Year: 2015

Learn how female comedians are influencing our perceptions of femininity; see how you can benefit from the same stuff keeping race car drivers alive; and hear how a Vanderbilt senior finds inspiration in building motorcycles. Watch now! Read More

Vanderbilt faculty, staff and students came together at three town hall meetings this month to learn more about and provide feedback on the implementation of the Academic Strategic Plan. Read More

Vanderbilt mourns the death of J. León Helguera, who taught history for 28 years and donated a treasure trove of books and other writings from Colombia to the university's library. Read More

Vanderbilt Campus Dining Sous Chef Brian Hancock prepared blackened mahi mahi tacos and grilled zucchini hummus during his Vandy Cooks demonstration April 17. Read More

The Davidson County Election Commission is recruiting poll officials to staff polling locations for the upcoming 2015 election cycle. Read More

Divinity School Dean Emilie Townes has received the Pacesetter Award from the American Association of Blacks in Higher Education. Read More

New research by Katharine Donato and Blake Sisk examines why children make the difficult journey north. Read More

Siradji Mahamane, a 2014-15 Hubert H. Humphrey Fellow from Niger, will discuss and answer questions about his home country on Wednesday, April 22, at the next World on Wednesdays gathering. Read More

New findings suggest that it might be possible to treat diabetes by regenerating insulin-producing beta cells in the pancreas. Read More

Vanderbilt's Shaul Kelner has been awarded a National Endowment for the Humanities grant to fund his multifaceted research into the Soviet Jewry movement. Read More

The evolutionary history of whales, sea turtles and other land animals that have returned to the sea details the radical changes to their life style, body shape, physiology that they made to survive in an aquatic environment. Read More

With the school year coming to a close, students were feeling sentimental on social media this week and shared their photos using #vandygram. Read More

Vanderbilt employees may take advantage of discounted tickets for the Nashville Venom arena football team's next two home games Read More

Vanderbilt’s retirement plan transition is nearly complete. Soon you’ll also be able to view your transferred balance and adjust those investments, too. Read More

Join us Thursday, April 23, for the next Musician’s Night at the Vanderbilt Recreation and Wellness Center. Eli Teplin, a classically trained pianist who specializes in catchy verses and choruses with monster hooks, will perform beginning at 7 p.m. Read More

Vanderbilt's Gretchen Purcell-Jackson spoke to more than 80 WiTT members and guests on patient portals and their increasing importance in health care at the group's March 31 meeting held at Vanderbilt Health One Hundred Oaks. Read More

Peabody professors contributed to new book that explores the behavioral, neurobiological, and genetic components of reading comprehension. Read More

Vanderbilt researchers are blazing new trails in language and learning programs designed to ensure children with Down syndrome have the brightest possible futures. Read More

Stuffed animals that pediatric patients bring to the operating room are a reservoir of bacteria that can be effectively sterilized in a household washer/dryer the day before surgery. Read More

TGF-beta signaling in the kidney was thought to be a target for reducing renal fibrosis, but Vanderbilt researchers report that fibrosis still occurs in the absence of TGF-beta signaling. Read More