Communications And Marketing

The next Open Dore On Location is scheduled for 4 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 25, at the Blair School of Music. All faculty and staff are invited to attend the informal discussion sessions with Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Susan R. Wente. Read More

"Surprising Connections in Autism and Innovation,” a day of presentations, poster sessions and cross-discipline conversations, will be held Friday, Nov. 17, at The Commons Center, rooms 237 and 235. Read More

People either with low levels of financial literacy or who have used payday lending are far less willing to borrow to pay for college, according to a new Vanderbilt study. Read More

The Margaret Cuninggim Women’s Center continues its fall schedule of Work-Life Workshops for faculty, staff and graduate students on Monday, Oct. 23, with “The Working Parent.” Read More

K–12 schools in districts in Nashville, Tenn., and Iowa City, Iowa, will soon benefit from an iPad app designed by Vanderbilt professors to help students modify their own problem behavior. A self-monitoring intervention, MoBeGo (Monitoring Behavior on the Go) will provide critical support to teachers working with students who have challenging behaviors. Read More

By staying alert and following a few crime-prevention tips, you can have a safe and enjoyable holiday season. Read More

The Vanderbilt Institute for Digital Learning is hosting a series of workshops on recording, editing, mixing and mastering dialogue for podcasts and narrated videos. Read More

Vanderbilt University is offering two new online degree programs for education professionals through Peabody Online, a partnership with 2U, Inc. Read More

Vanderbilt University may submit two proposals for the VentureWell Faculty Grants Program. Read More

University News and Communications publishes “VUToday,” a compilation of Vanderbilt mentions in the media, twice weekly. Read a selection of Vanderbilt news stories for the week of Oct. 9. Read More

The fourth annual Commons Unplugged environmental awareness week, Oct. 15–21, celebrates sustainability, natural-resource conservation and energy conservation through events with first-year students. Read More

Vanderbilt's Master of Liberal Arts and Science program is now accepting applications for the spring 2018 semester. Read More

A new exhibit on display at the Wond'ry honors the discoveries of Vanderbilt's Nobel laureates by translating them into beautiful works of art. Read More

The Office of Postdoctoral Affairs recently sponsored a number of events marking Postdoc Appreciation Week, which honors postdocs’ contributions to the Vanderbilt community. Read More

High-quality state- and district-run prekindergarten programs should be supported as long as they are implemented properly and evaluated with rigor, according to a new pre-K consensus report penned by Vanderbilt education researcher Mark Lipsey. Read More

The vision of the Vanderbilt Alumni Association Board of Directors is to be invested in a lifelong Vanderbilt community that is connected to, enriched by and proud of its alumni. Read More

International Education Week (IEW) is Nov. 13–17, 2017. An opportunity to celebrate the benefits of international education and exchange worldwide, IEW is now accepting event proposals through Oct. 25. Read More

Vanderbilt investigators have discovered a class of compounds that inhibit a mediator of inflammation and autoimmune disorders, and that could pave the way for development of future therapies. Read More

Reed Omary, M.D., M.S., chair of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, addresses a recent working group meeting for IdeaShare, VUMC’s interactive tool to share strategies, thoughts and ideas among diverse groups of people. Read More

An analysis of existing research on teacher merit pay programs reveals that the highly debated practice is having a positive effect on student outcomes, according to a new Vanderbilt University report. Read More