Year: 2020

The Single Parent Group, sponsored by the Margaret Cuninggim Women’s Center, will meet monthly on Thursdays this spring. Read More

Vanderbilt University may nominate one humanities professor to each of the Whiting Foundation programs: the Public Engagement Fellowship and the Public Engagement Seed Grant. Read More

Author Jaquira Díaz will read from her memoir, "Ordinary Girls," and discuss its writing on Thursday, March 12, as part of the annual Harry C. Howard Jr. Lecture hosted by the Robert Penn Warren Center for the Humanities at Vanderbilt. Read More

The Meharry-Vanderbilt Community Engaged Research Core announces a new round of Community Scholars Awards for the 2020-21 academic year. The Community Scholars Award provides support for two graduate or postgraduate trainees to perform a community-engaged research project collaboratively with a community-based organization during the academic school year. Read More

The Division of Cardiovascular Medicine is seeking healthy adults for a research study. The purpose of this study is to measure a metabolite called α-aminoadipic acid (2-AAA) in blood. Different amounts of 2-AAA in the body may alter the risk of developing diabetes. Read More

The identification of novel protein interactions and sites of modification in proteins involved in mRNA translation adds to understanding of a process that is an important therapeutic target. Read More

More than 200 people gathered in front of Vanderbilt University’s Memorial Gym Feb. 22 for the dedication of Perry Wallace Way, the portion of 25th Avenue South recently named in honor of Vanderbilt trailblazer and Nashville native Perry Wallace, the first African American to play varsity basketball in the Southeastern Conference. Read More

With a population of roughly 150 million people, the delta country of Bangladesh holds about half the population of the entire United States in an area the size of Louisiana, and exists under a near-constant risk of sea level rise and other dynamic climate changes. Read More

A research team of Vanderbilt engineers has demonstrated a new ultrathin filter, based on metamaterials, that allows for analog optical image processing. Read More

Marie Kuzemchak Patten and Samuel Trump will speak as part of the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine 2020 student lectures beginning at noon, Monday, March 23, in Light Hall, Room 208. Read More

Political bipartisanship, the impact of ‘70s television, and issues surrounding race, gender and sports are among the spring classes being offered by the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Vanderbilt. Read More

The National Institutes of Health has now posted information for the 2020 S10 Shared and High-end Instrumentation Grants programs. Read More

Employee Appreciation would like to recognize Susan Taylor, an 18-year Vanderbilt Campus Dining employee. Read More

An opioid-restrictive prescribing protocol reduced the number of postoperative opioid prescriptions and the oral morphine equivalent per prescription. Read More

Before the Class of 2012 moved onto The Martha Rivers Ingram Commons in 2008, there never had been anything on campus like these intentionally designed communities where undergraduates with different backgrounds are paired together and live alongside faculty. Read More

Erin Calipari, Kelly Haws and Marybeth Shinn have been selected as Global Voices Fellows for the fall 2020 semester. Read More

Vanderbilt has established a new Sustainability Advisory Council to guide and support the university’s progress toward its comprehensive long-term sustainability strategy. The council will include students, staff and faculty selected by Interim Chancellor and Provost Susan R. Wente and Vice Chancellor for Administration Eric Kopstain. Read More

Vanderbilt University’s efforts to improve access to higher education through its alliance with the American Talent Initiative is showing dividends as the initiative reports that it is on track to enroll 50,000 more lower-income students at top colleges and universities by the year 2025. An annual progress update was released by ATI on Feb. 19. Read More

The temperatures may have been all over the place recently, but we're still feeling 😍 about our recent snowy day on campus. And @zoe.thegoldendoodle just makes it 100x better. A clear favorite #vandygram. Read More

The quokka, a small marsupial native to Australia, is an example of a species vulnerable to extinction in the country’s harsh surroundings. In a new study, researchers at Vanderbilt University demonstrate evidence for the dramatic decline of quokkas over the past century. Read More