Brett Sweet, dean of administration and finance of Harvard University’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences, has been named vice chancellor and chief financial officer at Vanderbilt University, Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos announced today.

Vanderbilt police officer John B. Newman has been cleared of indecent exposure charges and reinstated into his senior position with the department.

Vanderbilt University's Commons campus recently received the 2009 Governor's Environmental Stewardship Award for the "Building Green" category. Vanderbilt University was one of 14 winners announced by Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation Commissioner Jim Fyke.