Vanderbilt View
Editor’s Note
Aug. 1, 2011—As you can see, the Vanderbilt View underwent a transformation over the summer. Not a full-blown overhaul by any means, but a little nip and tuck nonetheless. As you might imagine, we’re doing our best to save trees and money. But that’s not our only motivation. Since the View launched in 2007, Vanderbilt’s online presence...
Kudos
Aug. 1, 2011— Abdiweli Mohamed Ali, a Vanderbilt master’s degree graduate in economics, has been named prime minister of Somalia. Michael Burcham, lecturer in management; John Howser, director of medical center news and communications; and Candice Storey Lee, associate director of student athletics, have been selected for the 36th annual class of Leadership Nashville. James H....
Snjezana Bojic, What’s Your Story?
Aug. 1, 2011—Seventeen years ago, Snjezana Bojic left her home in war-torn Bosnia as a refugee looking to escape the brutality and deprivation of that devastating conflict. She was 22 years old, and it was the second year of a war characterized by genocide, ethnic cleansing, massive casualties and displaced people. “It was very hard living there,...
Summer Fun
Jun. 2, 2011—Art, food, culture and adventure await you on Vanderbilt's campus.
Between Two Worlds
Jun. 2, 2011—Cristiana Grigore is Roma, a member of the largest ethnic minority in Europe. Over the course of her journey from her native Romania to Peabody College at Vanderbilt, she has become an ambassador for her people, an advocate for social inclusion, and is striving to make a difference at the international level.
Help in a Pinch
Jun. 2, 2011—What do you do when you have a sick child but can’t miss work? An elderly parent who needs care but you just can’t be there? Parents in a Pinch, Vanderbilt’s new backup care benefit, provides trusted help when harried employees need it most.
Stripped Away
Jun. 2, 2011—There are any number of circumstances in which people can effectively lose some or most of their basic rights, says Colin Dayan, the Robert Penn Warren Professor in the Humanities. In her new research, Dayan argues that the law has been refined so that it can be used to deny the very rights it’s presumably there to protect.
Looking Back
Jun. 2, 2011—In 1954, 65,000 people filled Vanderbilt Stadium to hear The Rev. Billy Graham speak.
The Last Word
Jun. 2, 2011—Terrie Barrow has found health, hope and healing in her "urban garden."