Year: 2015

As part of Vanderbilt’s efforts to comply with federal ethics regulations, each year the Office of Federal Relations distributes a reminder to the Vanderbilt community regarding federal lobbying contacts made using university resources, as well as gifts, meals and travel sponsorship for covered federal officials—namely, members of Congress and their staffs. Read More

Minor differences in language can have a large effect on how children think about learning materials, including the objects that make up a pattern. Read More

James H. Littlejohn and Mark L. Reuss will be inducted into the School of Engineering Academy of Distinguished Alumni, while Kenneth F. Galloway and James J. Truchard are the inaugural members of the school’s Circle of Distinguished Friends. Read More

Vanderbilt is among four colleges and universities joining the Consortium on Financing Higher Education. COFHE is an organization of private colleges and universities that share a commitment to excellent undergraduate education and affordability. Read More

Vanderbilt political scientist Cecilia Mo has won a $1 million grant from the Labor Department to fight human trafficking. Read More

The Vanderbilt Institute for Coffee Research will bring together a panel of experts to discuss the Third Wave coffee revolution and its impact on fair trade and other issues for workers. Read More

The discovery of a new "reset" button for the brain’s master biological clock could eventually lead to new treatments for seasonal affective disorder, reduce the adverse health effects of working the night shift, and possibly even treat jet lag. Read More

Vanderbilt University won a regional Emmy from the MidSouth Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences during the awards ceremony Jan. 31 at the Schermerhorn Symphony Center. Read More

Active employees can now choose the funds their contributions will be directed to beginning in April when Vanderbilt transitions to its new retirement plan structure. Read More

Jeffrey Bucholtz, director of the national violence prevention organization We End Violence, will be at Vanderbilt Feb. 4-5 for a community discussion and series of workshops and lectures for faculty, staff, students and student-athletes. Read More

Jana Harper's "You Call it a Cloud" exhibit was inspired by her mother's obsession with clouds. Read More

Vanderbilt professor David Hess received the James Thornton Fant Chair in Sustainability Studies only this week, but the chair’s story dates to 1899. Read More

Colombian artist Jairo Prado will give a lunchtime talk Feb. 10 on how emigration to the U.S. shaped his art. Read More

"Vanderbilt can make a difference, and we must make a difference, because the consequences of sexual violence—shattered dreams and shattered lives—are intolerable," writes Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos in a message to the Vanderbilt community. Read More

Physician Bennett Spetalnik talks about Vanderbilt’s delivery department and the pros and cons of pre-term and full-term deliveries. Read More

Craig E. Philip, a nationally recognized leader in marine and intermodal transportation industries and former CEO of Ingram Barge Company, has been named director of the Vanderbilt Center for Transportation Research. He also is a research professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Read More

To better understand the importance of effective boundaries, visit the Work/Life Connections-EAP Resource Library. Read More

Several of Davidson County’s most prominent judges and attorneys will speak to a Vanderbilt University undergraduate Judicial Procedure class this semester. Read More

VUMC employees need to have received two doses of MMR in childhood, or one dose after age 18. Read More

Join in a variety of fun and informative events and programs with Count On Your Heart. Read More