Fidelity provides administrative services for the plan, including best-in-class mutual funds managed by multiple investment firms as selected by the Vanderbilt Retirement Plan Oversight Committee. Read More
A storm coating the Vanderbilt campus with ice and snow means extra work for Vanderbilt Plant Operations employees, who say they're more than up to the challenge. Read More
For more than 30 years, Vicki Simons Heyman, BA’79, MBA’80, and Bruce Heyman, BA’79, MBA’80, built a life in Chicago. They raised three children. They… Read More
'Memento Mori: Looking at Death in Art and Illustration' opens March 12 at the Vanderbilt Fine Arts Gallery with a reception 5–7 p.m. in Cohen Memorial Hall. Read More
World on Wednesdays presents "Kosher and Halal Food Offerings: Making way for Interfaith Dialogue at the table," on Feb. 25 at 12:10 p.m. at the Student Life Center. Read More
Gary Gibbons, M.D. Gary Gibbons, M.D., director of the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI), will deliver a special cardiology grand… Read More
Vanderbilt University researchers have created a zebrafish model of skeletal muscle insulin resistance that could help improve diabetes treatment. Read More
Mechanical stress appears to be a critical factor in activating normal tissue-associated fibroblasts to generate cancer-associated fibroblasts. Read More
The winter storm that swept through Middle Tennessee last week brought a little bit of everything to Vanderbilt University Medical Center. See the week in pictures. Read More
Vanderbilt environmental engineering graduate student Thushara Gunda returned to her native Sri Lanka to learn how South Asian rice farmers can adapt to drought and grow the highest yields possible. Read More
This year’s campaign is titled “I Had No Idea," focusing on surprising subsets of the population who are susceptible to eating disorders. Read More
Celebrate George Peabody's 220th birthday at the Wyatt Center Feb. 25 at 3 p.m. Read More
Learn how to make small, steady changes that over time lead to big rewards. Read More
Lauren A. Benton, a prolific scholar and experienced academic leader whose work spans history, law and anthropology, has been named the next dean of the College of Arts and Science at Vanderbilt University, effective July 1. Read More
Despite prior epidemiologic and experimental data to the contrary, new research shows that vitamin D supplementation does not reduce blood pressure in individuals with prehypertension or stage I hypertension and vitamin D deficiency. Read More
The Precision Medicine Initiative is a national effort announced by President Obama during his State of the Union address to provide more effective treatment and prevention strategies for individuals by taking into account their unique genetic, environmental and lifestyle factors. Read More
Gregory Mencio, M.D., director of Pediatric Orthopaedics at the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, was recently honored for his long-term dedication to military families at Fort Campbell, Kentucky. Read More
Elena Fuentes-Afflick, M.D., MPH, an expert on the effect of acculturation — adoption of the cultural traits of another group — on health outcomes, will deliver the next Flexner Discovery Lecture on Thursday, Feb. 26. Read More
The Vanderbilt Kennedy Center will welcome Autism Partnership founder and co-director John McEachin, Ph.D., on Monday, Feb. 23, at 4:10 p.m. as he presents a lecture titled “Helping Children with ASD Become More Responsive Learners.” A reception will be held following the lecture. Read More
Christmas Village, a three-day November shopping extravaganza run by a volunteer board made up of Pi Beta Phi alumnae, raised $388,000 for the Vanderbilt Bill Wilkerson Center from its most recent event. Read More
