Communications And Marketing

The University Staff Advisory Council will team with the American Red Cross to sponsor a blood drive on Friday, July 29. The event will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in Sarratt Student Center, Room 216/220. Read More

Do you have a loved one with Alzheimer’s disease or dementia? Are you looking for ways to communicate when words are lost? Read More

Registration is now open for the 2016 Music, Mind and Society Annual Symposium scheduled for Sept. 12 at Vanderbilt’s Blair School of Music. In addition, the symposium’s call for poster abstracts is open through Friday, July 22. Read More

International Student and Scholar Services is seeking students, faculty, staff and community members who may be interested in collaborating with ISSS for its upcoming World on Wednesdays (WOW) program during fall 2016. Read More

Professor Swain’s views are her own and in no way represent those of the university. Vanderbilt University is committed to diversity, inclusion and freedom from discrimination.  Ensuring that our campus is a safe, welcoming and supportive environment for every member of the Vanderbilt community has been, and will always be,… Read More

Vanderbilt students, faculty and staff gathered on Alumni Lawn July 8 to observe the lowering of the American flag to half-staff as a mark of respect for the victims of the attack on police officers July 7 in Dallas, Texas. Read More

Clifford A. Hofwolt, a longtime professor of science education whose tenure at Peabody College predated its merger with Vanderbilt, died at his home in Nashville on July 5. He was 74. Read More

The Vanderbilt community is invited to come together on Monday to reflect on the recent violent deaths of Alton Sterling in Louisiana and Philando Castile in Minnesota. Read More

Join the Vanderbilt football program at Nashville Shores on Friday, July 22, to celebrate summer and kick off the Commodore football pre-season. The fun starts at 11 a.m. Read More

Flags are being lowered to half-staff today, Friday, July 8, across Vanderbilt University’s campus as a mark of respect for the victims of the attack on police officers on Thursday, July 7, in Dallas, Texas. Read More

Managing your disability claims just got easier. Unum’s mobile app, Unum Customer, is available to download for free and gives you instant access to manage claims, review correspondence, check payment information and verify or change personal information directly from your mobile device. Read More

Read the summer 2016 issue of "Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Matter," the official newsletter of the EDI office. Read More

Health Plus wants to support you in having a healthy pregnancy by offering Babies and You, an education program to encourage early and consistent prenatal care. Sessions on various topics are offered monthly. Read More

The July 21 Vandy Walks will be presented by Tony Turnbow, past president of the Natchez Trace Parkway Association​. Participants will meet at noon at the Vanderbilt Recreation and Wellness Center. Read More

Complete Go for the Gold Step 1: Compass Health Assessment and receive a Health Plus T-shirt at the Farmers’ Market at VUMC July 14 from 2 to 5 p.m., while supplies and sizes last. Read More

Take note—shots may be the only recommended vaccine option next flu season. Read More

With a three-year-old child on one arm and a load of beach gear to carry, Matt Houston, BS’07, quickly realized a business opportunity. Soon afterwards, he and David Stange began building the company, Beachy, an app that allows vacationers to order beer, water bottles, food, surfboards and other water equipment,… Read More

The seventh annual ACM Lifting Lives Music Camp, a partnership between the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center and the Academy of Country Music, convened June 22-29. Read More

Patients, families and staff at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt were treated to lunch recently at a food truck event provided by Chef Lucas Food, a nonprofit started by a Minneapolis, Minnesota, teen who is a Hodgkin’s Lymphoma survivor and food truck fanatic. Read More

Does retirement feel out of reach? It did for one Vanderbilt employee until she met one on one with a Fidelity guidance consultant. Read More