Photos of found subject matter (unposed and uncontrolled) documenting your university or college-related events as they occur naturally. Photographs in this category must adhere to accepted photojournalistic standards.
A participant invites water cannon spray while pausing during her run through an aquatic obstacle course. The WIPEOUT! event provided students with an opportunity to take a unique study break two days before the start of finals.
Nurses embody the compassionate care that sets the standard at VUMC.
A student jumps into a pile of leaves while walking across campus.
A student lays under the fall colors enjoying a book.
Christine Smith hugs her brother as a tear rolls down her cheek after watching him receive his white coat. Saying: "Mom would have been so proud." The two lost their mother 2-years ago to cancer.
Teri Harrington shares a laugh with Jeff Granger at their care team meeting consult for Mr. Granger's kidney transplantation. Granger received a kidney from Harrington's husband 12-years ago, and the two have kept in touch since. With Granger's kidney failing, Harrington went to the hospital to see if she was a match to give Granger one of her kidneys. When the two found out they were a match, it was back to the hospital to make arrangements.
Miguel Rodriguez, Adjunct Prof, Cermanics 411, working on getting student projects out of molds during Study Week.
Students play Tic Tac Toe during Homecoming Festival.
Day's before commencement, Ph.D candidate Kamond Wilder poses for a portrait before his official robing the following week.
Adrianna Colton flinches as Claudia Jorgensen, associate professor of psychology, shows her Brain and Behavior class a brain that has been preserved through a process called plastination. Jorgensen, who feels it is important for the psychology students to have a tactile experience to help them learn, lead the efforts to get the funding for the department to get several human and animal brains for students to study.