Year: 2015

From left, Firas Wehbe, M.D., Ph.D., Stephany Duda, Ph.D., and Paul Harris, Ph.D., teach Vanderbilt’s free five-week Data Management for Clinical Research massive open online course (MOOC). More than 4,700 students from around the globe have received certificates from Vanderbilt’s free five-week Data… Read More

Vanderbilt University’s Impact Symposium marked its 51st year with three nights of speakers March 16-18, including award-winning playwright and actress Anna Deavere Smith and former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani. Read More

Exposing preschoolers to patterning activities builds the foundation for early math skills. Read More

More than 200 student designers and engineers will spend March 20-22 hacking websites and applications during the VandyHacks event. Read More

Watch video of Professor David Weintraub discuss “Religions, Exoplanets, and Extraterrestrial Life” during the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Vanderbilt’s 2015 Spring Term on March 18th. Read More

Watch video of Professor Robert Barsky’s lecture “Romantic Poetry to the Writings of the Beat Generation: Youthful Passion for the Sublime and the Intoxicating” during the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Vanderbilt’s 2015 Spring Term on March 18th. Read More

The Vanderbilt Recreation and Wellness Center and Health Plus present “From the Training Table to Gatherings with Family and Friends” featuring Vanderbilt Campus Dining sous chef Brian Hancock on Thursday, March 26. Read More

The Vanderbilt Recreation and Wellness Center presents “My Finances Part II: A Deeper Dive” from noon to 1 p.m. Thursday, April 9, in Medical Center North, Room C2209. The talk will feature Rosa Berger and Nick Thomas, assistant vice presidents for Fifth Third Bank. Read More

Blair School of Music precollege students were the top three finalists at this year’s Nashville Symphony Curb Concerto Competition, which took place at the Schermerhorn Symphony Center March 14-15. Read More

Nashville Chalk Fest, a free two-day street festival benefiting the Vanderbilt Bill Wilkerson Center's Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences, is scheduled for April 11-12. Read More

Vanderbilt staff members can receive a 15 percent discount on programs offered by the Owen Graduate School of Management’s Executive Development Institute. Read More

The SBIR Road Tour will make a stop at Vanderbilt University on Wednesday, March 25, to offer expert advice to innovators, entrepreneurs and small technology firms interested in Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) grants. Read More

The Chaplain’s Speaker Series will welcome Barbara Brown Taylor for a special engagement on Tuesday, March 31, at 7 p.m. in Benton Chapel. Read More

Employees can earn up to $1,500 for referring a Health IT professional through Vanderbilt’s Referral Bonus Program now through June 12. Read More

Vanderbilt Stadium will host Luke Bryan, one of country music’s biggest stars, in concert July 11 as part of his Kick the Dust Up tour. Vanderbilt employees will have the chance to purchase tickets as part of a special pre-sale on Thursday, March 19. Read More

Mayor Karl Dean discussed the joys of reading with Metro Nashville Public School students at the March 14 meeting of Patterson RAPS (Read and Play Saturdays). The program, funded by a gift from best-selling author James Patterson, aims to instill a love of reading in participants. Read More

In a message to the Vanderbilt University community March 16, Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Susan Wente condemned vandalism at a fraternity house over the weekend and pledged that the matter would be fully investigated. Read More

The Vanderbilt Wind Symphony will premiere new works during the opening concerts of the College Band Directors National Association (CBDNA) conference to be held at the Blair School of Music March 25-28. Read More

Oscar Touster, professor of molecular biology and biochemistry, emeritus, and the first chair of the Department of Molecular Biology in Vanderbilt’s College of Arts and Science and Graduate School, has died. He was 93. Read More

Vanderbilt will open its earliest spring practices in memory on Monday, Feb. 16, less than two weeks removed from National Signing Day. In addition, the Black and Gold Spring Game is scheduled to kick off at 1 p.m. Saturday, March 21, at Vanderbilt Stadium. Admission is free. Read More