Construction of new Engineering and Science Building at Vanderbilt set to begin May 2014
Apr. 28, 2014—A rendering of the new Engineering and Science Building. (Wilson Architects Inc./Vanderbilt University) Vanderbilt University’s Board of Trust has approved the construction of a seven-story tower on campus as part of an effort to further strengthen the institution’s growing reputation as a major producer of intellectual leaders, entrepreneurs and innovators. The 230,000-square-foot Engineering and Science...
Class of 2014: Domonique Bragg and Cody Stothers are Aspirnaut pioneers
Apr. 23, 2014—Seniors Domonique Bragg and Cody Stothers, who both hail from rural Arkansas, followed a similar path to Vanderbilt. Bragg and Stothers were the first high school students to participate in the university’s Aspirnaut educational outreach program. They’re also now the first Aspirnaut alumni to graduate from Vanderbilt, fulfilling a dream that began almost a decade...
Flexner Dean’s Lecture Series presents Chip Souba
Apr. 21, 2014—The John E. Chapman, M.D., Lecture in Medical Education, featuring guest speaker Wiley “Chip” Souba, will take place Tuesday, April 29, at noon in 208 Light Hall. Souba is vice president for health affairs and dean of the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth College. He also holds a faculty appointment as professor in the...
Kudos: Read about faculty, staff and students’ awards and achievements
Apr. 16, 2014—Michael Burcham, senior lecturer of entrepreneurship at Owen Graduate School of Management and CEO of the Nashville Entrepreneur Center, was named the Outstanding Nashvillian of the Year for 2013 by the Kiwanis Club of Nashville. Hosford (Vanderbilt) Jennifer Dodd, a Vanderbilt doctoral candidate in history, has received one of 10 Woodrow Wilson Women’s Studies Dissertation...
Case competition a learning experience for VU students
Apr. 10, 2014—A team of Vanderbilt University students in medicine, business, public health and economic development competed March 29 in an international Global Health Case Competition at Emory University in Atlanta. While the team did not advance to the finals, team member and first-year School of Medicine student Jiun-Ruey (Ruey) Hu said the experiences of winning the...
Graduate students compete to present the best “Three Minute Thesis”
Apr. 9, 2014—Faisan Zubair, Chemical Engineering, presents his research into developing standardized approaches to mass spectrometry. (Daniel Dubois/Vanderbilt University) Brain symmetry, woman warriors and malaria were among the research topics featured by the winners of Vanderbilt’s Graduate Student Council’s second annual Three Minute Thesis competition April 4 at the Student Life Center. The challenge was for students...
Cadaver Ball 2014
Mar. 27, 2014—First- and second-year Vanderbilt University School of Medicine students kick up their heels at last weekend’s Cadaver Ball. (photo by Anne Rayner) Students, faculty and administrators of Vanderbilt University School of Medicine descended upon Marathon Music Works downtown for last Saturday’s annual Cadaver Ball. The event celebrates the first-year medical students completing gross anatomy and...
Student appointed to AMA education committee
Mar. 20, 2014—Vanderbilt University School of Medicine student Jake DeVolder has been appointed the American Medical Association (AMA) student member of the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME). Jake DeVolder DeVolder is the first student from Vanderbilt chosen to serve on the committee, which is the accreditation body for medical education programs leading to a medical degree....
VUSM student elected to board of nation’s largest LGBTI association
Mar. 13, 2014—Vanderbilt University School of Medicine student Kristen Eckstrand, Ph.D., was recently elected to the board of GLMA, the largest and oldest association of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender health care professionals in the world. She is the first student to hold an at-large board position since the organization was founded in 1981. Kristen Eckstrand, Ph.D....