Author: Ryan Underwood
Vanderbilt launches the Wond’ry at its new Innovation Pavilion
Sep. 22, 2016—The Wond’ry is an innovation hub designed to foster trans-institutional collaboration among students, faculty and staff from all disciplines and backgrounds on Vanderbilt’s campus.
New gift bolsters entrepreneurship at Vanderbilt’s Owen Graduate School of Management
Sep. 7, 2016—Alumni Jack Long Jr. and Carolyn Adams Long commit $1.5 million for programming aimed at helping students launch new companies.
Policy Prescriptions: Melinda Buntin brings Washington expertise to the Department of Health Policy
Jun. 28, 2016—Health care once seemed simple: You got sick, called a doctor, and paid the bill as best you could. Today health care accounts for nearly 20 percent of the total U.S. gross domestic product—about $3 trillion of economic activity annually. It’s also the largest item in the federal budget, making up 28 percent of all government...
’Dore of Opportunity: Parents’ Example Sparks a Major Commitment to Students’ Financial Needs
Jun. 18, 2016—Hoping to ensure that the door to a Vanderbilt education is open to every talented student inspired Board of Trust member Dr. Robert Schiff Jr., BS’77, a Cincinnati pediatrician, to make a transformative $10,000,000 commitment to Opportunity Vanderbilt. Begun at the outset of the financial crisis in 2008, Opportunity Vanderbilt is the university’s initiative to replace all need-based...
Vanderbilt establishes Center for Health Care Market Innovation
May. 25, 2016—Vanderbilt University’s Owen Graduate School of Management will establish a new corporate-funded research center focused on health care markets.
Vanderbilt community remembers Owen student Taylor Allen Force
Mar. 21, 2016—The normally jubilant sounds of a warm Friday afternoon on Vanderbilt’s campus were punctured by grief, as family, friends, classmates, faculty and staff filled Benton Chapel March 18 to mourn the death of Taylor Allen Force, a first-year MBA student at the Owen Graduate School of Management.
Price determines whether calorie information sways consumer choices
Feb. 9, 2016—The perception of a good deal can lead consumers down an unhealthy path, according to a study from a Vanderbilt business school professor.
From ‘Vanderbilt Magazine’: How to stay healthy this winter
Jan. 7, 2016—When a serious disease strikes—from Ebola in Africa to MRSA at a local high school—you’re likely to hear a calm, clear explanation on the news from Vanderbilt Professor of Preventive Medicine William Schaffner. "Vanderbilt Magazine" spoke to Schaffner about the best ways to avoid getting sick this winter.
Land use town hall participants articulate campus likes—and dislikes
Dec. 9, 2015—Members of the Vanderbilt community offered public commentary on a new master land use plan initiative at the latest Chancellor's Town Hall, held at the Student Life Center Dec. 7.
TIPSHEET: Vanderbilt experts available to discuss holiday marketing, retail and IT security trends
Dec. 7, 2015—Vanderbilt experts are available to discuss holiday marketing, retail and IT security trends.
Vanderbilt launches new master of marketing degree program
Nov. 16, 2015—A new one-year program helps students develop skills in areas such as digital marketing and consumer analytics.
Symposium begins yearlong campus planning process by asking big questions
Nov. 5, 2015—As Vanderbilt plans for its growth over the next decades, what are the core philosophic and humanistic values that should underpin its major building projects? This and other weighty questions were discussed by faculty, administrators and other members of the campus community at a Nov. 2 symposium led by Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos to usher in a yearlong land use planning process.