Year: 2015

Beginning Feb. 28, all local phone providers will require phone users in Middle Tennessee to dial the entire 10-digit phone number when making local calls. Learn more about how this change will affect the Vanderbilt community. Read More

Education researchers and thought leaders from Vanderbilt’s Peabody College will take a deeper look at the issues surrounding Tennessee’s K-12 testing and standards. Read More

The Vanderbilt Recreation and Wellness Center and Health Plus will present “Vandy Cooks: Heart Healthy on a Budget” featuring Sarah Kraynak, a registered dietitian and nutrition manager at Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee, on Friday, March 6. Read More

Several concerts at the Blair School of Music that were postponed last week due to severe winter weather have been rescheduled. Read More

The Vanderbilt Melodores, reigning champions of NBC’s a cappella performance competition The Sing-Off, will launch a 13-performance leg of The Sing-Off Live Tour Feb. 28 in Wilmington, Delaware. Read More

The Vanderbilt Recreation and Wellness Center presents “Raised Bed Gardening with the Experts” featuring Bill Randles and Laura Barker of Vanderbilt Plant Operations’ grounds maintenance team on Thursday, March 12. Read More

Vanderbilt Associate Professor of English Bridget Orr has been awarded a fellowship from the American Council of Learned Societies for her new book project, "England’s Enlightenment Theater." Read More

Vanderbilt University will implement a new system for numbering courses across all 10 of its undergraduate and professional schools. This change will take effect in March, when registration for the fall 2015 term begins. Read More

Vanderbilt University Medical Center is participating in a national trial to see if outcomes for critically injured patients with uncontrolled bleeding can be improved by administering plasma to these patients while in flight to the hospital. Randomized patients who are at risk of hemorrhaging could receive… Read More

Raphael G. Warnock of Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia, will speak on social justice. Read More

Watch video of Osher Lifelong Learning Institute’s winter term on February 25th, “Ancient Civilizations of the Americas” by Anna Guengerich, Ph.D., Anthropology. Read More

A series of experimental antibiotics may be a good starting point for developing new anticancer drugs. Read More

Historically, the spring months are the most active for severe weather throughout Middle Tennessee. A number of resources are available to help members of the Vanderbilt community prepare and have a plan in place should severe weather threaten campus. Read More

Oversight of higher education has expanded to the point of undermining the ability of colleges and universities to function in a dynamic economy, testified Vanderbilt Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos before the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Feb. 24. Read More

Vanderbilt University Police has implemented security measures and initiatives to address concerns following a fatal shooting Feb. 21 at Wesley Place Garage. Read More

Vanderbilt fosters a distinctive culture characterized by strengths of collaboration, creativity and civility. It is a good time to reflect on these distinctions, writes Provost Susan Wente in the February issue of "The Open Dore," her monthly newsletter. Read More

The Blair School of Music is privileged to award a number of merit and need-based scholarships to precollege students. Applications for 2015-16 are now available and due to be completed by March 13. Read More

Understanding the role that host membrane modification plays in coronavirus replication is essential for developing novel approaches to block the viruses that cause SARS and MERS. Read More

Dana Johnson Tallman, an award-winning photographer in Vanderbilt University Medical Center News and Communications from 1999 to 2009, died Sunday, Feb. 22, due to complications from cystic fibrosis. She was 42. Ms. Tallman was a native of Bowling Green, Kentucky, and a 1994 graduate of Western Kentucky… Read More

Provost Susan Wente; Meg Rush, chief of staff at Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt; and Capt. Scott Kraverath, professor of naval science with Vanderbilt's Naval ROTC, will discuss building trust in the workplace at a campus-wide event March 25. Read More