Year: 2013

Vanderbilt University will host a forum about the historic consolidation of Nashville and Davidson County governments noon to 1 p.m. Feb. 15 in Flynn Auditorium at Vanderbilt Law School. Read More

A documentary about soul singer Solomon Burke will be screened at the Country Music Hall of Fame Saturday, Feb. 9, with remarks by Peter Guralnick, a Vanderbilt University writer-in-residence. Read More

The Blakemore Trio (Vanderbilt University) The Blakemore Trio will celebrate the release of its debut CD recording, The Blakemore Trio Plays Beethoven and Ravel, at 8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 15, in Ingram Hall at the Blair School of Music. The CD is out this month on Blue… Read More

(image courtesy of Shen Yun Performing Arts) Shen Yun Performing Arts, a stage show celebrating 5,000 years of Chinese culture through dance and music, will be at TPAC’s Andrew Jackson Hall Feb. 15-17. Service fees will be waived for Vanderbilt faculty and staff when they purchase tickets… Read More

This week on VUCast: Meet the Vanderbilt student inventor who might just save the environment; Vanderbilt's Television News Archive is a national video treasure; and Vanderbilt wins Emmy gold. Read More

Higher education and K-12 professionals will converge on Vanderbilt University’s Peabody College campus in June for a grown-up version of summer school—the Peabody Professional Institutes (PPI). Five week-long institutes run June 10-28. Read More

Vanderbilt University’s Peabody College and The League of Women Voters of Nashville will host a panel discussion on school vouchers, featuring industry experts on the subject on Feb. 7. Read More

The protein TIP-1 appears to be a novel prognostic marker for glioblastoma and may be a good therapeutic target for disrupting tumor-driven blood vessel development. Read More

John Robert “Bob” Newbrough, professor emeritus at Vanderbilt University’s Peabody College, died Jan. 2, 2013, after a battle with Parkinson’s Disease. He was 78. Read More

Professor Jonathan Gilligan conducts climate research, teaches students and writes plays. Learn more about this unusual Vanderbilt professor. InsideVandy video by Harrison Dreves. Read More

We really love hearing from our friends, fans and followers – if you’d like your voice to be heard, Tweets us @vanderbiltu and tag your Instagram photos #vandygram. Below are just a few of our favorite Tweets and photos of the past week: [View the story "Our favorite… Read More

Vanderbilt scored big in the 2012 Game Day Recycling Challenge, sponsored by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Read More

Chicago’s legendary comedy theater The Second City will appear at Vanderbilt’s Student Life Center Feb. 15 for shows at 7 and 10 p.m. The performance will feature some of the best sketches, songs and improvisations from The Second City’s 45-plus year history. Read More

An unexpected group of cells generates the coronary arteries and may be useful for regeneration therapies following injury to the heart. Read More

Highland Avenue from 25th Avenue South to the Highland Garage entrance will be closed from noon to 3:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 4, for the removal of a dead tree on Olin Lawn. The tree was damaged during an overnight storm Jan. 30, revealing extensive decay by carpenter ants. Contact:… Read More

Alexandra Carpino, professor of art history at Northern Arizona University, will deliver the American Institute of Archaeology’s Ferdinando and Sarah Cinelli Lecture in Etruscan and Italic Archaeology Feb. 5 at the Parthenon in Centennial Park. Vanderbilt's History of Art and Classical Studies departments are co-sponsors. Read More

Enjoy a free short stack of IHOP’s signature buttermilk pancakes from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 5, and in turn make a donation to the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, your local Children’s Miracle Network Hospital. Participating locations are listed on IHOP’s… Read More

As winter continues to take most of the country on a temperature roller coaster ride, many find themselves reaching for pain relievers or other remedies to deal with runny noses and symptoms associated with sinus and allergy problems. Read More

The Margaret Cuninggim Women’s Center is accepting applications for the following awards that recognize students, staff and faculty who are making a difference in the lives of Vanderbilt students. The Margaret Cuninggim Women's Center's Mentoring Award (Vanderbilt) The Muliebrity Prize honors an undergraduate or graduate student… Read More

A team of engineering undergraduates designed and built a one-fifth-scale model of an amphibious vehicle that competed successfully in a national competition sponsored by the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency held in mid-January. Read More