Year: 2014

Human Resources will host two free presentations Aug. 19 and 20 to help employees plan for their transition to retirement. Read More

Kevin Sanders, assistant professor of psychiatry and pediatrics, has been named medical director for the Treatment and Research Institute for Autism Spectrum Disorders. Read More

Jewish studies, Hebrew Bible and classics professor Jack Sasson's scholarly efforts in Assyriology were honored during an international conference in Warsaw. Read More

Affirming that its people are Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s most important asset, the coming year will bring a renewed focus to Elevate, a Medical Center cultural touchstone. Read More

Vanderbilt University researchers have received a five-year, $1.2 million grant from the Fogarty International Center of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to strengthen research ethics capacity in Mozambique. Read More

Country music singer and “American Idol” champ Scotty McCreery performed for patients and families at the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt on Tuesday. Read More

James Cassat, M.D., Ph.D., assistant professor of Pediatrics and Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, has received a Burroughs Wellcome Fund (BWF) Career Award for Medical Scientists. Read More

Two Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center investigators have received multi-year breast cancer research grants from the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Breast Cancer Foundation. Read More

Kevin Sanders, M.D., assistant professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics, has been named medical director for the Treatment and Research Institute for Autism Spectrum Disorders (TRIAD). Read More

Undergraduates from across the country attended a summer research conference at Vanderbilt this week sponsored by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. Read More

Nearly 200 Vanderbilt University School of Nursing faculty members took part in a special planning retreat last weekend, kicking off a six-month process to develop the school’s strategic vision. Read More

Charlie Haller had never smoked or used chewing tobacco and wasn’t a heavy drinker, so the 41-year-old Lyles, Tennessee, man wasn’t thinking about cancer when a mass developed on the side of his neck. Read More

The protein MTBP is overexpressed in an aggressive type of breast cancer, and it regulates another protein implicated in many cancer types, suggesting that it may be a good target for new therapeutics. Read More

Vanderbilt University Medical Center has been named one of the “100 Best Hospitals for Patient Engagement” by Becker’s Hospital Review, the latest accolade for Vanderbilt’s continued emphasis on patient- and family-centered care. Read More

The White Coat Ceremony held at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine that recognizes first-year medical students’ transition from college to professional school serves as a rite of passage and carries a powerful symbolism. Read More

By Sidney DeLair, BA’75 It was my first hello and my last goodbye. As I stood by the green dumpster overflowing with boxes discarded by freshmen moving into the Kissam Quadrangle, I waved goodbye to my dad and mom while their blue 1965 Buick LeSabre slowly inched onto West End… Read More

Barnes & Noble at Vanderbilt will welcome Phil Dixon, one of America’s foremost experts on baseball history, for a very special signing and discussion of his latest book, 1938, on Saturday, Aug. 9, beginning at 7 p.m. The summer of 1938 was pivotal for baseball and American history. That year, John… Read More

The Meharry-Vanderbilt Community Engaged Research Core is sponsoring its annual Community Research Day from 8:30 to 11 a.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 23, at the offices of the United Way of Metro Nashville, 250 Venture Circle. The event will feature an interactive poster session in which community organizations present research… Read More

Centennial Professor of Political Science Mitchell Seligson gave the keynote address at the First Inter-American Meeting of the Presidents of the Legislatures of the Americas held in Peru. Read More

Dore Jam, which attracts thousands of Commodore football fans to campus for an afternoon of autographs, photos and family fun, will be held at Vanderbilt's Indoor Multipurpose Facility this year for the first time. Read More