Communications And Marketing

Ballet Memphis is no ordinary performing arts space. Its glass exteriors invite passersby to gaze at rehearsals within. Abundant greenery and a courtyard café further entice community members to sit a while. The $21 million, 38,000-square-foot venue opened in August 2018 in the city’s fashionable Overton Square, precisely… Read More

David Barton Smith, is an Emeritus Professor at Temple and Research Professor at Drexel’s Health Management and Policy Department.  His most recent book, The Power to Heal: Civil Rights, Medicare and the Struggle to Transform America’s Health System, Vanderbilt University Press, received the Goldberg Prize for the year’s best book in the area of medicine. Read More

Barbara Moss, Elder Law of Nashville PLC, will focus on use of VA, Medicare and Medicaid benefits. Read More

We must recognize and embrace the disciplines within the arts and humanities that share in Vanderbilt’s mission-critical search for truth in the world, writes Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos in this week's column. Read More

The Faculty Senate will have a meeting for all elected senators on Thursday, Oct. 4. Read More

Nominations will be accepted from Oct. 1 to Nov. 15 for the 2018 Commodore Award, Vanderbilt’s highest staff honor. Read More

The new Tennessee State Museum will celebrate its grand opening Oct. 4-8 and is offering free admission to members of the public. Read More

Project Safe Center staff will offer a presentation Oct. 15 examining the ways in which language reflects and sometimes perpetuates violence in our culture. Read More

Principals with higher performance ratings are much more likely to retain higher-performing teachers and move out low performers, according to a new Vanderbilt study. Read More

The “greenest group” will win a catered VIP hospitality event, 25 tickets to the Vanderbilt vs. Ole Miss football game, and on-field recognition during the game on Nov. 17. Read More

A full-scale test will take place on Saturday, Oct. 6, at noon to coincide with Metro’s monthly siren test. Read More

The Academic Pathways Postdoctoral Fellowship program is a research/mentorship program that is designed to bridge fellows between academic training and entry-level faculty positions. Read More

Lee Gelernt, deputy director of the ACLU’s Immigrants’ Rights Project and director of the project’s Access to the Courts Program, will give Vanderbilt Law School's 2018-19 George Barrett Lecture on Friday, Oct. 5. Read More

Vanderbilt (VU and VUMC, collaboratively) has the opportunity to nominate one candidate for the Brain Research Foundation Fay/Frank Seed Grant Program for 2019. Read More

For information visit: https://vanderbilt.irisregistration.com/Home/Site?code=GPAC2018 Read More

The Department of Leadership, Policy and Organizations welcomes Sean P. Corcoran and Shaun M. Dougherty as associate professors of public policy and education. Read More

Vanderbilt is pleased to welcome CAPT Donald G. May and Lt. Col. Dustin Mitchell as commanding officers of the Naval and Army Reserve Officers Training Corps units, respectively. Read More

On Wednesday, Sept. 26, VUPD received a report from a Campus Security Authority that a female student was sexually assaulted by a male student in a residence hall on Monday, Sept. 24, 2018. Read More

Jim Kendall, LCSW, CEAP, Manager of Work/Life Connection, will discuss how to focus on resilience and well-being, and integrating these into our work and personal lives to better cope with daily stressors. Read More

Vanderbilt School of Nursing has redesigned two of its master of science in nursing specialty programs and relaunched them with revised curricula, educational formats and degree requirements. Read More