Abraham Lincoln

Ken Burns, recipient of the 2017 Nichols-Chancellor's Medal, and Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos. (Daniel Dubois/Vanderbilt)

Follow the better angels of their nature, grads are told

May. 11, 2017—Acclaimed documentarian Ken Burns spoke to graduating Vanderbilt seniors during Senior Day and was awarded the Nichols-Chancellor's Medal.

150th anniversary of Gettysburg Address to be marked at Vanderbilt

Oct. 25, 2013—Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist David Maraniss and First Amendment Center founder John Seigenthaler will lead a conversation about the Gettysburg Address to mark its 150th anniversary.