Year: 2014

Vanderbilt has donated five dumptruck loads, or 35 tons, of wood chips to Tennessee State Parks to be used on walking paths at Radnor Lake State Natural Area. Read More

Vanderbilt University researchers have isolated Ebola-fighting human antibodies – the first of their kind – that could lead to a new treatment for the deadly virus. Read More

A Relevant Religion class Nov. 1 at Vanderbilt Divinity School will look at the promises and challenges of racial and religious pluralization. Read More

A team of biomedical engineers has developed a new "tumor-in-a-dish" technology that promises to improve the effectiveness of chemotherapy. Read More

Safety experts at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt know Halloween can be scary, but for different reasons than you might think. On average, twice as many children are killed while walking on Halloween than on any other day of the year. Read More

Don’t forget to set clocks back one hour before going to bed this Saturday night. Daylight Saving Time ends locally at 2 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 2. Read More

A cell-penetrating peptide developed at Vanderbilt blocks the signaling pathways that lead to lethal shock caused by bacterial infection. Read More

Vanderbilt’s Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences is partnering with Fort Negley for “Day of the Dead: Ancient Animals and Historic Peoples Among Us” on Saturday, Nov. 1. Read More

Vanderbilt students explored the opportunities and challenges of setting policy on federal issues and advocacy related to science, technology, engineering and math during a two-day immersion event last week in Washington, D.C. Read More

Kevin P. Chilton, a retired four-star U.S. Air Force general, visited Vanderbilt Oct. 24. Read More

An analytics project designed to measure how faculty and staff read the MyVU Preview e-newsletter has yielded valuable information that is being used to help further increase readership and promote deeper engagement with MyVU. Read More

Two committees tasked with fleshing out key initiatives in Vanderbilt’s Academic Strategic Plan are now staffed and ready to begin work. Read More

1,165 budding programmers are participating in the university’s first MOOC capstone project – one that will result in a certificate for graduates and better pain management for patients at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Read More

Was that sneeze just allergies, the start of a cold, or something more serious? Read More

Vanderbilt's International Student and Scholar Services invites you to World on Wednesdays. Read More

Ebola is not spreading across the United States. Anxiety about the virus, however, certainly is. Read More

Halloween is around the corner, fall is in the air and our favorite #vandygram photos capture the spirit of the season. Read More

Come see the Flu Crew this week at VUH, VCH, TVC, One Hundred Oaks and other onsite locations. Read More

When traveling, Taylor Bruce, BA’04, often brings a book that deepens his understanding of his destination, but never a travel guide. Eager to share the stories of cities rather than popular tourist attractions, Bruce started his own series of field guides, called Wildsam. Read More

Duncan McDougall, BA’83, spent part of his twenties guiding expeditions of the physical world—whitewater and backcountry trips in places like Alaska and New Zealand. Since 1998, however, he has been leading expeditions of another kind, guiding children on a journey to literacy. Read More