Author: Nancy Wise
New faculty: Jessie Hock mines relevance of early modern literature
Oct. 1, 2015—Jessie Hock knows how to make Shakespeare and Renaissance poetry relevant to Vanderbilt students.
Digital partnership expands student language opportunities at Vanderbilt and across country
Sep. 29, 2015—A partnership among Vanderbilt, Duke and the University of Virginia is using digital learning to share uncommon languages.
Owen and School of Medicine leaders co-chair international conference on analytics in health care July 29-31
Jul. 29, 2015—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.
Class of 2015: Caroline Hatfield mines insight from studying the female image
May. 5, 2015—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.
Family tradition helps expand environmental and sustainability studies
Jan. 30, 2015—Vanderbilt professor David Hess received the James Thornton Fant Chair in Sustainability Studies only this week, but the chair’s story dates to 1899.
Virtual Vanderbilt Engineering and Science Building rises from your cellphone
Jan. 26, 2015—Download the interactive, high-tech rendering that shows the building’s exterior and design in 360-degree detail.
Zelik explores biological mechanisms behind human movement
Dec. 4, 2014—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.
New faculty: Zelik explores biological mechanisms behind human movement
Oct. 16, 2014—Karl Zelik’s BAT lab in Olin Hall has nothing to do with flying mammals or a caped superhero.
Work of Arts and Science dean search committee underway
Sep. 22, 2014—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.
‘The New York Times’: 50 shades of blue, green, everything
Aug. 1, 2014—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 that became the focus of a joint career that continued until Ericson’s death from...
Thomas Weiler receives prestigious Simons Foundation Fellowship
Jul. 7, 2014—Professor of Physics Thomas Weiler has been awarded a prestigious Simons Foundation Fellowship in Theoretical Physics.
Doors Wide Open: For community leader Francis Guess, MBM’74, Kraft Award recalls early lesson in integrity
Jun. 19, 2014—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 expected a black man to...