Campus News
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Blair School Welcomes New Legacy Instrument
A brand-new pipe organ, built in the style of 18th-century Central German organs similar to those Bach knew, has been installed in the Blair School of Music’s Steve and Judy Turner Recital Hall. Read MoreDec 23, 2014
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Law School Alumnus Elected Texas Governor
Greg Abbott, JD’84, was elected governor of our nation’s second most populous state Nov. 4. Read MoreDec 23, 2014
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University and Medical Center Move toward Financial Independence
Vanderbilt University Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos announced in November that the institution is embarking on a process to reconfigure Vanderbilt University Medical Center as a not-for-profit academic medical center that is financially distinct from the university. Read MoreDec 23, 2014
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Birthing Center to Open Next Summer
Nashville-area families seeking midwifery care outside the traditional hospital setting will have a new option beginning next summer: an outpatient birth center. Read MoreDec 23, 2014
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Cardio-Oncology Program Focuses on Effects of Cancer Therapy on the Heart
The Vanderbilt Cardio-Oncology program has fostered a collaborative relationship combining the expertise of cardiologists and oncologists to understand effects of cancer therapy on the heart. Read MoreDec 23, 2014
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John Seigenthaler: Champion of the First Amendment
John Seigenthaler died July 11 at the age of 86 after a life that saw him serve as special assistant to U.S. Attorney General Robert Kennedy; suffer a brutal beating by segregationists while attempting to aid 1960s Freedom Riders; become a founding editor of what is now one of the nation’s largest newspapers, USA Today; and win the respect and admiration of generations. Read MoreSep 26, 2014
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Academic Strategic Plan Charts Vanderbilt’s Course
Vanderbilt’s Academic Strategic Plan, which will guide university investments in faculty recruitment, capital planning, academic programs and philanthropic priorities during the next decade, was unveiled by Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos Aug. 21 at the Fall Faculty Assembly. Read MoreSep 26, 2014
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Tech Giants, Engineers to Create Standards for ‘Internet of Things’
A new group called the Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC)—which includes Vanderbilt engineers and researchers in the university’s Institute for Software Integrated Systems (ISIS)—announced plans in March to create engineering standards for the “Internet of Things.” Read MoreSep 26, 2014
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Technology Transfer Efforts Gain Steam
Vanderbilt signed 101 licensing agreements with industry partners during fiscal year 2014, nearly 20 more than the record total set last year. Many transactions were in medical diagnostics, health care information technology, pharmaceutics, oncology and biotechnology. Read MoreSep 26, 2014
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Sports Medicine Provided Free to Area Schools
For more than 20 years, Vanderbilt Sports Medicine has maintained a relationship with Metro Nashville Public Schools to ensure excellent care is provided to local athletes. Vanderbilt is now the official sports medicine provider to all 15 Metro high schools. Read MoreSep 26, 2014
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Preschool Program for Children with Autism
A preschool program for children ages 18 to 36 months with autism or suspected autism opened in July at the Vanderbilt Bill Wilkerson Center (BWC), with plans to expand to children ages 3 to 5 in the near future. Read MoreSep 26, 2014
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New Center Takes on Kidney Disease
Kidney disease is the eighth most common cause of death in the United States and affects more than 20 million people, yet many people don’t know they have it because kidney disease often develops slowly with minimal symptoms. Read MoreSep 26, 2014
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Nursing Student Wins on Jeopardy!
Nursing student Molly Lalonde was a four-night winner on episodes of the game show Jeopardy! that aired in June. Read MoreSep 26, 2014
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Medical Students Focus on Frequent Users
The School of Medicine is fielding one of 10 student teams participating in a project aimed at identifying the most frequent users of health care. Called “hot spotting,” this novel approach allows health care providers to zero in on “super users” in order to identify the reasons behind high utilization and to teach patients how to overcome them. Read MoreSep 26, 2014
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Joint Program to Produce Lawyers with Master’s in Finance
Select law-school students also can earn a master’s in finance without increasing their time in school through a new program offered jointly by Vanderbilt University Law School and Vanderbilt Owen Graduate School of Management. Read MoreSep 26, 2014
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Tall Order
Professor Doug Adams directs a new School of Engineering lab that allows researchers and students to test advanced sensor systems that can rapidly detect early signs of failure in aircraft, automobiles and wind turbines. Read MoreJun 18, 2014
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Scientist, Strategist, Provost
Susan R. Wente, a distinguished scientist who has served as associate vice chancellor for research at Vanderbilt for the past five years, has been named provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs. Read MoreJun 18, 2014
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Designed for Innovation
Vanderbilt’s Board of Trust has approved construction of a seven-story engineering and science building designed to foster project teamwork and offer programs, instrumentation areas and core research space that will promote interdisciplinary work. Read MoreJun 18, 2014
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Early Start
Vanderbilt’s Treatment and Research Institute for Autism Spectrum Disorders (TRIAD) and the Tennessee Department of Education are partnering to bring a novel intervention program to families of young children with autism in Middle Tennessee. Read MoreJun 18, 2014