Year: 2014

Vanderbilt may nominate two candidates each in: Mathematics, Physics, or Theoretical Computer Science for the Simons Investigators in the Mathematics, Physics and Theoretical Computer Science Program, which supports faculty for at least five years at $100,000 per year. An additional $10,000 per year will be… Read More

Nothing says Fourth of July like fireworks, but doctors at Vanderbilt University Medical Center urge caution with consumer fireworks and suggest leaving these displays to the experts. Read More

As temperatures climb into the 90s and higher this summer, faculty, staff and students are encouraged to do their part to reduce energy consumption on campus and at the medical center. Read More

All three steps of the nationally award-winning Go for the Gold program are now ready. Get started or check your status by logging in to the Health and Wellness Information Portal. Step One: Complete the yearly Health Risk Assessment. Step Two: Complete eight of the 11 actions from the… Read More

LaManda Watson LaManda Watson, an administrative assistant in the Department of Pediatric Allergy, Immunology and Pulmonary Medicine, turned a fear into a healthy lifestyle change. Watson has always been afraid of elevators. She decided to take the stairs to be healthy and lose weight. Through challenging herself to take the… Read More

Nothing says “Fourth of July” like fireworks, but doctors at Vanderbilt University Medical Center urge caution with consumer fireworks and suggest leaving these displays to the experts. Vanderbilt doctors annually treat burns and eye injuries and even see patients with hearing loss due to fireworks usage. Nationwide… Read More

On Sunday, June 29, at 9:31 p.m., a man approached the cashier at the Taco Bell in the Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital food court, displayed a silver-colored handgun and demanded money from the register. The cashier complied, and the suspect took the cash and ran away from the food court… Read More

Vanderbilt University Information Technology has removed a significant limitation to network access and performance by merging two networks – the university network and the Medical Center network – into one. Read More

On July 1, University Central’s flexPTO program will be in place. FlexPTO can be used for planned time off, including vacations and holidays, and for unanticipated absences such as personal or family illnesses. Read More

The Senate has confirmed Staci Yandle, JD’87, as a federal judge in the Southern District of Illinois. According to Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., she will be the first African-American judge to ever serve in Southern District of Illinois, and only the second woman to do so. Read More

William H. Ross Sr., a longtime Vanderbilt employee known for his warmth, smile and contagious good cheer while making his rounds delivering mail on the university campus, died Wednesday, June 25. Read More

Vanderbilt recently renegotiated its contract with Cintas, Inc., resulting in lower costs and improved paper recycling options across the entire campus. Read More

University Central employees who are not working on Friday, July 4, for Independence Day should record the time off as a holiday in Kronos, e-timesheet or Exempt Time Off. Read More

Hear from Coach Tim Corbin, Commodore baseball players, fans and others as they celebrate Vanderbilt's College World Series championship. Read More

Vanderbilt fans, Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos and Gov. Bill Haslam were among those who gathered June 26 to celebrate the championship 2014 Vanderbilt Commodore baseball team and Coach Tim Corbin. Read More

Watch as the Vanderbilt baseball team returns to campus as national champions. Read More

Asking lower-income people to contemplate buying coverage around the holiday season is a bad idea because they are too financially stressed, but a good time is tax refund season, says new research co-authored by John Graves, assistant professor of health policy. Read More

Vanderbilt physicists played a leading role in the latest findings on the nature of the Higgs particle, which explains why objects have weight and mass. Read More

Join Commodore fans and the Vanderbilt community in celebrating the baseball team’s national championship victory in the College World Series with events scheduled for Thursday, June 26. Read More

Vanderbilt researcher Bernard Rousseau, Ph.D., is being appointed to the Motor Function, Speech and Rehabilitation Study Section at the Center for Scientific Review, National Institutes of Health, for the term beginning July 1 and ending June 30, 2020. Read More