The Vanderbilt Story
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VUCast: Life-Changing Internship
In the latest VUCast: One Vanderbilt student plans to help the world's poor; take a tour inside the new Recreation and Wellness Center; and learn how Vanderbilt experts are reaching millions. All this and more in the latest VUCast, Vanderbilt's online newscast. Watch now. Read MoreJan 31, 2014
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Young alumna’s passions fuel sustainable solutions globally
Vanderbilt alumna Leslie Labruto’s early career trajectory illustrates just how many ways a young civil environmental engineer can accommodate both her heart’s leaning and her tangible talents – in as many places as possible. Before she graduated from the School of Engineering in 2011, Leslie’s studies and service work had… Read MoreJan 21, 2014
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VUCast Extra: Behind the Scenes with New Football Coach Derek Mason
Anchor Down and watch Derek Mason's first 24 hours as the Commodore Nation's new head football coach. Read MoreJan 19, 2014
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Todd Jackson, BA’96, EMBA’08 to receive new Alumni Volunteer Award
Todd Jackson, BA’96, EMBA’08, is the recipient of the Vanderbilt Alumni Association Board of Director’s new Alumni Volunteer Award. As founders and co-chairs of the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center Young Ambassadors, Jackson and his wife, EB, have helped raise $250,000 and award seven Discovery Grants to innovative cancer… Read MoreJan 17, 2014
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Groundbreaker — Sam Hirt, MA’63, EdS’69, bids farewell to Campus Recreation
Long before there was a Student Recreation Center or any of the adjacent outdoor facilities, Sam Hirt was doing what he could to promote sports activities on campus, initially as Vanderbilt’s first full-time intramural director and then as head of the physical education department. In short, Hirt was Campus Recreation before there was even such a thing. Read MoreJan 11, 2014
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Wherever the Next Road May Lead: After the Boston Marathon bombings, an Owen alumnus moves forward
What would you do if you were out with your family one day and suddenly you found yourself in the middle of a personal horror and an international news story? Where would you be, physically and reflectively, nine months later? Kevin White, MBA’10, can tell you. Read MoreJan 9, 2014
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Good Business: Joe Bozich, CEO of Knights Apparel, provides a thread of hope for hundreds in the Dominican Republic
As Lolita Olivo carefully feeds the Vanderbilt T-shirt through her sewing machine, she dreams about building a decent house for her elderly father and three small children. Her dream soon may come true, thanks to the efforts of Joseph “Joe” Bozich. Read MoreJan 8, 2014
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Our favorite photos from the BBVA Compass Bowl
[View the story "Our favorite photos from the BBVA Compass Bowl" on Storify]… Read MoreJan 6, 2014
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The year in review
Take a look at our favorite images, most ReTweeted Tweets, most-liked Facebook posts, most-watched videos and more. Read MoreDec 17, 2013
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Embrace the Unknown: Lessons from African plains and Cambridge classrooms
I’m leaving Africa with a heavy heart and a monumental task before me. When saying goodbyes at the Center for the Rehabilitation of Child Soldiers, Edna [not her real name]—an 18-year-old who was abducted by Ugandan rebels at the age of 12—asked me to promise her two things. First, not to forget the experiences and lives of the women I had been working with for the past year. Second, that I would use my voice to create positive change. Read MoreDec 16, 2013
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Our favorite #vandygram photos
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Growing up on The Commons
A framed photograph, roughly 3 feet wide, hangs above the couches in the Lims’ living room. Within the frame, more than 1,000 tiny figures clad in light yellow T-shirts stand in a formation resembling the number 2012 — the graduating year of The Martha Rivers Ingram Commons’ inaugural class. The… Read MoreNov 21, 2013
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Impressions of the Vanderbilt transfer experience
Moving away from friends and familiar faces. New classrooms, new campus, new city. A whirlwind of introductions and different student groups to join. For most students, these sensations only hit once: at the beginning of freshman year. But for transfer students, a new school means navigating the same set of… Read MoreNov 21, 2013
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Scholarship students show the impact of Opportunity Vanderbilt
Sabre Rucker grew up just a few miles from the Vanderbilt campus in East Nashville. Despite her successes in high school, her dreams of “black and gold” seemed out of reach. But Opportunity Vanderbilt made her dreams real. Her story is featured in a new video on Opportunity Vanderbilt, the… Read MoreNov 20, 2013
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Our favorite Halloween and fall photos of the week
[View the story "The most spooktacular photos of the week" on Storify]… Read MoreNov 1, 2013
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A student and a soldier
Jae Lee, a senior majoring in political science and philosophy, may at first glance look like any other student at Vanderbilt. But at 24 years old, he has job experience that few other seniors can claim: two years of service in the South Korean military. Read MoreOct 24, 2013
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Our favorite images of the week
[View the story "Our favorite #vandygram pics of the week" on Storify]… Read MoreOct 18, 2013
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New faculty: Doug Adams studies the science of risk
Vanderbilt is where the science of risk is done. It’s why Doug Adams wants to be here. Read MoreOct 7, 2013
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New faculty: Jay Wellons brings national research network to Children’s Hospital
When physician Jay Wellons was explaining to his son why the family was moving to Nashville, he put it in terms to which the 7-year-old could relate. “Daddy has a chance to join the Avengers,” he said. Read MoreOct 7, 2013
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New faculty: LaTonya Trotter studies the sociology of health care
LaTonya Trotter is bringing her sociology training and health care experience together to study how nurse practitioners fit into today’s medical environment. Read MoreOct 7, 2013