A $30 million fundraising campaign is underway at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt. It will support a four-floor building expansion that will help advance the size and scope of the hospital’s existing comprehensive and specialized pediatric health care programs. Read More
A glimpse into the lives of four scholarship recipients shows not only how Opportunity Vanderbilt is empowering individuals, but how they are contributing to Vanderbilt, their communities and the world. Read More
Minardi, BE’12, is co-founder and software engineering lead for Voxel8, developer of a custom-electronics-producing 3-D printer that is a darling of tech media. Read More
In 2014, Lester “Ruff” Fant, BA’63, and his wife, Susan, made a significant commitment to the College of Arts and Science to establish, among other things, an endowed Lester G. “Ruff” Fant III Dean’s Fund and the James Thornton Fant Chair in Sustainability Studies. Read More
Candace Grisham, Class of 2018, has been named the first recipient of the Association of Vanderbilt Black Alumni Scholarship. Read More
Since Dance Marathon was established in 2003, the student-led organization has raised more than $1.3 million for Children’s Hospital. Read More
Reif is the founder of Yumbutter, which turns organic peanuts, almonds and sunflowers into products like spicy Thai peanut butter and almond butter with chia, hemp seeds and goji. Read More
Dr. Rachel Idowu spent five weeks in Africa last summer assisting the Ebola outbreak response in Monrovia, Liberia’s capital and most populous city. Read More
Maj. Peyton S. Mathis Jr. played football for Vanderbilt and earned his bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering, volunteering as an aviation cadet in the U.S. Army Air Forces in 1940. Read More
Nearly 1,500 alumni and friends gathered Nov. 6 in 36 Vanderbilt chapter cities, including London, Beijing and Shanghai. From the industry-coded name tags to the networking tips and attendee lists provided in advance, the entire focus was on facilitating connections. Read More
Richard F. Arenstorf, professor of mathematics, emeritus, died Sept. 18, 2014, at age 84. Read More
Penny Elizabeth Campbell, a pioneer in the fight for LGBT rights and a strong advocate for justice and equality, died Sept. 3, 2014, at her Nashville home. She was 61. Read More
The inaugural issue of The Vanderbilt Alumnus, published in October 1915, totaled 20 pages and featured four pages of… Read More
For the past few months, much of the nation has donned hats, boots, scarves and gloves as they face brutally cold and… Read More
There are a few things editor GayNelle Doll and her staff keep in mind when putting together an issue of "Vanderbilt Magazine," read by 131,000 alumni and others and the university’s flagship publication. Read More
For nearly 30 years now, Vanderbilt has enriched my life immeasurably. I am retiring this spring—in the same year that Vanderbilt Magazine celebrates its first 100 years of publication. Read More
Researchers at Vanderbilt University have found a new way to “dissect” the human immune response following influenza vaccination. Read More
The westbound lane of Highland Avenue will be closed March 23, 24 and 25 from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day due to construction at the nearby Science and Engineering Building site, but access to the 25th Avenue Garage will remain open to faculty and staff. Read More
Beginning in April, basic and supplemental retirement contributions will be combined and collectively called “voluntary” contributions in Vanderbilt and Fidelity’s systems. Read More
March 17 marked the 142nd anniversary of the university's founding, and people took to social media to wish us a "happy birthday." Add to this the start of spring, the Impact Symposium, Pi Day and more, and it's been a busy week on social media. Read More
