Year: 2014

Georgia Stitt, BMus’94, made her West End debut on Oct. 26 with the one-off concert My Lifelong Love at London’s Garrick Theatre. This Q and A with WhatsOnStage.com shares career highlights, future moves and a video performance. Read More

Nancy J. Cox, Ph.D., professor of Medicine and Human Genetics and chief of the Section of Genetic Medicine at the University of Chicago, has been appointed founding director of a new genetics institute at Vanderbilt University, effective Jan. 1, 2015. Read More

A nationwide research group headed by Vanderbilt University’s David Robertson, M.D., has received another round of funding from the federal government to continue studies of rare neurodegenerative diseases and disorders affecting blood pressure. Read More

Actor William Baldwin, center, was at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt recently for the Rally for Kids with Cancer Scavenger Cup. Read More

Golf ball-sized gallstones camped out in Joseph Gray’s gallbladder had been causing him stomach discomfort for months. Read More

Cellular engineering pioneer George Q. Daley, M.D., Ph.D., makes a point during his recent Flexner Discovery Lecture at Vanderbilt. Daley directs the Stem Cell Transplantation Program at Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School. Read More

Vanderbilt University Hospital earned the highest possible grade recently in a nationwide survey of hospital patient safety. Read More

Donald Brady, M.D., senior associate dean for Graduate Medical Education and Continuing Professional Development, has been named to the board of directors of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) for a three-year term. Read More

Vanderbilt University Medical Center dietetic interns Dylan Caulder, left, and Hope Anderson offer tips on healthy eating and hand out samples of nutritious snacks to Vanderbilt University students and employees at the Vanderbilt Recreation and Wellness Center as part of Food Day 2014. Read More

Vanderbilt’s biobank, BioVU, has begun to collect and store plasma, the liquid part of blood, to aid studies of diseases ranging from heart failure and hypertension to breast cancer. Read More

A new light-based technology is allowing scientists to peer deep into the brain and alter animal behavior with the “flip of a switch.” Read More

Vanderbilt University is part of a national effort to improve diabetes treatment by developing strategies for proliferating, regenerating and improving the function of insulin-producing beta cells in the pancreatic islets. Read More

A multidisciplinary Vanderbilt team with deep experience in improving patient safety and technology usability has received a three-year, $800,000 Department of Energy grant to help nuclear power plant operators better perform their jobs. Read More

Vanderbilt’s HR Communications team would like to know what you think about how it communicates benefits information during Open Enrollment and throughout the year. Read More

Watch video of From Neurons to Perception: Insights into Brain Function and Dysfunction by Ronald Emeson. Read More

For the first time, the Legislative Effectiveness Project has tracked whether the most effective lawmakers were re-elected. Read More

Members of the Nashville music and entertainment industry will collaborate with students from 11 diverse higher education institutions, including Vanderbilt, thanks to a summit made possible by the Mike Curb Family Foundation. Read More

According to Food Allergy Research and Education, about 1.5 million Americans have food allergies. They affect 1 in every 13 children under 18 in the U. S.—or about two in every classroom. Those who have them must approach food with a great deal of caution. Read More

Tennessee Attorney General Herbert Slatery has announced that Andrée Sophia Blumstein, JD’81, will join the office as solicitor general. In that role, Blumstein will oversee appellate litigation in state and federal courts, review written opinions, and advise the attorney general. Read More

Greg Abbott, JD’84, has been elected to serve as governor of Texas Read More