Year: 2012

Coach James Franklin (John Russell/Vanderbilt) UPDATE: The cookout will be held rain or shine. Tents have been set up on Library Lawn. Anchor down! All faculty and staff are invited to attend a free cookout with Vanderbilt head football coach James Franklin and his staff on Thursday, July 12,… Read More

Steven Tepper (Vanderbilt University) Steven Tepper, associate director of the Curb Center for Art, Enterprise and Public Policy at Vanderbilt, has been chosen to facilitate Leadership Music’s annual program. Leadership Music is the nation’s premier education, networking and leadership program designed for established leaders in… Read More

This project focuses on the strengths, supports, spiritual expressions, and well-being of young people with intellectual disabilities or autism in our state. Our goal is to learn more about the things that help youth and young adults with disabilities flourish and live a good life. Read More

(iStockphoto) VUMC Network Computing Services will hold its 9th Annual Charity Golf Scramble benefiting the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt on Thursday, Sept. 27, at Vanderbilt Legends Club. This year’s event, which begins at 1 p.m., will benefit childhood cancer research. NCS has donated… Read More

"Nashville's Nutcracker" (image courtesy of Nashville Ballet) Nashville Ballet is celebrating Christmas in July by offering cool discounts on tickets to one of its most popular shows, Nashville’s Nutcracker, which will return to TPAC’s Jackson Hall for 11 performances Dec. 9-23. Tickets to all performances included in Nashville… Read More

Construction continues at the site of College Halls at Kissam, the two-year project to create Vanderbilt’s newest residential colleges. Blasting will begin at the construction site the week of July 2 and last through the month of July. Read More

The Fourth of July is a day of picnics, parades and celebrations, and nothing quite says Independence Day like fireworks. However, doctors at Vanderbilt University Medical Center urge caution with consumer fireworks and suggest leaving these displays to the experts. Read More

The Vanderbilt Center for Nashville Studies announces the addition of four new community leaders to its Community Advisory Board: Andrea Carlton, Charles Bone, Patricia Shea and Jaynee Day. Read More

This Week on VUCast: Hotter than hot? Using your phone to beat the heat. Campus construction: What’s new? How presidential hopeful Mitt Romney’s Mormon faith might shape Middle East policy. [vucastblurb]… Read More

All three steps of the nationally award-winning Go for the Gold program are now ready to complete. Step One: Complete your yearly Health Risk Assessment to learn more about your health risks. Step Two: The Wellness Actions Log is new for 2012. View it soon, so you have plenty… Read More

Vanderbilt University School of Nursing students, working in partnership with the Martha O’Bryan Center, United Neighborhood Health Services (UNHS) and Kirkpatrick Elementary School, developed a pilot project to increase awareness and improve access for children in the Cayce Place community who need to register for kindergarten. Read More

Vanderbilt University researchers were one of nine teams invited to participate in the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering’s 10th anniversary technology showcase June 22 in Bethesda, Md. NIBIB is an institute within the National Institutes of Health. Read More

Intensive care units at Vanderbilt University Hospital and the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt are achieving exceptionally low rates of central line-associated blood stream infection (CLABSI), according to a report released this week by the Tennessee Department of Health. Read More

Vanderbilt political science professor Jonathan Hiskey can speak to print reporters about the July 1 election in Mexico. Read More

Low oxygen – and the activation of factors that respond to this situation – may be protective in chronic kidney disease. Read More

Front row, l-r: Wes Floyd, Kelsey Kaline and Alexandra Scovone; back row, l-r: Marc Loeffke, Patrick Starr and Charlie Molthrop. (image courtesy of Furman University) Vanderbilt and two other universities will share a $75,000 grant from the Piedmont Natural Gas Foundation to support student fellowships in community sustainability, research… Read More

The National Weather Service has issued a special weather statement regarding the high temperatures expected to impact much of Middle Tennessee in the coming days. Much of Middle Tennessee will experience near-record high temperatures in the coming days. (map courtesy of the National Weather Service) The NWS… Read More

(iStockphoto) As the weekend approaches, temperatures across the South are expected to soar to 100 degrees or higher. As one of the largest energy consumers in Middle Tennessee, Vanderbilt faculty, staff and students are encouraged to do their part to reduce energy consumption on campus and at the medical… Read More

An interdisciplinary team of scientists have successfully tagged a protein that regulates the neurotransmitter serotonin with tiny fluorescent beads, allowing them to track the movements of individual molecules for the first time. This capability makes it possible to study the manner in which serotonin regulates mood, appetite and sleep at a new level of detail. Read More

On Wednesday, June 27, at 12:05 a.m., a neighborhood resident was walking west on Acklen Avenue near 21st Avenue South when he was approached by a black male, who pointed a knife at him and demanded his wallet and money. The man gave him cash from his wallet, and the suspect took the money… Read More