Communications And Marketing

What is TEDx? In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TED has created a program called TEDx. TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. Our event is called TEDxVanderbiltUniversity, where x = independently organized TED event. At our TEDxVanderbiltUniversity event,… Read More

Nobel Peace Prize laureate Muhammad Yunus, the founder of Grameen Bank in Bangladesh who created a model for combating poverty through microlending, Wednesday was awarded the George Washington University President’s Medal, the highest honor the university’s president can bestow. Fortune magazine named Dr. Yunus “one of the greatest entrepreneurs of… Read More

Former Vanderbilt Baseball player Carter Hawkins, BS’07, has been promoted to assistant general manager for the Cleveland Indians. He had served as the team’s director of baseball operations for the past two years. Hawkins was catcher at Vanderbilt and a regular on the SEC Academic Honor Roll. He appeared in… Read More

Research achievement was recognized recently during last week’s Diabetes Day at the Student Life Center. Read More

Lawrence Marnett, Ph.D., second from right, talks with three Vanderbilt scientists prior to their presentations during last week’s Flexner Discovery Lecture on cutting-edge research. The speakers were, from left, Mark Wallace, Ph.D., Laura Dugan, M.D., and Sachin Patel, M.D., Ph.D. Read More

The Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences will provide courtesy annual lead shielding inspections designated Tuesdays and every Thursday from mid-January to late May 2017 from 3:30 to approximately 9 p.m. Read More

Understanding how mutations affect the structure and function of inhibitory neurotransmitter receptors will shed light on the mechanisms underlying some types of epilepsy. Read More

Vittorio Gallo, Ph.D., Wolf-Pack Chair in Neuroscience Research and director of the Center for Neuroscience Research with the Children’s Research Institute at Children’s National Medical Center, will present a lecture on Tuesday, Nov. 29 at Vanderbilt Kennedy Center (VKC). Read More

Vanderbilt researchers have discovered a link between Helicobacter pylori infection, inflammation and gastric cancer that could suggest new anti-cancer therapies. Read More

Country music recording artist Kellie Pickler performed for and visited with patients at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt earlier this year as part of a segment for her television series, “I Love Kellie Pickler.” Read More

This Osher Lifelong Learning course will examine the upcoming 2016 elections from every angle. We will look at the effects of political advertising as well as the changing art of political polling in an era when people avoid taking surveys. We will examine the potentially historic effects this election might… Read More

In the first five years of life, a child’s linguistic, conceptual, and social competence grow enormously. Read More

Peabody College has launched an initiative designed to help early-career faculty thrive in all aspects of campus life and to guide them toward promotion and tenure. The R.A.C.E. (Research, Advocacy, Collaboration, Empowering) Mentoring project targets new and junior faculty members, and it is particularly useful for faculty of color. Peabody welcomed 14 new faculty this fall, 80 percent of whom are women and minorities. Read More

Teaching children with disabilities play skills helps them interact with typically developing peers. Read More

Gary Butler, MS’94, founder, president and CEO of Camgian Microsystems Corporation, only attended the School of Engineering for two years, but the experience played a significant role in shaping his path to entrepreneurship. In addition to leading his successful company, Butler is the chair of the School of Engineering’s Board… Read More

On Oct. 27, a panel of education experts explored how policymakers, scholars and school leaders are still addressing the pressing questions and concerns raised by the Equality of Educational Opportunity study, popularly known as the Coleman Report. The event was co-sponsored by Vanderbilt’s Center for Nashville Studies; Community, Neighborhood and… Read More

Here's a look at Vanderbilt 2016 by the numbers—statistics, rankings, student information and more. Read More

Love’s Travel Stops and Country Stores – a Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals® partner since 1998 – set a new fundraising record in its annual fundraising campaign benefiting Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt. Five stores in Middle Tennessee raised $158,247 during the 2016 CMN Hospitals campaign, which… Read More

Derksen Portable Buildings hosted a “Tool Shed Party” and golf tournament Sept. 16-17 in Cottage Grove, Tennessee, in support of Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt. Country music artist Steve Wariner headlined the party, and actor John Schneider, known for his role as Bo Duke in Dukes… Read More

This panel discusses some of the trials and triumphs of our international team who for longer than a decade have worked to preserve the oldest records for Africans in the Americas. The Ecclesiastical and Secular Sources for Slave Societies Digital Archive holds more than 600,000 unique images dating from the… Read More