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A girl at an internal displacement camp in Uganda, photographed by alumna Nancy Farese, BA’83, for Right to Play, a nongovernmental organization providing play therapy for kids in crisis all over the world. Read story.

One year’s photo of gowned Arts and Science graduates can appear like that of any other year—except for the hairstyles, shoes, glasses and of course, the statistics.

As Beckman Scholars, undergraduates experience responsibility and research life.

The typical undergraduate life isn’t filled with lost sleep over curing cancer. But for Joseph J. Crivelli, participation in research has done just that. For Tesniem Fathi Shinawi, her undergraduate life has featured the learning experience of juggling classes, homework and research.

If Vanderbilt University could be characterized by one building, it would have to be Kirkland Hall. Up the stone stairs worn smooth by a century of foot traffic lies the heart of the university.

I’m ashamed to admit I haven’t given Vanderbilt a dime post-graduation. Sure, they’ve asked for money, even angrily at times.

Senior Will Johnson (pictured) is reading Africa: A Biography of the Continent by John Reader. (Will traveled to South Africa a few semesters ago as part of Vanderbilt’s VISAGE program). The economics major is also reading: The Book of Basketball by Bill Simmons From Poverty to Prosperity by Arnold Kling and Nick Schulz Shakespeare’s Richard [...]

If a researcher can dream it, Bob Patchin and John Fellenstein can make it. They’re the full-time staff of the physics and astronomy department’s machine shop in Stevenson Center. Patchin and shop supervisor Fellenstein design and craft tools, instruments, devices and just about anything faculty and graduate students need for their research or teaching. The [...]

Buildings represent a three-dimensional record of a people, art and culture. For Tracy Miller, tracking these facets of medieval Chinese life through free-standing timber frame buildings is a passion and an exploration that began early.

Some 150 years after the first shots were fired, the Civil War still raises questions and strong emotions.