Month: April 2016

Now in its third year, the Last Lecture is a new tradition for the Vanderbilt senior class. Each year the class selects a professor to deliver a lecture that includes advice, well wishes and fond memories. Stephen Buckles, senior lecturer in economics, will deliver this year’s farewell address on… Read More

Don’t miss the fun of Reunion Oct. 20–22. Let your friends know you’re coming—add your name to the Planning to Attend list today. There are educational events and parties on Friday and football on Saturday—just like when you were in school. Put your name on the list today!… Read More

Don’t miss the fun of the Young Alumni Homecoming party Oct. 21. Let your friends know you’re coming—add your name to the Planning to Attend list today. The Classes of 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016 are all invited!… Read More

Adherence to medication was the only self-care activity independently associated with glycemic control in a low-income population. Read More

When it comes to teaching toddlers, there’s no such thing as one size fits all. Read More

Vanderbilt researchers show that a certain factor negatively impacts the first-line responder cells in the lungs, providing one explanation for why patients with asthma are at greater risk for invasive bacterial disease. Read More

Last week, David Charles, M.D., chief medical officer of the Vanderbilt Neuroscience Institute, vice-chair of the Department of Neurology and medical director of Telemedicine, represented Vanderbilt University Medical Center at a White House Convening on Rural Telehealth. Read More

Vanderbilt seniors have designed a new method that improves the accuracy of magnetic strip placement during the manufacture of payment cards. Read More

Undergraduates taking Amanda Lowery’s Material Manipulations course have redesigned a toy car so a two-year-old with cerebral palsy can drive it. Read More

Vanderbilt University Medical Center has entered into a strategic research agreement with Celgene Corporation, a biopharmaceutical company based in Summit, New Jersey. Read More

Public opinion date gathered by Vanderbilt University's Latin American Public Opinion Project shows that the people of Brazil have lost confidence in their political institutions. Read More

For Vanderbilt senior Ariel Helms from Oklahoma, twists and turns in her past, including a long-kept family secret, led to her passion for discovery in a Vanderbilt lab. Read More

The p73 gene is required for the generation of cilia – hair-like projections on cells – findings that could have implications for the study of lung diseases and sterility. Read More