Year: 2016

Noted civil rights leader James Lawson, the keynote speaker for Vanderbilt's 2016 MLK Commemoration, told a capacity audience that the American people must choose if the country is to move into a true democracy with equality, freedom and justice for all. Read More

W-2 forms are scheduled to be mailed next week to current employees and former employees who earned money from Vanderbilt during the 2015 calendar year. Read More

The Commodores will host their annual “Jam the Gym” event on Monday, when the women’s basketball team takes on Alabama beginning at 6 p.m. in Memorial Gym. Fans can purchase $1 tickets to the game and $1 hot dogs during the game. Read More

Message to all university faculty and staff from Barbara Carroll, chief human resources officer Barbara Carroll (Vanderbilt) Colleagues, Nashville is likely to see its first inclement weather of the season starting in the very early hours of Wednesday morning. It sounds like there will be a mix of ice and… Read More

Vanderbilt University political scientist John Geer, the nation’s leading expert on negative political advertising, is available to comment on the U.S. Democratic and Republican presidential primary elections. Geer co-chairs Vanderbilt’s Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions. Read More

Precollege music students Kaili Wang and Nolan Harvel, both Myra Jackson Blair Senior Honor Scholars at Blair School of Music, are gaining performance experience at notable venues both locally and nationally. Read More

Many people manage to lose weight, but few of them keep it off. Learn how the successful few avoid regaining weight in this article from MySouthernHealth.com. Read More

The Blair School of Music’s Conversations Series will welcome five-time Grammy nominee and guitar virtuoso Robben Ford Feb. 2 for an intimate on-stage conversation, a brief performance, and Q&A session with the audience. Read More

The National Academy of Sciences has announced that Geoffrey Woodman, associate professor of psychology at Vanderbilt University, will receive a 2016 Troland Research Award. Read More

The Vanderbilt community celebrated the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. with a series of events Jan. 15-18, including lectures, service activities and participation in the Nashville Freedom March. See coverage on the Get Social website. Read More

New approaches to engineering design are needed to solve inequities in global health care, according to a widely acclaimed bioengineer who tackles neonatal health and cancer mortality in low-resource settings in the United States and Africa. Rebecca Richards-Kortum will deliver the Hall Engineering Lecture on Monday, Jan. 25. Read More

With equal test scores, black students are about half as likely as their white peers to be assigned to gifted programs in math and reading, according to a new Vanderbilt University study. Read More

An archaeologist at the University of California, Irvine, will discuss Greek architectural renewal by the Roman emperor Augustus when she delivers a Goldberg Lecture Jan. 21 at Cohen Hall. Read More

Read the inaugural issue of "Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Matter," the official newsletter from the office of Vice Chancellor George C. Hill. Read More

Vanderbilt posted its highest percentage ever for diversifying the entering freshman class in the just-released annual survey of the "Journal of Blacks in Higher Education." Read More

The Blair School of Music’s “Cuddle and Bounce” class is designed for new parents and their babies. Read More

Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos has announced the establishment of the Joseph A. Johnson, Jr. Distinguished Leadership Professor Award, to be given annually beginning at the 2016 Spring Faculty Assembly. The award will recognize a faculty member whose contributions have enhanced equity, diversity and inclusion in the university’s academic endeavors. Read More

Expect to see a new form that will be mailed to your home address this January. Form 1095-C reports important health insurance information you’ll need when completing your tax return. Read More

Vanderbilt employees and their families are invited to attend the Employee Celebration Fan Fest and Vanderbilt women’s basketball game on Thursday, Feb. 11. The event is free, and online registration begins today. Read More

Check out our favorite #vandygram photos, shared on Instagram by the Vanderbilt community, on the Get Social website. Photo by @cix2photo #Peabody #vandygram… Read More