The Vanderbilt Story

It’s 7 p.m. on a Wednesday evening, and Wyatt Smith is still in his classroom. The day started 12 hours ago, back when his green tie was firmly in place and his khakis were neatly pressed – before the classes, parent phone calls, and the three-hour Mandarin lesson for 13… Read More

Love was in the air at Vanderbilt this week. For Valentine’s Day, we asked our Twitter and Facebook friends if they fell in love at Vanderbilt. As it turns out, Vanderbilt’s played Cupid to quite a few people! Below are some of our favorite stories. Updated Feb. 18:… Read More

In 2011, Tennessee welcomed 1,236 refugees from 17 different countries, most of them settling in Nashville. As is true for the entire nation, the largest groups came from Bhutan, Burma and Iraq. All of them had in common, as the United Nations puts it, having fled their country and being… Read More

Mia Sharp Bransford, R.N., EMT, works as a nurse at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, helping injured and sick children in the Emergency Department. Usually, her work and dedication to treat children and patients is performed in the hospital. But the soft-spoken, friendly nurse unselfishly rose to the… Read More

Thomas H. Powell, EdD’82, currently in his 10th year as president of Mount St. Mary’s University in Emmetsburg, Md., has led the nation’s second-oldest Catholic university to new heights. The school completed its first new residence hall in 30 years, built a new soccer and lacrosse stadium, a new baseball… Read More

A photograph of a smiling young man standing beside a gas pump at a Spur Gas station in Henderson, Ky., sits in the offices of Gigi Lazenby, BA’67, MBA’73. The year was 1931 and the young man—her father, Paul Banks Jr.—would eventually work his way to President of that same… Read More

Senior Valerie Hsu talks about her senior recital and the impact music has made upon her life. An InsideVandy Video by Carly Vaughn… Read More

The theme this week: Everyone wants to go to Vanderbilt. Whether waiting on acceptance letters or committing at Signing Day, it was a week full of school spirit. Below are just a few of our favorite Tweets and Instagrams of the week.   Be a part of the conversation: talk… Read More

In an emotional moment at the Shade Tree Clinic, patient Faris Al-Jashami grasped medical student Stephen Dorner’s hand and vigorously shook it. He thanked Dorner repeatedly for helping him, but it wasn’t help for a medical problem. Read More

This week on VUCast: Meet the Vanderbilt student inventor who might just save the environment; Vanderbilt's Television News Archive is a national video treasure; and Vanderbilt wins Emmy gold. Read More

Professor Jonathan Gilligan conducts climate research, teaches students and writes plays. Learn more about this unusual Vanderbilt professor. InsideVandy video by Harrison Dreves. Read More

Nearly every week since 1988, cancer patients and families visiting Vanderbilt University Medical Center have been able to count on a comforting routine — at least one morning per week they are greeted by the same smiling volunteer who dispenses a dose of friendship along with coffee, snacks and advice about how to navigate the sprawling Medical Center campus. Read More

This week, our favorite Tweets and Instagrams are all about Vanderbilt’s annual celebration of the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Events included a weekend of service, an art exhibit, a keynote address by Michelle Alexander, and much more. Below are a few highlights. Join the conversation:… Read More

This Week on VUCast, Vanderbilt’s online newscast: Eat more, lose weight! A Vandy nutritionist shows how it works Anger in the court! Why ticked-off judges may be better judges. See what inspires some of our professors to teach. Read More

Jennifer Bailey never imagined herself living in Nashville, Tenn., but her passion for addressing issues of hunger and poverty brought her to Music City in 2009. She hasn’t left yet. Read More

The top news stories, Tweets, Facebook posts, photos and videos of the year. Read More

Griffith serves not only as an associate professor of medicine, health and society within the College of Arts and Science, but also as an associate professor of medicine at the School of Medicine. Read More

A molecular anthropologist specializing in epigenetics, the study of how environment and behavior affect the expression of genes, Amy Non's work integrates genetics, anthropology and public health. Read More

It was, everyone agreed, a horrific end to a beautiful life. Read More

David Blackbourn (John Russell/Vanderbilt) Communicating with the departed is something David Blackbourn does on a daily basis. As a scholar of German history and the Cornelius Vanderbilt Distinguished Chair in History, he sees his life’s work as a way to “get into the heads of dead people.”… Read More