Author: Ann Marie Deer Owens
Alumna, BOT member with prominent estate jewelry business dies
May. 24, 2018—Camilla Dietz Bergeron, a Vanderbilt University alumna and emerita trustee whose passion for collecting jewelry led her to found a noted antique and estate jewelry firm, died May 20.
New leadership at the Central Library
May. 16, 2018—Kasia Gonnerman is the new director of Vanderbilt University's Central Library.
Emeritus English professor who wrote Jane Austen biography dies
May. 16, 2018—John W. Halperin, Centennial Professor of English, emeritus, died this spring at his home in La Jolla, California, from heart failure. He was 76.
Blair students continue wins at prestigious national competition
May. 10, 2018—For the second year in a row, Blair undergraduates won national honors at the 2017-18 Music Teachers National Association annual competition in Orlando, Florida.
‘Welcome table’ key to understanding the South’s dominant religion
May. 9, 2018—Extending "Southern hospitality" to everyone—including strangers—is a priority shared by most Christian congregations in the South, according American religious historian James Hudnut-Beumler.
New integrated library system to make searches faster, more robust
May. 7, 2018—Library users will find searches faster and easier when a new system debuts this summer in the Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries.
Emilie M. Townes reappointed as dean of Vanderbilt Divinity School
May. 7, 2018—Emilie M. Townes, E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Professor of Womanist Ethics and Society, has been reappointed as dean of the Vanderbilt University Divinity School.
Vanderbilt Osher 2018 summer term features Fisk courses
May. 4, 2018—A survey of world art featuring Fisk collections, Nashville's diverse musical history, and cast-iron cooking are among summer classes offered by the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Vanderbilt.
Vanderbilt included among America’s Best Employers by ‘Forbes’
May. 1, 2018—Vanderbilt University has been named to the list of "America's Best Employers 2018" by Forbes magazine.
Skip Bayless reflects on Vanderbilt experience during campus talk
Apr. 23, 2018—Skip Bayless, a noted sports journalist, television personality and Grantland Rice Scholarship recipient, credits a high school teacher and his Vanderbilt experience for launching his career path.
NPR podcast visits Immersion seminar on literary arts
Apr. 19, 2018—Eleven students shared stories about their first-year Vanderbilt experiences with Nashville poets, and the conversations were transformed into meaningful poems during a literary arts seminar.
Writer Amitav Ghosh discusses conflict and climate change on ‘The Zeppos Report’
Apr. 16, 2018—Amitav Ghosh, a best-selling author whose work puts Asia at the center of global history, culture and environmental challenges, joins Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos on "The Zeppos Report."