Communications And Marketing

For calendar year 2019, Vanderbilt will have two health plan offerings: the Select PPO (Preferred Provider Organization) and the Choice CDHP (Consumer-Driven Health Plan). Eligible employees must elect a health plan. Read More

The Annual Security and Fire Safety Report contains information related to university-wide security and safety, including related policies, procedures and crime statistics. Read More

Staff from the Project Safe Center will lead a training about relationship violence for all Vanderbilt students, faculty and staff. The training is scheduled from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 9, at the Kissam Center, Room C216. Read More

Patterning and spatial activities like block play are simple yet powerful activities in which preschoolers develop early math skills, according to a growing body of research by Vanderbilt scholars. Read More

The Tennessee Education Research Alliance (TERA) recently completed its second year having made valuable contributions to education policy and practice in its home state and beyond. Read More

Vanderbilt (VU and VUMC, collaboratively) is anticipating the opportunity to nominate two candidates for the Edward Mallinckrodt, Jr Foundation Scholar Award Program. Read More

Vanderbilt Athletics is seeking to break a soccer attendance record this Sunday, Sept. 30, when the SEC-leading Commodores face Georgia while also looking to match the longest win streak in program history. Read More

Vanderbilt’s Center for Latin American Studies will host a public lecture '"5 Myths about MS-13”. Read More

An online calendar now features health and wellness services offered in satellite locations across campus to give students quick and convenient access to resources in locations near them. Read More

Jay Clayton has been reappointed as director of the Curb Center for Art, Enterprise and Public Policy and is joined by new Associate Director Alexandre Frenette. The two will continue to expand the reach and visibility of the Curb Center and its core programs and activities. Read More

Rolanda Johnson, assistant dean for academics and associate professor of nursing, has been named assistant dean for diversity and inclusion for the School of Nursing. Read More

Vanderbilt University has received a four-year, $552,273 grant from the National Science Foundation to fund an exciting new research project that will examine how the brain learns a second language. Read More

Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Susan R. Wente discusses the recently launched Faculty Gateway and Shared Governance at Vanderbilt websites, designed to make searching for information easier and more intuitive, in this month's newsletter. Read More

Provost Susan R. Wente has appointed a search committee that includes a Board of Trust member, a current professional student, leaders from across five Vanderbilt professional schools and members of the central administration to lead a national search for the inaugural Bass Military Scholars Program director. Read More

Through the chancellor's signature lecture series and partner events like a newly announced book club, Vanderbilt aims to expand opportunities for students, faculty and staff to engage in meaningful dialogue with the leaders shaping global conversations today, writes Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos in this week's column. Read More

"Using Community Health Workers to Reduce Breast Health Disparities" is scheduled for Friday, Oct. 5, from 8:30 to 10 a.m. sponsored by the Meharry-Vanderbilt Community Engaged Research Core. Read More

Work/Life Connections–EAP will host an open house from 3 to 5 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 2. Read More

October is Depression Awareness Month. It serves as a reminder that clinical depression is a common medical illness affecting more than 16 million adults in the United States each year. Like screenings for other illnesses, depression screenings should be a routine part of health care. Read More

Did you know that researchers who work with animals run the risk of developing allergies to them? Occupational Health conducts screenings to identify people who are starting to develop allergies to their animals and can intervene to protect the worker from overexposure and prevent asthma. Read More

The second annual March for Black Women in STEM is scheduled from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, Oct. 13. The march starts at the front steps of the Wyatt Center and will travel to Alumni Hall. Read More