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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.
Daniel Diermeier (born July 16, 1965) [2] is an American political scientist and university administrator. He is serving as the ninth chancellor of Vanderbilt University. Previously, Diermeier was the David Lee Shillinglaw Distinguished Service Professor at the University of Chicago, where he also served as provost. [3]
Wilbur Fisk Tillett was born August 25, 1854, in Henderson, North Carolina, [1] which at that time was in Granville County (later Vance ). He was named for the early 19th-century Methodist theologian Willbur Fisk. His father was an itinerant Methodist minister in North Carolina, John Tillett (1812–1890).
Vanderbilt University Instructor Carwil Bjork-James Wikipedia Expert Ian (Wiki Ed) Subject Anthropology Course dates 2024-01-08 00:00:00 UTC – 2024-04-29 23:59:59 UTC
Edwin Trevathan, an American child neurologist, pediatrician, epidemiologist, is the Amos Christie Chair in Global Health, Professor of Pediatrics and Neurology and Director of the Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health, Vanderbilt University Medical Center. [1] [2] He previously served as executive vice president and provost at Baylor ...
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.
The Spirit of Gold Marching Band plays Vanderbilt's fight song, "Dynamite". " Dynamite " is the official fight song of Vanderbilt University, written by Vanderbilt alumni Francis Craig in 1938 a week prior to a football game between the college and the University of Tennessee. [1] It is played at football games, basketball games, and at other ...
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