Second straight year at No. 1 for Vanderbilt Peabody College

Medical school ranked 15, law school 17 by U.S. News & World Report.

Peabody Dean Camilla Benbow testifies before Congress

Camilla Benbow, Patricia and Rodes Hart Dean of Vanderbilt University’s Peabody College of Education and Human Development, will testify before Congress April 15.  The hearing will be webcast live here.

Celebrate Earth Day 2010 with giveaways, trivia and discounts

Vanderbilt is celebrating Earth Day on Thursday, April 22, on Rand Terrace from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

First employee health fair to be held April 27

This event is free and open to all employees and will include free screenings, health breaks and opportunities to win doorprizes.

Physics students study forward pass with help from Commodore QB

A group of physics students got out of the laboratory and onto the football field for a study of the forward pass.

Vanderbilt physicist plays pivotal role in discovery of new super-heavy element

Element 117 is the 26th new element that has been added to the periodic table since 1940.

Peterson appointed faculty director at Office of Honor Scholarships

The Office of Honor Scholarships provides information, outreach and support to Vanderbilt students who have the potential to become candidates for nationally-competitive fellowships, such as Rhodes, Marshall and Fulbright.

VUMC presents Hey Florence! May 7

The stars of the show are active duty Vanderbilt nurses.

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  This Week

Apr. 16-18: Musical Performance as Political Practice Conference

Apr. 16: “Social Justice Sexuality: Insights from a Public Sociologist.” Juan Battle

Apr. 16: “Barack Obama and the Remaking of Black America.” Ira Berlin

Apr. 19: Vanderbilt Lyric Theatre Recital

Apr. 22: Riding the Storm Out: Songs of Life, Loss, Healing and Hope

Apr. 23-24: Rites of Spring

 Mark Your Calendars

Apr. 30: The Nashville Civil Rights Movement Remembered: A Dialogue with Participants 50 Years Later

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Sign Up for a Clinical Trial

Researchers Need Children Ages 3-5 for a Speech and Language Skills Study

Announcements

Vanderbilt revises its travel policy effective May 1, 2010

Google lecture April 15 canceled

All employees required to change ePasswords by June 15 – Targeted emails begin this week

Kudos to Office of Patient Affairs

Register to receive text alerts about Commencement

VanDIY April 19: Doing yoga at home

New Health and Wellness Wellcast: Weight loss — make it fad-free

Performance artist Amelia Winger-Bearskin to present ‘Square Dance/Round Dance’ at Frist April 15

Register for World Asthma Day Conference

Looking for golf teams to help the American Heart Association

Help raise $$$ for the Trauma Survivors Network by eating at Chili’s in May

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Featured Media

Watch: VUCast

What are these people doing in Admissions and what does a New York museum have to do with that baseball glove chair?

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FROM COMMODORE HISTORY CORNER: Grantland Rice and early Nashville baseball

Grantland Rice was born in Murfreesboro, Tenn., on Nov. 1, 1880. He became a legend and a pioneer in sports writing journalism developing an art of language and poetry into the profession he dearly loved.

By the time he grew into a teenager, Rice was living in Nashville on Vaughn Pike. Later, the family moved into a larger house on Broad St. (now 10th Ave.), where he played games with the neighborhood kids.

Rice found his way to Vanderbilt University in the fall of 1897.