The Vanderbilt Story
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Joining the Legal Peace Corps
Skadden Fellowships kick-start careers in the public interest Terry Maroney’s enthusiasm for the Skadden Foundation Fellowship is rooted in her own experience. After earning her law degree at NYU and clerking on the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, Maroney spent two years in New York working at the Urban Justice… Read MoreAug 12, 2013
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Our favorite images of the week
[View the story "Check out some of our favorite images from the past week" on Storify]… Read MoreAug 9, 2013
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Dick Aldrich Jr. ’75 is a citizen of the world, but he found a home when he came to Vanderbilt Law School
Richard S. (Dick) Aldrich Jr. ’75 is a citizen of the world, but he found a home when he came to Vanderbilt Law School. The renowned international capital markets lawyer was born in New York, raised in New York, Rhode Island and Brazil, and then majored in Latin at Brown. Read MoreAug 5, 2013
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Different Strokes: Professor launches a $3 million-a-year swimwear company in her spare time
Jennifer Escalas isn’t an enthusiastic swimmer, but that hasn’t stopped the associate professor of marketing from launching and running what has become a $3 million-a-year swimwear company. … Read MoreAug 5, 2013
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Going Green: An Owen professor brings a bit of Ireland to Tennessee
Fifteen years ago, Bob Whaley and his wife, Sondra, MBA’82, visited Ireland and fell in love with the people, food, countryside and culture. Over the years, they have returned numerous times to visit, but going back just wasn’t enough. So they decided to bring a bit of Ireland to Tennessee. Read MoreAug 4, 2013
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Number-crunching professor is also a screenwriter
By day, her world is black and white—debits and credits, columns in a spreadsheet, numbers in a row. But by night Debra Jeter’s world is sepia-toned and dreamlike, as she weaves words into short stories, screenplays and novels that draw on her life as a child in rural Kentucky. … Read MoreAug 3, 2013
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SEC chief economist by day, charcutier by night
Craig Lewis has a secret identity. Students and fellow Owen faculty know him as the Madison S. Wigginton Chair of Management and a finance professor. His colleagues at the Security Exchange Commission in Washington, D.C., know him as the SEC’s chief economist. And his family knows him as husband and… Read MoreJul 25, 2013
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A Need for Speed: This finance professor is also a competitive water skiier
Growing up in Bogotá, Colombia, Miguel Palacios never set out to be a competitive water-skier. But Columbia’s warm, year-round climate makes water activities popular. One summer, 7-year-old Miguel went with his father to a nearby sports club and signed up for a water-skiing lesson. Before long, he was skimming across… Read MoreJul 20, 2013
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Change and Continuity: Kathy Hoover-Dempsey looks back over 40 years at Peabody
“I have seen many wonderful changes at Peabody during my tenure, but thankfully there are key core values that have not changed,” says Kathy Hoover-Dempsey. Read MoreJul 19, 2013
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Our favorite images of the week, July 12-19
There are so many great images to choose from this week - we really appreciate all the love! Share your images with us by tagging them #vandygram. Read MoreJul 19, 2013
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VUCast: Life-changing surgery before birth – through mom’s womb!
In this week’s VUCast: See a baby’s life-changing surgery before he’s even born! A former senator and Vandy grad shares important pieces of history. See a hot weather homerun All this and more in this week’s VUCast, Vanderbilt’s online newscast. Watch now. [vucastblurb]… Read MoreJul 17, 2013
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A Mother’s Mission
Frustrated with school options for her son with autism, Helen Leonard, BS’91, created a school of her own. The light-filled classrooms of The Paragon School in Orlando, Fla., provide everything that this mother ever hoped for in an academic environment for her son. That’s because she created it. Read MoreJul 17, 2013
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Our favorite Tweets of the week: PreVU edition
[View the story "Our favorite Tweets of the week: PreVU edition" on Storify]… Read MoreJul 12, 2013
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VU family shows CPR street smarts
Mark Schoenfield, Ph.D., chair of Vanderbilt’s Department of English, and his family were a little behind schedule a few weeks ago as they prepared to drive from their home in Hillsboro Village to the airport. Read MoreJul 11, 2013
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VU Alumni Association board names new members
The Vanderbilt University Alumni Association board is pleased to announce the addition of seven new members. Read MoreJul 1, 2013
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Co-creating TV’s hit show “Nashville” is just part of Steve Buchanan’s lifework
The man the crowd knows as Deacon from the popular television show Nashville takes the stage at the Grand Ole Opry to screams of recognition. He starts with a sensitive ballad, and women of all ages stream past the lip of the stage and take his photo before being urged by ushers… Read MoreJun 28, 2013
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Tim Murray, EMBA’03, leads Aluminium Bahrain, one of the world’s top 10 aluminium producers
You never know where a blind ad will lead you. It led Tim Murray from Knoxville, Tenn., to the Kingdom of Bahrain in the Middle East. Murray is CEO of Aluminium Bahrain (Alba), one of the world’s top 10 aluminium producers. He joined Alba in 2007 as general manager of finance after… Read MoreJun 27, 2013
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VUCast: Musical pacifier teaches preemies a life-saving skill
See how a musical pacifier teaches preemies a life-saving skill Why this awesome “kid president” is spending so much time at Vanderbilt Hear the Vandy student wowing judges on America’s Got Talent All this and more in this week’s VUCast, Vanderbilt’s online newscast. Watch now. Read MoreJun 27, 2013
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Great Scott! The week in social media
The clock on the Kirkland Hall tower is stopped at 12 o'clock. (John Russell/Vanderbilt) [View the story "Great Scott! The week in Vanderbilt social media" on Storify]… Read MoreJun 21, 2013
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VUCast: See advances in this robotic hand; get a special view of Commodore baseball
In this week’s VUCast: Bionic Breakthrough: See advances in this robotic hand What Vandy doctors are doing with the military to avoid amputations See a special view of Commodore baseball All this and more in this week’s VUCast, Vanderbilt’s online newscast. Watch now. [vucastblurb]… Read MoreJun 12, 2013