Vanderbilt Administration

In a Conversation Series, Interim Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos sits down to discuss everything from what it takes to get into Vanderbilt to alumni who live throughout the world. Read More

Vanderbilt University opened its new online front door Aug. 1 with a redesigned homepage designed to get viewers to their destination quickly while showcasing university events using video, audio, photography and news. Read More

Sherif Barsoum, assistant director in the Office of International Education at The Ohio State University, has joined Vanderbilt University as director of International Student and Scholar Services (ISSS). Read More

Chancellor Search Committee Chair Dennis Bottorff announced July 31 the members of the Advisory Committee of faculty, students and staff that will assist the Board of Trust as it seeks to identify the next chancellor of Vanderbilt University. The Advisory Committee will be chaired by Vanderbilt Divinity School Dean James Hudnut-Beumler. Read More

Harmon L. Wray, an instructor at Vanderbilt Divinity School and a longtime anti-death penalty activist and proponent of restorative justice, died Tuesday at Saint Thomas Hospital, a day after suffering a brain hemorrhage. Read More

Nashville executive and Vanderbilt Board of Trust Vice Chairman Dennis C. Bottorff will chair the search committee charged with identifying the next Chancellor of Vanderbilt University, Board of Trust Chairman Martha R. Ingram announced on Thursday. Read More

At 11 a.m. this morning the Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt will formally announce the appointment of Kevin Churchwell, M.D., as the hospital's new CEO.Churchwell, a Nashville native, Vanderbilt-educated physician and nationally recognized pediatrician, has been selected as chief executive officer and executive director of Children's Hospital, effective immediately. Read More

William G. (Bill) Christie, the Frances Hampton Currey Professor of Finance and professor of law at Vanderbilt University is now the new associate dean for faculty development at the Vanderbilt Owen Graduate School of Management. Read More

Gordon Gee will leave after seven years as Vanderbilt's chancellor to return to Ohio State University as its president, a position he previously held from 1990 to 1997. His resignation is effective Aug. 1. Vanderbilt Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Nicholas S. Zeppos has been named interim chancellor effective Aug. 1, Board of Trust Chairman Martha R. Ingram announced on July 12. Read More

Gordon Gee will leave after seven years as Vanderbilt University's chancellor to return to The Ohio State University as president, a position he held from 1990 to 1997. His resignation is effective Aug. 1. Read More

The director of investments at Emory University was named chief investment officer at Vanderbilt University, responsible for managing its $3.4 billion endowment. Read More

Emeritus Vanderbilt Law Professor Theodore (Ted) Smedley, who helped define law education at Vanderbilt and who thrust the law school onto the national scene, died of a heart attack June 15. He was 94. Read More

The Vanderbilt Owen Graduate School of Management has rewarded five talented and dedicated faculty members with endowed chairs. Read More

The Vanderbilt Owen Graduate School of Management is putting more intellectual power into its already outstanding faculty, by welcoming six new researchers and teachers to the school. Read More

David K. "Pat" Wilson, former chairman and life member of the Vanderbilt University Board of Trust whose personal and family influence and generosity are evidenced in nearly all areas of the university, died Sunday at home. He was 87. Read More

Vanderbilt anthropologist Tom D. Dillehay has been named to a distinguished class of scientists, politicians, authors, artists and others, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAAS) announced April 30. Read More

Fourteen retiring faculty members were recognized during Vanderbilt's May 11 commencement ceremony when the university honored their years of service and bestowed on them the title of emeritus or emerita faculty. Read More

The Vanderbilt Board of Trust elected four new members during its spring meeting April 26-28. They are Claiborne P. Deming, Edith Carell Johnson, Douglas W. Shorenstein and graduating senior Andrew Wilson. Read More

Dear Members of the Vanderbilt Community, Today our support goes out to our colleagues, our peers, our brothers and sisters at Virginia Tech. Words fail to encompass a calamity of such magnitude. At this raw stage, we can offer our attention, our consideration, and our sympathy. We respond with… Read More