Students

Members of Expressions, the Vanderbilt Community Outreach Partnership Center‘s after-school dance program for local teens, will perform "FUSION" April 24 at 7:30 p.m. at Tennessee State University‘s Recital Hall. Read More

There aren‘t many people who can pull a fighter jet weighing more than 14,000 pounds 47 feet in 60 seconds. There aren‘t many people who have a 3.1 grade point average with a major in chemical engineering. There aren‘t many men, much less women, who can claim to have accomplished both difficult feats. Vanderbilt University Junior Kara Mann has achieved both and is a strong woman in every sense of the word as she defies stereotypes on a daily basis. Read More

A record high 11,628 students sought admission to Vanderbilt University‘s fall 2005 freshman class, while fewer than 4,000 of them actually received letters of acceptance, making admissions for the Class of 2009 the most selective in the university‘s history. Read More

Vanderbilt‘s new Student Life Center, which celebrated its grand opening March 30, features a piece of artwork by Los Angeles-based sculptor Bruce Gray. Read More

Tom Wolfe, author of the critically acclaimed works "The Bonfire of the Vanities" and "The Right Stuff," will speak at Vanderbilt University on Monday, April 4, at 7:30 p.m. in Langford Auditorium. Read More

Vanderbilt will celebrate the grand opening of its new Student Life Center with a ribbon-cutting ceremony and open house Wednesday, March 30, followed by a series of events through April 2. Read More

Al Sharpton, Ann Coulter and Howard Dean will participate in question-and-answer sessions with the press before their sold-out lectures March 21-22. Read More

The first Muslim woman and the first Iranian to win the Nobel Peace Prize, Shirin Ebadi, will speak at Vanderbilt University‘s Senior Class Day on Thursday, May 12, at 10 a.m. on Alumni Lawn. Read More

A bipartisan program called Congress to Campus will bring former national lawmakers James Broyhill and Butler Derrick to Vanderbilt March 17-18 to meet with students and faculty. Read More

Vanderbilt University will welcome the Rev. Al Sharpton, Ann Coulter and Howard Dean to its 41st annual Impact Symposium March 21-23. Read More

Vanderbilt University‘s Alternative Spring Break program, one of the largest in the nation, will send 460 students to 39 volunteer sites across the United States, Canada, Mexico and Guatemala when the university observes Spring Break March 7-11. Read More

Robert Stutman, a 25-year veteran of the national Drug Enforcement Agency, will address the Vanderbilt community on the dangers of even casual drug use in a talk titled "What Did I Take? The Truth Behind Ecstasy, Coke and Other Drugs" on Monday, Feb. 28, at 6:30 p.m. in Sarratt Cinema. Read More

In only three years, Vanderbilt‘s Dance Marathon has become one of the university‘s most-anticipated annual events among students. The 14-hour overnight gathering, featuring live music and performances, games, food and — of course — dancing, will attract more than 400 students from some 40 organizations across campus when it convenes Friday, Feb. 18, at 7 p.m. Read More

In 1989, Robert Egger abandoned his dream of opening a night club in favor of opening a soup kitchen to feed the homeless, and the DC Central Kitchen was born. Egger will talk about his experiences in the non-profit sector on Wednesday, Feb. 16, at Vanderbilt. Read More

The Barber of Seville, a landmark play of class consciousness and madcap slapstick, will debut Friday, Feb. 18, at Neely Auditorium on the campus of Vanderbilt University. Read More

The Bishop Joseph Johnson Black Cultural Center at Vanderbilt University will make Vanderbilt "better and bigger in spirit," said Chancellor Gordon Gee, capping an evening of music, art and celebration to mark the center‘s rededication. Read More

The family of Vanderbilt student-athlete Kwane Doster is expected to attend an on-campus memorial service Friday to celebrate the life of the former Commodore football player. Read More

The fathers of three members of the Vanderbilt football squad have established a memorial fund to assist the family of Kwane Doster, the Commodore standout who was killed early Dec. 26 in Tampa, Fla. Read More

Vanderbilt University student-athlete Kwane Doster, well known to Commodores fans as a game-breaking running back for the football squad, tragically died early Sunday from injuries sustained in a shooting in his hometown of Tampa, Fla. Read More

A new program at the Vanderbilt Owen Graduate School of Management will see to it that undergraduates who may be lacking a business degree aren't also lacking the business skills they need to succeed early in their careers. Read More