Month: July 2012

(iStockphoto) Health Plus’ Stacey Kendrick discusses tips on healthy cooking with herbs and the nutritional benefits herbs provide with Vanderbilt dietetic interns Brittany Siler and Lauren Jacoway. Listen here. Listen to interviews, tips and tidbits on a variety of health and wellness topics… Read More

Vanderbilt archaeologist Tiffiny Tung leads students to Peru where they assist in groundbreaking research into the Wari culture, a society that existed over 1500 years ago. Tung is the recipient of the 2011-12 Chancellor’s Cup.  The award is given annually for “the greatest contribution outside the classroom to undergraduate student-faculty… Read More

John “Jack” H. Venable, who ably served Vanderbilt University as a teacher and administrator for more than three decades, has died. He was 74. Read More

Stress can promote breast cancer cell colonization of bone, Vanderbilt Center for Bone Biology investigators have discovered. Read More

(iStockphoto) Vanderbilt Procurement Services has launched new multi-year agreements for office supplies with Guy Brown and American Paper & Twine, effective now. Over the past several months, the university has been engaged in sourcing and negotiation efforts to obtain the best possible combination… Read More

A 2010 Volkswagen Jetta is among the vehicles currently up for auction. (Image provided by Plant Services) Vanderbilt Plant Services’ storage and surplus warehouse is holding an online sealed-bid auction of used, as-is vehicles now through July 30, 2012. This community auction is open to Vanderbilt staff, faculty and… Read More

The Meharry Consortium Geriatric Education Center, in collaboration with the VA Tennesse Valley Healthcare System, invite you to attend the free Alzheimer’s Update Series July 20 and 27. Read More

New and proposed federal energy-efficient standards for automobiles, clothes dryers, air conditioners and light bulbs make unfair assumptions about the rationality of consumers, said researchers from Vanderbilt University and the Brookings Institution. Read More

The installation of a new lighting system at Vanderbilt Stadium will close part of Natchez Trace July 23-27. (Brandon Barca/Vanderbilt) Renovation continues on Vanderbilt’s football field, with an upgrade to the lighting system the next step in the process. A crane will be used to install new lights on… Read More

Print this flyer, distribute to co-workers and hang in your area! At Vanderbilt, celebration is an essential part of how we create community and honor the hard work and dedication behind all of our success. We invite you to participate in this series of events dedicated to celebrating… Read More

Vanderbilt University Medical Center has once again been named among the nation’s elite providers of health care services by U.S. News and World Report in the publication’s 2012-13 Best Hospitals edition. Read More

When discovering drugs for brain disorders, it’s important to test the candidates in multiple ways to avoid advancing those with restricted physiological effects. Read More

(iStockphoto) Each fall, Vanderbilt welcomes students from around the world to our campus and community. This year, 360 international students from 55 countries – Armenia to Zambia – will arrive in Nashville to study at Vanderbilt. Many of these students have never been to the United States or may not… Read More

Christopher Loss, assistant professor of public policy and higher education at Peabody College, authored this opinion piece about the Morrill Land-Grant Colleges Act. Read More

Janos Sztipanovits, the E. Bronson Ingram Professor of Engineering, has been selected as a 2012 Distinguished Visiting Scholar by the W.M. Keck Institute for Space Studies at the California Institute of Technology. Read More

Find out if a Senior Care Consultant is right for you at a talk on July 18. (Image provided by Silverlink) Faculty and staff are invited to hear Robin Williams, a senior care consultant with Silverlink, give  a talk on how a senior care consultant can help… Read More

This Week on VUCast, Vanderbilt’s online newscast: How country music stars are “lifting lives“ Vanderbilt archaeologist leads students on skull sessions See what Vanderbilt is blowing up! [vucastblurb]… Read More

Buying a home can be a nerve-wracking venture. Area realtor Sam Coleman will help assuage the concerns of first-time home buyers at a talk on July 19. (Image courtesy of fridrichandclark.com) Sam Coleman, a Nashville area realtor with Fridrich & Clark Realty, will… Read More

The Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center debuted a new video at its annual celebration of cancer survivors recently. “This Side of Cancer” tells the story of hope and second chances from the point of three cancer survivors. The video can be viewed on YouTube. Contact:… Read More

Construction inside Vanderbilt Stadium is nearing the final stages. Work continues on the new hillside seating, installation of new lights and a new video board, and earlier this week, workers began placing panels of the new artificial playing surface inside Vanderbilt Stadium. Read More