Year: 2018

The provost's office has awarded 14 faculty proposals have been with Discovery Grants, one of Vanderbilt’s main investments promote discovery and raise the university's scholarly profile. Read More

Health Plus wants to support you in having a healthy pregnancy by offering Babies & You, a prenatal education program to encourage early and consistent prenatal care.The program is offered to Vanderbilt faculty/staff, spouses, or dependent children. Read More

Mark Miller-McLemore will retire as dean of the Disciples Divinity House at Vanderbilt June 30 after leading this model living–learning community for future Disciples of Christ leaders for 23 years. Read More

Robby Bishop of Health Plus and Rosie Mosley of the Vanderbilt Information Management Department discuss the Know Your Numbers program, a biometrics measurement program that is a benefit for faculty and staff. . Read More

The second in a local series of focused discussions about the Living Building Challenge is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. Thursday, June 21, in the Jacobs Believed in Me Auditorium in Featheringill Hall. Read More

A memorial service will be held for Nancy Ransom, founding director of the Margaret Cuninggim Women’s Center at Vanderbilt and a champion of women’s rights, education and gender equality. Read More

A drug in use clinically to help make vaccines more effective may be a powerful new tool for fighting antibiotic-resistant infections. Read More

Researchers at Vanderbilt are studying how nonverbal or minimally verbal children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), 8-14 years old, process different kinds of sounds in their environment. Read More

One in five American adults experience some form of mental illness each year. In this EAP Wellcast, Rosemary Cope, EAP Counselor, and Emma Finn, LMFT, RN-BC discuss how a diagnosis of a mental health condition can mark a new beginning of a happy and productive life rather define or diminish a person and what they can contribute to society. Read More

Vanderbilt University and Vanderbilt University Medical Center will temporarily shut down AccessVU from June 19 to 24. At the end of this timeframe, AccessVU will become the identity system for the medical center and VU Identity will be live for the university. Read More

The database through which Vanderbilt faculty, staff and graduate students can learn about external funding opportunities is transitioning from ProQuest Pivot to InfoEd Global SPIN. Read More

After successfully leading Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center (VICC) through years of growth in patient volumes and enhanced care options, Michael Neuss, MD, Chief Medical Officer of the VICC Clinical Enterprise, is retiring as CMO. Neuss will be succeeded by Madan Jagasia, MBBS, MSCI, MMHC, who has been named to the George and Beverley Rawlings Directorship and is section chief, Hematology and Stem Cell Transplant and director of the Outpatient Stem Cell Clinic. Read More

Vanderbilt researchers describe how certain tuberculosis treatments work and suggest these medications may overcome the threat of drug-resistant tuberculosis. Read More

The Nashville Farmers' Market is held every Thursday through October 25 with new hours from 1:30-5:00 p.m. The market is located on the medical center plaza outside Langford Auditorium. Read More

The HR Diversity & Inclusion Committee is calling for volunteers to walk for the 2018 Nashville Pride Equality Walk on June 23 in downtown Nashville. Read More

The College of Arts and Science has announced its Mellon Fellows in Digital Humanities for the 2018–19 academic year. The fellowships are administered through the Center for Digital Humanities. Read More

A five-year National Cancer Institute grant will fund an interdisciplinary research center for the study of small cell lung cancer, a highly aggressive, incurable form of the disease. Read More

Summer 2018 marks the five-year anniversary of Vanderbilt’s institution-wide policy for the protection of minors (POM). Personnel working with minors are required to be compliant with the policy. Meanwhile, updates are coming to the POM web application used for program and event registration. Read More

Vanderbilt employees and their families set out their chairs and blankets across Centennial Park to enjoy an evening of music under the stars courtesy of Employee Appreciation Vanderbilt Family Night and the Nashville Symphony. Read More