Conjugation Nation
[gofullscreen][featuresection] PHOTOGRAPHY BY DANIEL DUBOIS, LAUREN HOLLAND, JOE HOWELL and JOHN RUSSELL “Living–learning community” is a phrase bandied about Vanderbilt frequently these days, particularly since… Read More
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Editor’s Letter
Credit: GWENDA KACZOR Our cover story marks the fifth anniversary of Nicholas S. Zeppos’ tenure as chancellor. While reading Jim… Read More
Learning in MOOC Years
Credit: GORDON STUDER BY PROFESSOR DOUGLAS C. SCHMIDT During the past decade I’ve taught software design and programming courses to roughly 600 undergraduate… Read More
Ear for Language
Credit: Joe Howell Few faculty lives intersect with as many Vanderbilt students as that of Fräncille Bergquist, associate professor of… Read More
No Easy Road
Credit: LAUREN SIMKIN BERKE BY JOANNE LAMPHERE BECKHAM, BA’62 Nearly 50 years ago Robert J. Moore watched the countryside pass by his… Read More
1,000 Words: Nashville Shines
Photo by John Russell Named America’s friendliest city for three years running, Nashville has suddenly become a media darling, garnering rave reviews from The Today… Read More
How to build a race car: Expert advice from the Vanderbilt Motorsports team
Credit: Harry Campbell Vanderbilt Motorsports, an extracurricular team of School of Engineering undergraduates, will compete in May 2014… Read More
The Closer: Bo McKinnis, MBA’91, knows baseball—and how to deal
McKinnis, right, with Price at Tampa Bay Rays spring training in Port Charlotte, Fla. (Credit: Christina Kuhns) On New Year’s Eve,… Read More
Transformer
Elkington at the original B.B. King’s Blues Club in Memphis (Credit: Daniel Dubois) Thirty years ago John Elkington stood near the Mississippi… Read More
Second Best Man
Credit: MARGARET BERG BY ROY BLOUNT JR., BA’63 If you don’t know Professor Vereen Bell—and you probably do if you’ve… Read More
Reader Photos
Credit: MURPHY BYRNE AND BOSLEY JARRETT Sponsored by the Vanderbilt Masala-South Asian Cultural Exchange, the annual festival of Holi is… Read More
Infographic: Decode the regalia and symbols of Commencement
The design of Vanderbilt’s academic regalia and the colors worn by graduating students, faculty and administrators are significant from cap to collar to cuff. But what does this ornate attire mean? Read More
$8.6 Billion
Credit: JOHN HERSEY Tennessee reaps enormous benefits from Vanderbilt’s presence in the state, according to a report that measures economic activity for… Read More
Courage to Dissent
Expelled from Vanderbilt in 1960, James Lawson returned as a distinguished visiting professor nearly 50 years later. (Credit: Neil Brake) The Rev. Read More
Milestone for Opportunity Vanderbilt
Opportunity Vanderbilt is the epitome of a community effort. As of April 2013, the initiative has received nearly $150 million to support undergraduate scholarship endowment,… Read More
High Fidelity
Audiologist René H. Gifford, left, adjusts the external sound processor worn by patient and study subject Ally Sisler-Dinwiddie, AuD’07. Having her cochlear… Read More
Owen Exit
Credit: John Russell After eight years at the helm of Vanderbilt Owen Graduate School of Management, James W. Read More
Anderson Named University General Counsel
Credit: Vanderbilt University The former deputy general counsel of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security arrived at Vanderbilt in March to become… Read More
Forgotten Plague
Credit: ISTOCKPHOTO Although tuberculosis infection rates are falling, nearly 9 million new cases were reported worldwide in 2011 and 1.4 million people… Read More
5 Years at No. 1
Credit: Steve Green Peabody College of education and human development is the nation’s top graduate school of education for the… Read More
