Year: 2016

Could an emphasis on mental toughness be harming the psychological and physical health of black students? Read More

The Office of Inclusion Initiatives and Cultural Competence is offering a series of diversity and inclusion trainings for the Vanderbilt community. Read More

Are you ready for some football and the Vanderbilt alma mater with a Nashville twist? Our 2016 public service announcement, featuring more than 100 students and the expertise of the Blair School of Music, will be part of the TV telecast as Vanderbilt hosts South Carolina Sept. 1. Read More

Vanderbilt University’s pioneering Academic Strategic Plan, now in its third year, continues to drive the institution forward, creating innovative solutions for the important issues facing society. Read More

The third annual Vanderbilt Undergraduate Research Fair is scheduled for Thursday, Sept. 22. The event will showcase universitywide, interdisciplinary student research through poster presentations and information sessions. Read More

Increased activity of the “fight or flight” nervous system contributes to obesity-associated hypertension and may be a good therapeutic target for the disease. Read More

Your group could win a catered VIP tailgate event for 20 people, 20 tickets to the game, an autographed item from Vanderbilt athletics, and on-field recognition at the Vanderbilt vs. Florida football game on Oct. 1. Read More

Construction crews working at the site of the university’s new Vanderbilt Barnard residential college will begin blasting at the location on Monday, Sept. 12. Read More

Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos shared his vision for a Vanderbilt campus that stresses inclusive excellence through its people, places and culture at the fall faculty assembly on Aug. 25. Read More

As a reminder, employees who do not work on Labor Day, Sept. 5, should report their time off as PTO. Vanderbilt University’s enhanced program, which separates holidays from PTO, takes effect Oct. 1. Read More

Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos will host a panel discussion Sept. 14 exploring the 2016 presidential election and the United States’ future in the first installment of the Chancellor’s Lecture Series for 2016-17. Read More

Scheduling a Fidelity on-one-on consultation just got even easier. The free sessions, available to all employees, are now being held in the Baker Building, located at 110 21st Ave. S. Read More

University News and Communications publishes VUToday, a compilation of Vanderbilt mentions in the media, each weekday. Read a selection of Vanderbilt news stories for the week of Aug. 22. To subscribe to the daily VUToday newsletter, visit news.vanderbilt.edu/vutoday. Read More

Grammy Award winning artist Kelly Clarkson announced as Grand Marshal for Dec. 3 parade Officials from Piedmont Natural Gas, joined by Nashville Mayor Megan Barry, announced today that Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt will benefit from some of the proceeds from this year’s 63rd annual Piedmont… Read More

Vanderbilt's annual Translational Research Forum will feature early career VU and VUMC researchers presenting their recently funded translational science. Guest speaker Dr. Richard Platt of Harvard Medical School will give the keynote speech. Read More

For the past four years, Vanderbilt alumnae Alice Ann Barge, BA’48, and Mary Niederhauser, BS’64—along with their friends Laddie Neil (widow of alumnus Albert B. Neil Jr., JD’50) and Nancy Lee Pitts—have been honored guests at Bonnaroo, the giant outdoor music and arts festival held each June on a 700-acre… Read More

Paleoclimatic cave study in California is designed to identify the factors that made megadroughts commonplace in the western U.S. from 5,000 to 8,000 years ago. Read More

Engel is featured on "Mathematics content coverage and student learning in kindergarten." Read More

New research from Vanderbilt’s Peabody College looks at the constraints of a popular teaching practice. Read More

Vanderbilt investigators have demonstrated that a certain protein complex drives tumor progression in aggressive breast cancers. Read More