Month: December 2015

The Office of LGBTQI Life announces two spring training sessions for its Safe Zone program. Read More

Vanderbilt staff and faculty are eligible for a discount on tickets to select performances of upcoming TPAC shows. Read More

Final weigh-ins for this year's Hold the Stuffing program take place Jan. 11–22. Read More

Blair School of Music offers a vast array of private lessons, classes and ensembles during the spring semester as part of its Precollege and Adult Program. Read More

The University Staff Advisory Council will partner with the American Red Cross for a blood drive this Friday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in Sarratt 325. Read More

Brandon Toyama, research associate at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, presents a biochemistry seminar Jan. 5. Read More

Weight Watchers at Work sessions begin Wednesday, Jan. 6. Read More

In a new class taught by writer-in-residence Alice Randall, students were surprised to learn the deep historical African American influence on country music from its earliest roots to today. Read More

Black students are complimented for having "grit," while their mental health concerns go undetected. Read More

Preschool alone is not the silver bullet to end poverty or close achievement gaps. Read More

Ernest Jones, one of the last of the generation of scientists to have worked on the Manhattan Project, died Dec. 19. He was 97. Read More

Champagne (Jenny Mandeville/Vanderbilt) New Year’s Eve is expected to bring tens of thousands of revelers to downtown Nashville for the Bash on Broadway, and there will be thousands more at private parties and celebrations all over the region. Corey Slovis, M.D., chair of Emergency Medicine at Vanderbilt,… Read More

With discoveries ranging from the origins of consciousness to the end of the universe, 2015 was a year of incredibly diverse research at Vanderbilt University. Read More

A new meta-analysis has found that the beneficial effects of using psychological therapy to treat the symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome are not only short term but are also long lasting. Read More

8:37 p.m. The second tornado thread has passed for the Vanderbilt area and the warning is CANCELLED. Severe weather may still be possible. Please continue to monitor local weather reports. 8:28 p.m. Alert! A tornado is approaching the Vanderbilt campus. Take shelter in the nearest building and move to the most… Read More

The leading cause of injury death in Tennessee is not motor vehicle crashes, gunshot wounds or drowning—it is poisoning. And the main source of that poisoning is not the furniture polish or drain cleaner stored under the kitchen sink (dangerous… Read More

Superior Vision insurance participants can order discounted contacts online anytime and skip filing an insurance claim through SV Contacts. Read More

Re:VU is a concise summary of Vanderbilt’s vital statistics featuring the most commonly requested facts and figures pertaining to the university. Read More

Ten members of a Vanderbilt University admissions tour group were injured Dec. 21 when a tree fell as the group was leaving an information session and waiting outside to begin tours of campus. None of the injuries are considered life-threatening. Read More

Vanderbilt University may nominate one candidate for the 2016 David Mahoney Neuroimaging Program. This award provides $200,000 over three years for projects aimed at improving human brain and brain-immune functioning to promote health and to prevent and treat disease. Read More