Vanderbilt University Owen Graduate School of Management jumps five spots in ‘U.S. News’ rankings
Mar. 16, 2016—Owen Graduate School of Management (Vanderbilt University) Vanderbilt University’s Owen Graduate School of Management jumped five spots to No. 22 to score its highest ranking yet on a list of top graduate business schools in the nation compiled by U.S. News & World Report. “Anytime I see the hard work of our students, faculty and...
Schools of Medicine, Nursing ranked among nation’s elite
Mar. 16, 2016—Vanderbilt University School of Medicine (VUSM) and Vanderbilt University School of Nursing (VUSN) have once again been named among the “Best Graduate Schools” in the country by U.S. News and World Report magazine. The School of Medicine is ranked at No. 15 among the nation’s elite programs in the magazine’s 2017 rankings, which were released...
VUSM debuts new Gold Humanism Honor Society
Mar. 10, 2016—School of Medicine students and faculty pose for a photo at last week’s first meeting of the Gold Humanism Honor Society. (photo by Anne Rayner) Vanderbilt University School of Medicine (VUSM) last week inducted 19 students into the Gold Humanism Honor Society (GHHS), the school’s newest organization, which is dedicated to sustaining, inspiring and nurturing...
VUSM students’ education proposal lands AMA prize
Mar. 10, 2016—Two Vanderbilt University School of Medicine (VUSM) students were awarded the prize for the best proposal on how to transform medical education during the American Medical Association (AMA) Spring 2016 Consortium Meeting this week. VUSM students Amol Utrankar, left, and Jared Shenson created the award-winning proposal. The AMA Medical Education Innovation Challenge is part of the...
First Vanderbilt Giving Day Set for April 21
Feb. 22, 2016—The first-ever Vanderbilt Giving Day, planned for April 21, will be a 24-hour campaign that draws alumni, students, parents, faculty, staff and fans together to advance the mission of the university. Giving Day — which begins at midnight on April 21 and lasts until 11:59 p.m. Central time — presents an opportunity for the entire...
VU Inside: Dr. William Fissell’s Artificial Kidney
Feb. 12, 2016—Vanderbilt University Medical Center nephrologist and Associate Professor of Medicine Dr. William H. Fissell IV, is making major progress on a first-of-its kind device to free kidney patients from dialysis. He is building an implantable artificial kidney with microchip filters and living kidney cells that will be powered by a patient’s own heart. “We are...
Meet explores innovations in graduate medical education
Feb. 11, 2016—Macy Foundation president George Thibault, left, speaks at the recent two-day conference exploring innovations in graduate medical education and its role in helping to improve health in the United States. (photo by Joe Howell) Vanderbilt University School of Medicine recently held the first in a series of six regional conferences on innovations in graduate medical...
Churchwell named to AIMBE College of Fellows
Feb. 5, 2016—André Churchwell, professor of medicine, biomedical engineering and radiology and radiological sciences and senior associate dean for diversity affairs at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, was recently named to the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) College of Fellows.
Fourteen faculty members selected as 2016 Chancellor Faculty Fellows
Jan. 21, 2016—Fourteen outstanding faculty members from across the university have been named to the 2016 class of Chancellor Faculty Fellows. The class comprises highly accomplished, recently tenured faculty from the humanities, social sciences, life and physical sciences, and clinical sciences, as well as business, education and engineering. “This class of fellows represents the remarkable breadth and...