Year: 2013

Political scientist Bruce Oppenheimer is available to talk about the government shutdown. Read More

Laurel Schneider, a professor of religious studies and gender and women's studies, will speak on "Animal-Vegetable-Mineral: How Do We Think About Relationality After the Genome Project?" at the Oct. 2 Thinking Out of the (Lunch) Box event. Read More

Neuroscientists have identified the location in the brain's visual cortex responsible for generating a common perceptual illusion: seeing shapes and surfaces that don't really exist when viewing a fragmented background. Read More

Vanderbilt researchers used existing genome-wide association study datasets to identify gene interactions that contribute to tooth decay. Read More

On Sept. 28 at 9:30 a.m., students residing in two of the townhomes of the Villages at Vanderbilt contacted VUPD to report that an unknown person entered at least two residences and stole items. Read More

Health Plus encourages you to participate in Know Your Numbers and be aware of any risk and take action to reduce risk. Read More

The Start! Physical Activity program begins Challenge 4 on Oct. 1. Read More

The amount of materials recycled at Vanderbilt rose from 3 million pounds to 5 million pounds last year—that's a 60 percent increase. Read More

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The Vanderbilt University Department of Art will host an exhibition celebrating four decades of art by Susan DeMay, the art department's long-time senior lecturer in ceramics. Read More

The Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery opened a new exhibit, "Difficult Art and the Liberal Arts Imagination," Sept. 27. Read More

"Duino Suite: Drawings Inspired by Rainer Maria Rilke's First Duino Elegy," an exhibit of charcoal drawings by artist Ken Procter, is presented by Divinity's Religion in the Arts and Contemporary Culture from Oct. 2 through Dec. 4. Read More

A panel of metabolites – small molecules that are part of metabolic processes – that are unique to macular degeneration will shed light on the disease and aid diagnosis. Read More

Joseph “Clyde” Walker Jr., associate director of the Office of Student Financial Aid and Undergraduate Scholarships at Vanderbilt, died suddenly Sept. 23 after suffering from cardiac arrest. He was 59. A resident of Franklin, Tenn., Walker had worked in Vanderbilt’s student financial aid office since August 2000, except for… Read More

The Vanderbilt chapter of GlobeMed was founded three years ago to pursue the national organization’s goal of global health equity. With 35 current members, the group works to provide health care services to a local clinic in Paracas, Peru. GlobeMed requires each university chapter to partner with a unique organization. Read More

On Oct. 14, Vanderbilt students will finally join neighboring universities like Belmont and MTSU in providing opportunities for students to gain experience in the commercial music industry. Founded under the umbrella of Vanderbilt Student Communications is a new media enterprise: RVU Records, a record label and recording studio that will… Read More

Molecular characterization of pre-cancerous changes in cells lining the stomach could point to lesions with a greater risk of progression to cancer. Read More

Vanderbilt faculty and staff will have a new resource for reaching their fitness goals—and a new way to “Go for the Gold”—when the Vanderbilt Recreation and Wellness Center opens to the campus community in January 2014. Read More

Vanderbilt faculty, staff and students turned out in droves and rolled up their sleeves for Wednesday’s Flulapalooza 3 mass vaccination event. Read More

Over the past three years, Vanderbilt University more than quadrupled earnings from its technology commercialization efforts — to more than $24.5 million in the 2013 fiscal year that ended June 30, officials have announced. Read More