Year: 2017

Watch video of Vanderbilt University Digital Humanities Colloquium with Steve Wernke on March 15, 2017. Read More

Read the March 2017 issue of "The Open Dore," Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Susan R. Wente’s newsletter, which is now available online. Read More

A team of Vanderbilt biologists has found that the malaria mosquito has a second complete set of odor receptors that are specially tuned to human scents. Read More

Today is the inaugural World Delirium Day, created to raise delirium awareness and inspire positive action among health care providers. Read More

Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) will join several other hospitals and federal, state and local agencies for a full-scale weather-related disaster drill on Thursday, March 23, from 9 a.m. to noon. Read More

Phil Yu, who writes about race and culture in his blog Angry Asian Man, will give a talk March 30. Read More

This year's Charney Lecturer is United Nations official Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, who will discuss “Global Challenges to Human Rights” April 5 at Vanderbilt Law School. Read More

"Triptych," an exhibition inspired by the three-panel paintings of early Christian altars, is on display at Vanderbilt Divinity School March 16-April 28. Read More

Vanderbilt University’s Institute for Software Integrated Systems will operate a registry of standard-meeting software that can be used across military aircraft, saving time and money. Read More

Fossils at the Fort is happening on Saturday, March 25, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Fort Negley Visitors Center and Park. The event is free and will take place rain or shine. Read More

Maria Renz, the first female adviser to Jeff Bezos, has been named Amazon’s vice president for delivery experience. Read More

Jeff Zenter, JD’06, left the music industry to start writing young adult fiction. His debut novel, The Serpent King, made multiple Best of 2016 book lists and won the William C. Morris award from the American Library Association. Zenter explains his shift from music to writing in this article from… Read More

In July 2004, Wes Powell received what he now refers to as “the Guantánamo call.” Life hasn’t been the same since. That same year the U.S. Supreme Court had ruled that men imprisoned at the U.S. Navy base in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, had a right to challenge their detention in… Read More

Vanderbilt Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos will host an in-depth look at the effort to fill the current vacancy to the United States Supreme Court. The event is scheduled for Thursday, March 30, as part of the Chancellor’s Lecture Series. Read More

Vanderbilt University Medical Center may submit one application to the NIMHD Specialized Centers of Excellence on Minority Health and Health Disparities (U54) funding program. Read More

Starting March 17, recycling on campus will begin switching over to dual-stream recycling, with plastic and aluminum combined in one container. Read More

Blair School of Music senior David Rodgers is graduating with a newly released album of jazz originals he composed, arranged and performed, as well as a spot in the touring band of Grammy Award-winning blues musicians Keb’ Mo’ and Taj Mahal. Read More

The Office for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion presents “iNCLUSIVE,” a biweekly blast of diverse news and events from across campus. Read More

“Get Out of Your Own Way: Overcoming the Roadblocks to Success as a Woman Leader” is scheduled from noon to 1 p.m. Monday, March 20, in Sarratt Student Center, Room 363. Read More

The Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center (VICC) announces a funding opportunity to catalyze innovative, collaborative ovarian cancer-related projects. Read More