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Minds Wide Open
Vanderbilt builds a brain trust for neuroscience discovery.
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Hothouse for Scientists
Undergraduates with a passion for scientific inquiry work alongside seasoned researchers as equal players.
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Doctor in the House
From coaching medical students to breaking bread with the freshmen who share her address, every hour of Kyla Terhune’s busy life offers a teachable moment.
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Seedtime & Harvest
Vision and generosity have positioned Vanderbilt for a future of unprecedented opportunity.
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Missteps to Mayhem
Inside the Doomsday Machine with the outsider who predicted and profited from America’s financial Armageddon.
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The Promise of Personalized Medicine
Empowered by genetic information, Vanderbilt aims to reinvent health care.
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Service Learning Comes of Age
When the community becomes the classroom, everybody wins.
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Upstart Startups
Millennials make their marks in nontraditional ways.
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The Commodore’s Civil War
Cornelius Vanderbilt often said there was no friendship in trade, but war led him to forge unlikely alliances on both sides of the conflict.
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Open House
A cluttered, light-challenged, pre-Google ugly duckling undergoes a makeover for the 21st century.
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Acts of Faith
Divinity grads aim to compensate for the chaos in contemporary society.
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Blending Back In
Freak accidents sever limbs. Tumors disfigure faces. And reconstructive plastic surgeons team up for their toughest challenges.
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Leader of the Pack
Peabody College is tops in education innovation, research and reform.
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Wide Exposure
Studying on the other side of the world brings risk and reward.
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Chance of a Lifetime
When you’re 18 and contemplating your future, the right opportunity can make all the difference.
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Deep Roots, Strong Tree
In the morass of partisan politics, Lamar Alexander forges his own path.
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Flood Tide in Tennessee
Reversing childhood obesity trends requires both large-scale change and one-on-one intervention.
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Good to Be Greek
A focus on scholarship and service—not shenanigans—ensures the 21st-century Greek system’s relevance.
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Rebirth of the Midwife
Attracted by hands-on care and lower costs, more expectant parents turn to certified nurse-midwives.
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Humanity Ascending
From cancer wards to war zones, the passion of a determined few moves mountains.
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Bridge Over Troubled Waters
Alexander Heard embraced the world’s irresistible compulsion to change.
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Strength in Numbers
Thousands of volunteers help make tomorrow’s research breakthroughs possible.
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Women Who Opened Doors
For 115 years and for thousands of students, the Vanderbilt Aid Society has made dreams reality.
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Opportunity Vanderbilt
Two of Vanderbilt’s volunteer leaders discuss the expanded financial aid initiative.
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The Truest Eye
Whenever Neil Brake stepped out on campus, something just clicked.
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Janus Rising
Like the ancient Roman god, classical studies looks both to the past and the future.
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Manna Falls on La Chureca
“Generation Global” brings a zest for practical solutions to intractable problems.
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Lessons Learned the Hard Way
What catastrophes can teach us about planning, communication - and luck
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First Impressions
The Class of 2012 opens the page on a new chapter in Vanderbilt history.
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Dreaming Out Loud
A seven-year initiative to shrink student debt takes a bold step forward.
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The Longest War
In the epic battle against cancer, Vanderbilt investigators think globally and act locally
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When War Comes Home
Two years ago most Vanderbilt therapists had never seen victims of improvised explosive devices. Now, like their soldier patients, they’re in uncharted territory.
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Vanderbilt on the Potomac
Washington affects everything from student loans to medical protocols—but not before university advocates have their say.
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At Home in the World
Pack your black tie, your Berlitz, and your bullet-proof vest.
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Candidates, Scandalgates and Battleground States
Election fatigue, you say? These scholars can’t get enough.
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Long Day’s Journey into Night
Brilliant and driven, Elyn Saks was a Founder's Medalist and a Marshall Scholar. But then the voices in her head swelled to a cacophony.
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Meet Mr. Wright
Managing Vanderbilt's endowment takes savvy, patience and nerves of steel.
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Small Wonder
Nanotechnology is tiny, weird, and the next big thing.
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Lost in America
Twenty years ago America had the most educated populace on the planet. Now millions of high school dropouts face a bleak future.
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Common Ground
Starting next year, Vanderbilt's move to a residential college system will profoundly alter the lives and learning of students
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American Rustic
For everything there is a season in 1900 America— a time for hoeing, sowing, shucking, milking, churning and waiting for rain.
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‘Dore No More
Gordon Gee returns to Ohio, and Vanderbilt begins writing its next chapter.
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