Nancy Wise
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VUSN launches new program for family nurse practitioners in emergency and urgent care
The Vanderbilt University School of Nursing has developed a new post-master’s educational program for family nurse practitioners who work in either emergency care or urgent care settings and desire to become certified as emergency nurse practitioners. Read MoreMay 4, 2016
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Trans-institutional team competes in regionals of global student competition for social good
A proposal to help poor families produce food in crowded urban spaces put a Vanderbilt University trans-institutional team on the road to the regional finals of the Hult Prize, an international case competition that seeks innovative solutions to social issues worldwide. Read MoreApr 28, 2016
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American Nurse Association president visits VUSN
Pamela F. Cipriano, president of the American Nurse Association, was the guest of honor at a reception hosted by the Vanderbilt University School of Nursing on April 5. Read MoreApr 8, 2016
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Orienting to Owen: Meet just a few of Owen’s remarkable incoming students
The Owen School can say that, too (all our students are talented high achievers), but we tend to not group people together. Each person is individual, unique and vital to the makeup of our student body. Read MoreJan 25, 2016
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College of Arts and Science 2015 Teaching Awards announced
College of Arts and Science faculty and graduate students have been honored with teaching and mentoring excellence awards. Read MoreJan 21, 2016
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Dean Lauren Benton: Moving her field and Arts and Science forward
Lauren Benton grew up surrounded by scholars and teachers. Her father was a faculty member and dean at Johns Hopkins University. Despite that, she didn’t plan on becoming an academic. Read MoreOct 8, 2015
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New faculty: Jessie Hock mines relevance of early modern literature
Jessie Hock knows how to make Shakespeare and Renaissance poetry relevant to Vanderbilt students. Read MoreOct 1, 2015
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Digital partnership expands student language opportunities at Vanderbilt and across country
A partnership among Vanderbilt, Duke and the University of Virginia is using digital learning to share uncommon languages. Read MoreSep 29, 2015
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Owen and School of Medicine leaders co-chair international conference on analytics in health care July 29-31
Experts from Owen, Vanderbilt School of Medicine and Vanderbilt University Medical Center will present and host sessions at the third INFORMS Healthcare 2015 Conference July 29-31 in Nashville. Read MoreJul 29, 2015
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Class of 2015: Caroline Hatfield mines insight from studying the female image
If you’re funny, you don’t have to be perfect. That’s what senior Caroline Hatfield discovered in a research project about the cultural expectations by which female celebrities are judged compared to how society judges female comedians. Read MoreMay 5, 2015
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Family tradition helps expand environmental and sustainability studies
Vanderbilt professor David Hess received the James Thornton Fant Chair in Sustainability Studies only this week, but the chair’s story dates to 1899. Read MoreJan 30, 2015
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Virtual Vanderbilt Engineering and Science Building rises from your cellphone
Download the interactive, high-tech rendering that shows the building’s exterior and design in 360-degree detail. Read MoreJan 26, 2015
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Zelik explores biological mechanisms behind human movement
Karl Zelik's Biomechanics and Assistive Technology laboratory is dedicated to locomotion—in particular, to understanding the mechanisms of human locomotion and using engineering to improve movement and mobility for people with impairments. Read MoreDec 4, 2014
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New faculty: Zelik explores biological mechanisms behind human movement
Karl Zelik’s BAT lab in Olin Hall has nothing to do with flying mammals or a caped superhero. Read MoreOct 16, 2014
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Work of Arts and Science dean search committee underway
The work of the search committee appointed by Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Susan Wente to identify the next dean of the College and Arts and Science is underway. Read MoreSep 22, 2014
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‘The New York Times’: 50 shades of blue, green, everything
Mel Ziegler (Vanderbilt University) When artists Kate Ericson and Mel Ziegler, now the chair of the Department of Art at Vanderbilt, started out, they sometimes took house-painting jobs to pay the rent. The pair became fascinated by houses, colors, even the names of colors: subjects… Read MoreAug 1, 2014
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Thomas Weiler receives prestigious Simons Foundation Fellowship
Professor of Physics Thomas Weiler has been awarded a prestigious Simons Foundation Fellowship in Theoretical Physics. Read MoreJul 7, 2014
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Doors Wide Open: For community leader Francis Guess, MBM’74, Kraft Award recalls early lesson in integrity
Francis Guess doesn’t shy from uncomfortable topics. The businessman, civil rights leader, philanthropist, public servant and community leader talks frankly about what it was like to be a Vietnam veteran assigned to work on the Army’s civil disturbance plans for his community, attending Vanderbilt in the 1970s when most students… Read MoreJun 19, 2014
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50 years later, Vanderbilt University graduate walks stage at Commencement
In 1964, soon-to-be Vanderbilt graduate Katherine Gorham missed Commencement because she was in the hospital, recovering from having her first child. On Friday, she walked across the platform in cap and gown after her husband and the university arranged for her to participate in Commencement with the Class of 2014. Read MoreMay 9, 2014
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New undergraduate and faculty research collaborations inspire, inform
The Littlejohn Family Undergraduate Research Program enables Arts and Science undergraduates to conduct original research alongside faculty fellows. Read MoreApr 29, 2014