Year: 2021

Get active in April with Health Plus. Show us on social media how you are staying active in the month of April and win prizes. Read More

Matthew P. Shaw, assistant professor of public policy and education and assistant professor of law, will deliver the final lecture for the spring 2021 semester in Vanderbilt Law School’s Dean’s Lecture Series on Race and Discrimination. The online event will be on Thursday, April 15, beginning at noon CT. Read More

Sonia Sanchez, a poet, playwright, professor and activist, will give a virtual talk on Wednesday, April 7, beginning at noon CT in celebration of National Poetry Month as well as Black art and artists. Read More

Vanderbilt University will recognize the many contributions and significant impact of its graduate and professional students with a series of Instagram posts and prize giveaways during Graduate and Professional Student Appreciation Week April 5–9. Read More

The Curb Center for Art, Enterprise and Public Policy and Metro Arts Thrive will present “The Role of the Artist in Crisis and Recovery,” a roundtable discussion with three local artists. Curb Public Scholar Emily Habeck has been exploring the event's theme as part of her graduate course work and will moderate the discussion on April 21. Read More

Amid COVID-19, businesses will have to implement new procedures and training methods. Assistant Professor of Strategic Management Megan Lawrence examines what practices work best, and why. Read More

A Vanderbilt University School of Medicine student-led effort has led to Dixie Place, the city street that runs between Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s Central Garage and the Oxford House on 21st Avenue South, being renamed Vivien Thomas Way. Read More

Team members serving COVID-19 inpatients were more densely connected, interacting far more than their medical ICU counterparts. Read More

The discovery of monoclonal antibodies that neutralize Rift Valley Fever Virus — an emerging infection with pandemic potential — lays the foundation for future therapeutic antibody development. Read More

Manuel Zapata Olivella, an Afro-Colombian novelist who became known throughout Latin America as the dean of Black Hispanic writers, will be celebrated during an international conference April 8–10 hosted virtually by Vanderbilt. Read More

Triple-negative breast cancer cells engage in a “glutamine steal” — outcompeting T cells for the nutrient glutamine and impairing their ability to kill tumor cells, Vanderbilt researchers have discovered. Read More

Despite an impressive vaccination effort that exceeds 2 million shots a day, rates of COVID-19 are again on the rise in several parts of the United States, as is the spread of highly transmissible variants of the virus. Read More

Behavioral science identifies best way to convince people to get vaccinated. Read More

Dental analysis from Larisa DeSantis shows that polar bears may not be able to compete for food sources as their environment melts away. Read More

Vanderbilt’s Curb Center for Art, Enterprise and Public Policy and Metro Arts will host a free virtual event, “The Role of the Artist in Crisis and Recovery,” on Wednesday, April 21, at noon CT. Read More

Three recent titles from Vanderbilt University Press examine the history and celebrate the culture that distinguish Nashville as a unique Southern city. Read More

Peabody faculty member Douglas Fuchs has received the 2021 Award for Contributions to Research, Practice and Advocacy from the Learning Disabilities Association of America. Read More

The Rev. James Lawson, a civil rights icon and Vanderbilt University distinguished professor, emeritus, has received the prestigious NAACP Chairman’s Award, which recognizes individuals who demonstrate exemplary public service and use their distinct platforms to create agents of change. Read More

The latest numbers from Vanderbilt's COVID-19 public dashboard, the increase in younger patient hospitalizations due to COVID-19, Nashville's opening of vaccine eligibility to people age 16-plus, and Vanderbilt's planned return to a full residential learning experience this fall are included in this week's Return to Campus update. Read More

The latest numbers from Vanderbilt's COVID-19 public dashboard, the increase in younger patient hospitalizations due to COVID-19, Nashville's opening of vaccine eligibility to people age 16-plus, and Vanderbilt's plan for all classes to be offered in person this fall are included in this week's Return to Campus update. Read More