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Bosley Jarrett’s shot of the night sky in Franz Josef, New Zealand, was one of 12 finalists in Vanderbilt’s 2013 Global Education Office photo contest. Read More

The Complexity of Seattle’s Floating Homes Community Now studying to be an architect, Erin Feeney explored Seattle’s community of floating homes in a recent book and exhibit, both pictured below. (Greg Gilbert)   Erin Feeney, BA’07, did not have architecture in mind as a career when she… Read More

Cave Man At age 11, Gary Roberson crawled into a cave on his very first Boy Scout camping trip and fell in love. To this day he’s still enamored, especially when he sets foot in undiscovered territory. “Caving is one of the few things in the world that allows you… Read More

A new interdisciplinary program examines the presence of Latinos and Hispanics as an integral part of U.S. culture and history. Read More

It was the 9-degree, molar-rattling middle of January in North Georgia, and I was on my way to visit the Chattooga River, 57 miles of fierce backcountry water and etched stone where the film of my father’s first novel, Deliverance, was shot in the summer of 1971. Read More

Recent Books for Your Fall Reading   Lauren P. Della Monica, BA’95, Painted Landscapes: Contemporary Views (2013, Schiffer Publishing) Della Monica explores American landscape painting today, its relevance in the contemporary art world and its historic roots. Trends from realism to abstraction and nonobjectivity are… Read More

‘Yo-Yo Dieting’ May Cause Metabolic Dysfunction The cycles of weight loss and gain that accompany “yo-yo dieting” increase the risk of developing Type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. However, exactly how weight cycling increases metabolic dysfunction—more than steady weight gain alone—is unknown. © istock.com / Karen Roach… Read More

Vanderbilt extends its gratitude for record-breaking support during its most recent fiscal year, which ended June 30. Read More

This year more than 3,000 alumni and guests gathered on campus Oct. 3–5 for Reunion 2013. From Thursday evening’s reception for the newest Quinqs to the last play of the Homecoming football game on Saturday, the weekend was packed with activities. Read More

Joe Bozich, CEO of Knights Apparel, provides a thread of hope for hundreds in the Dominican Republic. Read More

Summer Send-Off Parties welcome new students | Class of 1963 graduates to Quinqdom | Class ring styles expand Read More

Lift Ev’ry Voice Rick Lee “First-generation students who don’t have cultural capital, who don’t come to the table with college-educated parents or economic resources—for those kids to walk across the stage at graduation makes every single day worthwhile,” says Roslyn Clark Artis of her work in higher… Read More

Nancy and Hilliard Travis spent a lifetime doing all they could to benefit their community, especially their beloved Vanderbilt. The most recent example is a generous bequest gift to the Vanderbilt University School of Nursing for scholarships and pediatric research. Read More

Chinese Heart AFP / Getty Images Eunice Moe Brock of Liaocheng City, Shandong, China, died April 28, 2013. She was 95. Known as Mu Lin’ai, she was born in Hebei, the daughter of American missionaries to China. She recalled the tumultuous time of her youth in a… Read More

“Show … Your … Gold!” Crowell with his grandson Reid (Courtesy of Frank Crowell III) Frank Crowell, game-day announcer for Commodore football and men’s basketball for 22 years, died July 9, 2013. He was 71. A Nashville native and graduate of the University of North Carolina, Crowell… Read More

The Physician as Polymath Courtesy of Michael Tekeli Dr. Patrick Spencer Tekeli of San Francisco died June 27, 2013. He was 55. Born in San Francisco, he graduated from the University of California-Berkeley in 1980. After earning his medical degree at Vanderbilt in 1984, he began an… Read More

Sociology’s Tour de Force Courtesy of Paul Campbell Ernest Q. Campbell, emeritus professor of sociology, former chair of the Vanderbilt Department of Sociology and Anthropology, and emeritus dean of the Graduate School, of Nashville, died July 28, 2013. He was 86. Instrumental in… Read More

Brenda Ellis’ recollection of the Thresher disaster [“Watershed Event,” Collective Memory, Summer 2013] and Vanderbilt’s connections then and now brought to mind that fateful April day 50 years ago. Read More

By Kathy Whitney From Africa to Asia to South America, Vanderbilt is represented by hundreds of School of Medicine faculty members, medical students and alumni who leave the comforts of home to endure danger, political strife, homesickness, language barriers, and substandard living and working conditions for the greater good. Some… Read More

By Jennifer Johnston Although Crystal Finley, BS’13, entered Vanderbilt with a clear plan for success, her life mission would soon change when she became a volunteer mentor with Next Steps at Vanderbilt, a postsecondary program for students with intellectual or other disabilities. As a freshman at Vanderbilt four years ago,… Read More