Vanderbilt Administration

A portrait of civil rights leader and Vanderbilt University professor the Rev. James Lawson will be unveiled Nov. 13 at Vanderbilt. Read More

Vanderbilt University is ranked in the Top 10 best places to work in academia in the United States in the November issue of The Scientist magazine. Read More

Expanding on her exceptional career as a researcher, educator and administrator, Dawn Iacobucci has been promoted to the post of associate dean for faculty development at the Vanderbilt Owen Graduate School of Management. Read More

Watch video of a lunchtime "Federal Forum" on the "Passage of the Higher Education Act: the feds want us to do WHAT?" Read More

Miriam McGaw Cowden, whose practicality, generosity and diplomatic nature served her well during her more than 30 years on the Vanderbilt Board of Trust, died Oct. 19 at Baptist Hospital following surgery. Read More

H. Rodes Hart, a Vanderbilt alumnus and Board of Trust member who, for nearly three decades, has provided strong volunteer leadership for university initiatives, will succeed the late Monroe Carell Jr. as chairman of Shape the Future, the university's comprehensive campaign. Read More

Jeff Balser, M.D., Ph.D., associate vice chancellor for Research for Vanderbilt University Medical Center, has been named dean of Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. Balser, who has served as interim dean since July 2008, becomes only the 11th dean of Vanderbilt University School of Medicine since its founding in 1875. In addition to his responsibilities as dean, Balser will be associate vice chancellor for Health Affairs, with continued oversight for medical center research. Read More

Watch VUCast Extra and learn more about Vanderbilt\'s new Expanded Aid program. Read More

They walk past our founder Cornelius Vanderbilt as faculty, students and staff cheer. Watch Founders Walk, a Vanderbilt tradition for first-year and transfer students. Read More

Metropolitan Nashville Police are investigating the shooting death Tuesday evening of Vanderbilt University Assistant Professor of Anthropology Pierre Robert Colas and the wounding of his sister who was visiting from Switzerland. Marie Colas, 27, was taken to Vanderbilt Medical Center, where she is in critical but stable condition. Read More

Watch video of the Aug. 26 Fall Faculty Assembly, which took place in the Student Life Center Commodore Ballroom. Read More

More than 1,700 new Vanderbilt University students, including first-year and transfer students, will carry banners and march into the school's main gate 5 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 24, during Founders Walk, a tradition that formally welcomes new students to the Vanderbilt community. Read More

The Vanderbilt News Service recently announced several changes to its leadership team. Melanie Moran has been named associate director with responsibility for the office's operation in the absence of Director and Assistant Vice Chancellor for News and Communications Elizabeth P. Latt. Read More

The new university registrar at Vanderbilt University is Cheng H. Khoo. He begins work immediately. Read More

William Spitz, former treasurer of Vanderbilt University, has been named the 2008 Lifetime Achievement Winner by Foundation & Endowment Money Management. Spitz retired from Vanderbilt last year. Read More

Monroe J. Carell Jr., a Nashville executive admired as much for his generous philanthropy, especially in support of Vanderbilt University, as for his business acumen, died peacefully at home today after a courageous battle with cancer. Read More

Vanderbilt University will elevate creative practice on and off campus to prepare students to work with globalized markets, engage emerging technologies and navigate increasingly complex intellectual property rules through an expansive new program funded by recording industry executive Mike Curb. Read More

The new full-time office to support the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community at Vanderbilt University will be led by Nora Spencer, who leaves a similar job at the University of Florida. Read More

Michael R. Snellgrove has been named Vanderbilt University\'s assistant chief of police. Snellgrove, who joined the university June 2, most recently served as a division commander at Duke University Police Department. Read More

A Vanderbilt University vice chancellor has been elected to chair the Board of Trustees at Simmons College in Boston. Lauren J. Brisky, vice chancellor for administration and chief financial officer at Vanderbilt, was unanimously elected to a three-year term at the Simmons board meeting in May. Read More