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National Science Foundation: Bionic leg makes amputee faster on his feet

Two years after losing his leg in a shark attack, Craig Hutto became the test pilot for a unique and powerful new prosthetic leg being developed by mechanical engineer Michael Goldfarb and his team at Vanderbilt University. Read More

Speaker of the House Beth Halteman Harwell, MS’79, PhD’80

Beth Halteman Harwell, one of the most powerful and politically connected women in the state of Tennessee, began her political profession in the classroom. Read More

Human sex trafficking research leads to changes in Tenn. law

Two Peabody College graduate student researchers partnered with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation to shine a light on the scourge of human sex trafficking, resulting in changes to Tennessee law. Read More

Coaching legend Bobby Bowden, MA’53

In the history of collegiate football, only a handful of names are considered to be among the best ever. Among that elite group is Bobby… Read More

High court’s GPS decision sidesteps larger privacy question: Vanderbilt expert

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously that a search warrant is needed to plant a physical tracking device on a vehicle. But only four members of the court – not a majority – were willing to go further and hold that continuously monitoring such a device for a month is also a search. Read More

Writer Peter Guralnick presents documentary on the blues Feb. 7

All are invited to a free screening of the documentary "The Blues: Feel Like Going Home" 7:30 p.m. Feb. 7, at Sarratt Cinema, introduced by acclaimed music writer Peter Guralnick, who wrote the screenplay for the film directed by Martin Scorsese. Read More

Law school alumna named pro bono volunteer of the year

Wendee Hilderbrand Nashville lawyer Wendee Hilderbrand, a 2004 graduate of Vanderbilt Law School, was honored with the state’s top award… Read More

Health Plus offers six-week series on managing blood pressure

  (Vanderbilt University) Health Plus, in collaboration with the Occupational Health Clinic and Work/Life Connections, is sponsoring an… Read More

Town hall meeting on non-discrimination policy set for Jan. 31

Update: In anticipation of there being greater interest than the available venue will accommodate for this evening’s town hall meeting on the university’s nondiscrimination… Read More

Alcohol’s molecular mediators

Therapeutic agents focusing on the brain region involved in stress-induced relapse may be effective in preventing relapse in patients with alcohol use disorders. Read More

SECURITY NOTICE: Armed robbery off campus

On Sunday, Jan. 22, at 8:01 p.m., Metro Nashville Police requested the assistance of Vanderbilt University Police regarding an armed robbery at the Jack-in-the-Box… Read More

Teacher compensation ‘incredibly inefficient’

Teacher salaries are largely set by schedules which are neither performance-related nor market-driven and have significant consequences on school staffing and workforce quality, new research… Read More

Not so different after all

Ellen Goldring New research from the National Center on School Choice reveals little difference among school leaders across public, private and choice… Read More

New partner for national center

Fort Worth Independent School District is the latest partner in a national center at Peabody that aims to identify programs, practices, processes and policies that… Read More

One Magnolia Circle

The Peabody College building that houses the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center, the Department of Special Education and the Susan Gray School has received… Read More

Awards and Honors

Bickman Chatman Cho Erickson Ford Hughes… Read More

New Faculty

Jason Grissom Carrie A. Kortegast Christine Quinn Trank Carrie Masten Kristopher Preacher Erik Carter The Department of Leadership, Policy and Organizations welcomed three new faculty… Read More

Wyatt Center highlights students’ summer internship experiences

Avi Richman (left) and Hada Flores (right, speaking) with Xiu Cravens, associate dean of international affairs, at a September poster event at… Read More

Hanging of the Green at the Wyatt Center

James Hogge (right), associate dean and professor, emeritus, leads students in Peabody’s annual Hanging of the Green at the Wyatt Center on… Read More

Seventh year for ELLE collaboration

  Guoming Long receives a high five from a Susan Gray School student during a tour of the school for ELLE participants… Read More