Year: 2015

iStock When daylight saving time takes effect on Sunday, March 8, it doesn’t have to mean a miserably groggy Monday morning. Start planning now to ease your body into the time transition. Clocks jump ahead one hour at 2 a.m. on Sunday, March 8, erasing an hour… Read More

It's important to regularly update your settings in the AlertVU system to ensure you are receiving emergency messages on the device of your choosing. Read More

Employees who contribute to a non-Vanderbilt retirement plan through outside businesses in which they are at least a 50 percent owner need to report their contributions to Human Resources by April 1. Read More

In early September 2014, Ian Crozier, M.D.,’97, supervised the jet evacuation of a critically ill patient from Kenema, the epicenter of the raging Ebola epidemic in Sierra Leone. An exhausted Crozier told the medical team that he hoped he didn’t have to see them again. One week later, he did. Read More

If you’re looking for a simple way to lower your risk of dying from a heart attack, consider going nuts. Read More

A team of Vanderbilt engineers is using magnetic force to design new and improved instruments for minimally invasive surgery. Read More

A new brain imaging study challenges conventional wisdom about how and where in the brain the processing of visual orientation information first occurs. Read More

As of Friday, Feb. 27, Vanderbilt IT and its partners have successfully restored 119 websites and Web services affected by the Feb. 23 outage. Read More

On March 1 at approximately 3:16 a.m., VUPD received a call of possible shots fired in the area of West End Avenue and 18th Avenue South. Responding officers located two non-affiliated male victims with injuries from apparent gunshot wounds. Read More

Shooting occurred at 1809 West End Ave. Suspect at large. Stay clear of area. Updates will be posted to alertvu.vanderbilt.edu when they are available. Read More

Mindfulness is a way to consciously and systematically manage the stress and demands of life. Read More

Vanderbilt’s Office of Honor Scholarships was the host for a reception and informational session about the Marshall Scholarship featuring British Consul General Jeremy Pilmore-Bedford of the British Consulate General in Atlanta on Feb. 25. Read More

Despite new crosswalk signage installed around Nashville in 2014, Davidson County experienced a 20 percent increase in pedestrian fatalities over the year before. Read More

A test message will be sent to all contact points in the AlertVU system, which can include cell phones (voice or text), land lines and email. Read More

Stephen Sanders, JD’78, has built a successful law career advocating for people affected in some way by the coal mining industry in Eastern Kentucky. The Vanderbilt Law School recognized his contributions by naming him the 2014–2015 Social Justice Fellow. Sanders spent three days on campus in February presenting to the… Read More

Employees who want to change the percent of their salaries they contribute to Vanderbilt’s retirement plan to take effect in April should submit the appropriate forms to HR by March 31. Read More

Vanderbilt Campus Dining, the Vanderbilt libraries and the Sarratt Student Center will modify their hours of operation over Spring Break. Read More

Vanderbilt law professor Rebecca Haw Allensworth says a recent Supreme Court decision leaves states three options to stave off antitrust lawsuits. Read More

Joel Bell Covington Jr., who held a number of key roles at the Owen Graduate School of Management during the 1980s and 1990s, died Feb. 21 at his home. Read More

A book by visiting Vanderbilt professor David Maraniss will be the basis of a symposium on the Vietnam War March 9-10 at the First Amendment Center. Read More