Year: 2018

A university is built on a foundation of research, scholarship and service; to do each of those successfully, we must create an environment in which the faculty can thrive, writes Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos in this week's column. Read More

The MLK Commemorative Series planning committee invites Vanderbilt community members, including faculty, staff, postdocs and graduate and professional students, to submit proposals for teach-ins to take place on Martin Luther King Jr. Day in January 2019. Read More

The Mood, Emotion and Development Lab at Vanderbilt University is conducting a study to improve treatment for teen depression. Read More

A celebration of the life of Jake Kosowsky will be held in the Student Life Center Ballrooms on Sunday, Nov. 11, from 7 to 10 p.m. Read More

The Center for Cognitive Medicine is in search of volunteers ages 55-75 to participate in a free memory screening. Read More

Vanderbilt's newly launched Data Science Institute has issued a call for faculty affiliations. Read More

Metro bus riders can enjoy children's art with a social justice theme—thanks to Vanderbilt Divinity School students. Read More

The Vanderbilt Child and Family Center is investing in future generations with an innovative, research-driven curriculum. Read More

Patients hospitalized with a cardiovascular event are more likely to die within one year if they have low health literacy, according to new research by Lindsay Mayberry and Sunil Kripalani. Read More

Susan Wente and Laura Glass have developed an experimental cell culture model system to investigate the link between stress granules and cell resistance to toxic stress, which could lead to new avenues for treating cancer treatment resistance. Read More

Fiona Harrison and colleagues have found evidence that Vitamin C can help protect brains against seizures and cognitive decline in Alzheimer’s disease. Read More

Rebecca Sappington and colleagues have found that increasing cGMP — part of a signaling pathway that was previously found to regulate intraocular pressure — protects retinal ganglion cells affected by glaucoma. Read More

Lin Zhu and Rob Stafford have found that obesity interferes with cholesterol-improving CTEP inhibitors. Read More

Evolutionary biologists decoded the genomes of nearly a third of known budding yeast species, allowing them to reconstruct an ancient parent’s metabolic characteristics. Read More

A $10 million gift from alumna Jennifer R. Frist, BS’93, and husband William R. “Billy” Frist will endow a new center focused on supporting and developing the neurodiverse talents of individuals with autism at Vanderbilt University’s School of Engineering. Read More

"Breastfeeding: A Positive Choice" is scheduled from noon to 1 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 15, in Light Hall, Room 411.  Read More

You will learn to think strategically and deliver results faster with our upcoming program, Stepping Up: A Tool Kit for Strategic Leadership. Read More

Former Tennessee football player Parker Henry, MSF'19, is using his athlete's work ethic to build a promising future in finance. Read More

MoveVU, Vanderbilt's mobility strategy for faculty, staff and students, has a received a major boost from a $4.5 million federal grant, which the university will match. Read More

Alumni of the Ingram Scholars Program celebrated its 25th anniversary with a weekend of events on campus reflecting on the program's history and discussing its future. Read More