Year: 2016

Huggins passed away in March at age 73 from complications of leukemia, and through his generosity, his legacy will live on through the Harold Louis Huggins Basketball Scholarship. Read More

As a Ph.D. student at MIT, Barr came up with the idea of creating transparent coating that would convert light into power. Today his company, Ubiquitous Energy, is in the business of making “solar technology invisible,” as Barr puts it. Read More

For the past 110 years, the hourly tolling of Kirkland Hall’s signature bell has alerted generations of students that they’ve overslept for economics class or that kickoff was imminent. And for more than a third of those 110 years, the task of keeping the tower’s clock ticking—and its 2,000-pound bell in good working order—has fallen to Paul Young. Read More

Vanderbilt University School of Medicine (VUSM) has launched two new donor societies: the John E. Chapman, M.D. Society, which supports clinical programs and endowed faculty chairs, and the Discovery Circle, which supports the basic sciences. Read More

Virginia “Sis” Holladay, BA’46; Lillian B. Jenkins, BA’45; Mary Elizabeth “Libba” Johnson, BA’46; and Katherine White, BA’46 met at Vanderbilt in 1942 and still get together 70 years later. Read More

In each issue, Vanderbilt Magazine publishes a handful of social media posts from alumni, students, faculty, staff and Commodore fans that include the hashtag #Vandygram. Read More

While most areas of campus will close for the upcoming Thanksgiving and winter holidays, some departments will offer limited service for students and employees who will be on campus during these times. Read More

Law professor Brian Fitzpatrick discussed Donald Trump’s potential candidates for the Supreme Court, and the Wond’ry received attention for its recent grand opening. Read a selection of Vanderbilt news stories for the week of Nov. 14. Read More

On Nov. 11, 2016, a female student reported to a Campus Security authority that she was sexually assaulted by a male student in a residence hall room on Oct. 30, 2016. Read More

The former Vanderbilt athlete and current Red Sox pitcher will give $2.5 million to support the construction of a new baseball facility. Read More

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Lights and decorations are a special part of the holidays, but also bring an increased potential for injury, especially to young children, according to safety experts at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt. According to a report by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Emergency Departments nationwide have… Read More

A novel drug that targets the protein RSK blocked aggressive breast cancers from metastasizing in an animal model. Read More

Tennessee assistant principals were named to a Vanderbilt fellowship that is building a pipeline of highly-trained school leaders. Read More

Most Vanderbilt schools are observing a break from classes Nov. 19-27 for the Thanksgiving holiday. Read More

The VECD Fogarty Global Health Fellowship Program will host a three-day international conference on the convergence of non-communicable and infectious diseases Jan. 22-24, 2017, at the Nashville Marriott at Vanderbilt University. Read More

Deeper faculty engagement in university decision-making and initiatives is the aim of the new Shared Governance Project being launched next month by Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos. Read More

The Rev. Harold Love Jr. and the Rev. Edward "Monk" Malloy were praised for their commitment to social justice as they were awarded the 2016 Divinity School and GDR Distinguished Alumni/ae awards. Read More

Nasdaq has named Adena T. Friedman, MBA’93, its new chief executive, in the first changeover at the stock market operator in nearly 14 years. Friedman, whose accession was widely anticipated, is expected to assume the role on Jan. 1. She is an Oak Leaf Society member, serves on the Owen… Read More

One week after Donald Trump’s surprising victory in the 2016 presidential election, the Vanderbilt campus—and the nation—is still grappling with the outcome. Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos hosted two prominent members of the national media as well as Distinguished Visiting Professor Jon Meacham Tuesday evening to discuss the 2016 race and their expectations for a Trump presidency. Read More