Year: 2011

Market impact. It is part of the very fiber of the Owen Graduate School of Management’s finance department. Members of the school’s finance faculty are not only contributing to the industry’s intellectual underpinnings and analytical tools but also training students who, as Vanderbilt alumni, are putting theory into practice worldwide. Read More

Daniel Swinton (Vanderbilt University) Daniel Swinton, Vanderbilt University assistant dean of students and director of the Office of Student Conduct and Academic Integrity, has been elected president of the Association of Student Conduct Administration, an organization of about 1,700 student conduct professionals representing… Read More

The Commodores will be the fourth seed in the SEC Tournament, which began on Wednesday with a win over Georgia.  … Read More

The Melbourne-Vanderbilt Partnership Grants Program is now accepting applications to fund collaborative research proposals in health and medical sciences, physical and biological sciences, and social sciences and humanities. Proposals are due no later than June 30, 2011. Vanderbilt began its partnership with the University of Melbourne in 2007 when… Read More

Julie Chupp, director of site development for Dispensary of Hope, a Nashville-based non-profit that provides medications to those in need, has been named this year’s recipient of a full-tuition sponsorship to the Vanderbilt Owen Graduate School of Management’s Executive MBA program. The Owen School funds the award, which covers the full cost of the two-year tuition, and selects the winner in partnership with the Nashville Center for Nonprofit Management. Read More

A protein isolated from beneficial bacteria found in yogurt and dairy products could offer a new, oral therapeutic option for inflammatory bowel disorders. Read More

Students at BSC111c poster session discussing project that determined the phylogenetic relationship of a number of common insects (Susan Urmy / Vanderbilt) In an educational environment increasingly characterized by canned and virtual science experiments that always come out right, Vanderbilt’s alternative introductory biology laboratory (BSC 111c) stands… Read More

by Kendra Abkowitz, Sustainability and Environmental Management Office Vanderbilt Farmers Market 2010 (Vanderbilt University/Steve Green) Tennessee’s summer growing season brings ample opportunities to enjoy fresh, locally and sustainably grown and produced vegetables, fruits, meats, flowers, herbs, cheeses, bread and much more! The best opportunities for finding these… Read More

VUMC Parking and Transportation announces the following changes to the shuttle schedule routes for Memorial Day, Monday, May 30. There will be no shuttle service on the blue, gold, green, black, chestnut and purple routes. Additionally, there will not be a shuttle offered from OHO/lot 127. There will be a patient transport courtesy… Read More

(iStockPhotography) Emma Mills talks to a group of female staff in the Occupational Health Clinic about their success in embracing healthy lifestyles in a fun and supportive way. The group gives tips for individual success, activities to do as a together and how to have fun with food without packing on the calories. Listen… Read More

Vanderbilt finance professor Craig M. Lewis has been named as the new director of the SEC's Division of Risk, Strategy, and Financial Innovation and chief economist of the SEC. Read More

Rain didn’t dampen the spirit of Commencement 2011. Relive the graduation magic through the eyes of students, family and friends. Warning: Watching may cause a sudden smile and a possible tear. Commencement news: Watch Faculty Seminar: Bruce McCandliss: Educational Neuroscience: How Education Shapes Brain Development Watch Faculty… Read More

The new session of Weight Watchers at Work scheduled to begin May 31 at Loews Vanderbilt Plaza has been postponed. This session will now begin June 7. Read More

A series of events to be held in June will allow members of the Vanderbilt community to donate blood and register for bone marrow and organ donor registries. Read More

The Vanderbilt Breast Center invites cancer patients to a free counseling session designed to help women cope with the hair loss and skin changes caused by cancer treatment. Read More

Periodic cicadas, like those currently emerging in Middle Tennessee, play an important role in the local ecosystem. Read More

Vanderbilt engineer Sharon Weiss will be a member of the 2012-2013 Defense Science Study Group, which introduces selected scientists and engineering professors to and engages them in national security issues. Read More

The reason Volkswagen’s Star Wars-themed Super Bowl ad featuring a lovable little Darth Vader worked so well may lie in its narrative complexity, says Vanderbilt marketing professor Jennifer Escalas. Read More

Karoly Mirnics and Krassimira Garbett, staff scientist in his laboratory (Susan Urmy / Vanderbilt). I arrived in the states 21 years ago as a student, from what was to become the war-torn country of Yugoslavia. Twenty-one years later I am holding a title of James G. Blakemore Chair and vice… Read More

Thirteen new endowed chairholders were honored May 17 in the Student Life Center (Mary Donaldson/Vanderbilt) Thirteen faculty members named this year to endowed chairs in the School of Medicine and College of Arts and Science were honored for outstanding academic achievements. The May… Read More