Communications And Marketing

Candidates for the Vanderbilt Prize Student Scholar are female graduate students in biomedical sciences at Vanderbilt (PhD or MD/PhD track) who have completed the qualifying exam and have at least one year left to complete the PhD degree. Read More

An expected 1,701 undergraduates and 2,125 graduate students will receive degrees from Vanderbilt University today at ceremonies held across campus. Watch a livestream of the Alumni Lawn ceremony at www.vanderbilt.edu. Read More

Staff from the Center for Cognitive Medicine will administer memory screenings and Alzheimer’s gene screenings at no cost to community members ages 60 and above. Read More

Would your holiday wreath make Martha Stewart jealous? Do you dream of opening an Etsy shop? We invite crafters of all trades to enter the Employee Appreciation Picnic: At the County Fair craft fair. The deadline to enter is Friday, May 10. Read More

Are you looking for a summer opportunity for an advanced learner in your life? Programs for Talented Youth provides opportunities for advanced learners to take accelerated courses in a creative, supportive and rigorous environment on the Vanderbilt University campus. Read More

Basement membranes are important structural and functional components of tissues. New research provides insight into how they repair themselves. Read More

New findings may speed progress toward programming cells to rebuild damaged hearts more quickly. Read More

Hosted by the BRET Office of Career Development and the Training Grants in Biomedical Sciences. Read More

Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos looks ahead to his final Commencement ceremony as chancellor in this week's column. Read More

Vanderbilt University sophomore Aakash Basu and junior Eric Zhang have been named Goldwater Scholars. The Goldwater Scholarship is the premier award for undergraduate STEM students who show exceptional promise of becoming the nation’s next generation of research leaders. Read More

Shaiza Rizavi, a veteran money manager known for her commitment to social enterprise, will be honored by Vanderbilt’s Peabody College of education and human development with the 2019 Distinguished Alumna Award during Commencement on May 10. Read More

Jan Cuny is a program officer at the National Science Foundation where she leads the Computer and Information Science and Engineering Directorate (CISE)’s efforts on broadening participation and education in computing. Read More

Julia Phillippi, assistant professor of nursing, has been named academic director of the Nurse-Midwifery program. Read More

Wow the judges with your decadent cookies, cakes and pies in the Employee Appreciation Picnic baking contest. The deadline to enter online is this Friday, May 10. Read More

Ernest J. Grant, the 36th president of the American Nurses Association and the first man elected to that office, will give the School of Nursing Dean’s Diversity Lecture on Monday, May 13. Grant’s lecture, “Nursing at the Crossroads: The Future of Health Care,” is open to the Vanderbilt community. Read More

The Boomers, Elders and More speaker series will present “Caregiving During Work Hours” from noon to 1 p.m. Wednesday, May 15, at the Godchaux Nursing Annex, Room 166. Read More

Fred Westfield, a Vanderbilt graduate who went on to become a professor of economics at the university and teach microeconomic theory to a generation of Ph.D. students, died April 24 in Nashville. He was 92. A memorial service is planned for Tuesday, May 21, at 1:30 p.m. at The Temple Congregation Ohabai Sholom, 5015 Harding Road in Nashville. Read More

Over the course of the 2018-19 academic year, 31 faculty and other members of campus contributed their time, attention and energy to the process of supporting and nominating exceptional student candidates for prestigious national awards. Read More

"Babies and You" encourages early and consistent prenatal care and provides monthly educational opportunities.  Read More

The pedestrian bridge and walkway at 21st Avenue South and Edgehill Avenue will undergo routine maintenance this summer. Read More