Year: 2014

Vanderbilt Central Library shares stories of journalists and others who put their lives on the line for freedom in a new exhibition open to the public. Read More

Eric Jones, treasurer of the University Staff Advisory Council and a longtime member, has been honored with the 2014 Karen Dolan Spirit Award. Read More

It's a puzzler that political scientists want to understand and strategists want to exploit: Asian Americans lean decidedly to the Democratic Party, despite many factors that indicate they should be a natural fit for the Republicans. Read More

(Daniel Dubois/Vanderbilt) The Nashville Mayor’s Office is inviting those who ride MTA buses to snap a “selfie” as they board a bus on June 12 and post the image to Facebook and Twitter using the hashtag #WeRidetheBus. The effort is to celebrate and promote the use of public transportation… Read More

Vanderbilt researchers are helping to develop software to secure the nation's computerized traffic control systems, both present and future, against cyberattacks. Read More

Vanderbilt University may nominate one candidate for the W.M. Keck Foundation Medical Research Program and one candidate for the Science and Engineering Program for 2014. These awards provide between $500,000 and $2 million over three years for investigators focusing on important and emerging areas of research. The W.M. Keck… Read More

Vanderbilt may nominate two candidates for the 2015 Searle Scholars Program, which supports the independent research of outstanding individuals who have recently begun their first appointments as tenure-track assistant professors. Grants are $300,000 for a three-year period. Applicants are expected to be pursuing independent research careers in biochemistry,… Read More

International Student and Scholar Services is seeking students, faculty, staff and community members who may be interested in collaborating with ISSS for its upcoming World on Wednesdays (WOW) program during fall 2014 as presenters of diverse and international topics. One mission of ISSS is to facilitate… Read More

From Tomb to Temple: Unearthing Ancient China Through the Vanderbilt University Art Collection will be on display at the Fine Arts Gallery June 19-Oct. 12. Read More

Vacation season is here, and you can reduce your environmental impact - and save money - with these handy, sustainable travel tips. Read More

The Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt was named among the nation’s best children’s hospitals for the eighth consecutive year in "U.S. News & World Report’s" annual rankings released this week. Read More

In the latest VUCast: Learn more about the special role animals are playing for kids fighting cancer; find out how the sun could eat the Earth - and why it hasn't already; and see who you might know in our social media mashup. Watch now. Read More

When Sidney DeLair, BA'75, arrived home for his father's funeral, his mother pulled out a worn silver pocket watch and handed it to him. He already had been told the story behind the watch many times, and he loved what it represented. Read More

White men are more apt to commit suicide or die from a drug overdose or in a car wreck. Black men are more prone to suffer from chronic diseases and HIV. Hispanic men are disproportionately affected by colorectal cancer. Men in rural and urban areas seem to face different health challenges too. Read More

The Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt is named among the nation’s Best Children’s Hospitals for the eighth consecutive year in U.S. News & World Report’s annual rankings released this week. Read More

A new Vanderbilt study is dispelling the notion that the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 has eroded teacher job satisfaction and undermined job retention. Read More

A new study estimates that tobacco smoking has been linked to approximately 2 million deaths among adult men and women in Asia in recent years and predicts a rising death toll. Read More

The final day of the Major League Baseball Draft saw two more Commodores be selected with Jared Miller going to Arizona in the 11th round and Brian Miller going to Tampa Bay in the 15th round. Read More

Vanderbilt clinched a spot in the College World Series Sunday by posting a 12-5 victory over Stanford in Game 3 of the Super Regional before a sold-out, mostly Commodore-crazed crowd. Read More

When the Clinic at Mercury Courts opened in the summer of 2012, the staff expected to be inundated with patient visits. Designed to provide medical care for people and families transitioning from homelessness and other poverty situations, the clinic on Murfreesboro Road is located within a 5-mile radius of 12… Read More