The Vanderbilt University Board of Trust elected a slate of new trustees during its annual spring meeting in early May. William H. “Hal” Hess, JD’90, Keith Hoogland, BA’82, and John Ingram, MBA’86, will serve five-year terms beginning July 1. Ingram has already served on the board for a total of 20 years, with his first tenure from 2003 to 2013 and again from 2014 to 2024. Allison “Allie” Hall Eagles, BA’16, will serve a two-year term as the young alumni trustee.Read More
FACULTY ACCOLADES
An American in Vienna: Blair professor Derek Hartman claims first prize at International Beethoven Piano Competition
Inspired by Beethoven when he first began to play piano at age five, Derek Hartman‘s music career took a huge step forward last week as he was awarded first prize at the prestigious 17th International Beethoven Piano Competition in Vienna, Austria.Read More
QUANTUM POTENTIAL
Quantum Potential Podcast Episode 8: Rewiring the brain and rethinking pain with Craig Lindsley
In this episode of Quantum Potential, Craig Lindsley, William K. Warren, Jr. Professor of Medicine, University Distinguished Professor of Biochemistry, Chemistry and Pharmacology and executive director of the Warren Center for Neuroscience Drug Discovery, joins Provost C. Cybele Raver to discuss transformative research exploring how subtle tweaks to brain chemistry could change the way we treat neurodegenerative diseases and chronic pain.Read More
Grammy Award-winning songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Dom Flemons visited Vanderbilt’s Special Collections and University Archives on May 30 to view items from the Dom Flemons American Songster Collection, acquired by the university in late 2023. Anne Potter Wilson Music Library staff recorded Flemons discussing the collection, which includes musical instruments, art pieces, memorabilia and more. Items from the collection are featured in a new exhibit that opened May 31 at The Westin Nashville hotel in partnership with the Heard Libraries and the National Museum of African American Music.
Flemons’ visit to Nashville also included delivering the keynote presentation at the 41st Annual International Country Music Conference on May 29 and performing at the Grand Ole Opry on May 30. Read More
Nashville Business Journal: Nashville Innovation Alliance names first leader, taps advisers Chancellor Daniel Diermeier is quoted. Sally Parker, associate vice chancellor for strategy and operations in the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Government and Community Relations, and Richard Florida, Distinguished Visiting Scholar of Management, are mentioned.
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