The Vanderbilt Story

The Rev. Jaco Hamman’s decision to avoid the draft for the South African military, which was responsible for enforcing apartheid, propelled his 1993 move from his native country to the United States, where work as a hospital chaplain shaped his career. Read More

This Week on VUCast, Vanderbilt’s online newscast: Vanderbilt students and a best-selling author change a “deathstyle” into a lifestyle! How a diabetes medication could fight drug addiction What’s your story? Come inside the Vanderbilt Story Booth! [vucastblurb]… Read More

Patrick Grohar came to Vanderbilt in January from the National Cancer Institute, bringing with him his passions and self-motivation for lab-based work. His research focuses on drug discovery in pediatric sarcomas, cancers that develop in bone and soft tissues. Read More

n today’s complex world, engineers are seen more and more as imaginative problem-solvers. Philippe Fauchet, the new dean of Vanderbilt University School of Engineering, is a perfect example. Read More

We love hearing from our fans, friends and followers. Below are just a few of our favorite Tweets and Instagram photos from the past week – we love how much you love the Vanderbilt campus in the fall! Be a part of the conversation – follow Vanderbilt on  Twitter and … Read More

We love hearing from our fans, friends and followers. Below are just a few of our favorite Tweets and Instagram photos from the past week. Be a part of the conversation – follow Vanderbilt on Twitter and Instagram and tag your photos #vandy.   [View the story… Read More

This Week on VUCast: She’s juggling her studies and life as a sci-fi author! Meet writing phenom Kat Zhang. See the new and improved Sarratt/Rand. Which women are more at risk for heart attacks. [vucastblurb]… Read More

This Week on VUCast, Vanderbilt’s online newscast: The Vanderbilt connection to the new TV hit Nashville! How your smartphone could start saving lives. How music is going to the HEART of the Vanderbilt University Medical Center [vucastblurb]… Read More

This Week on VUCast, Vanderbilt’s online newscast: Why our obsession with stock prices is killing U.S. companies. How powerful is the shrinking undecided voter? Vanderbilt takes you from farm to fork [vucastblurb]… Read More

This Week on VUCast, Vanderbilt’s online newscast: What these “sensitive” alligators have in common with humans.  Brainy bugs! Why ants are smarter than the average bug.  And a worldwide “girl power” movement comes to Vanderbilt. Read More

This week on VUCast: They won our hearts. Now, learn how one champion is winning his fight with diabetes. Some Vanderbilt classes are soon coming to a computer near you. And, Popeye was right. Researchers give new meaning to the term spinach power. [vucastblurb]… Read More

This Week on VUCast: How engineering students are driving the next big idea for the U.S. military. Why is Vanderbilt seeing green? See how Vanderbilt is getting fans pumped up to Anchor Down! [vucastblurb]… Read More

Vanderbilt University basketball player Christina Foggie, the top scorer, male or female, at her New Jersey high school and the top-rated recruit, came into her freshman season in 2010 doing all it took to make plays, taking the inevitable bumps and elbows from her opponents. At the sixth game of… Read More

This Week on VUCast, Vanderbilt’s online newscast: Star Power? Why ignorance is bliss when it comes to a star’s selling power. Football Fan Frenzy! We’re anchoring down with the Dores! VUCast takes you to the field Space Odyssey– How you can go on a… Read More

Watch Vanderbilt University’s 2012-2013 institutional that is aired during televised athletic events. [vucastblurb]… Read More

This Week on VUCast, Vanderbilt’s online newscast: Vanderbilt goes “through the wormhole” How voters are getting their say on political attack ads From the desert to the dugout… Who ya with? [vucastblurb]… Read More

Vereen Bell, an iconic figure in the Department of English, has been making waves at Vanderbilt for 50 years. And he shows no signs of letting up. “He’s a brilliant and caring teacher, a productive and admired scholar, a supportive if sometimes provocative and crabby colleague, and a witty, refreshingly… Read More

Gerges Abdelmeseh (John Russell/Vanderbilt) April 19, 2007, is a date etched in Gerges Abdelmeseh’s memory. On that day more than five years ago, Gerges, his wife Sheren and two young sons, Bishoy and John, left their native Egypt and settled in Nashville. The family came to the United States… Read More

This Week on VUCast, Vanderbilt’s online newscast: Playing hard can lead to concussions. See a new way to keep your brain safety in check! Meet Vanderbilt’s new sports authority Commodores on the cat walk [vucastblurb]… Read More

Vanderbilt archaeologist Tiffiny Tung leads students to Peru where they assist in groundbreaking research into the Wari culture, a society that existed over 1500 years ago. Tung is the recipient of the 2011-12 Chancellor’s Cup.  The award is given annually for “the greatest contribution outside the classroom to undergraduate student-faculty… Read More