Holly McCammon

L-r, 1st row: Katherine B. Crawford, Young Jun Kim, Holly J. McCammon, Judy Garber; 2nd row: Provost Susan R. Wente, James R. Booth, Neil David Woodward, Mary Beth Shinn, Robert F. Miller, Moses E. Ochonu, Stacey M. Floyd-Thomas and Clare M. McCabe. (Susan Urmy/Vanderbilt)

Endowed chair holder celebration honors 11 professors

Eleven Vanderbilt faculty members named to endowed chairs were recognized for their exemplary achievements during a celebration Sept. 6 at the Student Life Center.

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Members named to Academic Strategic Plan committees

Two committees tasked with fleshing out key initiatives in Vanderbilt’s Academic Strategic Plan are now staffed and ready to begin work.

Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos (left) and Faculty Senate Chair Paul Lim (right) present the 2014 Earl Sutherland Prize to Jane Landers, Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Professor of History. (Joe Howell/Vanderbilt)

Landers, Fuchs win awards at Fall Faculty Assembly

An international expert on slavery and emancipation during the 18th and 19th centuries was awarded the prestigious Earl Sutherland Prize for Achievement in Research during Vanderbilt University’s Fall Faculty Assembly.