Vanderbilt University

==Campus==
The Vanderbilt campus is located approximately {{convert|1.5|mi|km|1}} southwest of downtown in Midtown along both the city's bustling West End Avenue and 21st Avenue corridors. It has an area of {{convert|330|acre|km2|1}}, though this figure includes large tracts of sparsely used land in the southwest part of the main campus, as well as the Medical Center.<ref name="campus">{{cite web|url=http://www.vanderbilt.edu/sustainvu/what-we-do/green-building/land-use/|title=Land Use|access-date=August 3, 2015|archive-date=September 9, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150909201604/http://www.vanderbilt.edu/sustainvu/what-we-do/green-building/land-use/}}</ref> The historical core of campus encompasses approximately {{convert|75|acre|km2|1}}.<ref>{{cite web|title=History |url=http://www.vanderbilt.edu/about/history/ |website=vanderbilt.edu|access-date=March 22, 2015}}</ref>

The oldest part of the Vanderbilt campus is known for its abundance of trees and green space, which stand in contrast to the surrounding cityscape of urban Nashville.<ref name="arboretum website">{{cite web|publisher=Vanderbilt University|title=Facts about the Arboretum|access-date=March 12, 2014|url=http://vanderbilt.edu/trees/about}}</ref> The campus was designated as a national arboretum in 1988 by the Association of Botanical Gardens and Arboreta, and in 2020 it was accredited as a Level II arboretum by ArbNet.<ref name="arbnet">{{cite web|publisher=The Morton Arboretum|title=ArbNet, the Interactive Community of Arboreta: Vanderbilt University Arboretum|access-date=October 30, 2020|url=http://arbnet.org/morton-register/vanderbilt-university-arboretum}}</ref> Approximately 190 species of trees and shrubs can be found on campus.<ref name="arboretum website" /> One tree, the Bicentennial Oak between Rand Hall and Garland Hall, was certified to have lived during the [[American Revolution]] and was the oldest living thing on the campus.<ref name="arboretum website" /> The Bicentennial Oak succumbed to age-related decay and fell on November 12, 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |date=November 16, 2022 |title=Bicentennial Oak, beloved campus landmark, has died |url=https://news.vanderbilt.edu/2022/11/16/bicentennial-oak-beloved-campus-landmark-has-died/ |access-date=2023-01-31 |website=Vanderbilt University |language=en-US}}</ref> In December 2015, a [[Celtis|hackberry tree]] fell, leaving 10 students injured with "broken bones and stitches."<ref name=brokenbones>{{cite news|last1=Sherman|first1=Najahe|title=Broken bones and stitches: Parents injured by tree falling at Vanderbilt|url=http://wkrn.com/2015/12/22/broken-bones-and-stitches-parents-injured-by-tree-falling-at-vanderbilt/|access-date=December 24, 2015|work=WKRN-TV|date=December 22, 2015|archive-date=December 24, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151224083715/http://wkrn.com/2015/12/22/broken-bones-and-stitches-parents-injured-by-tree-falling-at-vanderbilt/}}</ref><ref name=inside10hurt>{{cite news|title=10 Hurt When Tree Falls During Vanderbilt Tour |url=https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2015/12/22/10-hurt-when-tree-falls-during-vanderbilt-tour|access-date=December 24, 2015 |work=Inside Higher Ed|date=December 22, 2015}}</ref> Additionally, in August 2022, a tree fell on Peabody Lawn, leaving two students injured.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Roslin |first=Noah |title=Tree falls on Peabody Lawn, two students injured |url=https://vanderbilthustler.com/2022/08/23/tree-falls-on-peabody-lawn-two-students-injured/ |access-date=2023-02-28 |website=The Vanderbilt Hustler|date=August 23, 2022 }}</ref>

===Main campus===
[[File:Bicentennial Oak.png|thumb|right|Bicentennial Oak, as seen facing Buttrick Hall, predated the Revolutionary War]]
[[File:Sarratt.png|thumb|right|Sarratt Student Center]]
In the northeast corner of the campus (the base of the fan) is the original campus.<ref name="campus map">{{Cite web |url=http://www.vanderbilt.edu/econ/apet/images/campusmap.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=August 22, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140912160918/http://www.vanderbilt.edu/econ/apet/images/campusmap.pdf |archive-date=September 12, 2014   }}</ref> This section stretches from West End Avenue south to the Stevenson Center and west from 21st Avenue to Alumni Lawn. The majority of the buildings of the arts and humanities departments of the College of Arts and Science, as well as the facilities of the law school, Owen Graduate School of Management, and the divinity school, are located in the original campus. Additionally, the Heard Central Library and Sarratt Student Center/Rand Hall can be found on the original campus.<ref name="campus map" />

