Year: 2016

Last week, Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt held a “Dog Days of Summer Paw-ty” for patients and families. Read More

David Vago, Ph.D., will join the Osher Center for Integrative Medicine in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation on Sept. 1 as director of research. Read More

Vanderbilt University Medical Center has been awarded Platinum status by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) as a leader in organ, eye and tissue donation awareness. Read More

Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) held a Memorial Service for Recent Victims of Violence in America and the World on Wednesday to give faculty, staff and students an opportunity to reflect and share their thoughts and feelings about recent national events that have resulted in violent and senseless deaths. Read More

Everyone knew everyone in Patty Wright’s hometown of Scottsville, Kentucky, population 4,336. Read More

Neil Osheroff, Ph.D., has been named director of the Academy for Excellence in Education. He succeeds Lillian Nanney, Ph.D., who served as director since the Academy’s inception in 2007. Read More

Research to Prevent Blindness (RPB) has awarded two grants to faculty in the Department of Ophthalmology. Read More

A team of engineers and psychologists have developed a virtual reality driving simulator designed to help teenagers with autism spectrum disorder learn to drive, a key skill in allowing them to live independent and productive lives. Read More

Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos today announced that the Division of Public Affairs will restructure to better address the increasing needs and demands of a global university that is deeply rooted in Nashville and the state of Tennessee. Read More

Simply Mac is offering pre-orders on items discounted for Vanderbilt faculty, staff and students during Tennessee’s Tax Free Weekend, July 29-31. Read More

On Thursday, July 28, all university HR departments will relocate to the 10th floor of the Baker Building, at the corner of 21st Avenue South and Terrace Place. Read More

A Divinity School student has been awarded a Curb Public Scholarship to develop a game-based tool for reducing bias in group interactions. Read More

The new center—which will enable research using approaches to precision medicine to eradicate health disparities, specifically those among African Americans and Latinos—is the result of a five-year, $11.6 million grant from the National Institutes of Health. Read More

A small firework and pyrotechnic demonstration will be conducted at Vanderbilt Stadium on Monday, July 25, beginning at 10 a.m. Please be advised of the potential for loud noise during this time. Read More

More than 800 employees “dished” on this year’s Employee Appreciation picnic through an online survey and crowned the 2016 event a winner. Read More

Health Plus is offering new sessions of the National Diabetes Prevention Program​ for Vanderbilt faculty and staff and their spouses or same-sex domestic partners with prediabetes or a history of gestational diabetes. Read More

A microscopic analysis of quartz crystals from an ancient California super-eruption indicates that the process of decompression preceding the eruption took place less than a year before. Read More

Come to campus Oct. 21–22 to meet up with your friends from the Classes of 2012–2016. It all starts Friday, Oct. 21, with the Young Alumni Homecoming Party. Revisit your favorite Nashville hot spots and then get ready to cheer on the ‘Dores at the Homecoming Tailgate before they take… Read More

All alumni, family and friends are invited back for Homecoming, October 21–22. Read More

Your local Vanderbilt chapter is a great way to start feeling at home in your new city. You will meet alumni at events like happy hours, Commodore Classrooms and game-watch parties and many will host Welcome Parties for new graduates in September and October. Make sure you update your mailing address to receive information about events in your city. Read More