A new website for Issues in Critical Investigation
Nov. 19, 2010—Issues in Critical Investigation (ICI) is an initiative that seeks to stimulate new scholarship in the fields of African Diasporic studies. The new website highlights ICI’s Manuscript Competition, which awards money and the opportunity for a book contract to young scholars.
Division of Sponsored Research revamped
Nov. 11, 2010—We moved the Division of Sponsored Research into our Omni system. The slider on the homepage is a great way to tell the stories of the research that is done here at Vanderbilt.
Vanderbilt Nurse revitalized with WordPress!
Nov. 11, 2010—Vanderbilt Nurse magazine has launched a new WordPress site, focusing on news around the school. It also includes feeds from their Facebook, Twitter and Flickr accounts – information specific to the School of Nursing. We went with WordPress for them because it offers robust tagging – an important feature in such a news-heavy site. The...
Updating VU’s Social Media Directory
Nov. 8, 2010—We’re updating the VU Social Media Directory – please submit your department/office/organizations social media presences. If you are submitting sites for multiple organizations – please submit the form once for each organization you are reporting for.
International Services and International Tax launches expanded website
Nov. 5, 2010—The VISIT office launched their new website on November 4. More than just a redesign, this website features expanded information about all o the services that VISIT offers to the international community. Their goal was to provide as much information as possible online – not only to help users be more informed, but to also...
Financial Aid website launches
Nov. 2, 2010—We recently worked with the Office of Student Financial Aid and Undergraduate Scholarships on redeveloping their website and bringing it into the look and feel of the main Vanderbilt Web presence. The slideshow on the homepage features beautiful photos from our Vanderbilt photographers and highlights key facts and figures about our financial aid program —...
New Web presence for Vandy in Hollywood program
Nov. 1, 2010—What a fun project! We had the privilege of working two Vanderbilt alumni, Chad Gervich and Rich Hull (founders of ViH), on a brand new Web presence for the Vandy in Hollywood organization. “Vandy-In-Hollywood is a professional, alumni-supported organization which provides the valuable guidance and resources that enable Vanderbilt students and alumni to navigate the...
Want to be an email ninja? Master your inbox.
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Video: Drupal @ Vanderbilt: an overview of current projects
Oct. 28, 2010—As part of the DigitalVU month-long series on Web technologies here at Vanderbilt, three of Vanderbilt’s drupal developers gave an overview of their recent drupal projects and share tips and tricks they’ve picked up along the way. (For those not already in-the-know, drupal is an open-source web content management system written in the ubiquitous PHP...
Department of Chemistry debuts new site
Oct. 28, 2010—The Department of Chemistry site was redesigned using Omni. The site features videos, a Google calendar, a Prezi graduate student viewbook, a facility tour, and a Current Graduate Student Dashboard with links to commonly accessed resources. A big part of this site’s redesign was rewriting content in a fresher, livelier style. This is something we...
SustainVU completely overhauls their web presence
Oct. 27, 2010—The Vanderbilt Sustainability and Environmental Management Office (SEMO) unveiled a new look for the SustainVU website on Friday, October 22. “Interest in and the variety of Vanderbilt’s sustainability initiatives has increased exponentially since the creation of the original SustainVU website in 2007,” said Andrea George, SEMO director. “To better accommodate the breadth of these efforts and...
Video: Crafting a Professional Digital Identity
Oct. 26, 2010—Presentation for digitalVU month — Social media’s Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, blogs, and so on — give us plenty of opportunities to share our thoughts online. However, these platforms can sometimes make it hard to know just how public our comments are, as a Dartmouth religion professor found out recently when some comments she made on...