The Campus

During the next two years, Vanderbilt will create 60 new endowed faculty chairs, bringing the total number of endowed chairs at the university to 267. Endowed chairs, the highest honor Vanderbilt can give to a faculty member, help attract and retain distinguished senior scholars. In the academic world they represent… Read More

Vigilante Justice May Be a Matter of Trust Vigilante justice is growing in many countries in Latin America, and a new study by Vanderbilt’s Latin American Public Opinion Project (LAPOP) helps explain why. As criminal violence has become all too common, ordinary citizens have increasingly taken matters into… Read More

When college students move out of their residence halls, they can generate a lot of waste. In addition to typical things like linens, futons, small chairs, bedding, small drawer sets, mini-fridges, microwaves, lamps, books and clothing, unusual items are sometimes discarded as well. “Last year one suite donated an antique… Read More

Coveted Fellowship Goes to Divinity Student Rising second-year master of divinity candidate Anthony Sandusky will receive a $10,000 stipend, half to be used for educational expenses, the other half to assist in a self-designed ministry project. Sandusky, 23, is one of 20 fellows recently selected by The Fund for… Read More

http://vandygoestowar.library.vanderbilt.edu Memories of historic battles, hide-outs from the Nazis, and campus war relief projects are preserved through the Vandy Goes to War oral history project, which can be heard on the Jean and Alexander Heard Library’s website. The length of interviews varies from… Read More

Vanderbilt University School of Nursing is pioneering the use of smart phones as teaching tools. The school is one of the first in the nation to use a new application that transforms wireless devices, such as phones, iPod Touch and laptops, into classroom response devices for enhanced learning. “Students in… Read More

Gallo Two Vanderbilt undergraduates had the rare opportunity in April to present their research findings about the influence of patronage on presidential appointments and government performance at the 2010 Midwest Political Science Association Conference. Nick Gallo, a political science major who graduated in May, and Gabe Horton, a rising senior… Read More

Cross-country biker Bob Ostrowe has resumed cycling after a 2006 crash. “Hope I die before I get old,” rocker Pete Townsend wrote in “My Generation,” a song that became an anthem for baby boomers. Now that most boomers are getting old, emergency room staffers are faced with a new phenomenon: Senior… Read More

The U.S. health-care community is steadily moving into the digital age, shifting medical records from paper to electronic information systems. This movement raises serious concerns about security and privacy of patients’ medical information. In an attempt to put these concerns to rest, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services… Read More

Just six years have passed since Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital opened its doors at Vanderbilt, but already the facility has outgrown its space. Hospital officials in June announced plans for a multiphase, multiyear expansion project with an estimated total cost of $250 million. The Phase 1 expansion, with a price tag… Read More

Morton-Young Nashville activist, scholar and author Tommie Morton-Young received the Distinguished Alumna Award from Peabody College of education and human development during Commencement ceremonies May 14. Morton-Young earned her master of arts degree in library science in 1955, becoming the first African American to graduate from George Peabody College for Teachers,… Read More

“Culture is an open palm. A closed culture becomes a closed fist.” —Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel, winner of the 1986 Nobel Peace Prize, during an April 12 Project Dialogue lecture sponsored by Vanderbilt Hillel and the Office of Religious Life… Read More

Dalton The Vanderbilt University Board of Trust has unanimously elected New York businessman Mark F. Dalton as its chairman-elect, to succeed Martha R. Ingram. A 1975 graduate of Vanderbilt Law School, Dalton is co-chairman and CEO of Tudor Investment Corp. and its affiliates. Before joining Tudor in 1988, Dalton spent nine years with Kidder, Peabody… Read More

Courtesy Metropolitan Transit Authority Vanderbilt is the primary sponsor of a new nonprofit corporation created to promote public transportation in Middle Tennessee. The university has committed $100,000 per year for the next three years to help fund the Transit Alliance of Middle Tennessee. “Mass transit is already an important part… Read More

A program aimed at improving teaching in urban middle schools will begin enrolling students this summer. The result of a partnership between Peabody College of education and human development and Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools (MNPS), it is geared toward students who want to teach in Nashville public schools. Students will… Read More

“The duties of leadership at any level … are to try and get the big ideas right, first and foremost.”   —Gen. David H. Petraeus, commander of the U.S. Central Command, on the challenges of Afghanistan. The International Legal Studies program and the College of Arts and Science sponsored his… Read More

Finding out where to eat, what’s happening, and how to get around are common questions on every college campus. At Vanderbilt the answers to these questions can be found quickly and easily using new applications developed by engineering students for iPhone and Android mobile devices. The new free apps—Dining, Campus… Read More

Beginning fall 2010, Vanderbilt University School of Nursing will offer its first non-nursing degree: a master of science in nutrition and dietetics. “When we consider our nation’s obesity epidemic, the complexity of health-care delivery, and the use of the Internet as a source of health information, we realize that we… Read More

Jamie Robinson has always been a healthy eater, but she never had to work as hard to make a healthy trip to the grocery store as she did in January. “I wanted to get a big bag of grapes for snacking, but they were $4, so no grape snacks,” Robinson… Read More

Medical standards might not trigger an alarm, but a mother’s instincts are pretty accurate when things are not right. ~ Anne Ussery, member, Children’s Hospital Family Advisory Council A new system at Vanderbilt gives families a powerful tool to call quickly for help if they suspect a patient’s condition is… Read More