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To Members of the Vanderbilt Community: As Vanderbilt’s community of faculty, staff and students advances its work in the new year, I want to update you on how our institution is doing during this ongoing economic downturn and ask for your continued support of the decisions and actions that must… Read More

Dear Vanderbilt Alumni and Friends: Earlier this week, I wrote to the Vanderbilt community of more than 12,000 faculty, staff and students to report on our university’s sound financial position in the midst of these days of volatile markets and concern over the health of our local, national and global… Read More

To the Vanderbilt Community: Over my 22 years of service, I have seen Vanderbilt, with ever-increasing pace, assume a leadership role among the greatest universities in the world. With our continued ascent, we are privileged now to set the highest of standards for those universities that are deeply committed to… Read More

Dear Members of the Vanderbilt Community, Today our support goes out to the students, faculty, staff and families of Northern Illinois University. We are deeply saddened by the tragedy that has struck their campus. Any violence or disaster that befalls one university affects every university, as we are all members… Read More

Dear Colleagues: I write to update you on the progress of The Commons, which formally opens in less than a year when we welcome the Class of 2012. While it may seem early to be talking about next year’s class when this year’s freshmen are only beginning their academic… Read More

To the Vanderbilt Community: Many universities go into a state of repose, or even hibernation, over the summer. Commencement in our world often marks the end of our cycle and the beginning of renewal, inquiry, and preparation for the next year. Vanderbilt does grow quiet in the summer, but unlike… Read More