Year: 2019
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Todd Miller, BA’88, Entertainment Tiger
Entertaining a continent as populous as Asia is no small feat. Todd Miller, CEO of Hong Kong–based Celestial Tiger Entertainment, is doing it with aplomb. “You can think of Celestial as the HBO of Chinese movies,” he says. “We operate six core channels, all of… Read MoreFeb 19, 2019
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Ana Escobar, BA’92, Advocate for the Underrepresented
Judge Escobar outside the Justice A.A. Birch courthouse in Nashville. (John Russell) There were no road maps for Ana Escobar to follow when she was elected Nashville’s first Latina judge in August. Further, the self-described introvert had to step outside her comfort zone to run for the elective post… Read MoreFeb 19, 2019
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New Fund Helps Make International Travel Accessible to Owen Students
Xiaoyan Jiang, MBA’01, is helping to ensure that Owen Students can expand their educations by traveling abroad. (Chad Driver) Xiaoyan Jiang, MBA’01, is a strong believer in the transformative power of international travel. While working in global business, she logged addresses in Nashville, Cleveland, Tokyo, Hong Kong and… Read MoreFeb 19, 2019
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Build on Networking Night with Alumni Career Resources
Alumni gather for November’s Vanderbilt University Networking Night in Beijing. Vanderbilt’s impressive worldwide community of more than 140,000 alumni was on display in November with the Alumni Association’s fifth annual Networking Night. More than 1,100 alumni representing a wide range of professions, ages and Vanderbilt degrees gathered on… Read MoreFeb 19, 2019
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Dana Kelley, BMus’12, Music from Within
Photo by Ryan Hodgson-Rigsbee Being a student at the Blair School of Music kept Dana Kelley busy, but being a professional musician in New York City adds a whole new meaning to the word. Kelley is violist with the Argus Quartet, the Juilliard School’s quartet-in-residence, which played on the… Read MoreFeb 19, 2019
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Dr. Blair E. Batson, BA’41, MD’44, Role Model for Child Health Care
Photo courtesy of University of Mississippi Medical Center Dr. Blair E. Batson, the first chair of pediatrics at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, died Nov. 26, 2018. He was 98. Dr. LouAnn Woodward, UMMC vice chancellor for health affairs and dean of the School of… Read MoreFeb 19, 2019
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Elizabeth Lee “Betty” Klepper, BA’58, First in Soil Science
Elizabeth Lee “Betty” Klepper, a retired scientist at the U.S. Department of Agriculture Columbia Plateau Conservation Research Center in Pendleton, Oregon, died at her home Oct. 26, 2018. She was 82. Born in Memphis, Klepper attended school in Tennessee and graduated summa cum laude in chemistry as… Read MoreFeb 19, 2019
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Claudia Spence Jack, JD’83, Public Defender
Claudia Spence Jack, public defender for Tennessee’s 22nd Judicial District, died Nov. 9, 2018. She was 75. A native of Columbia, Tennessee, she graduated from Auburn University in 1965 with a bachelor of science degree in English education, then earned her master’s degree in education from Auburn… Read MoreFeb 19, 2019
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Rev. Donald F. Beisswenger, Faith into Action
Photo by Neil Brake The Rev. Donald F. Beisswenger, a Vanderbilt Divinity School emeritus professor who lived out his faith as a dedicated community activist—serving six months in federal prison for a nonviolent protest—died Nov. 26, 2018. He was 88. As a professor of church and community, he… Read MoreFeb 19, 2019
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Opportunity Gap: To create a more just and equitable society, black students need a true education, not just more ‘schooling’
Milner writes that what black students need more than anything else is less schooling and more education. Read MoreFeb 19, 2019
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Explosive Discoveries: What science can tell us about the next volcanic super-eruption
Guilherme Gualda, associate professor of Earth and environmental sciences, has spent much of his career working to find out what causes volcanic super-eruptions. Read MoreFeb 19, 2019
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Commodore-in-Chief: Malcolm Turner brings an NBA executive’s perspective to his new role as Vanderbilt’s athletics director
Malcolm Turner, a former member of the National Basketball Association’s senior leadership team and president of the NBA G League, took the helm as Vanderbilt’s next vice chancellor for athletics and university affairs and athletics director Feb. 1. Read MoreFeb 19, 2019
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How to bowl a strike: Expert advice from bowling coach Josie Earnest Barnes, BS’10
Josie Earnest Barnes, BS’10, associate head coach of Vanderbilt's bowling team, offers tips to novice bowlers, rented shoes and all, on how to improve their scores. Read MoreFeb 19, 2019
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Ice Age: Vanderbilt expedition to Antarctica studies ice and how it has changed over millions of years
In the remote mountains far beyond Antarctica’s McMurdo Station, Vanderbilt geologist Dan Morgan and undergraduate Andrew Grant lived in tents for more than a month while they hunted in the glow of an ever-present sun for the oldest ice ever found. Read MoreFeb 19, 2019
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Conscience of a Conservative: Former Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake speaks at Chancellor’s Lecture Series
Former Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake drew a capacity crowd at Vanderbilt’s Langford Auditorium on Jan. 17 as part of the Chancellor’s Lecture Series, discussing shifts in the Republican Party, the midterm elections, and fiscal challenges facing the federal government. Read MoreFeb 19, 2019
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SENSE Theatre to perform ‘The Makeover’ March 8-9
Vanderbilt Kennedy Center investigator Blythe Corbett and her winter 2019 participants of the SENSE Theatre program will bring the original musical The Makeover to life March 8 and 9 at Belmont University’s Troutt Black Box Theater. The performances are the culmination of practice and hard work put in by research participants on the autism spectrum as well as trained typically developing peer actors who will join them on stage. Read MoreFeb 19, 2019
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Inaugural SCRIPS symposium set for March 21
Supporting Careers in Research for Interventional Physicians and Surgeons (SCRIPS) aims to equip M.D.-only interventional physicians for academic careers in basic/translational research. Read MoreFeb 19, 2019
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Executive Education: Take the next step in your leadership journey
Our highly interactive five-day program will help you deepen your personal leadership skills while working through live business issues. Learn more about the Vanderbilt Advanced Leadership program today. Read MoreFeb 19, 2019
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Chancellor’s Faculty Town Hall Feb. 22 to focus on priorities for upcoming capital campaign
Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos will host a second town hall with faculty members on Friday, Feb. 22, to discuss the fundraising priorities that should drive the university’s next capital campaign. Read MoreFeb 18, 2019
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What’s on My Mind: David Williams II
Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos reflects on the life and legacy of David Williams II, former vice chancellor and athletics director, in this week's column. Read MoreFeb 18, 2019