Communications And Marketing
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George Embiricos, BS’12: Hot chicken junkie
Embiricos is associate editor at Food Republic, a New York City-based online magazine that “explores the culture of food through stories, interviews, global conversations and experiences.” Read MoreSep 7, 2017
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H. Floyd Dennis Jr., JD’58: Disability civil rights advocate
H. Floyd Dennis Jr., professor of special education, emeritus, at Vanderbilt Peabody College of education and human development, died April 17 of cancer in Chattanooga, Tennessee. He was 89. Read MoreSep 7, 2017
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Joe Thomas Ford Jr., BA’76: All-star sportsman
Former Vanderbilt basketball star Joe Thomas Ford of Paducah, Kentucky, died June 20 from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. He was 64. Read MoreSep 7, 2017
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Dale P. Andrews, MA’97, PhD’98: ‘Culture of collegiality’
Dale P. Andrews, a teacher, minister, social justice activist, and renowned scholar on the art of preaching, died June 23 in Nashville of cancer. He was 55. Read MoreSep 7, 2017
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Summer in the City: Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos hosts Vanderbilt events in New York
Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos hosted alumni, parents, and incoming first-year Vanderbilt students at two events in New York City this summer. Read MoreSep 7, 2017
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Heat a trigger for seizures
Elevated body temperature alone can increase vulnerability to fever-induced seizures, even in the absence of infection or inflammation. Read MoreSep 6, 2017
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Message to Academic Affairs faculty and staff from Provost Wente re: DACA resources
Vanderbilt is committed to supporting and embracing our students regardless of their immigration status, citizenship or nationality. Read MoreSep 5, 2017
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Pain and Alzheimer’s disease
Clinicians should use a structured interview in people with Alzheimer’s disease to identify pain that might be otherwise overlooked. Read MoreSep 5, 2017
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Sandra Sue Jaggard, BS’87: Passionate prosecutor
Known for her encyclopedic command of the law, Florida Senior Assistant Attorney General Sandra Jaggard helped keep some of Miami’s most notorious killers on Death Row. She died unexpectedly Oct. 11, 2016, at age 51. Read MoreSep 1, 2017
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AT&T cell service outage set for Sept. 9
In-building AT&T cellular coverage infrastructure will be down throughout the Medical Center from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 9, while the existing fiber optics lines are relocated as part of the Godchaux Hall construction project. Read MoreAug 31, 2017
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VUMC implements enhanced protection against email phishing
In response to many phishing attacks targeting Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) email accounts, the institution has subscribed to Microsoft’s Exchange Online Advanced Threat Protection (ATP). Read MoreAug 31, 2017
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Vanderbilt joins NASA in eclipse balloon launch
Vanderbilt University researchers joined a national NASA weather balloon project giving scientists and people around the world a view of the total solar eclipse from the edge of space. Read MoreAug 24, 2017
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Eclipse at The Ingram Commons
Watch as the class of 2021 join together to experience a once in a lifetime full solar eclipse on The Ingram Commons. Follow Vanderbilt on Twitter: https://twitter.com/vanderbiltu, on Instagram: http://instagram.com/vanderbiltu and on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/vanderbilt. See all Vanderbilt social media at http://social.vanderbilt.edu. Read MoreAug 24, 2017
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Eclipse Timelapse Montage
Enjoy this montage of time-lapsed videos from across the campus of Vanderbilt University during Eclipse 2017. Read MoreAug 24, 2017
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Celebrating the best
Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt staff gathered recently to celebrate the hospital’s performance in the recent U.S. News & World Report ranking of America’s Best Children’s Hospitals. Read MoreAug 24, 2017
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Oxidative stress on the brain
Vanderbilt investigators have discovered that oxidative damage may play an important role in the development of a rare cholesterol synthesis disease and in the behavioral changes of autism spectrum disorders. Read MoreAug 23, 2017
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Predicting brain surgery outcomes
Assessing brain functional and structural connectivity in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy may be a useful way to identify the best candidates for surgical treatment. Read MoreAug 18, 2017
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Vanderbilt University Medical Center recalls white eclipse viewing glasses
by Cynthia Floyd Manley Vanderbilt University Medical Center has determined that eclipse-viewing glasses purchased from a local vendor and previously distributed to the public may not meet the highest safety standards and should not be used to view the eclipse. The glasses in question have solid white paper frames and… Read MoreAug 17, 2017
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Multi-factor authentication to enable e-prescribing of controlled substances
The Epic Electronic Health Record System, eStar, will go live at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) on Nov. 2 and will enable Medical Center health care providers to prescribe controlled substances electronically. Read MoreAug 17, 2017
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Premier League visitors
Players from the Tottenham Hotspur Football Club recently visited with children and families in Seacrest Studios at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt. Read MoreAug 17, 2017