Year: 2011

The Little Friends of Printmaking, American Fantômas, 2005 Serigraph Purchased with funds provided by the Louise Bullard Wallace Foundation Reproduction courtesy The Little Friends of Printmaking 2006.004 The Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery is pleased to Fit to Print: Contemporary Poster Art from the Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery… Read More

  Corky’s is offering a special discount to Vanderbilt University: the Corky’s Deluxe Catering Plan. Package includes: Hickory Smoked Pulled Pork with Sauce and Buns Rotisserie Chicken Pieces Baked Beans Potato Salad or Coleslaw Choice of Teas or Lemonade All this for only… Read More

The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation will host its annual Great Strides Walk on Saturday, May 21, at 8 a.m., at The Nashville Zoo. Contact: jill.forbert@vanderbilt.edu for more information or to join the team. www.cff.org… Read More

iStockPhotography Again this year, Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s physicians are featured prominently in two popular annual surveys which recognize top physician performance and high levels of patient satisfaction. Both America’s Top Doctors and Best Doctors in America list hundreds of Vanderbilt physicians as being among the nation’s best. Read More

(Vanderbilt University/Joe Howell) After nearly three decades of exemplary service, Wallace W. “Skip” Neblett III, is leaving his role as Pediatric Surgery chairman at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt.  … Read More

Stop by and have your weight, blood pressure and body mass index checked: Tuesday, May 10 from 8:30 -9 a.m. at Monroe Carrel Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, room 2104 Wednesday, May 11 from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. in the Occupational Health Clinic, 640 Medical Arts Building Thursday,… Read More

The deadline for verifying your badge information is fast approaching. Friday, May 13, is the last day for this required update. This summer, all VUMC faculty, staff and employed students will receive new identification badges that take advantage of updated technology and enhanced security. Here is what you need to know… Read More

Meet several impressive Vanderbilt graduates who took their bold ideas outside of the classroom. Plus, high tech changes are coming to the Commencement ceremony and hear from the real life “Mother Earth.” [vucastblurb]              … Read More

On a chilly Friday night last November, the area underneath the wide expanse of the Jefferson Street Bridge in downtown Nashville became a scene of rare opportunity for the city’s homeless. The Salvation Army Soup Wagon was there, as could be expected, but some friends had joined them. A foldout… Read More

Vanderbilt University is a great place to work. There are a lot of reasons for this, and that’s what this list is about. Vanderbilt, the largest private employer in Nashville, combines great benefits, the cultural advantages of a major university, and the financial clout that makes staff and faculty coveted… Read More

Find out why Nashville is one of the best cities in the country to live.    … Read More

Watch video of Edward DeMarco, Acting Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, speaking on “Maintaining Housing Finance in a World of Uncertainty.” The passage of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act is considered the most sweeping change to financial regulation since the Great Depression. It was… Read More

When Martha R. Ingram steps down June 30 after 12 years as chairman of Vanderbilt’s Board of Trust, she will leave behind a diverse and lasting legacy – including the hiring of two chancellors and the development of a residential college system at Vanderbilt, of which the newly named Martha Rivers Ingram Commons was the crucial first phase. Read More

The Vanderbilt University Hospital drive-through off of Medical Center Drive will be closed at night beginning May 12. Read More

Graduates Shannon Hoffman, Nehal Mehta and Karen White come from different backgrounds and have different interests, but each will use their significant talents and valuable lessons learned at Vanderbilt to affect change in the world. Read More

For the first time ever, health care providers and their administrative team members can submit edits directly into the database that powers the Vanderbilt provider directory. Read More

The university will break ground in May 2012 on Kissam College Halls, two colleges that will each house about 330 upperclass students--a mixture of sophomores, juniors and seniors--and be led by faculty directors in residence. Read More

Vanderbilt Divinity School Dean James Hudnut-Beumler takes heart in the fact that when times are tough, his graduates offer comfort and guidance to an ailing world. Read More

Placing stents in blood vessels can provide long-term relief from rare complications of a fungal lung infection. Read More

The Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt is seeing at least one ATV injury per week. Read More