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Baby Keeping You Awake?

KATIE PEIFER BARTLEY, BS’00 Bartley with Campbell (now 6), Rider (now 2) and Keller (now 4) Before her first child was born in 2005,… Read More

The Power of Change

GABRIELLE WESTBROOK, BA’11 Gabrielle Westbrook left her mark on Vanderbilt as a student. Today she’s leaving her mark on Washington, D.C., as a… Read More

First-Year Fantasies

I grew up in the Harry Potter generation. I dreamt of careening through forbidden forests on a bewitched broomstick and leading my house in a… Read More

True North

I am a lucky girl. With the minor exception of once wishing I looked like Julie Christie, I have never wanted to be anyone but… Read More

Galloway Transitions from Dean to Full-Time Faculty

You see Vanderbilt engineers very often moving into leadership positions. I think that’s because of the broader education they get at Vanderbilt.” —Dean Ken… Read More

Board of Trust Approves Alumni Hall Renovations

A rendering of the renovated Alumni Hall’s west elevation One of the most architecturally significant and underused buildings on campus is about to get a… Read More

Communication Initiative Touts Personalized Medicine

When the human genome was sequenced in 2003, scientists around the world turned their collective attention to discovering what roles genetic variation plays in human… Read More

Applications from All Regions Climb

The School of Nursing welcomed its largest class ever this academic year, including pre-specialty nursing students Audrey Pyle, left, and Brittany Powell, BA’11. A total… Read More

Student Scholars Win National Recognition

Three College of Arts and Science students have been selected as top scholars by prestigious national institutions. Katie Ullmann has been named a 2011 Udall… Read More

Partnership Brings Vanderbilt Bookstore to West End

The closing of Borders Bookstore on West End Avenue last May as part of the company’s bankruptcy reorganization ushered in a dark chapter for lovers… Read More

Snacks among the Stacks

Heaven forfend, now those kids are eating and drinking in the library. And the librarians aren’t lifting a finger to stop it. Food-friendly policies have… Read More

Top Picks

Yeatman Magazine Honors LifeFlight Director Jeanne Yeatman, director of Vanderbilt LifeFlight, has been named by HealthLeaders magazine among its top 20 people nationwide who are… Read More

Dispatches from the Great Loop

Editor’s Note: Dr. Jerry Reves retired June 30, 2010, as vice president for medical affairs and dean of the College of Medicine at the Medical… Read More

Alumni Award and Board Nominations Due April 13

The Office of Alumni Relations is seeking nominations for the Distinguished Alumni Award, the university’s most prestigious alumni honor. Sponsored by the Vanderbilt Alumni Association,… Read More

Reunion 2011 Recap; Volunteers Needed for Reunion 2012

If your graduating class year ends in 2 or 7, then you’re having a Reunion in 2012—and we need your help to ensure it’s a… Read More

Unstoppable

COVER: Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital patient Ansley McLaurin gets a backstage tour of the Grand Ole Opry House from Rascal Flatts members Jay DeMarcus,… Read More

Franklin-Era Football Off to Great Start

Franklin The first year of the James Franklin-coached Vanderbilt football saga got off to an exciting start as the Commodores finished the regular season with… Read More

Women’s Cross Country Team Wins SEC Championship

A complete team effort resulted in Vanderbilt’s first SEC championship in women’s cross country. The Vanderbilt women’s cross country team ran away with its first… Read More

Sports Roundup

Hall of Fame: 2011 Inductees Nine Commodores joined the Class of 2011 Vanderbilt Athletics Hall of Fame: Lamar Alexander, BA’62, track and field; Tyler Griffin,… Read More

Laxabunga*

*laxabunga (lak sǝ buή´ gǝ) exclam. [slang] used as an exclamation of delight and laxifaction by laxers (lacrosse players). See also laxaholic. Senior Ally Carey… Read More