Month: February 2014

Vanderbilt professor Marcy Singer-Gabella and other education leaders traveled to the nation’s capital Feb. 27 to testify before Congress about what is needed to train and retain the nation's top teachers. Read More

Human Resources will sponsor two free education sessions on March 11 and 12 to help employees plan for their transition to retirement. Read More

Minutes from the University Staff Advisory Council’s Feb. 11 meeting are now available online on the USAC website. (Meeting minutes are published approximately one week after the council convenes.) Dowell Dean of Libraries Connie Vinita Dowell was the featured guest speaker for February. She discussed… Read More

Michael Goldfarb, named by "Popular Mechanics" as one of the “10 Innovators Who Changed the World in 2013,” will deliver the March 25 Chancellor’s Lecture at Vanderbilt University. Read More

Health Plus will host two sessions in March on managing hypertension as part of the Pressure Relief Network series. The classes are free. Read More

"History's Shadow: German Art and the Formulation of National Identity" opens on March 13 at the Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery. This exhibition will continue through June 5, 2014. Read More

Emory University church historian Roberta Bondi will discuss the importance of autobiographical writing in her life during a March 11 Vanderbilt Divinity School lecture presented by Religion in the Arts and Contemporary Culture. Read More

A new 10-week session of Weight Watchers at Work meetings starts Wednesday, March 26, 2014 at the Student Life Center. Read More

Stronger Arts/Stronger Cities, a yearlong series hosted by Barnes & Noble at Vanderbilt, will continue Thursday, March 20, at 7 p.m. with Nashville Film Festival director Ted Crockett. Read More

In a new Health and Wellness Wellcast, Janet McCutchen with Work/Life Connections and physician Paul Ragan discuss the link between heart disease and depression. Read More

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The Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt celebrates its 10th anniversary this year. The 271-bed hospital, constructed to serve families from across the nation, opened in February 2004 and has seen millions of children and families pass through its doors. The facility’s anniversary marks a… Read More

The walk-in convenience of the Faculty/Staff Express Care clinic just got even better. The clinic has a new “call ahead” option. Read More

The Dean of Students and International Student and Scholar Services invite you to a performance of Voices of Nashville on Tuesday, March 11 at 7 p.m. Read More

Using imaging data, Vanderbilt researchers discovered an association between a gene pair and brain changes in Alzheimer’s disease. Read More

Vanderbilt's LAPOP researchers say people who have been asked to pay a bribe or been the victim of a crime are more likely to leave their Central America homeland seeking a new life. Read More

Westley Taylor, BA’11, is one of the 30 most creative people in advertising under the age of 30 according to Business Insider. Hailing the honorees as the “next generation of leaders,” the website developed the list on the basis of agency and peer nominations along with its own research… Read More

Two publications produced by Vanderbilt University News and Communications have received top awards in the 2014 Council for Advancement and Support of Education’s District III competition. Read More

The Neurological Intensive Care Unit at Vanderbilt University Hospital has received the Beacon Award for Critical Care Excellence, one of the highest markers of nursing care. Read More

Fran Hardcastle still recalls her first volunteer experience — selling papers on Palm Sunday to benefit the Junior League Home for Crippled Children. Read More