Year: 2016

Author and former Commodore football player Derrick Gragg will speak on Friday, Feb. 26, to share his personal experiences as a Vanderbilt undergraduate and the life lessons he has learned that set him on his path today. Read More

Students at Vanderbilt Law School and Owen Graduate School of Management enjoyed a visit from Vanderbilt alumnus and Arkansas Congressman French Hill. Read More

International Student and Scholar Services invites you to World on Wednesdays, which gives students, faculty and Vanderbilt community members the chance to engage with other parts of campus through presentations on topics that address and open discussion on a breadth of global issues and experiences. Read More

"Folk & Flora," an original multimedia musical production about flowers and the roles they play in human lives, will be presented at 8 p.m. Monday, Feb. 29, in Sarratt Cinema. The production is an original composition by Blair School of Music senior Jack Coen and features fellow students and members of the community. Read More

Nashville Business Journal has named five Vanderbilt alumnae as “Women of Influence.” According to Allison Nash, associate editor of the NBJ, the awards recognize executives, attorneys and entrepreneurs for their “business accomplishments, commitment to community and willingness to push the envelope." Read More

The evolution of coolness and black masculinity will be discussed at a two-hour forum at the downtown Nashville Library Feb. 27. Read More

VUPD Parking Services has relocated to 2800 Vanderbilt Place in the Vanderbilt University Police Department complex, effective Feb. 22. Read More

Vanderbilt's enterprise resource planning project will transform administrative processes and underlying technology across financial, administrative and research support organizations by making each less complicated and more efficient, while consolidating system applications and mitigating risk. Read More

Vanderbilt leadership challenges you to submit an innovative name for the upcoming enterprise resource planning, or ERP, initiative. The participant with the chosen name will win a $100 gift card. Read More

VIDL will accept proposals for funding of up to $500 for faculty and staff with preference given to requests for the purchase of digital equipment to aid with innovative projects in teaching or research. Read More

The Office of the Provost is soliciting feedback on three proposals under consideration for selection as Vanderbilt’s 2017 Quality Enhancement Plan. The campus community is invited to attend a town hall meeting at 5 p.m. Monday, Feb. 29, in the Jean and Alexander Heard Library Community Room, during which members of the QEP subcommittees will share and discuss their ideas. Read More

Vanderbilt researchers have defined a mechanism that limits liver cell proliferation after injury in order to preserve critical metabolic functions. Read More

Vanderbilt IT has compiled the following information about what a phish looks like, common techniques used by attackers after an account is compromised, and best practices to protect yourself from becoming a victim of phishing. Read More

President Obama's plan to close the Guantanamo Bay detention center will be the topic of a Vanderbilt Law School forum on Feb. 25. Read More

The American Society of Civil Engineers' Music City Bridge Building Competition is being held Saturday, Feb. 27 at Vanderbilt University's Laboratory for Systems Integrity and Reliability. Read More

A corn-and-pepper beer whose significance to an ancient South American empire was confirmed by archaeologist Tiffiny Tung has inspired a custom brew commissioned by Chicago's Field Museum. Read More

If you've moved to a new work location or office, don't forget to update your PeopleFinder record. Read More

Read the February 2016 issue of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Matter, the official newsletter of the EDI office. Read More

Ray Stevens, the Provost Professor of Chemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of Southern California, presents the inaugural Stanley Cohen Lecture Friday, March 4. Read More

Among doctors, it is widely believed that a class of drugs called statins, which are used to lower cholesterol, might help patients tolerate the stress of cardiac surgery. Not so, according to a five-year, placebo-controlled, double-blinded randomized clinical trial conducted at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, published today in the… Read More