Year: 2011

Blair School of Music at Vanderbilt (Vanderbilt University) Blair School of Music has a variety of musical events this month. They are all free and open to the public unless otherwise noted. Wednesday, Dec. 7, 8 p.m. Sankofa Gyane Kwame Ahima, director Blair’s signature African… Read More

James Franklin, whose Commodores have already tripled the number of victories they had in each of the past two seasons, has agreed to a new contract extending his term and raising his salary as Vanderbilt University’s head football coach. Read More

Watch video of a forum discussing a new nominating process for 2012 presidential election. Americans Elect is providing voters the opportunity to directly nominate a presidential candidate outside the two-party system for the 2012 presidential election. Through AmericansElect.org, every registered voter can sign up to become a delegate and participate. Read More

The Sustainability and Environmental Management Office (SEMO) and the American Studies Sustainability Project will sponsor the fourth installment of the Green Bag Luncheon Series on Wednesday, Dec. 7, from noon to 1 p.m. in Sarratt 189. Join Dave Parker, green building consultant and LEED AP,… Read More

Vanderbilt’s partnership with Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee to collect food as part of the Feeding Hope Challenge ends Monday, Dec. 19. Please consider giving today. The Second Harvest Food Bank estimates there are 417,000 fellow Middle Tennesseans currently struggling with hunger. More than 40… Read More

Coach James Franklin talks with fans. (Vanderbilt University) Come celebrate with Coach James Franklin, Vice Chancellor David Williams and the Commodore football team Sunday evening as they receive and officially accept an invitation to play in a bowl game. Read More

(photo by Cynthia Manley/Gilda's Club Nashville) Make your dream to walk or run the Country Music Half-Marathon in April a reality. Health Plus, the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, the Vanderbilt Dayani Center and Gilda’s Club of Nashville are partnering to offer a 16-week comprehensive training program designed to help you… Read More

Structural biology studies of a bacterial protein suggest a new target for treating life-threatening heart infection. Read More

Molecular players involved in colon cancer progression could provide new biomarkers to indicate invasiveness and prognosis. Read More

(images courtesy of Vanderbilt MLAS program) Vanderbilt’s Master of Liberal Arts and Science program will host an open house beginning at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 7, in Wilson Hall. The event is free and open to the public. MLAS is a graduate degree program for the part-time… Read More

  More than 12,650 people were vaccinated during Vanderbilt's Flulapalooza Oct. 12. (Susan Urmy/Vanderbilt) Vanderbilt University Medical Center has been notified by Guinness World Records that it now holds the world record for the most vaccinations given in eight hours. The achievement – 12,850 flu shots given… Read More

Groundbreaking new legal research from a team of Vanderbilt University and other researchers suggests that juror confusion over how to apply the Model Penal Code in criminal trials could cause major, unnoticed and life-altering sentencing errors. Read More

An athlete may weigh 250 pounds, but all that bulk is controlled by a mere three-pound brain. Those three pounds control the other 247 pounds, the muscles and bones and heart and lungs that enable athletes to perform their feats of strength and agility. And Nashville’s professional athletes entrust their… Read More

UCEA honors Peabody professor Joseph Murphy with lifetime achievement award. Read More

The 20-minute bloody birth scene in Breaking Dawn – Part One continues a long line of horror films featuring women giving birth to otherworldly creatures, says Kelly Oliver, a Vanderbilt University philosophy professor who is writing a book on images of pregnancy in recent movies and popular culture. Read More

(iStockphoto) The monthly test of the Vanderbilt outdoor warning sirens will be Saturday, Dec. 3, immediately following the test of the Metro sirens at noon. The Metro sirens are tested on the first Saturday of each month. The Vanderbilt sirens are tested immediately following the test of the Davidson County sirens to allow individuals… Read More

Tom Brokaw Tom Brokaw, one of the most trusted and respected figures in broadcast journalism, will receive Vanderbilt University’s prestigious Nichols-Chancellor’s Medal in May 2012 when he addresses graduating seniors and their families during Senior Day. Senior Day, which will be held Thursday, May 10,… Read More

Give to Community Health Charities of Tennessee and help the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society and other community agencies Julie Koh (kneeling) and her Team in Training teammates at the Gulf Coast Half-Ironman in Panama City, Fla., in May 2007. (photo courtesy of Julie Koh) Six years ago Julie Koh,… Read More

Employees may want to change their contribution (iStockphoto) Dear colleagues, Each year, the IRS adjusts the limits for retirement plan contributions to reflect price and wage inflation. For 2012, the calendar year 403b limits are: Individuals can contribute up to $17,000. Employees age 50 or older can contribute an… Read More

  Holly Tucker (Joe Howell/Vanderbilt) Holly Tucker, an associate professor at Vanderbilt’s Center for Medicine, Health and Society and associate professor of French, will discuss “Blood in the Scientific Revolution: Science, Society and the First Transfusions” at noon Monday, Dec. 5, in 208 Light Hall. Tucker… Read More