Year: 2017

Taylor Brumbelow has a gift for quickly putting people at ease. Read More

Surgeons at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) performed five heart transplants in four days to place the institution among an elite group of transplant centers in the country — reaching 1,000 heart transplantations. Read More

Whether it be helping families cope with the loss of a loved one, connecting homeless patients to community services or providing drug-addicted mothers with treatment options, social workers all work toward the common goal of facilitating positive change in the lives of patients and families. Read More

The Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture has been the hottest ticket in Washington, D.C., since its opening in September 2016. Read More

More than 150 alumni and friends gathered at Vanderbilt’s new Engineering and Science Building for a special Nashville Vanderbilt Chapter evening featuring Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos. Read More

Vanderbilt travelers to visit the site of museum built by Chilean government to feature the archeological work of Tom Dillehay Read More

Alumni who go to events, volunteer and give back bring tremendous value to Vanderbilt. Read More

Alumni who go to events, volunteer and give back bring tremendous value to Vanderbilt. Read More

The Life After Vanderbilt series provides seniors practical lessons to conquer and prevail in life after graduation. Read More

Vanderbilt investigators have developed hospital readmission models that may help prevent payment penalties to hospitals when patients are readmitted too soon after discharge. Read More

The SkyVU project will transform Vanderbilt’s administrative processes and the underlying technology across financial, administrative and research support organizations by making each less complicated and more efficient, while consolidating system applications and mitigating risk. Because of this project, the institution will be able to provide more robust services to… Read More

Through this Osher Lifelong Learning Institute series of six lectures, students will learn about the upcoming 2017 total solar eclipse, the Hubble Space Telescope, chemical evolution in the universe, and more.  … Read More

Jerry Wilmink traces his journey from research associate at the Air Force Research Laboratory to founder and CEO of WiseWear, a wearable technology company. WiseWear offers a line of luxury smart bracelets with standard fitness features and added safety features like phone notifications and distress messaging in urgent situations. Wilmink… Read More

A United Nations official will speak at Vanderbilt Law School about "fake news" as a human rights problem. Read More

John Wilson, Ph.D., assistant professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and of Biomedical Engineering at Vanderbilt University, has received an Innovative Research Grant from Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C). Wilson is among 10 early-career scientists to receive the grant awards focused on immuno-oncology. Read More

A detailed structural and functional analysis of the yeast protein that is the main target of antifungal drugs will help direct efforts to develop better treatments. Read More

Vanderbilt’s Spring Faculty Assembly is scheduled for 4:10 p.m. Thursday, April 6, in Langford Auditorium. All faculty are encouraged to attend. Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos will give his annual address and, along with Faculty SenateChair Charlene Dewey, present some of the university’s highest honors to faculty, including the … Read More

For many alumni March brings fond memories of a transformational week spent on an Alternative Spring Break (ASB) trip. Read More

Vanderbilt Travel offers exciting cultural and educational experiences in destinations around the world. Read More

Ben Friedman, BS’89, is performing the duties of administrator and undersecretary for Oceans and Atmosphere at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) until a new presidential appointment is made for the organization. Read More