Communications And Marketing

Rosette Chakkalakal, assistant professor of medicine, will present “Caring for Your Family Means Caring for Yourself,” on Thursday, Dec. 15. The latest installment of Babies and You is scheduled from noon to 1 p.m. in Light Hall, Room 411. Read More

"We stand with all members of the Vanderbilt community, of all backgrounds, including those who feel particularly at risk given the recent election," write Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Susan R. Wente and Vice Chancellor for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion George C. Hill in a message to the Vanderbilt community. Read More

On Dec. 5, a female student reported to a Campus Security Authority that she was sexually assaulted by a male student at an undisclosed location on campus on Dec. 2. Read More

Expect the unexpected when you walk into Kit Parker’s biophysics lab at Harvard. From cuttlefish skin camouflage to cotton candy machines used for wound dressings, his science is anything but ordinary. In fact, the young scientists inside are just as likely to be playing with crayons to visualize solutions… Read More

SkyVU, Vanderbilt’s new cloud-based system that will replace current e-business services and provide a modern, synchronized environment to allow university faculty and staff to spend less time on paperwork and more time on efforts that contribute to the university’s mission, has a new launch date. Read More

Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos visited with students at the Mega Stress Fest Friday evening at the Student Life Center. Read More

Vanderbilt has accepted an invitation to face North Carolina State of the Atlantic Coast Conference in the 41st Camping World Independence Bowl on Monday, Dec. 26, in Shreveport, Louisiana. Read More

Marc A. Chen, a Vanderbilt University senior majoring in economics and mathematics, has been named a Schwarzman Scholar for 2017-18. Chen is one of 129 men and women selected from a group of 2,747 candidates worldwide representing 30 countries and 75 universities. Read More

Amanda Havard doesn’t shy away from a challenge. Launch a startup targeting the public sector? Learn the ins and outs of Medicaid? Lead a health care company as a technologist? These questions did nothing to deter Havard. Drawing on her passion for technology solutions, Havard launched Health:ELT in 2014 with… Read More

Postdoctoral fellow Jedidah Isler and Vanderbilt alumna Kimberly Bryant appeared in a "Vanity Fair" feature about notable and diverse role models in STEM fields, and physics professors Joseph Hamilton and A.V. Ramayya were recognized for their work in helping discover “tennessine,” one of four new elements officially added to the periodic table this week. Read a selection of Vanderbilt news stories for the week of Nov. 28. Read More

Vanderbilt University has received six Mid-South Regional Emmy nominations for excellence in television, the industry’s highest honor. Read More

Ticket mini plans are now available for some of the Commodores' best home games this season. Purchase yours now to catch the new era of Vanderbilt basketball. Read More

In theory, solar energy is an elegant solution to serious impending challenges such as climate change and energy crises. In reality, it can be ugly, clunky and—most important—impractical; the places where we most need solar panels are where we have the least room for them. This was the problem Miles… Read More

Boys and girls age 4 to 6—those who stutter and those who do not—are needed for a research study, "Emotional Processing in Children Who Do and Do Not Stutter." Read More

TPAC discounts are available to employees for select performances of 'A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder.' Read More

More than 33 years after Rod Williamson first arrived at Vanderbilt University, times have changed in college athletics. But one thing hasn’t changed at Vanderbilt: Williamson’s passion for the Commodores. Read More

What drives health in the greater Nashville area? How does infant mortality in Nashville compare with that of the rest of the state? Is someone in Rutherford County at greater risk to develop lung cancer than someone in Williamson County? What does the community believe are the greatest needs? Through the “Community Health Needs Assessment” (CHNA) process, Vanderbilt and other non-profit hospitals are attempting to answer these and other questions related to community health. Read More

Course and teaching evaluations for the fall semester launch on Friday, Dec. 2, for the Blair School of Music, College of Arts and Science, Divinity School, School of Engineering, Graduate School, and Peabody College. The evaluations will remain open for eight days and end at 11:59 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 9. Read More

Thanks to a new mobile application called WalkWays, navigating Vanderbilt University Medical Center is now a bit easier. Read More

Sylvia Bozeman enrolled in Vanderbilt’s graduate program in mathematics in 1968, one year after the program was integrated, and went on to become the first African American woman to earn a master’s degree in math from the university. Today she is a professor, emerita, of Spelman College in… Read More