Four Vanderbilt law students will compete on Vanderbilt University teams in a global competition for social entrepreneurs sponsored by the Hult Prize Foundation. Nat Robinson ’18 (MBA ’07) and Yalda Godusi ’18 will travel to Dubai with their team, which also includes Owen Graduate School of Management students Kayla Armgardt ’18 and Tori Samples ’18,
Nine cities represented at program to promote cross-sector collaboration
Ten government, business, and nonprofit leaders from Middle Tennessee have been chosen for a Harvard Business School program convening leaders from nine American cities who are working across sectors to make their communities prosper. The program is locally coordinated by Global Action Platform, an international university-business alliance for scalable, sustainable solutions for abundant food, health,
Mayor appoints faculty, staff representatives to Metro boards
by Jennifer Johnston | Jul. 19, 2016, 9:26 AM Metro Nashville Mayor Megan Barry has made a number of appointments to boards, committees and advisory committees in recent weeks. Among them are a number of members of the Vanderbilt University and Vanderbilt University Medical Center communities, including: Sri Pallavaram, research associate for the Vanderbilt Institute
The Value of Cross-Cultural Learning-Pomona Impact
May 30, 2016 by Sarah Sterling Our mission at Pomona Impact has always been to create a supportive ecosystem for social entrepreneurs in Central America. But what does that really mean? At Pomona for us it includes helping to identify and support co-working spaces, investing in social entrepreneurs, participating in industry specific events, and most
Trans-institutional team competes in regionals of global student competition for social good
A proposal to help poor families produce food in crowded urban spaces put a Vanderbilt University trans-institutional team on the road to the regional finals of the Hult Prize, an international case competition that seeks innovative solutions to social issues worldwide. Vanderbilt University School of Nursing student Kelsey Moore, Owen Graduate School of Management MBA student Liz Anthony
How Bankers Without Borders Is Catapulting The Growth Of Science Education
If you ever want to measure the extent of your capacity to create and innovate, love and appreciate, live and enjoy the full spectrum of life with all its extremes, can I suggest you take a trip to Ghana. A country rich in natural resources and benefitting from a recent explosion in the application