Students

Vanderbilt University's Peabody College of education and human development presented its Distinguished Alumnus Award to University of Texas at Austin professor O.L. Davis Jr. during commencement, Friday, May 14. Read More

The top students in each of Vanderbilt's nine undergraduate and professional schools were recognized with Founder's Medals during commencement exercises May 14. Read More

National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice spoke to graduating seniors, rock band the B-52's performed, parents attended lectures and Chancellor Gordon Gee will deliver the commencement address on Friday as part of Vanderbilt University's expanded celebration of graduation activities May 12-14. Read More

Political science books fill one wall of Bruce Oppenheimer's office in Calhoun Hall at Vanderbilt University. Across the room, a comparatively tiny bookcase is stuffed with works like Roger Kahn's The Boys of Summer and three videotape installments of HBO's When It was a Game. Read More

Engineers are known for making sure that all loose ends are tied up. For William Morrison, the one loose end was an unfinished master's degree in engineering at Vanderbilt University. Morrison will receive his degree May 14 not as a beginning to his career, but as a capstone. That's because at age 80, Morrison is finishing a degree he began when he was just 25. Read More

Two residents of Georgia are the newest members of the Vanderbilt University Board of Trust. Read More

Owen Graduate School of Management student John Owens was named the 2004 winner of the Graduate Business Foundation Student Leadership Award at the foundation's annual conference last weekend in Ann Arbor, Mich. Read More

Families of children with and without autism are invited to take part in two new research projects at Vanderbilt University-a study of sleep in children and a study of social interest in children with autism and their brothers and sisters. Read More

Vanderbilt's student chapter of Amnesty International will host the Human Rights Festival Friday, March 26, from 5 to 8 p.m. on Alumni Lawn of the University's campus. Read More

For every future Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter, high-powered magazine editor or trusted television news anchor, there is a humble beginning. For many, that beginning comes in the long hours put in at high school newsrooms and television studios learning the fundamentals of journalism. Read More

Fashion seems to permeate popular culture these days-be it the trend-setting frocks worn by the characters on the popular HBO series Sex and the City, or the many magazine pages devoted to the red carpet fashion of the recent Academy Awards. To an extent, the Vanderbilt campus is no different. Read More

Spring break traditionally marks a time for college students to hit the ski slopes or lay on the beach, trading the hectic schedule of life on campus for rest and relaxation. During the week of March 8-12, however, more than 300 students from Nashville's Vanderbilt University will stay busy participating in Alternative Spring Break programs at 27 sites across the United States, Mexico and Canada, including a site in the Denver area. Read More

Vanderbilt senior Amber Wallin is one of 20 undergraduates chosen for USA Today's 2004 All-USA College Academic Team in recognition of their use of their academic skills in creative ways. Read More

Vanderbilt has joined Harvard University's National Campaign for Political and Civic Engagement. In doing so, Vanderbilt becomes one of a handful of universities across the nation partnering with Harvard's Institute of Politics in the mission of developing civic-minded and politically engaged students. Read More

Around 300 Vanderbilt University students plan to pull an all-nighter on Friday, Feb. 20. Read More

A dozen Vanderbilt University students will spend the weekend in Washington, D.C., paying a special visit to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum. Read More

Vanderbilt will break ground Saturday, Oct. 4, on a new Student Life Center that will feature a 10,000-square-foot social hall, a comprehensive career center and consolidated space for international scholars and study abroad services. Read More

This Saturday, Sept. 27, Vanderbilt University's Spirit of Gold Marching Band will perform a selection of Motown favorites--and feature two musicians linked to Motown's heyday--for a special halftime performance during the Commodores' game against Georgia Tech. Read More

Two busloads of University of Mississippi students will arrive in Nashville today to join approximately 100 Vanderbilt students in a weekend of student fellowship and volunteerism. The second "Sports and Service: A Winning Tradition" will take place today and Saturday at seven service sights around Nashville and on the Vanderbilt campus. Read More

When the Vanderbilt Commodores squared off on the gridiron against the University of Mississippi last September, members of both teams no doubt had on their most intimidating game faces. The scene was a contrast to just a day before, when Vanderbilt and Mississippi students congenially worked side by side at various volunteer sites around the Oxford, Miss., community. Read More