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Vanderbilt University (informally Vandy or VU) is a private research university in Nashville, Tennessee.Founded in 1873, it was named in honor of shipping and railroad magnate Cornelius Vanderbilt, who provided the school its initial $1 million endowment in the hopes that his gift and the greater work of the university would help to heal the sectional wounds inflicted by the American Civil War.
History. Since its founding in 1873, Vanderbilt has offered "work in the liberal arts and sciences beyond the baccalaureate degree", [3] and the university awarded its first graduate degrees ( master's degrees in Greek, Latin, and English and a doctorate in chemistry) in 1879. The Graduate School now claims some 19,000 alumni.
Vanderbilt University School of Nursing ( VUSN) is a graduate school of Vanderbilt University, located in Nashville, Tennessee. VUSN is closely connected with its parent university and the separate nonprofit Vanderbilt University Medical Center. The School of Nursing is ranked in the top 10 in the U.S. News & World Report rankings.
HOOVER, Ala. — The low point of Vanderbilt baseball's season, as Tim Corbin tells it, came May 17 at Kentucky Proud Park. The Wildcats celebrated a run-rule victory that clinched them a share of ...
Vanderbilt University received a "C" from the Anti-Defamation League on its Campus Antisemitism Report Card released last week.. Vanderbilt was among 85 schools nationwide selected for assessment ...
Then, eighth-seeded Vanderbilt beat top-seeded Tennessee (46-11) again, 13-4, in its second game of the SEC tournament on Wednesday to advance into the winner's bracket of the double-elimination ...
The Jean and Alexander Heard Library system is made up of several campus libraries at Vanderbilt University.These include Eskind Biomedical Library, Central Library, Divinity Library, Alyne Queener Massey Law Library, Walker Management Library, Anne Potter Wilson Music Library, Peabody Library, Sarah Shannon Stevenson Science & Engineering Library, Special Collections and University Archives ...
The university said it has ramped up efforts in recent years to help more students attend Vanderbilt, regardless of income. Last year it put $366 million into financial aid, with $244 million of ...