folic acid-containing prescription filling during pregnancy was associated with childhood asthma, according to a new Vanderbilt study. Read More

Actress Reese Witherspoon recently spoke with students at Vanderbilt Owen Graduate School of Management about opening her new retail store—Draper James—in Nashville. Read More

Vanderbilt faculty, students and staff are encouraged to make their voices heard in a Vanderbilt Libraries survey that previously has resulted in renovations and improved services. Read More

Two incidents of Sexual Assault were reported to Campus Security Authorities (CSA) this past week. Read More