The Vanderbilt Story
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The House That ‘Corbs’ Built: Former Vanderbilt Players Help Fund New Baseball Facilities to Honor Coach Tim Corbin
If you want to get a handle on the game of baseball, a good place to start is with the ball itself, specifically the seams that tie it all together. The 108 red stitches—used by pitchers to alter the trajectory of throws, depending on subtle changes in their grip—are the… Read MoreApr 7, 2017
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Wes Powell, BA’91: Crusader for Justice
In July 2004, Wes Powell received what he now refers to as “the Guantánamo call.” Life hasn’t been the same since. That same year the U.S. Supreme Court had ruled that men imprisoned at the U.S. Navy base in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, had a right to challenge their detention in… Read MoreMar 15, 2017
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Hospice and Heart
Frequently busy with meetings, planning sessions and administrative responsibilities, Alive Hospice President and CEO Anna-Gene O’Neal welcomes the chance to slip out of her office and spend time with residents and staff in Alive’s residence near downtown Nashville. On this particular rainy morning, she sits by resident Knox Ownby’s bed… Read MoreFeb 19, 2017
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From Ironman to Vanderbilt
Chandler Barnes talks about his vision for artificial intelligence and how technology can help solve global problems. Read MoreJan 26, 2017
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Arts and Science alumna is turning a love for literature into a career in art
Lucy Mensah, who graduated with a Ph.D. in English in 2016, is drawing on her humanities training and taking a path less traveled. Read MoreJan 24, 2017
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A Vanderbilt romance
Ann, MBA’96, and David Kloeppel’s, BS’91, MBA’96, story is in many ways a Vanderbilt romance—as students, they fell in love with each other and the university. Read MoreJan 24, 2017
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From generation to generation: One family’s Vanderbilt legacy
Alumna Lillian Harpole Hazelton keeps a family tradition alive by supporting a scholarship established by her mother for Divinity School students preparing for United Methodist Church ministry. Read MoreJan 6, 2017
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Ryan Sullivan: Making a difference using public policy in Thailand
Arts and Science senior Ryan "Sully" Sullivan applies his knowledge of public policy to his nonprofit organization to make a difference in the lives of rural Thai villagers. Read MoreDec 9, 2016
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Clock of Ages: 40 years of climbing Kirkland Tower, and Paul Young keeps on ticking
For the past 110 years, the hourly tolling of Kirkland Hall’s signature bell has alerted generations of students that they’ve overslept for economics class or that kickoff was imminent. For more than a third of those 110 years, the task of keeping the tower’s clock ticking has fallen to Paul Young. Read MoreDec 6, 2016
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Weird Science: Kit Parker’s breakthrough work on artificial hearts and brain injuries
Expect the unexpected when you walk into Kit Parker’s biophysics lab at Harvard. From cuttlefish skin camouflage to cotton candy machines used for wound dressings, his science is anything but ordinary. In fact, the young scientists inside are just as likely to be playing with crayons to visualize solutions… Read MoreDec 5, 2016
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Amanda Havard, BS’08, MEd’10: High-Tech Medicaid Management
Amanda Havard doesn’t shy away from a challenge. Launch a startup targeting the public sector? Learn the ins and outs of Medicaid? Lead a health care company as a technologist? These questions did nothing to deter Havard. Drawing on her passion for technology solutions, Havard launched Health:ELT in 2014 with… Read MoreDec 2, 2016
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Miles Barr, BE’06: Solar Power Innovator
In theory, solar energy is an elegant solution to serious impending challenges such as climate change and energy crises. In reality, it can be ugly, clunky and—most important—impractical; the places where we most need solar panels are where we have the least room for them. This was the problem Miles… Read MoreDec 1, 2016
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Math Master: Sylvia T. Bozeman, MA’70, Honored with National Medal of Science Committee Appointment
Sylvia Bozeman enrolled in Vanderbilt’s graduate program in mathematics in 1968, one year after the program was integrated, and went on to become the first African American woman to earn a master’s degree in math from the university. Today she is a professor, emerita, of Spelman College in… Read MoreNov 30, 2016
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A Letter to My Daughter: How we made our mark on women’s equity at Vanderbilt
This essay is adapted from The Long View: Essays, Poems, Stories (2015, Cordelia Hollis) by Susan Ford Wiltshire, Vanderbilt professor of classical studies, emerita. Wiltshire wrote this piece as a letter to her daughter, Carrie Wiltshire McCutcheon, JD’05, who is an attorney at Baker Donelson law firm in Nashville. Read MoreNov 20, 2016
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The people of the Vanderbilt University Police Department: Lt. Oliver
It’s Homecoming Week and all of Vanderbilt is busy preparing for the weekend’s events. One of the main draws is the football game against Tennessee State University. But it’s more than just a three hour athletic event with all of the coordination takes place, especially from the police department. However,… Read MoreNov 14, 2016
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New faculty: Mattias K. Polborn studies the economics of political polarization
New Professor of Economics Mattias K. Polborn is interested in how political institutions affect the “political equilibrium”—in particular, the competition between candidates in elections. Read MoreOct 25, 2016
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New faculty: Susanna Rudy is developing a national fellowship standard for ENPs
New Instructor in Nursing Susanna Rudy brings to Vanderbilt a wealth of experience. She’s a board-certified nurse practitioner in emergency, family and adult-gerontology acute care who earned a master’s degree in forensic science before earning master of science in nursing and doctor of nursing practice degrees, the latter two from Vanderbilt. Read MoreOct 25, 2016
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New faculty: Sara Mayeux studies criminal law and advocates for social justice
While the biggest legal questions are debated before the U.S. Supreme Court, new Assistant Professor of Law Sara Mayeux is more interested in what happens in less prestigious settings. Read MoreOct 17, 2016
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New faculty: Ronald Alvarez is advancing discoveries in gynecologic oncology
Ronald Alvarez, new professor of obstetrics and gynecology and chair of the department, is a leading expert in the field of clinical gene therapy for ovarian and cervical cancers. Read MoreOct 17, 2016
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New faculty: Suzana Herculano-Houzel examines the evolution of the brain
New Associate Professor of Psychology Suzana Herculano-Houzel produced the first accurate count of the number of neurons in the human brain—86 billion, making it simply an enlarged primate brain. Read MoreOct 17, 2016