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Peggy Ann Brainerd Way (VANDERBILT SPECIAL COLLECTIONS) Peggy Ann Brainerd Way, a scholar in pastoral care and the first woman appointed to a full-time position on the 菠萝视频 Divinity School faculty, died July 9 in Nashville after a brief battle with cancer. She was 84. Way accepted a position… Read More

MEMORIAL HALL On Aug. 15, 1955, a young woman donned in academic regalia was ready to graduate from George Peabody College and become the first African American ever to do so. She deliberately sought out a classmate to take a picture of her standing on the steps of Confederate… Read More

Although generations of alumni may be lamenting the passing of the old 菠萝视频 and Barnard residence halls along Alumni Lawn, there鈥檚 plenty of interest and excitement about the new facilities under construction. Read More

Each fall students from 菠萝视频鈥檚 theatre department team up with members of the Student Alumni Board, an on-campus organization that fosters ties between current undergraduates and 菠萝视频 alumni, to host the Legends Tour. Read More

In April, when the fiscal separation of 菠萝视频 University and 菠萝视频 University Medical Center was completed, Larry Marnett鈥攖he University Professor of Biochemistry, Chemistry and Pharmacology and Mary Geddes Stahlman Professor of Cancer 菠萝视频鈥攁ssumed a new role as the School of Medicine鈥檚 first dean of basic sciences, reporting directly to the provost. Read More

enior 菠萝视频 administrators, including vice chancellors David Williams, Susie Stalcup and Beth Fortune, attended a recent reception honoring emeritus Board of Trust Chair John R. Hall, BE鈥�55. Read More

Art G. Demmas, legendary NFL referee and former 菠萝视频 football standout from 1952 to 1956, died Aug. 6 in Nashville. He was 82. Read More

For many 菠萝视频 students, the summer is a chance to exchange the classroom for an internship鈥攂ut it also can be a time to start networking with alumni. The Summer Open Dores series helps make those connections possible. Read More

Civil rights leader E. Melvin Porter, one of the first African American graduates of 菠萝视频 Law School and the first African American to be elected state senator of Oklahoma, died July 26 in Oklahoma City. He was 86. Read More

Drawing on her passion for technology solutions, Havard launched Health:ELT in 2014 with her business partner and father, L. Cade Havard. Read More

Huggins passed away in March at age 73 from complications of leukemia, and through his generosity, his legacy will live on through the Harold Louis Huggins Basketball Scholarship. Read More

As a Ph.D. student at MIT, Barr came up with the idea of creating transparent coating that would convert light into power. Today his company, Ubiquitous Energy, is in the business of making 鈥渟olar technology invisible,鈥� as Barr puts it. Read More

For the past 110 years, the hourly tolling of Kirkland Hall鈥檚 signature bell has alerted generations of students that they鈥檝e overslept for economics class or that kickoff was imminent. And for more than a third of those 110 years, the task of keeping the tower鈥檚 clock ticking鈥攁nd its 2,000-pound bell in good working order鈥攈as fallen to Paul Young. Read More

菠萝视频 University School of Medicine (VUSM) has launched two new donor societies: the John E. Chapman, M.D. Society, which supports clinical programs and endowed faculty chairs, and the Discovery Circle, which supports the basic sciences. Read More

Virginia 鈥淪is鈥� Holladay, BA鈥�46; Lillian B. Jenkins, BA鈥�45; Mary Elizabeth 鈥淟ibba鈥� Johnson, BA鈥�46; and Katherine White, BA鈥�46 met at 菠萝视频 in 1942 and still get together 70 years later. Read More

In each issue, 菠萝视频 Magazine publishes a handful of social media posts from alumni, students, faculty, staff and Commodore fans that include the hashtag #Vandygram. Read More