The Vanderbilt Story Archive — Page 1 of 3

Large group of people in white medical coats and uniforms standing in rows outside an ornate arched building entrance.
October 17, 2017

Hidden figure

By Wayne Wood
Smiling woman in a white Vanderbilt University School of Nursing coat and blue scrubs, standing outside a medical center entrance.
October 25, 2016

New faculty: Susanna Rudy is developing a national fellowship standard for ENPs

New Instructor in Nursing Susanna Rudy brings to Vanderbilt a wealth of experience. She’s a board-certified nurse practitioner in emergency, family and adult-gerontology acute care who earned a master’s degree in forensic science before earning master of science in nursing and doctor of nursing practice degrees, the latter two from Vanderbilt.

By Vanderbilt Health News
A man in a white lab coat stands in front of a large illuminated brain exhibit at Nashville’s Adventure Science Center.
October 13, 2016

New faculty: David Sweatt studies how brain chemistry affects learning and memory

Homecoming came early this year for Vanderbilt alumnus David Sweatt, who joined the faculty as chair of Pharmacology this summer, 30 years after receiving his Ph.D. from the department he now leads.

By Vanderbilt Health News
Portrait of Kenny Tao wearing glasses and a light blue shirt, standing with arms crossed against an abstract red-and-black swirling background.
October 10, 2016

New faculty: Kenny Tao uses optical coherence tomography to improve delicate eye surgeries

Kenny Tao, a new assistant professor of biomedical engineering, brings his innovations in the field of optical coherence tomography and his wry sense of humor to Vanderbilt’s laboratories and classrooms.

By Vanderbilt Health News
Person with colorful powder covering their face, hair, hand, and shirt raises a peace sign outdoors on a sunny lawn, with people and campus buildings in the background.
April 21, 2016

Class of 2016: Pranjal Gupta pursues chemical engineering, pre-med, film and more

There’s the Pranjal Gupta dressed in kurta and pyjama, his feet keeping time with an impossibly fast Indian dance tune. And then there’s the Pranjal Gupta in a lab coat, peering through glasses at data on how children with autism integrate sight and sound.

By Vanderbilt Health News
Vanderbilt women’s tennis team celebrating with an NCAA championship trophy and holding up victory signs; graphic text reads “Vanderbilt National Champions 2015.”
December 18, 2015

2015: The Year in Review

From national championship battles to breakthroughs in research, key appointments to beautiful #vandygrams, goodbyes to #VU2015 and hellos to #VU2019, take a look back at the year that was.

By Doug Campbell