Year: 2012

(iStockphoto) International Education Week is a joint initiative of the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Department of Education to celebrate the benefits of international education and exchange. This year, International Education Week is being celebrated at Vanderbilt Nov. 5–14 with 19 programs sponsored by… Read More

(Vanderbilt University) Join Vanderbilt senior leaders for walks starting at five campus locations and ending at Health Plus atop Kensington Garage, where healthy refreshments, music and activities designed to promote physical activity will be available. The Senior Leader Walk is scheduled from 11:45 a.m. to 12:30… Read More

If measured by Malcolm Gladwell’s rule of a 10,000-hour prerequisite, Peabody graduate student Larry Kloess has surpassed expert status into the territory of sheer fanaticism — but in the best way possible, by Music City standards. He has cultivated a passion for exposing Nashville to undiscovered talent through his blog and house concert series, Cause A Scene Music. Read More

Kelly Oliver, the W. Alton Jones Professor of Philosophy, will discuss her book Knock Me Up, Knock Me Down: Images of Pregnancy in Hollywood Films from noon to 1 p.m. Monday, Nov. 5, in Buttrick Hall, Room 123. The image of a heavily pregnant woman, once considered ugly and indecent,… Read More

Green tea may lower risk of some digestive cancers. Read More

The structural architecture of the reovirus attachment protein is required for efficient reovirus infection of host cells. Read More

This Week on VUCast, Vanderbilt’s online newscast: Amazing Vanderbilt research you have to see to believe! How this “wearable robot” helps paraplegics walk! How winning a football game could influence who wins the presidency. [vucastblurb]… Read More

If you’re 60 or older and have noticed a significant change in your memory—or if this describes a loved one—please join us for this informative information session Nov. 3 led by a panel Vanderbilt doctors who specialize in memory loss among older adults. Read More

Jim Shulman, executive director of the Tennessee Commission on Aging and Disability, will present “State of Tennessee Commission on Aging and Disability Update” from noon to 1 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 6. The Geriatrics and Gerontology Interest Group event will take place in Medical Center East’s South Tower, Rom 8380B. Read More

VandyMobile, a student-led apps team, will help students take a napkin-sketch idea to the Apple App Store–or somewhere in between–during Engineering Day Nov. 8. The app building seminar is one of four activities in Featheringill Hall to celebrate E-Day. Read More

Michael Bess and Mike Vandenbergh, two Vanderbilt University professors, and Samar Ali, a Vanderbilt alumna who works in the Haslam administration, will address “Visions of the Future” Nov. 7 at the Nashville Public Library, 615 Church St. Read More

Famed writer David Maraniss will co-teach a course, Presidential Biographies, next semester, and also a Commons seminar for first-year students, Reading and Writing about Sports and American Life. Read More

A team of Vanderbilt engineers has developed a powered exoskeleton that enables people with severe spinal cord injuries to stand, walk, sit and climb stairs. Its light weight, compact size and modular design promise to provide users with an unprecedented degree of independence. Read More

iStock With temperatures falling into the 30s this week, people across the mid-state will be turning up the heat to stay warm. But, as the temperature drops, the number of patients treated by the Vanderbilt… Read More

Watch video of Dorothy E. Roberts –  recently named Penn Integrates Knowledge Professor at the University of Pennsylvania – presenting “Fatal Invention: The New Biopolitics of Race” based on her latest book Fatal Invention: How Science, Politics, and Big Business Re-create Race in the Twenty-first Century. An acclaimed scholar of race, gender, and the law, Roberts… Read More

Dear Students: Hurricane Sandy has severely affected communities in the Caribbean Sea and on the eastern coast of the United States. Our thoughts are with those affected by this massive storm. This may be a difficult time for many of you, whose families and friends may be in the… Read More

(Vanderbilt University / Steve Green) The Commodore men’s and women’s basketball teams will open their seasons with a pair of exhibition games this week. On Friday, the men’s team will take on St. Xavier at 7 p.m. On Saturday, the women’s team will face off with Alabama-Huntsville at… Read More

Teller windows at the newly renovated Vanderbilt Credit Union in Oxford House. (Steve Green/Vanderbilt) The Vanderbilt University Credit Union will move back to its redesigned and renovated offices in the Oxford House, opening for business on Monday, Nov. 5. Since the renovation of the Oxford House space began in… Read More

Due to Hurricane Sandy, the Vanderbilt Office of Undergraduate Admissions released this message to prospective students: “The Admissions Office at Vanderbilt understands that many of you on the East Coast are being impacted by Hurricane Sandy. We understand that you may have difficulty submitting the Common Application or acquiring required… Read More

Peabody's Educational Leadership Learning Exchange will convene to increase knowledge of education policies between the U.S. and China. Read More