Year: 2015

On the eve of the demolition of the plant’s iconic smokestack, Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos will speak at a celebration of the conversion on Thursday, April 9, at 4:10 p.m. Read More

California's aggressive incentive program for installing rooftop solar-electric systems has not been as effective as generally believed according to a new analysis. Read More

Chris Clark, Regius Professor of History, Cambridge University, presented the annual Byrn Lecture, “How Europe Went to War in 1914. The Origins Debate Revisited,” on April 8, 2015. Read More

Watch video of “College (Un)Bound: The Future of Higher Education” presented by Jeffery Selingo on April 7, 2015. Author, columnist and leading authority on higher education Jeffrey Selingo is the inaugural speaker for… Read More

Computer science graduate student Bo Li has been awarded a Symantec Research Labs Graduate Fellowship. She is one of three recipients nationwide of the prestigious fellowship. Read More

(iStockphoto) Powdered alcohol, marketed under the name Palcohol, was recently approved by the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau for sale in the United States. It is a powder that is packaged in a 4-by-6-inch pouch, to which water can be added to produce an instant… Read More

Vanderbilt researchers have identified a new protein involved in heart cell growth, which could improve understanding of pathologic cardiac hypertrophy. Read More

Morality is not declining in the modern world, says Edward Rubin, University Professor of Law and Political Science, in a new book. Instead, a new morality is replacing the previous one. Read More

With several Nashville-based fashion brands on the cusp of a major breakout (imogene + willie, Ceri Hoover Bags and Otis James Nashville), Van Tucker, EMBA’96, is helping build the businesses to help them achieve that. Read More

Kristin Fleschner, BS’03, who has worked on gender, peace and security issues for the federal government since 2008 was one of 17 women profiled by the U.S. Department of State for Women’s History Month 2015. The 2015 theme, “Weaving the Stories of Women’s Lives,” is intended to weave women’s stories—individually… Read More

Researchers at Vanderbilt University have discovered a new way to inhibit Hedgehog (Hh) signaling, an important regulatory pathway for vertebrate development – and cancer. Read More

Hear how a talented student is earning accolades in Vienna; see what an engineering student built to advance biomedical research; and celebrate with the newly accepted members of the Class of 2019. Watch now! Read More

A particular genetic mutation combined with an urban environment increases the risk of severe disease in children infected with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), an international team of investigators has found. Read More

Josh Denny, M.D., M.S., associate professor of Biomedical Informatics and Medicine, will help guide planning for the precision medicine initiative announced by President Obama in his January State of the Union Address. Read More

The death rates for most forms of cancer continue to decline at a modest pace among men, women and children in the United States, according to the Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer 1975 – 2011. Read More

The American Heart Association/American Stroke Association has once again recognized the Vanderbilt Stroke Center for using scientific guidelines to provide top quality patient care. Read More

Mark Rice, M.D., has joined Vanderbilt’s Department of Anesthesiology as professor and chief of the Division of Multispecialty Adult Anesthesiology. Read More

Radiology education expert Lori Deitte, M.D., has joined Vanderbilt University Medical Center as vice chair of Education and associate professor of Radiology and Radiological Sciences. Read More

Roger Dmochowski, M.D., professor of Urologic Surgery at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, was recently elected a trustee of the American Board of Urology. Read More

The proteins that control entry and exit from the cell nucleus influence aging, Vanderbilt researchers have discovered. Read More