Year: 2021

Campus parking options for 2021-22 are now available. Current permits expire Aug. 31. Read More

Chancellor Daniel Diermeier celebrates the contributions of Vanderbilt’s international faculty across campus, and three faculty members share their experiences and the importance of diverse points of view to academic excellence, in this video. Read More

Professor and entrepreneur finds startup success with Vanderbilt’s spirit of collaboration and innovation. Read More

Vanderbilt University will welcome the 2021-22 cohort of Humphrey Fellows on Aug. 15. The Humphrey Fellowship Program brings accomplished educational leaders from developing nations and emerging democracies to the United States for an academic year to study, gain related professional experience, build leadership capacity and foster mutual understanding. Read More

Vanderbilt Blair creates Curso Virtual de Dirección de Banda, a remote learning program for music directors in Latin America that covers instrument pedagogy, conducting techniques and other topics in band direction. Read More

Thomas Talbot, professor of medicine and chief hospital epidemiologist at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, shares the latest available information on when COVID-19 vaccines will be approved for children under 12. Read More

Mary Ross-Tarkington, with Elder Veterans Legal Aid Group, PC, will discuss the Aid and Attendance benefit, eligibility requirements, pension rates and how to apply. The lunchtime session will be on Wednesday, Aug. 18, at 1 p.m. CT. Read More

In a randomized controlled trial, vitamin D supplementation did not improve biomarkers for cardiovascular and metabolic disease. Read More

The 17th annual Vanderbilt Institute of Chemical Biology Symposium, hosted by the Vanderbilt Institute of Chemical Biology and the Chemical Biology Association of Students, is scheduled for Thursday, Aug. 12, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:15 p.m. CT. The event is sponsored by Ancora Innovation, through Vanderbilt’s partnership with Deerfield Management, and will be broadcast remotely. Read More

The Vanderbilt Fine Arts Gallery will reopen on Thursday, Aug. 26, with "Sympathetic Magic," an exhibition presenting objects from Vanderbilt University Collections alongside works by modern and contemporary artists that promote faith, healing and transformation. Read More

Vanderbilt neurologists found altered excitability in deep brain structures that they note may drive respiratory dysfunction and sudden death in a rare form of epilepsy. Read More

Meet the new faculty head of West House, Emily Pendergrass, associate professor of literacy and director of reading education in the Department of Teaching and Learning. Read More

The Vanderbilt Project on Unity and American Democracy and Vanderbilt University Medical Center will host “Vaccine Hesitancy: The Politics of Public Health in Tennessee,” a virtual event, on Wednesday, Aug. 18, at noon CT. Read More

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The motor protein MYO5B, a cause of the congenital intestinal disorder microvillus inclusion disease, does more than move cellular cargo, Vanderbilt researchers have discovered. Read More

Vanderbilt researchers are looking to mRNA populations in podocytes — kidney cells that help filter blood — to help identify potential targets for treating diabetic kidney disease. Read More

The Master of Science in Clinical Investigation, or MSCI, program has limited space available for learners interested in enrolling in select courses for professional development in clinical and translational research. Read More

The Stata Boot Camp will be offered over three afternoons in October to second-year students in the Vanderbilt Master of Public Health program as well as Vanderbilt University and Vanderbilt University Medical Center graduate and professional students, faculty and staff members and public health professionals. Read More

Amy Johnson, assistant provost for immersion and experiential learning, moves into Warren College with her family. Johnson will serve as Warren’s Faculty Head of House. (Joe Howell) Provost Cybele Raver is welcomed by colleagues during a breakfast in her honor at Alumni Hall. (John Russell)… Read More

Rejecting conventional wisdom, a team of researchers found that store loyalty, purchase intentions and spending behavior are negatively affected when consumers encounter a salesperson who is standing close by. Read More