Aaron Garza knocked in three runs and Commodores starter Matt Buschmann allowed only five hits and no earned runs as Vanderbilt defeated host Virginia, 7-3, Sunday at Davenport Field in front of a partisan sellout crowd of 2,530. The win marks the first time in school history the Commodores have advanced to the NCAA Tournament Super Regional. Read More
Vanderbilt's Peabody College of Education and Human Development has again been ranked 4th in the nation among education schools by U.S. News and World Report in its annual ranking of the leading graduate and professional schools. The college's Special Education program was named No. 1 for the second year in a row. Read More
Vanderbilt Medical Center will expand its LifeFlight helicopter air ambulance program by adding a base in Lebanon, Tennessee, and purchasing three new state-of-the-art helicopters at a cost of $5.4 million each. Read More
In 1997, writer Tony Earley faced his first freshman English class at Vanderbilt University. Read More
Cathy L. Jrade, a Vanderbilt University professor and chair of the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, has been awarded a National Endowment for the Humanities fellowship to write a book on Delmira Agustini, the first major female poet of twentieth-century Spanish America. Read More
Starting in fall 2005, Vanderbilt will offer a select group of high ability high school students advanced admission to any of seven of its professional and graduate schools when they enroll as undergraduates at the University. Read More
How does investigating the roots of crime change a vacant lot into a community garden? Harvard public health researcher Felton Earls will discuss his findings that change can be as simple as "taking action, making an effort" as part of the Vanderbilt Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Lecture Series Thursday, Jan. 22, at 4 p.m. at the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center for Research on Human Development. Read More
For 50 years, Vanderbilt Dyer Observatory has been a window to the stars and planets for Nashvillians. Vanderbilt University officials, relatives of the founder and officials of the companies who contributed to making the observatory a reality will gather Friday, Dec. 12, to commemorate the facility's opening in December 1953. Read More
A key administrator leading the national effort to secure and strengthen the national power grid visited the Vanderbilt School of Engineering last week to learn about the school's pioneering diamond and carbon technology research program. Read More
Current and former smokers are needed for a study to determine if screening people with either spiral computerized tomography (CT ) or chest X-ray before they have symptoms can reduce deaths from lung cancer. Read More
Vanderbilt University advanced two spots and its School of Engineering moved up six places in the latest rankings by U.S. News & World Report. Read More
A team of Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center physician-scientists gathered with their colleagues here earlier this week to hear, discuss and present some of the latest advances in care for patients with cancer. Read More
Vanderbilt's top scholars in nine undergraduate and professional schools received Founder's Medals during Commencement exercises on May 9. Read More
Peabody College honored H. Dean Propst, chancellor emeritus of the University System of Georgia, with its 2003 Distinguished Alumnus Award during commencement Friday, May 9. Read More
Dr. Jeff McKinzie and a 21 person team from the Medical Center will travel to Georgetown, Guyana later this month as part of a mission to promote clinical service, education, and research in the areas of international health, medical missions, and travel medicine. Read More
Peabody College at Vanderbilt University is ranked 4th among the nation's graduate programs in education in the latest "U.S. News & World Report" listing of the nation's leading graduate and professional schools. The placement represents a three-spot jump in last year's ranking and is the school's highest "U.S. News" ranking ever. Read More
Current and former smokers are needed for a new study to determine if screening people with either spiral computerized tomography (CT) or chest X-ray before they have symptoms can reduce deaths from lung cancer. Read More
Two Vanderbilt University seniors have been awarded prestigious Gates Cambridge Scholarships to continue their studies at the University of Cambridge in England. Read More
Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering L. Roy Xu has won a Young Investigator Program award from the U.S. Office of Naval Research for his research on hybrid interface mechanics and nano-composite materials. Read More
Vanderbilt School of Nursing's Faculty Practice Network (VNFPN) is opening the doors on a new nurse-managed, community-based clinic this week. Read More