Vanderbilt Magazine

  2013, Third Wheel Press Charles R. Scott, BA’90, and his children—Sho, age 12, and Saya, age 6—are cycling the Lewis and Clark Trail this summer. While they’ll journey the first 1,500 miles by car in order to complete their adventure during the school break, they’ll ride… Read More

The new varsity clubhouse under construction (Credit: Steve Green) Full Swing New facilities boost golf teams The Vanderbilt men’s and women’s golf teams will soon benefit from improvements at Vanderbilt Legends Club in Franklin, Tenn. The $2.3 million project includes a new instruction facility with state-of-the-art hitting… Read More

Credit: HARRY CAMPBELL You’re walking down the street when a shot rings out. You duck for cover and pull out your smartphone. A map of the neighborhood pops up on the screen with a red arrow pointing in the direction the shot came from. A team of… Read More

Credit: DONNA GRETHEN Although past studies have found little evidence that women are opting out of the workforce in general, first-of-its-kind research shows that female graduates of elite undergraduate universities are working many fewer hours than their counterparts from less selective institutions. “Even though elite graduates are… Read More

Molecular waste products pass through abdominal membrane during peritoneal dialysis. The two large objects in the foreground are red blood cells. (Credit: Dorling Kindersley/getty images) Kidney failure is an important cause of permanent disability in the United States. It can be the result of long-term chronic illnesses… Read More

Credit: Ireneusz Skorupa A $1.1 million U.S. Department of Defense grant will support development of a new surgical device that could help repair severed nerves, allowing soldiers and cancer patients to regain use of a limb and avoid amputations after a catastrophic injury or cancer… Read More

Connor Harrell, BA’13 (Credit: Joe Howell) You Snooze, You Win Strike-zone judgment grows worse over the course of a major league baseball season in a predictable way, possibly due to effects of grueling travel schedules, disrupted sleep patterns and fatigue, says a Vanderbilt sleep researcher. Read More

Credit: GERALD LAWRENCE As soon as Bernie Madoff was arrested in December 2008 for his $50 billion Ponzi scheme, the phones began ringing at Barbara Hart’s law firm. “The impact on our clients was devastating,” says Hart, the chief operating officer at Lowey Dannenberg Cohen & Hart… Read More

Credit: PERRY JAMES LOCKE Watching a 100-pound silver tarpon leap high in the air and take off just beneath the surface of the water is an incredibly visual experience, says Chris Frohlich. “I’ve caught all types of fish all over the world,” he says, “but fishing for… Read More

Left to right: Edwin, Emily and Maureen Schloss (Credit: Daniel Dubois) Family’s Gift Expands Summer Study-Abroad Opportunities As Emily Schloss, BA’13, prepared to graduate earlier this year, her parents, Edwin and Maureen Schloss, began to think of ways to thank the Vanderbilt community for the opportunities afforded… Read More

Alumni Association Board Adds New Members The Vanderbilt University Alumni Association Board of Directors welcomes seven new members. “Our new members are active alumni who generously donate time, treasure and talents to Vanderbilt and also represent the increasing diversity of our alumni population,” says Patti Early White, BA’76,… Read More

Credit: Tennessee Department of State Walter Durham, BA’48, MA’56 State Historian Walter Thomas Durham of Nashville died May 24, 2013. He was 88. The author of 24 books about Tennessee history, he had served since 2002 with the Tennessee State Library and Archives as state historian. During… Read More

BY JIM PATTERSON PHOTOGRAPHY BY DANIEL DUBOIS, ANNE RAYNER, JOHN RUSSELL AND SUSAN URMY You might expect to find a game ball from Vanderbilt’s 41–18 defeat of Tennessee last season in the spacious, wood-paneled office of Vanderbilt Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos. Sure enough, it’s there. In fact, Zeppos… Read More

BY ROD WILLIAMSON ILLUSTRATION BY SHAW NIELSEN In December 2010, a relatively unknown Maryland assistant football coach named James Franklin arrived in Nashville to occupy a hot seat that had scorched a long list of more seasoned men—that of Vanderbilt University’s head football coach. In the football-crazy… Read More

[gofullscreen][featuresection] BY JOHN HOWSER AND KATHY RIVERS After Colleen Conway married in 1984, she signed an informal written agreement with her husband, Ted Welch, stating that she would resign as dean of the Vanderbilt University School of Nursing after five years. Eight years later… Read More

[gofullscreen][featuresection] PHOTOGRAPHY BY DANIEL DUBOIS, LAUREN HOLLAND, JOE HOWELL and JOHN RUSSELL “Living–learning community” is a phrase bandied about Vanderbilt frequently these days, particularly since inception of the College Halls residential college system and construction of The Martha Rivers Ingram Commons in 2008. But it’s hardly… Read More

Credit: GWENDA KACZOR Our cover story marks the fifth anniversary of Nicholas S. Zeppos’ tenure as chancellor. While reading Jim Patterson’s account of the past five years, what struck me most was the number of major changes at Vanderbilt during that short span of time,… Read More

Credit: GORDON STUDER BY PROFESSOR DOUGLAS C. SCHMIDT During the past decade I’ve taught software design and programming courses to roughly 600 undergraduate and graduate students at Vanderbilt. Our low faculty-to-student ratio is one of the reasons I like my work—it’s gratifying to watch students’ progress and envision… Read More

Credit: Joe Howell Few faculty lives intersect with as many Vanderbilt students as that of Fräncille Bergquist, associate professor of Spanish and associate dean of the College of Arts and Science. Bergquist, who helped establish McTyeire International House, retires this spring… Read More

Credit: LAUREN SIMKIN BERKE BY JOANNE LAMPHERE BECKHAM, BA’62 Nearly 50 years ago Robert J. Moore watched the countryside pass by his window during a long bus ride from Richmond, Va., to Nashville. As he traveled west, Moore wondered how he would be received as one of… Read More