Year: 2013

Vanderbilt may nominate five candidates for the 2014 Career Awards for Medical Scientists, which supports physician-scientists bridging advanced postdoctoral/fellowship training and the early years of faculty service. Grants are $700,000 for a five-year period. Proposals must be in the area of basic biomedical, disease-oriented or translational research. Read More

Vanderbilt may nominate two candidates for the 2014 Investigators in the Pathogenesis of Infectious Disease. A third nominee from Vanderbilt working in pathogenic helminths, mycology or reproductive science also will be allowed to apply. This five-year $500,000 award is an opportunity for assistant professor-level investigators to utilize… Read More

The Commodores are coming off an historic nine-win season that saw them capture the Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl. They will play in front of their home fans seven times in 2013. Read More

Being physically active can give you energy, relieve stress and improve health. Find ways to move more during your day. (Vanderbilt University) Vanderbilt offers these resources: Start! Physical Activity Program – Track your activity and earn quarterly prizes for meeting goals.
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(photo by Vicky Pierce) “Little Boxes: Explorations on a Simple Form” is on display at the Sarratt Student Center’s Sarratt Gallery through Aug. 9. The exhibition features fine art craftwork by Nancie Roark, Susan Moody and David Heustess, all instructors at Sarratt Art Studios and the summertime… Read More

The Vanderbilt Stroke and Cerebrovascular Service has received advanced certification as a Comprehensive Stroke Center by The Joint Commission and the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association, one of only four in Tennessee. Read More

In order to more effectively meet the broadly diverse work/life needs across employees’ life phases, Vanderbilt is moving to a modernized benefits plan called flexPTO. Read More

Anders W. Hall will start Sept. 3 as the new vice chancellor for investments and chief investment officer at Vanderbilt. Read More

The Curb Scholars Program and the Creative Campus initiative at Vanderbilt have a new director, Elizabeth Meadows. Read More

Tailgating season is just around the corner, and you can stock up now on Vanderbilt gear at Costco’s West Nashville location and during a special shopping event Aug. 2-4. Read More

All Vanderbilt business travelers, travel assistants and expense report delegates must complete profiles in the new travel system online. Read More

Growing up in Bogotá, Colombia, Miguel Palacios never set out to be a competitive water-skier. But Columbia’s warm, year-round climate makes water activities popular. One summer, 7-year-old Miguel went with his father to a nearby sports club and signed up for a water-skiing lesson. Before long, he was skimming across… Read More

“I have seen many wonderful changes at Peabody during my tenure, but thankfully there are key core values that have not changed,” says Kathy Hoover-Dempsey. Read More

First Friends connects Vanderbilt's international students with Americans for friendship and cross-cultural exchange. Read More

The Vanderbilt Nutrition and Diet Assessment Core has been established to facilitate all types of human research. Read More

The works of former Vanderbilt art professor Amelia Winger-Bearskin will be part of the new exhibit 'Abstractometry' at the Frist Center for the Visual Arts. Read More

There are so many great images to choose from this week - we really appreciate all the love! Share your images with us by tagging them #vandygram. Read More

An innovative wafer inspection tool developed by a team of Vanderbilt professors and engineers has been licensed exclusively to startup company Femtometrix. Read More

Seven Nashville high school students spent their summer working on introductory manuals for a new suite of software developed at Vanderbilt’s Institute for Software Integrated Systems to democratize the vehicle design process. Read More

Vanderbilt’s Junior League Fetal Center is offering ground-breaking treatments and surgeries in the hopes of providing unborn babies the best start to life. Vanderbilt’s Barb Cramer has the amazing story– and surgical video– of fetal surgery to repair an unborn baby’s spinal cord defect. For more about Vanderbilt’s Fetal Center,… Read More