Year: 2014

  George Q. Daley, M.D., Ph.D. George Q. Daley, M.D., Ph.D., a pioneer in cellular “engineering” at Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, will deliver the next Flexner Discovery Lecture on Thursday, Oct. 30. Daley’s talk, entitled “CellNet: Enhancing Cellular Engineering through… Read More

Michael Longaker, M.D., director of the Stanford Program in Regenerative Medicine and the Children’s Surgical Research Program, described methods for minimizing scarring through tissue repair and engineering at his recent Flexner Discovery Lecture. (Photo by Anne Rayner)… Read More

The Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt launched the “Growing to New Heights” fundraising campaign in support of a four-floor building expansion. Read More

The grants, which total $830,000, are part of the non-profit organization’s commitment to young scientists, as well as established investigators who are searching for more effective breast cancer therapies. Read More

New insights to the workings of a protein that moves neurotransmitters across the nerve cell membrane could aid the design of more effective antidepressants. Read More

The transgenic mouse, into which was inserted a rare human genetic variation in the dopamine transporter, could lead to improvements in the diagnosis and treatment of these all-too-common brain disorders. Read More

On Oct. 22, the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt launched the “Growing to New Heights” fundraising campaign. Read More

The Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt launched the “Growing to New Heights” fundraising campaign Wednesday night (Oct. 22) at a celebration in support of a four-floor building expansion. That expansion will help advance the size and scope of the hospital’s specialized pediatric health care programs. Patients and their… Read More

American songwriters face a much different legal landscape than their peers elsewhere when it comes protecting their rights under copyright laws, Vanderbilt law professor Daniel Gervais told a gathering of songwriters and composers at Loew’s Vanderbilt Plaza Hotel. Read More

Greenhouse gas emissions have been reduced by more than 27 percent per person on campus and by 35 percent per research dollar since 2005. Read More

Rory Dicker will assume the role of director of the Margaret Cuninggim Women’s Center at Vanderbilt University beginning January 2015. Read More

The Vanderbilt Diabetes Center, the Vanderbilt Diabetes Research and Training Center, and the Vanderbilt Center for Diabetes Translation Research announce the availability of pilot and feasibility grants. Read More

Vanderbilt faculty and staff are invited to a free event featuring Women’s Basketball Coach Melanie Balcomb and Men’s Basketball Coach Kevin Stallings on Tuesday, Nov. 4. Read More

The Faculty Senate will play a key role in setting priorities and identifying resources in support of the university's Academic Strategic Plan, among other initiatives, according to Paul Lim, senate chair for 2014-15. Read More

Watch video of a talk by Mark Wallace, Ph.D., “Do You See What I Hear? The Merging of the Senses.” This talk focuses on how our behaviors and perceptions are greatly shaped by this process of “multisensory integration,” and provides insights into how the brain combines information across the senses. This… Read More

Head coaches Melanie Balcomb and Kevin Stallings will preview their seasons and teams when Vanderbilt Athletics hosts the “Basketball Tip-Off Luncheon” Thursday, Nov. 13, in the Student Life Center. Read More

Vanderbilt offers comprehensive, flexible benefits that its employees can fine tune to meet their unique needs. Patience Blackmon is one employee who has done just this to improve her health. Read More

A team headed by Eugene Vorobeychik, assistant professor of computer science and computer engineering, uses game theory and big data to optimize policing. Read More

Warren and Moore colleges, opened in August, continue Vanderbilt’s commitment of creating faculty-led living and learning communities. See photos of how faculty and students are collaborating to shape the undergraduate residential experience. Read More

Warren and Moore colleges are Vanderbilt's newest faculty-led living and learning communities. Learn more about the influential people behind these names. Read More