Year: 2012

Coach James Franklin addresses fans gathered at the Student Life Center for Vanderbilt's National Signing Day celebration Feb. 1. (Vanderbilt University) After months of national attention and fan anticipation, head football coach James Franklin and his Commodore staff signed one of the top classes of prospects in team history… Read More

(image courtesy of the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center Reading Clinic) The Vanderbilt Kennedy Center will offer two new summer reading programs for struggling readers in kindergarten through eighth grade. Designed for children who are behind in reading or have learning, developmental or intellectual disabilities, the reading clinics… Read More

Pizza Perfect is offering the following catering special to Vanderbilt departments in February: Beef or spinach lasagna Fresh bread House salad Fresh-brewed tea The special feeds 10 people for a cost of $94. Delivery and set-up are included in the price. Visit… Read More

(iStockphoto) The monthly test of the Vanderbilt outdoor warning sirens will be Saturday, Feb. 4, immediately following the test of the Metro sirens at noon. The Metro sirens are tested on the first Saturday of each month. The Vanderbilt sirens are tested immediately following the test of the Davidson County sirens to allow individuals… Read More

Treatment with a drug used to prevent organ rejection partially reverses the course of tuberous sclerosis, research in mice suggests. Read More

Drugs that target “epigenetic” changes may help treat or slow the progression of lung cancer. Read More

A highly charged atmosphere gradually evolved into a thoughtful and heartfelt discussion of the issues Jan. 31 in Furman Hall during a town hall meeting about Vanderbilt's nondiscrimination policy. Read More

Watch video of Eugene Richardson of the Tuskegee Airmen. Their stories dramatized in George Lucas’ current film, Red Tails, the Tuskegee Airmen were an all African American pursuit squadron formed in 1941 and based in Tuskegee, Ala. Before 1940, African Americans were barred from flying for the U.S. military, but pressure… Read More

(Vanderbilt University) Coming off of an appearance at the AutoZone Liberty Bowl, the Vanderbilt football team has opened sales for season tickets for the 2012 season. Vanderbilt employees can receive a discounted rate on sideline season tickets for the Commodores’ upcoming six-game home schedule. The team will… Read More

Vanderbilt employees earning less than $55,000 per year qualify for free tax preparation assistance through the VITA program. (photo courtesy of United Way of Metropolitan Nashville) Vanderbilt employees who earn a yearly income is $55,000 or less qualify for free tax preparation assistance through a partnership with… Read More

(iStockphoto) Vanderbilt has adopted a new policy for registering, renewing and transferring university and medical center domain names. The goal of the new policy is to: Provide the university and medical center with an efficient domain registration, renewal and transfer process… Read More

The Center for Technology Transfer and Commercialization is taking Vanderbilt researchers’ inventions to new heights An array of instruments and gadgets found in the Olin Hall laboratory of Professor of Mechanical Engineering Michael Goldfarb. (John Russell/Vanderbilt) Use the term “inventor,” and what pops to mind? The wild-haired Dr. Emmett… Read More

Click arrow above to listen to an InterVU with International Lens co-chair Marci Angevine about the spring 2012 film schedule.   International Lens’ diverse line-up is pure gold for Nashville cinephiles JoEl Levy Logiudice (left) and Sherif Barsoum (Daniel Dubois/Vanderbilt) When Sherif Barsoum came to Vanderbilt in 2007 as… Read More

The Vanderbilt Travel Clinic helps international travelers stay healthy Judy Norman (left) and Paula Monte (Joe Howell/Vanderbilt) As a young married couple, Sheryl Rogers’ parents served in the Peace Corps in Malawi. Rogers’ older brother and sister were born in the East African nation, and all three siblings grew… Read More

Sohee Park’s research explores the impaired and enhanced abilities of the schizophrenic brain Sohee Park (John Russell/Vanderbilt) The “rubber hand illusion” is not a new scientific method, but Sohee Park has used it to make some groundbreaking discoveries about schizophrenia. RHI, which was discovered in 1998, is… Read More

The editor (left, with cat) and her twin sister, circa 1967. When you were a child, did you dream big dreams? When I was no more than 3, I remember spending cold winter evenings huddled with my twin sister under our family’s massive antique roll-top desk, making believe we… Read More

Glenn Feldman, a Vanderbilt master’s graduate in political science, has authored Painting Dixie Red: When, Where, Why and How the South Became Republican, published by the University Press of Florida. Earl E. Fitz, professor of Portuguese, Spanish and comparative literature, spoke at The Americas Society in New York City to… Read More

The result of one of John Daniel's early experiments: X-rays of the hands of three generations of one family, circa 1900. (image courtesy of Vanderbilt University Special Collections & University Archives) Following German physicist Wilhelm Röntgen’s discovery of X-rays in late 1895, scientists around the world began experimenting with the… Read More

Glen and Tracy Parsons (front) and their children (Daniel Dubois/Vanderbilt) At 10:30 p.m., the phone rang and woke Tracy Parsons from a sound sleep. She thought the call must be from her husband, Glen, a truck driver who was on the road that night. But caller ID read “Department… Read More

A $28 million, five-year grant from the Institute for Education Sciences will fund Peabody research on education policies in the Appalachian region. Read More