Appointments
August 02, 2019
School of Dental Medicine Dean Kenneth B. Chance (DEN ’79) was elected the next vice president of the Supreme Chapter of Omicron Kappa Upsilon earlier this year. Omicron Kappa Upsilon, founded in 1914, is the national dental honor society. As a result of this election, Chance will be on the…
August 02, 2019
Gary Wnek, the Joseph F. Toot Jr. Professor of Engineering,
has been named chair of the Department of Macromolecular Science and
Engineering. A renowned polymer researcher with particular expertise in nanomaterials and medical polymers, Wnek has been instrumental in championing the incorporation…
August 02, 2019
The Freedman Center for Digital Scholarship at Kelvin Smith
Library has announced the selection of the 2019-20 Freedman Faculty Fellows.
The program supports full-time faculty, staff and post-docs. To address the
emerging needs of scholarship, the fellowship aids researchers in integrating
digital…
July 26, 2019
After leading the launch of an ambitious student success
effort as interim associate provost, Tom Matthews now can drop the “interim”
prefix from his associate provost title. Provost Ben Vinson III today announced that Matthews will
direct the Student Success office on a permanent basis. “After…
July 24, 2019
Tyler ReimschiselPhoto courtesy of Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt. Provost Ben Vinson III today announced the appointment of Vanderbilt University’s Tyler Reimschisel as founding associate provost for interprofessional education, research and collaborative…
July 08, 2019
After successfully leading efforts
to secure the Case School of Engineering’s largest-ever gift, Michael Dolsak
has accepted an even greater challenge: directing fundraising for all of the
university’s health sciences programs. Effective Aug. 5, he becomes vice president for health sciences…
June 12, 2019
The university’s next director for the Flora Stone Mather Center for Women brings a passion for “empowering women and creating community that is committed to gender equity”—as well as a record of meaningfully advancing both causes. Angela Clark-Taylor, currently
director of Bowling Green State…
June 03, 2019
After leading the largest and most successful capital campaign in ӰƵ’s history, Bruce Loessin is stepping down as the university’s fundraising leader at the end of this month. “What an amazing ride that [capital campaign]
has been,” Loessin said in thanking the university…
May 31, 2019
Photo by Keli Schimelpfenig Blanton S. Tolbert, associate professor in the Department of Chemistry, has accepted an appointment invitation to become a permanent member of the National Institutes of Health's (NIH) Office of AIDS Research Advisory Council (OARAC). The council can advise on the…
May 31, 2019
Elizabeth Meckes, professor in the Department of
Mathematics, Applied Mathematics and Statistics, was named 2019 Fellow of the
Institute of Mathematical Statistics. The honor was in recognition of Meckes’ contributions to Stein's method and to random matrix theory. Read more about this year’s…