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Vanderbilt's electrifying quarterback Jay Cutler, the SEC's leading passer in 2005 who rewrote the school record book while leading the Commodores to their best season in years, is the first player named to the roster for the 2006 Senior Bowl, presented by Food World, bowl officials announced Nov. 30. Read More

Getting Out, the story of a woman trying to move on with her life after prison, debuts Nov. 4 at Neely Auditorium at Vanderbilt University. The play was written by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Marsha Norman. Read More

Vanderbilt University is the first customer of a new music downloading service that will offer college students and others in the university community downloads of music by independent and unsigned artists at a low subscription fee for unlimited use. Read More

Traffic will be heavier than usual around the Vanderbilt University campus Oct. 14 and 15 due to activities surrounding Homecoming/Reunion Weekend. Read More

More than 100 Vanderbilt University students will spend their fall break Oct. 22-25 helping Hurricane Katrina survivors in Louisiana and Mississippi reclaim some semblance of a normal life. Read More

Tamara Baynham, a senior research scientist for the Guidant Corporation, will speak to encourage engineering majors Oct. 13 during her presentation "Survive and Thrive in Engineering School: It Takes a Village." The talk will take place from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Bishop Joseph Johnson Black Cultural Center as part of the Distinguished Alumni Lecture Series sponsored by the center. Read More

Sixteen members of the Vanderbilt community will study campus security — especially access to residence halls and other student areas — in response to a dormitory shooting on Sept. 25. Read More

Best-selling author Rick Reilly, who is in his 20th year as a senior writer for Sports Illustrated, will bring his humorous insights into the world of sports, to Vanderbilt University Monday, Oct. 3, at 7:30 p.m. Read More

Three Vanderbilt University students were injured, one by a gunshot, following a party on campus at a residence hall in the early morning of Sept. 25. The shot was fired by an individual attending the party who is not a Vanderbilt student, police said. All three students were treated and released by the Vanderbilt University Emergency Department and are expected to fully recover. Read More

A week after Vanderbilt University began admitting students displaced by Hurricane Katrina, approximately 100 students from Gulf Coast colleges and universities had registered for classes. Vanderbilt Medical Center now has treated more than 70 Gulf Coast evacuees, hospitalizing more than 20, and its LifeFlight reserve helicopter and fixed wing aircraft and their medical teams continue to assist in disaster relief and patient transport out of the region. Read More

Before they even pick up their keys this weekend to their new "home" away from home, Vanderbilt University freshmen can "surf the net" on their laptops via wireless network access — in campus parking lots, no less. Read More

Vanderbilt University's campus will be a hub of activity next week as upperclassmen return to campus and incoming freshmen prepare to step on campus for the first time as official students. In anticipation of the start of classes on Aug. 24, the university will host a variety of activities to welcome new and returning students and introduce new students to campus life. Read More

Ninety students, faculty and interns studying or working in London this summer were accounted for and unharmed on Thursday after attacks on the city‘s public transportation system. Read More

The leading graduates in each of Vanderbilt‘s nine undergraduate and professional schools were recognized by Chancellor Gordon Gee with Founder‘s Medals during the university‘s commencement exercises May 13. Read More

Three graduates from Vanderbilt‘s School of Nursing overcame tough odds to earn their degrees. They are available to share their stories as Vanderbilt observes commencement exercises May 13. Read More

A member of the hit country band Little Texas aims to combine his loves of music and science to promote science education after graduating with a master‘s degree in Communication of Science, Engineering and Technology from Vanderbilt University. Read More

Though university classes have wrapped for the summer, Vanderbilt junior Star Wallin won‘t be taking a hard-earned break. She will spend her vacation at separate events honoring the nation‘s Truman and Udall scholars, as well as working at the Jane Goodall Institute in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Read More

Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi and rock ‘n‘ roll legend Little Richard will help send off the 130th class at Vanderbilt University this month, with commencement ceremonies on Friday, May 13, capping three days of celebration. Read More

William M. Wilson, a Nashville businessman and Vanderbilt alumnus, and Carrie Colvin, a member of the Class of 2005 from Birmingham, Ala., are the newest members of the Vanderbilt Board of Trust. Colvin and Wilson were elected at the board‘s spring meeting on April 29. Read More

Vanderbilt University has been awarded the 2005 Tennessee Pollution Prevention Partnership Green Schools Award for recycling by the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation. Read More