Year: 2012

To celebrate the end of the academic year and to thank university and medical center faculty and staff for their commitment, hard work and dedication, all Vanderbilt employees are invited to an Employee Celebration Picnic on Friday, June 22. The event will offer grilled chicken sandwiches, veggie burgers,… Read More

"Material Glance (Llambrec Material)" by Antoni Tàpies. Lithograph, 1975. (image courtesy of Vanderbilt Fine Arts Gallery) Material Glance: A Portfolio of Lithographs by Antoni Tàpies and Poems by Shūzō Takiguchi is now on view at the Vanderbilt Fine Arts Gallery. Published in 1975, Material Glance (Llambrec Material) brings together two important… Read More

At 5:04 p.m. June 5, the planet Venus passed directly in front of the sun. The transit of Venus is extremely rare, occurring twice in eight-year periods more than 100 years apart. The most recent transit of Venus was in 2004, and it will not happen again until the year… Read More

Chetan A. Patil, a research assistant professor in the department of biomedical engineering, has been awarded a $100,000 grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to test the ability of an adapted mobile phone to diagnose jaundice in newborns in developing countries. Read More

In the third year of the Early Career Research Program managed by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Science, a Vanderbilt engineering assistant professor is on the list of 68 recipients from 47 institutions announced last week. Jamey D. Young, chemical and biomolecular engineering department, has received an Early… Read More

Medical Center Drive (Vanderbilt University) Pierce Avenue will be closed from Medical Center Drive to 23rd Avenue South from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, June 9. The street closure is necessary for the resurfacing of roadway as part of the 33-bed addition to Monroe Carell Jr. Read More

Watch video of Mims Hall at Kissam Quadrangle as it is torn down. Construction began in mid-May on College Halls at the current site of Kissam Quadrangle. The two-year, $115 million project will tear down the six existing dorms that comprise Kissam Quad in favor of two large, state-of-the-art residential… Read More

Policy will increasingly involve complex scientific concepts, but this does not mean that the available technical input will automatically match those needs. Read More

Vanderbilt University announces a first call for proposals for interdisciplinary research programs to be based in a new Engineering and Medicine Building. Proposals are due Aug. 31. Read More

Charlotte Pierce-Baker (Vanderbilt) Charlotte Pierce-Baker has authored This Fragile Life: A Mother’s Story of a Bipolar Son, now available in bookstores and by digital download. Pierce-Baker is a professor of women’s and gender studies and a professor of English at Vanderbilt. At 2 p.m. Saturday, June… Read More

The transit of Venus across the sun this Tuesday is a rare astronomical event, and will not happen again for more than 100 years. Read More

(iStockphoto) The monthly test of the Vanderbilt Outdoor warning sirens will be Saturday, June 2, 2012, immediately following the test of the Metro sirens at noon. The Metro sirens are tested on the first Saturday of each month. The Vanderbilt University Sirens are tested immediately following the test of… Read More

Ally Carey in action on the lacrosse field (Photo courtesy of Vanderbilt Athletics) Vanderbilt midfielder Ally Carey has been named a first-team All-American for the third consecutive season as the Intercollegiate Women’s Lacrosse Coaches Association announced its postseason honors during championship weekend. Read More

Football camp at Vanderbilt. (Daniel Dubois/Vanderbilt) School is out and many parents are scrambling to find meaningful activities for their children to participate in over the summer break. Vanderbilt offers a wide range of summer camps that focus on athletics, the arts, technology and much… Read More

Registration is now open for the 2012 Geriatric Update Conference for primary care, allied health and related professionals. The conference is scheduled from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday, June 16, at the Gladys Stringfield Owen Education Center at Baptist Hospital, located at 21st Avenue North and Patterson Street… Read More

The molecular structure of a protein involved in Alzheimer’s disease – and the surprising discovery that it binds cholesterol – could lead to new therapeutics for the memory-robbing disease. Read More

Vanderbilt Farmers' Market The Vanderbilt Farmers’ Market, held each Thursday from 3 to 6 p.m. on Medical Center Plaza, is canceled today, May 31, due to a forecast of severe weather in Middle Tennessee this afternoon. The Farmers’ Market is scheduled to resume next Thursday, June 7,… Read More

This year, Vanderbilt took steps to relieve the paperwork burden of proving relationships with covered dependents (spouse, partner or child). However, with that move comes an obligation to conduct random audits instead of collecting documentation each year. These audits ensure that the plan is covering only eligible family members. Read More

Super-eruptions are potentially civilization-ending events and new research suggests that they may have surprisingly short fuses. Read More

Vanderbilt is launching the country's first doctorate in the emerging field of educational neuroscience. Read More