Publications

Around 2 p.m. on Saturday, May 1, Pam Canady and her husband, Tony, left their Hickman County home for a late lunch. It was raining hard, and water was starting to collect in the pasture between their house and the nearby Piney River. But they weren’t concerned – they had… Read More

One of the hottest new electronic mediums for visual artists comes from a Vanderbilt University School of Engineering student who says he has no artistic skills himself. Ben Gotow, a senior computer engineering major, develops applications (apps) for the iPhone. Two of his artistic drawing apps, Layers and NetSketch, have… Read More

During lean economic times, many business owners look for a lifeboat. In the case of David Ingram, Chairman and President of Ingram Entertainment Inc. (IEI), his came in the form of beer. Or beer distribution, that is. When IEI—a Nashville-based business that distributes DVDs, video games and other home entertainment… Read More

The lure of Hollywood is just as strong today as it was a century ago when motion picture production companies from New York and New Jersey moved west to take advantage of the warm, sunny weather. Vanderbilt alumni have always had a presence in Hollywood, from actress/singer Dinah Shore, BA’38,… Read More

What if your doctor could tell by reading your genetic code which drugs were most likely to work for you, and which you should avoid, even before you try them? What if a “genetic biopsy” taken from your cancer could pinpoint the treatment most likely to kill the tumor, and… Read More