Flanking the original campus to the south are the Stevenson Center for Science and Mathematics—built on a woodland once known as the Sacred Grove<ref>{{cite book |title=To Quarks and Quasars: A History of Physics and Astronomy at Vanderbilt University |first1=Robert T. |last1=Lagemann |first2=Wendell G. |last2=Holladay |year=2000 |quote=They agreed that the preferred location would be the popularly named "Sacred Grove," a wooded, open area east of the Engineering School and north of the Medical School, more or less where the Stevenson Center now stands. |page=32}}</ref>—and the School of Engineering complex (Jacobs Hall-Featheringill Hall). Housing the Science Library, the School of Engineering, and all the science and math departments of the College of Arts and Science, this complex sits between the original campus and the Medical Center.<ref name="campus map" /> The Vanderbilt University Medical Center itself takes up the southeastern part of the campus.<ref name="campus map" /> Besides the various associated hospitals and clinics and the facilities of the Schools of Medicine and Nursing, the medical center also houses many major research facilities.

West of the original campus and the Medical Center, Greek Row and the bulk of the Vanderbilt residence halls are found.<ref name="campus map" /> From north to south, Carmichael Towers, Greek Row, Branscomb Quadrangle, and Highland Quadrangle house the vast majority of on-campus residents in facilities ranging from the double-occupancy, shared-bathroom dorms in Branscomb and Towers to the apartments and lodges in Highland Quadrangle.<ref name="campus map" /> There are 20 residence halls and apartments across both campuses.<ref name="The Vanderbilt Profile*"/>

The design of the campus and buildings can be described as eclectic, with buildings of various styles and eras. The original 75-acre campus included 11 structures situated along ridge lines with sprawling views of downtown Nashville. The original campus gates are still located off 21st Avenue. Currently four of the original 11 campus structures still exist. One of these is Kirkland Hall, one of the more recognizable buildings on campus. Built in 1873, the original building had two [[Victorian architecture|Victorian]] towers. A major fire in 1905 severely damaged the building, and it was rebuilt in an [[Italianate architecture|Italianate]] design with only one tower. The building was named after Chancellor James Hampton Kirkland, who served as Vanderbilt's chancellor from 1893 to 1937.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://newsonline.library.vanderbilt.edu/2018/10/the-history-of-kirkland-hall-topic-of-new-exhibition/|title=The History of Kirkland Hall Topic of New Exhibition|last=Sterkenburg|first=Sara|date=October 17, 2018 |access-date=2019-11-21}}</ref> In recent years campus planners have strived to preserve the landscape and buildings like Kirkland Hall to keep the original core and maintain a compact, walkable campus.<ref>[https://www.vanderbilt.edu/futurevu/history.php Campus Land Use / Master Planning History at Vanderbilt.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180210003108/https://www.vanderbilt.edu/futurevu/history.php |date=February 10, 2018 }} Downloaded February 9, 2018.</ref>

[[Memorial Gymnasium (Vanderbilt University)|Memorial Gymnasium]], [[Vanderbilt Stadium]], [[Hawkins Field]], McGugin Center, and all the other varsity athletic fields and facilities are to be found in the extreme west of campus.<ref name="campus map" /> The Student Recreation Center and its associated intramural fields are located south of the varsity facilities.<ref name="campus map" />

{{wide image|Owen Graduate School of Management.png|880px|align-cap=center|View of the Owen Graduate School of Management}}
[[File:PeabodyLibraryVandy.JPG|thumb|right|Peabody Library]]

===Peabody campus===
Directly across 21st Avenue from the Medical Center sits the campus of the [[Peabody College]] of Education and Human Development.<ref name="campus map" /> The design of the Peabody campus was inspired by the classical lines of [[Thomas Jefferson]]'s design for the [[University of Virginia]] and the architecture of the 1893 [[World's Columbian Exposition]] in [[Chicago, Illinois]]. The [[National Historic Landmarks]] program designated the central lawn and surrounding buildings as a historic district in 1965.<ref>{{Cite web|title=NY Architects Design Vanderbilt University's Historic Peabody College for Teachers - Education Update|url=http://www.educationupdate.com/archives/2014/JAN/HTML/col-vanderbilt.html#.Wn293OjwaCo|access-date=2022-02-05|website=www.educationupdate.com}}</ref> The Peabody campus is the location of the Martha Rivers Ingram Commons freshman residences.

[[File:Cohen Memorial Hall.jpg|thumb| Cohen Memorial Hall at Vanderbilt University.]]