News and College Life

Faces carved into pills; memorial for opioid victims.

Godfrey Dillard watches the premiere of “Triumph,” a documentary about Perry Wallace. Wallace was the first black player in the SEC, breaking the color barrier in the fall of 1967.  Dillard and Wallace endured vicious, mob racism as members of the university freshman team in the fall of ’66. 

Little girl meets fairy at Nashville Christmas Parade

2017 Supermoon shines bright over Nashville and Vanderbilt campus.

College is a tool to rise above the ruck. While I was in the zone during commencement, I spotted a hand rise above the crowd with the "sign". I swung my camera with the speed that only Elmer Fudd could appreciate and focused and snapped on the one second target, but unlike Mr. Fudd I found success, but no rabbit stew for me, just the dream of a pat on the back.

University of Pittsburgh special events coordinator, Ashley Eckard, assists a student from the University Child Development Center in finding the perfect spot for his ornament to be placed on the chancellor's holiday tree. Each year the students create hand-made ornaments and are invited to the chancellor's residence to share in the decorating.

Cather and Pound Residence Halls are imploded on the Friday before winter break when the campus is near deserted.  Photo is a UAV photo.  Side note to all UAV users. We had so many requests to use campus property for staging, we had to limit the number of approved pilots and I submitted an "air traffic control" plan to campus police. We had a total of 6 drones airborne. Our campus is in class B airspace so only part 107 pilots can fly.  The FAA was even on hand to make sure we were all approved with license and LAANC approval.  Even with that, I turned around before the implosion and counted 9 other drones in the air. The air was buzzing!

Thousands of red flower petals fall during one of the dances in this year's Dance Gala, the dance department's biggest show of the year.

These out-of-state students' first time experiencing snow.  Something they said they didn't expect in Tuscaloosa, AL.

A student runs through a heavy rain storm Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2017.