Year: 2014

Vanderbilt Children’s After-Hours Clinics have treated 10,000 patients since the first clinic opened its doors on March 25, 2013. Patients and families are able to receive expert pediatric care in their own communities for illness or injuries that occur during the evening or weekend. Read More

(iStockphoto) Daylight saving time ends at 2 a.m. on Sunday, Nov. 2. As clocks turn back one hour, we gain an hour of sleep but often still feel groggy and sluggish. Vanderbilt Sleep Disorders Center specialist Kelly Brown, M.D., says this change in sleep schedule is… Read More

Amy Weitlauf, Ph.D., assistant professor of Pediatrics, will be leading a study among parents of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) to examine the effectiveness of mindfulness training as part of early interventions for children with ASD. Read More

The American Psychiatric Nurses Association has recognized a nurse at Vanderbilt Pyschiatric Hospital (VPH) as one of nine graduate scholars nationwide. Read More

The 2014 State of the Adult Enterprise — Driving Value will be presented on Tuesday, Nov. 11. Read More

Representatives from the Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery distribute educational material to staff outside Light Hall during the recent Breast Reconstruction Awareness (BRA) Day. Read More

A child’s ability to distinguish musical rhythm is related to his or her capacity for understanding grammar, according to a recent study from a researcher at the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center. Read More

Vanderbilt University investigators have discovered a new molecular mechanism that regulates microtubule dynamics. The unexpected finding, reported in Developmental Cell, has implications for cancer drug discovery. Read More

SmartVU is a new user interface for Vanderbilt’s network application for electronic medical records and clinical workflow, StarPanel. Read More

Two seniors in the School for Science and Math at Vanderbilt (SSMV) are semifinalists in the 2014 Siemens Competition in Math, Science and Technology for U.S. high school students, and one of them, Zaixing “Able” Shi, is Tennessee’s only regional finalist. Read More

Updates to Vanderbilt's timekeeping practices and policies will take effect in November. Read More

The Occupational Health Clinic will be giving flu shots at more than 100 onsite locations. Read More

Vanderbilt Central Library's second Wikipedia edit-a-thon, scheduled for Nov. 1, will focus on global connections. Read More

Tennessee government affairs veteran Nathan Green will join Vanderbilt University’s public affairs team Dec. 1 in the newly created position of assistant vice chancellor for state government relations. Read More

Vanderbilt Theatre opens "Top Girls," a play written in the 1980s about the impact of career choices on ambitious women, at Neely Auditorium Oct. 31. Read More

Trans-institutional neuroimaging research at Vanderbilt finds that the brain may be structured differently in children with dyslexia. Read More

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush joined Vanderbilt Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos and Distinguished Visiting Professor Jon Meacham for a conversation Oct. 28 in Ingram Hall. Read More

A combination of two types of therapy may be more effective in treating castration-resistant prostate cancer. Read More

More than 50 faculty and staff members attended the Vanderbilt Child and Family Center’s fifthannual Elder Care Fair on Oct. 3 in Light Hall. Read More

Open Enrollment for 2015 benefits ends this Friday. Skipping Open Enrollment could cost you -- find out how. Read More