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News Roundup

Vanderbilt Chancellor Announces Plans to Step Down Amid Health Problems

Vanderbilt University has announced that its chancellor, Nicholas S. Zeppos will step down from his post in August, due to health problems. Zeppos said he plans to take a one-year leave of absence before returning to the campus as a law professor. “I truly love Vanderbilt and serving you has been a privilege,” Zeppos said […]

April 2, 2019

Sports

Former Vanderbilt Athletics Director Dies After Collapsing at a Local Restaurant

Former Vanderbilt University athletics director David Williams has died after collapsing at a restaurant, the university said in a recent news release. Williams, the son of a Tuskegee Airmen member and a Detroit public school teacher, collapsed at a Pancake Pantry restaurant near the university campus around 10:30 a.m. on Feb. 8. “(Williams) came in […]

February 11, 2019

Sports

The Minority Coach Roundup Week 6

This weekend was a tough one for minority head coaches in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS). Out of the 14 coaches that had games only two won. In the game of the week (week 6) Derek Mason and Vanderbilt lost to the 2nd ranked University of Georgia. The game of week this week (week 7) […]

October 13, 2018

Sports

The Minority Coach Roundup Week 5

This weekend was another exciting one for 13 of the 18 minority head coaches in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS).

October 2, 2018

Students

A Passionate Advocate for Gifted and Special Education Equity

Dr. Donna Y. Ford did it for her son. She was single and 18 when she gave birth to Khyle, and he motivated her to aim higher.

September 25, 2018

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Black Male Student-Athletes Still Face Harsh Inequities

A report from the University of Southern California Race and Equity Center spotlights the pervasive disparities between graduation rates for Black male student-athletes, student-athletes in general and Black undergraduate men overall.

March 11, 2018

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Foundation Offers Recent Graduates $5,000 to Move to Ohio City

Earlier this week, the city council of Hamilton, Ohio unanimously endorsed a plan that will offer a $5,000 “reverse scholarship” to assist with student loan payments for recent college or trade-school graduates willing to move to there.

March 1, 2018

Latest News

Emerging Scholar Profile: Forber-Pratt Defies Expectations in Human and Organizational Development

At the age of 5, Dr. Anjali Forber-Pratt witnessed wheelchair racing at the Boston Marathon, prompting her to dress up as the winner for Halloween that year.

January 29, 2018

News Roundup

Vanderbilt to Add 4 Residential Colleges in $600M Project

NASHVILLE, Tennessee – Vanderbilt University is undertaking a $600 million project to add four new residential colleges by 2023, billing the initiative as its largest capital project ever. The 205,000-square-foot E. Bronson Ingram College will open this fall with living spaces, a communal dining hall, a great room, a performing arts rehearsal studio and four […]

January 24, 2018

African-American

Vanderbilt Pays Tribute to Black SEC Pioneer Player

Billed as “an evening of conversation about the intersection of race and sports,” Wednesday’s program at the National Museum of African American History and Culture was actually much more.

January 11, 2018

African-American

Vanderbilt, Fisk Partner to Tackle HIV and AIDS

Two Universities are partnering to reach out to individuals at risk for HIV and AIDS in the greater Nashville, Tennessee, area.

October 29, 2017

Health

Vanderbilt: More Than 3,000 Medical Records Wrongly Accessed

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Vanderbilt University Medical Center officials say the hospital has had a security breach where two employees accessed medical records of more than 3,000 patients. The Tennessean reports the hospital has sent out letters to patients whose personal information was inappropriately viewed. Two patient transporters accessed information that included names, birth dates and […]

February 26, 2017