SEC Champs: Women’s Tennis and Men’s Golf
The Vanderbilt women’s tennis team and men’s golf team both won the Southeastern Conference tournament championships in their respective sports in April. Read More
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Perfect Vision: Stephanie Zundel
When she was 3 years old, a dose of Children’s Motrin triggered a rare life-threatening allergic reaction in Stephanie Zundel, resulting in blindness. But this medical crisis was no match for Zundel’s competitive spirit. Just before graduating from Vanderbilt in May as a child studies major, she completed the Boston Marathon. Read More
Opportunity Expanded: Levys Announce $10 Million Gift to Support Financial Aid
Longtime Vanderbilt University supporters Robert M. Levy, BA’72, and his wife, Diane, have announced a new gift of $10 million to continue support for their scholarship fund, which provides need-based aid to undergraduate students as part of Opportunity Vanderbilt, the university’s initiative to meet 100 percent of students’ financial need without loans. Read More
Dr. Michael Caruso, BA’72, PhD’16: A Tale of Two Doctors
Caruso graduated with his Ph.D. in philosophy in 2016, and today he uses what he learned to teach ethics to medical school students. Read More
The World Is Yours with the Vanderbilt Travel Program
Each Vanderbilt Travel trip offers unparalleled educational opportunities, many with Vanderbilt professors, for an exclusive “beyond the classroom” experience. Read More
AVBA President: ‘Vanderbilt Is Our Home’
After participating in the spring 2016 meeting of the Vanderbilt Alumni Association Board of Directors, Tamara Baynham, BE’93, set a personal goal to become engaged with the AVBA, the Association of Vanderbilt Black Alumni. Read More
Tatum Hauck Allsep, BS’97: Health Care High-Note
In 2012 Allsep founded her own nonprofit, Music Health Alliance (MHA), to help members of the music community protect themselves through health insurance and health care planning, and now serves as its executive director. Read More
Young Alumna Helps Plan for Future of Vanderbilt Athletics
Through her planned gift to Vanderbilt athletics, Hollis is helping to ensure that the student-athletes who come after her will continue to excel. Read More
Ariana Fowler, BS’17: Skyscrapers for the Homeless
Fowler graduated from Vanderbilt in May after having received the Allison A. Poarch Scholarship for four years. During her time on campus, she put that investment to good use, giving back to her community as much as she had received. Read More
Obituary: Sen. Douglas S. Henry Jr., BA’49, JD’51, Statesman and Gentleman
Tennessee Sen. Douglas S. Henry Jr., a giant of the state legislature for six decades and a force in Nashville politics, died March 5, 2017, at age 90. Read More
Obituary: C. David Stringfield, BA’61, MA’64, Health Care Giant
C. David Stringfield, the former president and CEO of Nashville’s Baptist Hospital (now known as St. Thomas Midtown Hospital), died March 24, 2017, when a commuter train hit his vehicle in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, where he was living in retirement. Read More
Obituary: David J. Wilson, Citizen Scientist
David J. Wilson, emeritus professor of chemistry, of Belleville, Michigan, died Jan. 12, 2017, after a three-year bout with melanoma. Read More
Obituary: Courtney Nicole Salters-Henderson, BA’98, Student Mentor
Courtney Nicole Salters-Henderson, who spent much of her career helping Vanderbilt students develop their leadership skills through student organizations, died Jan. 26, 2017, in Nashville at age 41. Read More
VICC experts to discuss high risk breast cancer at free seminar June 6
Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center (VICC), in collaboration with the Hereditary Cancer Program and the Vanderbilt Breast Center, is hosting a free seminar, “Are You at High Risk for Breast Cancer?” Read More
2017 season football tickets for faculty and staff now on sale
Season football tickets for Vanderbilt faculty and staff members are now on sale at a 20 percent discount. Read More
Chetkovich named chair of Department of Neurology
Dane Chetkovich, M.D., Ph.D., professor of Neurology and Physiology and director of the Medical Scientist Training Program at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago, has been named chair of Vanderbilt’s Department of Neurology. He will join the faculty on Sept. 1. Read More
Novelist inspires MNPS middle schoolers to pursue the writing life
Best-selling young adult fiction writer Sharon M. Draper visited the Wyatt Center at Vanderbilt’s Peabody College to motivate and inspire Nashville middle schoolers. Read More
VICC experts to discuss high risk breast cancer at free seminar June 6
Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center (VICC), in collaboration with the Hereditary Cancer Program and the Vanderbilt Breast Center, will host a free seminar, “Are You at High Risk for Breast Cancer?” Read More
Preserving NIH’s Fogarty International Center crucial for global health efforts
This week Douglas Heimburger, M.D., M.S., professor of Medicine at Vanderbilt, joined a growing chorus calling for preservation of the Fogarty International Center of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Read More
Vanderbilt LifeFlight launches app for emergency responders
Vanderbilt LifeFlight has developed a new app that allows for emergency responders to request a helicopter at the tap of a button. The app also uses computer-aided software to send the emergency responders’ location and other helpful information directly to dispatch personnel at LifeFlight’s Communications Center. Read More
