Year: 2017

The Human Resources Learning and Organizational Development team conducts planned workshops to help increase employees’ effectiveness at work in a number of areas. Read More

Vanderbilt’s retirement plan provider, Fidelity Investments, has added an extra layer of security to the NetBenefits website. Read More

Vanderbilt University Medical Center unveiled its new guest wireless network, VUMCGuest, May 1. Read More

Adult amateur string players are invited to the Blair School of Music for the Adult Summer Chamber Music Institute, June 22-25. Applications are due June 2 for the four-day institute. Read More

Get a discount on Nashville Sounds tickets for Vanderbilt Night at First Tennessee Park on May 24. Read More

Don’t forget to mark your calendar for Vanderbilt University’s annual Employee Appreciation Picnic on Tuesday, May 16. The event is scheduled from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Library Lawn. Read More

Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos interviews Janette Sadik-Khan, one of the world's leading voices on urban transportation, for "The Zeppos Report." Read More

Read about the latest faculty, staff, student and alumni awards, appointments and achievements. Read More

Vanderbilt’s efforts to educate incoming students about sexual assault prevention, and to help all students better understand how the university responds to and investigates reports of sexual misconduct, are mentioned in a new report released April 26 by the Association of American Universities. Read More

Shantell Hinton will join the Office of the University Chaplain and Religious Life as assistant chaplain and assistant director of religious life on June 1. Read More

Please join us for the final Silvio O. Conte Center for Neuroscience Research outreach event, "The Science of Violence and Compassion," featuring Jeremy Richman of The Avielle Foundation. Read More

Join Vanderbilt in celebrating Global Employee Health and Fitness Month in May. Health Plus will offer Know Your Numbers stations throughout the month for staff to check blood pressure and BMI. Participants also will be entered into a drawing for great prizes. Read More

Senior Michael Umenta, a computer science major, has a tough decision to make. Does he accept the software engineering job at Google, or does he partner with friends to launch a startup? Read More

Lauren Pak’s passport is a map of injustices around the world. She has spent much of her undergraduate career learning about conflict resolution—not just through classroom lectures and reading, but also by doing hands-on, university-funded research on five continents. Read More

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

The Advanced Robotics Manufacturing Innovation Hub will promote robotics in small and medium enterprises and in critical manufacturing sectors like aerospace, automotive, electronics and textiles. Read More

The combination of music, high academic standards and an openness to explore is what brought Blair School of Music senior Nicole Long to Vanderbilt. She knew from the beginning she wanted to double major in percussion and something academic, though she wasn’t sure what her second subject might be. Read More

Read the April 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

The American Psychological Association has honored Centennial Professor of Psychology Gordon D. Logan with its most prestigious award for scientific achievement. Read More

After hours of thinking about theoretical physics, senior Zachary Bednarke relaxes by playing his trumpet. While running through scales on the instrument, he is also, technically, still doing schoolwork. Read More