Year: 2012

Charlotte Pierce-Baker will give two upcoming readings of her acclaimed memoir This Fragile Life: A Mother’s Story of a Bipolar Son. Pierce-Baker, a professor of women’s and gender studies and of English at Vanderbilt, will appear at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 10, at Parnassus Books. The… Read More

A representative from Wolfram Research, the maker of Mathematica, will give a free tech talk about Mathematica 8 on Thursday, Sept. 13. Mathematica is a computational software program used in scientific, engineering and mathematical fields and other areas of technical computing. Troy Schaudt will speak from 4 to… Read More

A reversible chemical modification of rhodopsin, a receptor for light, plays a role in the degeneration of retinal cells. Read More

There is insufficient evidence to support findings, good or bad, for therapies currently used in adolescents and young adults with autism. Read More

Wear your black and gold to work on Thursday, Aug. 30, in honor of the Dores’ first home game against South Carolina and National College Colors Day. The game will be nationally televised on ESPN, officially kicking off the SEC football season. Vanderbilt fans attending the… Read More

The Fall Faculty Assembly convened Aug. 23 at the Student Life Center. Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos addressed a standing room only crowd, and presented awards and honors. Read More

Planning to travel internationally and need to get a passport? Get it conveniently at the Vanderbilt Passport Fair. The fair is scheduled from 1 to 4 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 30, in the Student Life Center’s Ballroom A. What you’ll need to apply: Passport application (available at the event or online)… Read More

(Joe Howell/Vanderbilt) All of the free Employee Celebration tickets for the Commodore’s first home football game on Sept. 15 have been allotted. But you may not be out of luck: Any unclaimed football tickets will be available on a first-come, first-served basis beginning at 11:45 am on Saturday, Sept. Read More

We love hearing from our fans, friends and followers, and we have some very vocal ones on Twitter. Below are just a few of our favorite tweets from the past week. Be a part of the conversation – follow @VanderbiltU today. [View the story "Our favorite tweets… Read More

A tool developed for one institution’s electronic health records can work at other institutions, potentially facilitating the use of these records in research studies. Read More

Nicholas S. Zeppos (John Russell/Vanderbilt University) Vanderbilt has succeeded in the face of tough economic challenges thanks to its commitment to excellence, diversity, acceptance and creativity, Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos told a standing-room-only crowd at the Student Life Center during the Fall Faculty Assembly Aug. 23. Zeppos,… Read More

Jeffrey Balser and Richard McCarty surprised Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos with his 25-year recognition award. (John Russell/Vanderbilt University) To see a slide show of photos, visit Vanderbilt’s Flickr page. Earl Sutherland Prize for Achievement in Research was presented to Peter Buerhaus,… Read More

Stevenson Professor of Chemistry Ned Porter is the recipient of the James Flack Norris Award for Physical Organic Chemistry for 2013, the American Chemical Society has announced. Read More

The School of Engineering has announced the appointments of a new department chair and three new faculty members. Read More

Biophysicist Erin Rericha spent 12 days in Shanghai this summer demonstrating inexpensive methods for studying cell migration to graduate students and young faculty members from developing countries as part of an annual meeting organized by The Hands-on Research in Complex Systems School. Read More

A conference at Owen Graduate School of Management will examine how healthcare companies will balance quality of service, operational efficiencies and cost control as millions of previously uninsured people gain greater access to the healthcare system through the Affordable Care Act. Read More

(image courtesy of CIRCA, Brisbane, Australia) The 38th installment of the Great Performances at Vanderbilt series has announced its fall line-up, and once again Vanderbilt staff and faculty are eligible for deeply discounted tickets. Show tickets are $17.50 or just $68 for the season. (General public single… Read More

While Benjamin Foley, D.D.S., was on a two-week surgical rotation in Bogota, Colombia, the impact of limited access to health care was as clear as the fused jaw of a 6-year-old child. Read More

Jeff Balser, M.D., Ph.D., vice chancellor for Health Affairs and dean of the School of Medicine, will deliver the 2012 State of the Medical Center Address at 4 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 18, in Langford Auditorium. Nationwide challenges and new directions impacting all VUMC staff and faculty will… Read More

Michelle Collins, Ph.D., CNM, has been named program director for the Vanderbilt University School of Nursing Nurse-Midwifery program. Read More