Year: 2014

Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos told the opening Faculty Assembly on Aug. 21 that Vanderbilt begins the academic year in an exceptionally strong position—academically, financially and culturally. “This is not to say that we are without challenges or obstacles,” he said.   Read more: http://vanderbi.lt/wkbpv    … Read More

University central employees who have transitioned to flexPTO and did not work on Labor Day, Monday, Sept. 1, should record the time off as an absence under flexPTO. Read More

International law scholar Harold G. "Hal" Maier has died at 77. He spent his entire academic career at Vanderbilt Law School. Read More

Craig M. Lewis is back at Owen Graduate School of Management after three years at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Read More

Vanderbilt's Stella Flores will join colleagues in a congressional briefing on recent proposed legislation. Read More

Photographer Donna Ferrato's premiere gallery presentation of "I Am Unbeatable" will open Sept. 12 at Vanderbilt University. Read More

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Construction continues at the site of the new Engineering and Science Building, located near 25th Avenue South on the former Olin Lawn. Blasting at the site is scheduled to begin Sept. 18 and run through Sept. 29. Read More

Everybody hates being caught up in bureaucracy. Ed Rubin at Vanderbilt Law School says things could work a lot better. Read More

U.S. attorney and Vanderbilt alumnus Zach Fardon will discuss "From Blackacre to the Windy City: Perspectives on Law Enforcement" from noon to 1 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 4 at Vanderbilt Law School. It is this year's Victor S. Johnson Lecture. Read More

Effective Sept. 1, 2014, all check requests must be sent directly to Disbursement Services, 900 Baker Building. Read More

Box, rolled out by Vanderbilt IT in April 2014, eases the process of collaboration and increases mobility by allowing users to share documents with one another and to access their documents from any device. Read More

Tony Earley describes his new short story collection, "Mr. Tall," as "more grown up" than some of his previous writings. Read More

Ron Shapiro, sports agent, and attorney, will lead a free workshop on negotiating at VUMC. Read More

Eighty years after antibiotics revolutionized medicine we are facing potential catastrophe. Read More

Emotional wellness isn’t just in your head or your heart. Read More

Are you too tired at the end of the day for your workout? Make a small start. Read More

While most Vanderbilt students were tucked away in cubicles, taking summer classes or catching up on sleep, senior Ted Moock spent his summer shooting takes through the night with the cast of “Pitch Perfect 2” and sharing fondue with the film’s star, Anna Kendrick. Read More

Beginning Friday, Aug. 29, Vanderbilt students will be able to install Office 365 ProPlus free of charge on up to five devices, including PC, Mac, tablet and mobile. Read More

Anita Mahadevan-Jansen, Orrin H. Ingram Professor of Biomedical Engineering, has been elected chair of the Gordon Research Conference in Lasers in Medicine and Biology. Read More