Year: 2014

The 93rd annual Hanging of the Green will take place Friday, Dec. 5, at Vanderbilt Peabody College. Read More

Vanderbilt staff and faculty are eligible for a discount on tickets to select performances of these upcoming shows at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center. Read More

Vanderbilt University School of Nursing and School of Medicine, in conjunction with the 2015 Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Series, will present James Forman Jr. on Monday, Jan. 19. Read More

The annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Award will be presented Monday, Jan. 19, 2015, to a faculty or staff member in the School of Medicine, School of Nursing or at Vanderbilt University Medical Center who emulates the principles of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. through his or her work. Read More

Vanderbilt students who traveled to the U.S.-Mexico border last May will discuss the impact of that trip on their concept of immigration during a Divinity School breakfast Dec. 4. Read More

Purity Dairies Moosic City Dairy Dash Supports Children’s Hospital Read More

Susan Lindquist, Ph.D., a pioneer in the field of protein folding at the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is the recipient of the 2014 Vanderbilt Prize in Biomedical Science, Vanderbilt University officials announced this week. Read More

"No matter which (a)theistic background informs your theology, you may have to wrestle with the data astronomers will be bringing to houses of worship in the very near future," writes astronomy professor David Weintraub for The Conversation. Read More

"Ferguson is not a special case. It’s just evidence that race cleaves our nation, tensions simmer just below the surface, and far too many people who believe in justice are comfortable watching its miscarriage," writes Vanderbilt sociologist Tony Brown for The Conversation. Read More

Tracking Jesus in popular American music is the topic of the Dec. 3 Thinking Out of the (Lunch) Box event with singer-songwriter Dave Perkins, an associate director at Vanderbilt Divinity School. Read More

Timothy P. McNamara has been appointed to a one-year term as vice provost for research, faculty and international affairs effective Jan. 1, 2015, Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Susan R. Wente announced Dec. 2. Read More

Each July U.S. News & World Report publishes its Best Hospital rankings. U.S. News routinely makes changes to their methodology to improve the validity of results, which utilize both objective quality data and physician opinion surveys. Following methodology changes in how hospitals’ reputational scores are gathered, U.S. News has expanded… Read More

Replenishing the supply of a molecule that normally activates cannabinoid receptors in the brain could relieve mood and anxiety disorders and enable some people to quit using marijuana. Read More

Members of the press are invited to attend a visit to Eakin Elementary by international educators. Read More

In the latest VUCast: Learn why overweight women lose in the workplace -- especially when it comes to pay; see breakthrough weapons in the fight against infectious diseases; and hear music legend Sheryl Crow speak about her craft. Watch now! Read More

Join us for the 24th Annual Sarratt Holiday Arts Festival. You’ll find wonderful handmade items from Tennessee’s best craft-based artists. Read More

Larisa DeSantis, assistant professor of Earth and environmental sciences, is a featured expert on Nat Geo Wild’s Future Cat, part of the network’s Big Cat week. Read More

The Vanderbilt community continues to share great photos with us on social media; take a look at some of our favorites from the past week. Share yours by tagging it #vandygram. Read More

Vanderbilt biologists played an important supporting role in a major genetic study of malaria-carrying mosquitoes published this week in the journal "Science." Read More

Vanderbilt researchers have developed tools to probe the role of the essential metal manganese in neurons, and which offer a started point for developing therapeutic agents for manganese-related neurological disorders. Read More