Year: 2016

Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s rapid response in treating stroke patients has received the American Stroke Association’s Honor Roll-Elite Plus recognition. Read More

Gov. Bill Haslam, center, and Franklin Mayor Ken Moore (to Haslam’s left) pose with the Get Fit Franklin/Healthier Tennessee Steering Committee. Get Fit Franklin is an initiative to support healthy communities in Franklin, Tennessee. Vanderbilt Health is a sponsor of the Get Fit Franklin program. Haslam recognized… Read More

Mitch Edgeworth and his senior team will host the Vanderbilt University Adult Hospital and Clinics first “road show” called Catalyst for Change on Friday, June 17. Read More

A new report released this week raises questions about “gene drives,” a biological process that can profoundly and rapidly alter the characteristics of entire species. Read More

Nancy Brown, M.D., chair of the Department of Medicine, ticked off a wealth of accomplishments for the 2016 academic year at the recent State of the Department of Medicine Address Read More

(photo by Joe Howell) Country music recording artist Martina McBride visited patients at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt on June 7, holding a Q & A and meet-and-greet inside of Seacrest Studios. Read More

A new study finds that uninsured heart attack patients are more likely to be transferred. Read More

A new website has been launched for SkyVU, the cloud-based system that will replace current e-business services and provide a modern, synchronized environment to allow university faculty and staff to spend less time on paperwork and more time on efforts that contribute to the university’s mission. Read More

Experience the No. 1 fitness trend in America. Join Vanderbilt’s Recreation and Wellness Center as it covers all aspects of high-intensity interval training taught by ACSM-certified professional Wade Evans. Read More

When shopping at your local farmers' markets, keep food safety in mind. Read More

Health Plus wants to support you in having a healthy pregnancy by offering Babies and You, a prenatal education program to encourage early and consistent prenatal care. Read More

After an unexpected delay of its scheduled launch on June 2, the 2016 Nashville Farmer’s Market at Vanderbilt University Medical Center will open this Thursday, June 9. Visit the market on Thursdays from 2 to 5 p.m. at the Medical Center plaza near Eskind Library. Read More

The provisional name for the newly discovered superheavy element 117 is "tennessine." The name was proposed by Vanderbilt nuclear physicist Joseph Hamilton to honor the state where three members of the international collaboration that made the discovery -- Vanderbilt University, Oak Ridge National Laboratory and University of Tennessee at Knoxville -- are located. Read More

The Diversity, Inclusion and Community Committee is seeking input from staff at a town hall meeting scheduled from 2 to 4 p.m. Monday, June 20, in Sarratt Cinema. Read More

A project to install chilled water lines from Vanderbilt’s Power Plant to the new Engineering and Science Building and Olin Hall continues, closing parts of 24th Avenue South as well as Garland Avenue for several weeks this summer. Read More

Three sources available from Vanderbilt University for stories about the 2016 Olympics are put forward to journalists Read More

As Nashville welcomes visitors from around the world to the CMA Music Festival this week, Vanderbilt LifeFlight officials are urging fans to take necessary precautions to avoid illness and injury. Read More

Vanderbilt biologist Kenneth Catania has accidentally discovered that electric eels can make leaping attacks that dramatically increase the strength of the electric shocks they deliver. In doing so, Catania has confirmed a 200-year-old observation by famous 19th-century explorer and naturalist Alexander von Humboldt. Read More

The spirit of Giving Day was evident on campus, online and around the world. When Vanderbilt launched Giving Day on April 21—a new tradition for alumni, students, faculty, staff and friends to show their Commodore love through a 24-hour online campaign—nobody could predict how far the “give for the… Read More

There’s a stark and troubling way that incarceration may diminish the ability of a former inmate to empathize with a loved one behind bars, but existing sociological theories fail to capture it. Read More