Ryan Underwood
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Vanderbilt’s Wond’ry hosts grand opening
Vanderbilt's new cross-disciplinary innovation space will host an open house on Nov. 9, which will feature virtual reality experiences and maker space demonstrations. Read MoreNov 3, 2016
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‘Pre-Flight’ course for startups offered to Vanderbilt students, faculty and staff
Think you’ve got an idea that could become the next Facebook or Google, but you’re not sure how to get it off the ground? Turning ideas into action is the aim of a new, seven-week Pre-Flight course, developed by the Nashville Entrepreneur Center, and offered in partnership with Vanderbilt’s Center for Technology Transfer & Commercialization (CTTC) and the Wond’ry. Read MoreSep 28, 2016
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Vanderbilt launches the Wond’ry at its new Innovation Pavilion
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. Read MoreSep 22, 2016
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New gift bolsters entrepreneurship at Vanderbilt’s Owen Graduate School of Management
Alumni Jack Long Jr. and Carolyn Adams Long commit $1.5 million for programming aimed at helping students launch new companies. Read MoreSep 7, 2016
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Policy Prescriptions: Melinda Buntin brings Washington expertise to the Department of Health Policy
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… Read MoreJun 28, 2016
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’Dore of Opportunity: Parents’ Example Sparks a Major Commitment to Students’ Financial Needs
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… Read MoreJun 18, 2016
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Vanderbilt establishes Center for Health Care Market Innovation
Vanderbilt University’s Owen Graduate School of Management will establish a new corporate-funded research center focused on health care markets. Read MoreMay 25, 2016
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Vanderbilt community remembers Owen student Taylor Allen Force
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. Read MoreMar 21, 2016
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Price determines whether calorie information sways consumer choices
The perception of a good deal can lead consumers down an unhealthy path, according to a study from a Vanderbilt business school professor. Read MoreFeb 9, 2016
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From ‘Vanderbilt Magazine’: How to stay healthy this winter
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. Read MoreJan 7, 2016
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Land use town hall participants articulate campus likes—and dislikes
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. Read MoreDec 9, 2015
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TIPSHEET: Vanderbilt experts available to discuss holiday marketing, retail and IT security trends
Vanderbilt experts are available to discuss holiday marketing, retail and IT security trends. Read MoreDec 7, 2015
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Vanderbilt launches new master of marketing degree program
A new one-year program helps students develop skills in areas such as digital marketing and consumer analytics. Read MoreNov 16, 2015
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Symposium begins yearlong campus planning process by asking big questions
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. Read MoreNov 5, 2015
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Nov. 2 symposium marks first steps in developing campus land use plan
From exploring city planning in the ancient Mediterranean world to understanding how theater can play a role in classroom design, Vanderbilt will host a symposium on Nov. 2 bringing in experts from across campus as the university begins to develop a comprehensive land use plan. The symposium is open to all members of the Vanderbilt community. Read MoreOct 26, 2015
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Vanderbilt announces Perry Wallace engineering scholarship to honor first black SEC basketball player
Vanderbilt University will establish the Perry E. Wallace Jr. Scholarship to honor and recognize the achievements of Wallace, who became the first African American to play varsity sports in the Southeastern Conference at a time of lethal racial division across the region. Read MoreOct 23, 2015
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New faculty: Ben Munyan examines the growing field of ‘shadow banking’
Once a math and science prodigy, Ben Munyan can now be found in his Owen Graduate School of Management office writing computer code mapping U.S. Treasury data to bank and investor activity. Read MoreOct 7, 2015
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Read the new issue of ‘Vanderbilt Magazine’ online now
The summer 2015 issue of "Vanderbilt Magazine" is now available online and features an in-depth look at the changing face of college admissions, stories about first-generation college students, a profile on Vanderbilt's first woman graduate and more. Read MoreAug 14, 2015
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Marty Nord, former Vanderbilt professor and faculty adviser, dies
Martha Andrews “Marty” Nord, a longtime communications professor at Vanderbilt’s Owen Graduate School of Management and former director of the Vanderbilt Women in Engineering Program, died July 28 in Nashville. Read MoreJul 30, 2015
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Vanderbilt researchers take part in NSF cybersecurity grant
M. Eric Johnson, Dean of Vanderbilt's Owen Graduate School of Management, has been named as a principal co-investigator on a new $10-million, five-year grant from the Secure and Trustworthy Cyberspace program of the National Science Foundation (NSF). Read MoreSep 4, 2013