Year: 2017

Do you have a loved one that may need long-term care? Long-term care insurance could be the answer to receiving the assistance you need for expenses that generally aren’t covered by health insurance, Medicare or Medicaid. Read More

Former Commodore pitcher Donny Everett, who died in a drowning accident on June 2, 2016, will be honored before the start of the Vanderbilt versus Florida baseball game on Saturday, April 15, at Hawkins Field. Read More

Alumnus Jerry Wilmink discusses with Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos Wilmink's journey from engineer to entrepreneur and the deeply personal reason he launched his company. Read More

Award-winning Christian music singer-songwriter Matthew West presents a musical performance along with a discussion and signing of his new book "Hello, My Name Is: Discovering Your True Identity" at Barnes & Noble Vanderbilt on Saturday, April 15, beginning at 2 p.m. 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

Teacher merit pay programs have been associated with a statistically significant positive effect on student outcomes. Read More

The Office of the University Chaplain and Religious Life will host an ecumenical Good Friday service on April 14 in Benton Chapel. Read More

The Vanderbilt Audiology Clinic is offering free hearing screenings to Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Vanderbilt University employees from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on April 26, 27 and 28. Read More

Ten seasons removed from reaching the pinnacle of NCAA women’s bowling, the Commodores hope to celebrate the anniversary in style this week in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where they will be one of eight teams vying for the 2017 NCAA Bowling Championship. Read More

As a Vanderbilt undergraduate, Alex Taylor, BS’97, never thought he’d join the family business. He also had no desire to follow his friends into the world of financial services, even though he was studying what he calls the “psychology of business” as a human and organizational development major at… Read More

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

Jeffrey Collins will discuss the link between religious art and commerce for early global explorers when he delivers the Norman L. and Roselea J. Goldberg Lecture in Art History April 13. Read More

The Human Vaccines Project and Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) announced this week that they joined forces with Illumina Inc. to decipher the human immunome, the genetic underpinnings of the immune system. Read More

Vanderbilt rocketeers are a step closer to defending their fifth straight national title after a successful launch at the 2017 NASA Student Launch competition April 8 at Bragg Farms in Toney, Alabama. Read More

This year's Berry Lecture is April 20 and features Vanderbilt philosopher John Lachs. Read More

A powerful new method has been devised to settle contentious phylogenetic tree-of-life issues. such as "What is the oldest branch of the animal family tree?" Read More

A $5 million gift from alumnus John Arnold and his wife, Laura, will bolster public policy studies and civic engagement at Vanderbilt University’s College of Arts and Science. Read More

The Vanderbilt Institute for Digital Learning (VIDL) reminds the campus community about this year's fast-approaching deadlines for its grant and awards programs, as well as the Graduate Fellows program. Read More

In an era when colleges and universities are attacked and research and discovery are devalued, Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos pledged at the spring faculty assembly to fight for Vanderbilt's mission. Read More

National Vanderbilt news stories for the week of April 3 include research on the effects of race and income on one's health, as well as the effectiveness of 'recovery schools' for addicted teens. Read More