Vanderbilt was arguably an NCAA Tournament-caliber team in the 2022-23 season after making it to the semifinals of the SEC Tournament, beating No. 6 Tennessee and going 11-7 in the SEC. The Commodores’ main knock on their resume was that they suffered six nonconference losses, including defeats to Southern Mississippi and Grambling State. This year...
On Dec. 9, Vanderbilt Women’s Basketball beat Butler by 11 points. The victory improved Vanderbilt’s record to 9-1. The last time Vanderbilt won at least 9 of its first 10 games was during the 2016-17 season. Head coach Shea Ralph has facilitated a resurgence within the Vanderbilt program. After the 2022-23 season, Ralph’s squad ranked...
Vanderbilt Men’s Basketball did something in the 2022-23 season that many in these parts thought had gone extinct, been erased, reduced to a relic of the past. They brought back Memorial Magic. And that magic came in droves on West End over the past couple of months. Whether it was buzzer beaters against Tennessee, Auburn...
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The Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) cleared up its remaining routine tasks during this most non-routine of years at its last regular meeting of the academic year on Tuesday afternoon. Many of the prior meetings had been largely given over to hearing reports, but significant academic action was taken in the April session, when the new doctoral program in quantum science and engineering was approved.
Today, at the request of the faculty’s docket committee, President Lawrence S. Bacow, Provost Alan Garber, and FAS dean Claudine Gay spelled out the steps Harvard and the FAS have taken to prevent any recurrence of the University’s engagement with individuals like the convicted sex offender (and donor) Jeffrey Epstein, including promulgation of the first public gift policy, steps to assure its enforcement, and changes in the way the faculty grants visiting fellowships (of the sort improperly granted Epstein).