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(Steve Green/Vanderbilt) Vanderbilt engineering seniors have solved real-world design challenges for corporate sponsors during a two-semester design course. The students will share their results with clients at Senior Design Day, scheduled from 3 to 5 p.m. Thursday, April 19, in Featheringill Hall. More than 40 projects… Read More

Weeks Robert Andrew Weeks, research professor emeritus of materials science and mechanical engineering, died April 10 in Maryville, Tenn. He was 87. Weeks was a distinguished research scientist in the field of solid state physics as well as a notable glass scientist. At the end of a… Read More

Rendering of proposed new recreation center. (Moody-Nolan/Vanderbilt) New opportunities for getting fit, playing club sports or holding an indoor varsity sports practice will be available to the Vanderbilt community, pending Board of Trust approval of the proposed Vanderbilt recreation center and multipurpose facility. The board is expected to vote… Read More

Vanderbilt University School of Engineering Dean Kenneth F. Galloway has been chosen to serve as president-elect of the American Society for Engineering Education. Read More

Tichi (Vanderbilt) The Southeastern Conference (SEC) has announced the winners of its first-ever Southeastern Conference Faculty Achievement Awards, and Vanderbilt’s recipient was Cecelia Tichi, the William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of English. Read More

Members of the Vanderbilt men’s basketball team and athletics staff posed with Sen. Thelma Harper after being honored by the Tennessee State Legislature April 9. Pictured (l-r): Assistant Athletic Communications Director Andy Boggs; Assistant Director of Operations Dan Cage; Harper; Assistant Coach Brad Frederick; senior Aaron Noll; senior… Read More

Tyler Ford (image courtesy of Oxygen Television) Vanderbilt student Tyler Ford will be one of 14 contenders featured on season two of The Glee Project when the reality television series returns to the Oxygen network this summer. The competition’s grand prize is a guest-starring role on the Fox TV… Read More

The Commons Center (Steve Green/Vanderbilt) Four new faculty heads of house will join The Martha Rivers Ingram Commons in August 2012. A committee of faculty, students and staff chaired by Dean of The Ingram Commons Frank Wcislo reviewed 20 applicants with a broad… Read More

A grant for Programs for Talented Youth will fund scholarships for low-income gifted students. Read More

An artist's rendering of Kissam Center, the shared space at the heart of the College Halls residential complex scheduled to open in fall 2014. (Vanderbilt University) Vanderbilt’s campus will be a hub of activity this summer, as construction gets under way on College Halls at Kissam as… Read More

The massive doors between the galleries of Space 204 will slide back on Friday, April 13, revealing the hard work of Vanderbilt’s graduating studio art majors. Senior Show 2012 will be on display to the public from April 13 to May 11 in Space 204, the second-floor gallery in the… Read More

Molecular and cellular biology major Emma Steigerwald was surprised with the news that she had been named a Truman Scholar during Professor of History Tom Schwartz’s class on March 26. From left, Provost Richard McCarty, Schwartz (a member of Vanderbilt’s selection committee and a former Truman Scholar, himself), Steigerwald, … Read More

Next Steps at Vanderbilt Director Tammy Day (center) with Joan Pynn (left) and Karen Antle of the College of the North Atlantic. (Photo by Tony Maupin) Canadian college officials toured Vanderbilt March 26 to get a closer look at the work being done in the… Read More

Eric C. Kopstain joins the Vanderbilt financial team in May, announced Brett Sweet, vice chancellor and chief financial officer. Read More

Nobel Peace Prize recipient Muhammad Yunus greets students during his campus visit April 2. (Joe Howell/Vanderbilt) Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus challenged Vanderbilt students to create businesses in which helping people – not making a profit – is the ultimate goal. Yunus spoke to several student groups and… Read More

To celebrate Earth Day, the Sustainability and Environmental Management Office (SEMO) in partnership with Vanderbilt Dining Services and the Vanderbilt Institute for Coffee Studies, will host Shade Grown, a coffee house and open mic night at The Commons Center dining hall from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 18. Read More

The Vanderbilt bowling team took second place at the the NCAA tournament last year (pictured), and first place in 2007. This year will be the team's seventh visit to the NCAA. (Tim Fuller/Vanderbilt) For the seventh consecutive year, Vanderbilt’s bowling team has been selected by the… Read More

Professors Paul Laibinis, Emily Nacol, Sohee Park, Suzanna Sherry and Janos Sztipanovits were recognized for their achievements in and out of the classroom by Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos at the Spring Faculty Assembly. Read More

Increases in regulatory burdens combined with reductions in federal support will likely add considerable cost to doing business for research universities, Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos told the Spring Faculty Assembly. Read More

William Russell (right) embraces his father, Theodore Russell, during the March 26 endowed chair holder celebration, while his mother, Georgia Russell, and colleague Revi Mathew look on. (Anne Rayner/Vanderbilt) Nine Vanderbilt University faculty members named to endowed chairs were honored March 26 during a celebration at the Student Life… Read More