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Alumni Association Board announces new leadership, adds six members
Jul. 1, 2020—The Vanderbilt Alumni Association Board announces new leadership and the addition of six new members.
BOT resolution in appreciation of Interim Chancellor and Provost Susan R. Wente
Jun. 29, 2020—Resolution by the Board of Trust of Vanderbilt University in appreciation of Interim Chancellor and Provost Susan R. Wente.
Message from Susan Wente and Candice Lee on addressing sexual assault and misconduct
Jun. 24, 2020—Interim Chancellor and Provost Susan R. Wente and Vice Chancellor for Athletics and University Affairs and Athletic Director Candice Storey Lee share a message with the Vanderbilt University community on addressing sexual assault and misconduct.
Alumni Association Board announces 2020 alumni award recipients
Jun. 23, 2020—The Vanderbilt Alumni Association Board of Directors is pleased to announce its 2020 alumni award recipients.
Independent Focus: Independent School Leadership master’s program drives innovation, boosts careers
May. 28, 2020—The Independent School Leadership master’s program, launched six years ago, includes instruction from Peabody faculty and industry experts to advance independent school leaders and their schools.
To Bridge the Gap: Peabody’s Department of Special Education applies best-in-class academic research to solve real-world challenges
May. 28, 2020—In recent years a cadre of energetic, productive faculty members have joined Peabody's special education department, building on the legacy of high-caliber research and teaching that began in the 1950s with Lloyd Dunn and developmental psychologists Nicholas Hobbs and Susan Gray.
New research suggests long-term rental subsidies as a solution for homelessness in families
May. 18, 2020—One program worked much better than the rest: a long-term rental subsidy that held families’ housing costs to 30 percent of their income.
Recent Books by Peabody Alumni
May. 15, 2020—Qualitative Data Collection Tools: Design, Development, and Applications, (2020, Sage Publishers) by Felice D. Billups, EdD’91 This new and unique supplementary text that will guide students and new researchers to design, develop, pilot and employ qualitative tools in order to collect qualitative data. Templates of interview protocols, focus group moderator guides, content analysis tools, document...
CEO A.J. Kazimi, MBA’94, is ramping up production of vital COVID-19 drugs
May. 15, 2020—A.J. Kazimi is chief executive officer of Cumberland Pharmaceuticals, which is ramping up production of a vital drug needed to treat pneumonia resulting from COVID-19.
Engineering alum leads DENSO’s effort to donate face shields to Tennessee hospitals
May. 15, 2020—Britt Autry, vice president of DENSO, is spearheading an effort to donate personal protective equipment (PPE) to Tennessee hospitals in need.
Vanderbilt grads are ‘Feeding the Front Line’
May. 15, 2020—Vanderbilt Peabody College alumni Allie Golden, BS'18, Jacqueline Gottuso, BS'18, Andrea Liberman, BS'19, Ben Schecter, BS’18, and Josh Ulino, BS'18, have started the nonprofit Feed the Front Line to support local restaurants while providing meals for health care workers.
Buddy Creech, BS’95, MPH’06: Leading COVID-19 treatment trials
May. 15, 2020—Buddy Creech, director, Vanderbilt Vaccine Research Program, is helping lead some of the NIH-funded treatment trials of COVID-19 in hospitalized patients at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.