Year: 2013

(iStockphoto) As with most organizations over the past year, Vanderbilt has faced changes. There are various ways that people respond to change, and having a support network is a significant part of addressing the emotional impact. The Vanderbilt Work/Life Connections–Employee Assistance Program wellcast, “Maintaining Peer Connections During Times of… Read More

The Health Plus Wellness Credit designation survey has been sent by email to faculty and staff who are enrolled in the Vanderbilt Health Plan and have earned a Go for the Gold Wellness Credit for 2014. Read More

Lara Beth Lehman, president of the University Staff Advisory Council, will discuss “How to Influence People” from 12:15 to 1 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 21, in Light Hall, Room 437. The talk is free, and no registration is required. The Life Phase Series is a monthly… Read More

(photo courtesy of Health Plus) Marilyn Holmes, manager of Health Plus and a registered dietician and licensed nutritionist, will discuss “Nutrition for a Healthy Start” as part of the Babies and You series offered by Health Plus. Holmes’ talk will be from noon to 1 p.m. Thursday,… Read More

In remembrance of President John F. Kennedy’s death 50 years ago, watch this video of JFK’s visit to Vanderbilt just months before his assassination. Read more about President Kennedy’s visit to Vanderbilt for our 90th anniversary convocation in 1963 » Read Rob Hammond’s 1993 article about JFK’s… Read More

Sabre Rucker grew up just a few miles from the Vanderbilt campus in East Nashville. Despite her successes in high school, her dreams of “black and gold” seemed out of reach. But Opportunity Vanderbilt made her dreams real. Her story is featured in a new video on Opportunity Vanderbilt, the… Read More

Saturday mornings are all about reading for the 25 middle school students enrolled in Patterson RAPS, a free program for Metro Nashville Public School students who live in the communities surrounding Vanderbilt. Read More

Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos will co-chair the Task Force on Government Regulation of Higher Education, which will examine burdens on institutions of higher education. Read More

Vanderbilt Heard Libraries' Bill Hook and Larry Reeves are among 26 fellows participating in the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) Leadership Fellows Program for 2013-15. Read More

Courtney H. Lyder (UCLA School of Nursing) Courtney H. Lyder, dean of the UCLA School of Nursing, will present “To Dream Again: Lessons From My Mentors” at noon Monday, Jan. 20, in 208 Light Hall. Lyder’s talk is in conjunction with Vanderbilt’s 2014 Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Series… Read More

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Award will be presented Monday, Jan. 20, 2014, to a faculty or staff member in the School of Medicine, School of Nursing, or Vanderbilt University Medical Center who emulates through his or her work the principles of… Read More

Vanderbilt becomes bowl eligible for the third year in a row—a first in Vanderbilt football history—with a win over Kentucky. Watch this VUCast Extra and get excited all over again. Go Dores!… Read More

New inventions should not have to be useful to merit a patent, says Vanderbilt professor Sean B. Seymore. Read More

L. Nelson Hopkins Neurosurgery innovator and pioneer L. Nelson Hopkins will present “Innovations in Vascular Care” at the second annual Vanderbilt Surgery and Engineering Symposium and Poster Session, scheduled for 4–7 p.m. Dec. 11 in Light Hall, Room 208. The event is hosted by the Vanderbilt Initiative… Read More

(Daniel Dubois/Vanderbilt) Most Vanderbilt schools are observing a break from classes Nov. 23-Dec. 1 for the Thanksgiving holiday. Residence halls close at 9 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 23, and reopen at 9 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 1. Classes resume Monday, Dec. 2. Campus Dining locations and all Vanderbilt libraries will modify… Read More

The present housing crisis has disrupted the residential stability of families, which is adversely affecting many children’s educational development, according to researchers at Peabody College. Read More

Department of Human and Organizational Development Sarah VanHooser Suiter (Ph.D., Vanderbilt, 2009), associate professor of the practice of human and organizational development, previously with Centerstone Research Institute Allison Patten McGuire (Ph.D., Vanderbilt, 2005), lecturer in human and organizational development Department of Leadership, Policy and Organizations Angela Boatman (Ed.D., Harvard, 2012)… Read More

In March, Peabody College was named the top graduate school of education in the country for the fifth consecutive year by U.S. & News World Report. Peabody bested programs at Johns Hopkins University (No. 2) and Harvard (No. 3) for the top spot, in addition to having its programs in… Read More

Keith Caldwell came to study at the Vanderbilt Divinity School because he wants to help reimagine a better version of this world. “People here are not just doing God talk,” Keith says. “They are pulling it down and putting it in action.” As a community organizer in… Read More

The AlertVU desktop alert program was recently expanded to include more than 6,300 clinical workstations at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Read More