Brina Ratangee

6 days ago | vanderbilthustler.com | Brina Ratangee

Jessica Coulombe, a third-year student at Vanderbilt Law School, filed a lawsuit against Balfour Beatty Communities LLC, the joint owners with Axium Infrastructure of The Broadview at Vanderbilt, on April 10 for negligence, premises liability, fraudulent concealment and failure to warn about the presence of mold in her apartment. Coulombe is suing BBC for compensatory damages in an amount to be determined at trial — specified as no less than $40,000 — as well as non-economic and punitive damages.

2 weeks ago | vanderbilthustler.com | Tasfia Alam |Alison Winters |Brina Ratangee |Barrie Barto

The Hustler spoke with Chancellor Daniel Diermeier for the last debrief of the 2024-25 school year. He shared insight into the university’s response to federal policy changes, cuts to federal funding and limitations on initiatives promoting diversity, equity and inclusion, as well as immigration enforcement on college campuses. Additionally, Diermeier discussed March Madness, this year’s commencement speaker and his advice to the Class of 2025 ahead of graduation.

3 weeks ago | vanderbilthustler.com | Brina Ratangee

UPDATED: This article was updated at 11:17 a.m. on March 31 to include a comment from a VUMC faculty member on the announcement. VUMC President and CEO Jeff Balser shared a video message with VUMC faculty and staff on March 26 announcing that the medical center is working to reduce its budget by $250 million for the fiscal year beginning on July 1.

1 month ago | thecontributor.org | Brina Ratangee

Not many have been with The Contributor as long as Shorty has, who joined in 2009 — only two years after the paper’s founding. Born in Jefferson City, Tenn., Shorty moved to Texas with his family at a young age. Upon graduating from high school in the late 70s, he served for nearly four years with the Marine Corps in Korea and Japan. Arriving back to Texas, he’d heard about opportunities for work in Nashville and set off to see what the city had in store.

1 month ago | vanderbilthustler.com | Brina Ratangee |Alison Winters

U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Cruz (R-Texas) released a database on Feb. 11 flagging 3,483 National Science Foundation grants awarded during the Biden-Harris administration toward “questionable projects” allegedly promoting diversity, equity and inclusion or advancing “neo-Marxist class warfare propaganda.” Among the listed grants are 15 awarded to Vanderbilt totaling $4,941,175, one $20,000 grant to VUMC and seven collaborative research projects awarded $400,378 in funding.