Construction
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VUCast: Skull Sessions
This Week on VUCast, Vanderbilt’s online newscast: How country music stars are “lifting lives“ Vanderbilt archaeologist leads students on skull sessions See what Vanderbilt is blowing up! [vucastblurb]… Read MoreJul 13, 2012
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Artificial turf installed in Vanderbilt Stadium
Construction inside Vanderbilt Stadium is nearing the final stages. Work continues on the new hillside seating, installation of new lights and a new video board, and earlier this week, workers began placing panels of the new artificial playing surface inside Vanderbilt Stadium. Read MoreJul 13, 2012
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Blasting begins at College Halls site; adjustments made to West End traffic
Construction continues at the site of College Halls at Kissam, the two-year project to create Vanderbilt’s newest residential colleges. Blasting will begin at the construction site the week of July 2 and last through the month of July. Read MoreJun 29, 2012
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VUCast: Feeling the Heat?
This Week on VUCast: Hotter than hot? Using your phone to beat the heat. Campus construction: What’s new? How presidential hopeful Mitt Romney’s Mormon faith might shape Middle East policy. [vucastblurb]… Read MoreJun 29, 2012
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365@VU: Kissam demolition continues
Pardon our dust: Kissam quadrangle's six building are in the process of being torn down to make way for a state-of-the-art living-dining experience for students. Photo by Anne Rayner/Vanderbilt for the 365@VU project Demolition of the Kissam Quadrangle continues this week as Vanderbilt makes way for the construction… Read MoreJun 13, 2012
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Construction projects will transform campus this summer
Noticed an increase of construction workers and equipment in your area? Seen signs that read “Construction Zone” as you make your way across campus? With many students and faculty away, summer is an ideal time to make headway on major construction projects that will improve and transform Vanderbilt’s campus. Some… Read MoreJun 6, 2012
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Credit Union to relocate during renovation
The Vanderbilt Employees’ Credit Union offices at 107 Oxford House will undergo a major renovation beginning next week and will relocate temporarily. … Read MoreMay 29, 2012
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Kissam construction, Alumni Hall renovation begin May 14
The 56-year-old Kissam Quadrangle will be dismantled this summer to make way for the College Halls at Kissam complex. (John Russell/Vanderbilt) Beginning Monday, May 14, construction begins on College Halls at the current site of Kissam Quadrangle. The two-year project will tear down the six existing dorms… Read MoreMay 11, 2012
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Offices in Sarratt, Rand relocating for summer
Sarratt Student Center (Vanderbilt University) Several offices located in Sarratt Student Center and Rand Hall will have temporary locations for summer 2012 due to ongoing renovations in the complex. A list of relocated offices can be found here. Over the past year, members of the Dean of… Read MoreMay 11, 2012
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Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt opens $30 million expansion
In a ceremonial ribbon cutting May 9, officials at the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt celebrated the opening of a much-anticipated $30 million, 33-bed, 30,000-square-foot expansion to the hospital. Read MoreMay 9, 2012
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Vanderbilt University Board of Trust approves construction on recreation center and multipurpose facility
Vanderbilt University will move forward with a construction project that re-imagines sports and fitness at the university following the Board of Trust’s approval Friday, April 20, of the Vanderbilt recreation center and multipurpose facility. Read MoreApr 20, 2012
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Changing Landscape
College Halls at Kissam is building a better campus learning environment An artist's rendering of the view of College Halls from the Kirkland Esplanade entrance. (Vanderbilt University) Updated June 1: Scroll down to watch video of the first dorm being demolished. Vanderbilt’s Commencement, scheduled this year for… Read MoreApr 5, 2012
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Editor’s Note
Kissam will be a construction zone for two years starting May 14. (John Russell/Vanderbilt) For a short time, there was a rumor going around the office that took water cooler chatter to an all-time high. The six dormitories at Kissam Quadrangle would be blown up the day… Read MoreApr 5, 2012
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Medical Center Drive will experience lane closures Dec. 9-12
Medical Center Drive will experience closures over the next week. (Daniel Dubois/Vanderbilt) Due to electrical system upgrades taking place at the Vanderbilt Clinic, some motorists may experience delays on Medical Center Drive until the project is complete. From Friday, Dec. 9 at 7 p.m. until Monday, Dec. 12 at… Read MoreDec 6, 2011
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Part of Medical Center Drive closed Oct. 1-2
(Daniel Dubois/Vanderbilt) Beginning 5 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 1, through 5 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 2, Medical Center Drive will be closed from the south side of the adult emergency room ambulance bay parking to the north entrance at The Vanderbilt Clinic (TVC) turnaround. The emergency ambulance bay parking will not… Read MoreSep 29, 2011
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Dollar General gives more than $1 million to expansion project at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt
The Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt is recognizing Dollar General Corporation for giving more than $1 million to Children’s Hospital’s 33-bed, 30,000-square-foot addition that is currently under construction. Read MoreJun 30, 2011
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Vanderbilt moves forward with College Halls
The university will break ground in May 2012 on Kissam College Halls, two colleges that will each house about 330 upperclass students--a mixture of sophomores, juniors and seniors--and be led by faculty directors in residence. Read MoreMay 5, 2011