Month: March 2019

Co-sponsored workshop to celebrate women's history month. Read More

At this Vandy Cooks, Marissa Wertheimer, a registered dietitian and Health Plus health educator, will share traditional recipes served at the Jewish Passover Seder and create dishes that symbolize the Jewish people’s freedom from slavery and flight from Egypt. Read More

Professor of Medicine Maureen Gannon will discuss “Recognizing and Overcoming Imposter Syndrome” and the Women’s Center will hand out its annual awards on Tuesday, March 26, in the Central Library Community Room. Read More

Research shows that it's important for women to cultivate a strong network. That's why we developed the Women In Leadership program. Read More

VUSM Student Lecturers on Friday, March 22, 2019 Read More

Vanderbilt University Public Safety will conduct a test of the AlertVU emergency notification system on Thursday, March 28, at 2 p.m. Read More

This week our favorite #vandygram goes to our own @vanderbiltadmissions! They get to enjoy this breathtaking view of E. Bronson Ingram College every day - talk about lucky. 🤩 Read More

Ruth Lehmann, an investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and professor and chair of the Department of Cell Biology at New York University’s Langone Medical Center, will deliver a Flexner Discovery Lecture on March 21. Read More

The Office of LGBTQI Life invites the Vanderbilt community to the last Pursuing Respect, Inclusion, Diversity and Equity training of the spring semester on March 27. Read More

Erin Calipari, a principal investigator at the Vanderbilt Center for Addiction Research, has dedicated herself to making groundbreaking discoveries. As the daughter of Kentucky head basketball coach John Calipari, she's embracing her platform to share important scientific breakthroughs with people who might not otherwise be paying attention. Read More

Vanderbilt researchers are on a quest to develop early biomarkers of treatment outcomes for patients with temporal lobe epilepsy based on their individual brain networks. Read More

Lauren Woodard and Matthew Wilson have discovered a way to reprogram adult human kidney cells into cells similar to those that form during embryonic development, which could lead to new kidney disease treatments. Read More

Though neurological activity is generally associated with the brain's gray matter, Muwei Li and colleagues have now measured it in white matter as well. Read More

Vanderbilt is among seven universities awarded a $1 million grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to foster library collaborations supporting learning needs of students with print disabilities. Read More

New research into the enzyme topoisomerase II sheds light on how it helps DNA replicate properly. Read More

Stimulating the vagus nerve triggers certain epigenetic changes involving learning and memory. Read More

The existing federal cap on monetary damages for workplace sexual harassment is far too low to incentivize firms to take stronger measures to prevent the behavior, finds Vanderbilt economist and law professor Joni Hersch. Read More

Check out the live construction camera, download the VandySafe app, and get updates on construction, parking and mobility in the March issue of the West End Neighborhood e-newsletter. Read More

In the decade since Opportunity Vanderbilt began, more than 10,000 students have benefitted from the program. Read More

A special lecture by Randy Blakely, Ph.D., executive director FAU Brain Institute kicks off activities celebrating Brain Awareness Month at Vanderbilt. Blakely’s talk, “When Cocaine Just Won’t Do: ADHD and Serotonin-Dopamine Crosstalk,” will be held Thursday, March 14, 10 a.m., in 214 Light Hall. Vanderbilt graduate students worked with… Read More