Angela Davis, known internationally for her political activism, will deliver Vanderbilt University’s seventh annual Walter Murray Commemorative Lecture Thursday, Feb. 26, at 7 p.m. Read More
The impact of 18th-century art and visual culture in Spain on global affairs will be discussed during the Goldberg Lecture in Art History Feb. 19 at 4:10 p.m. in 203 Cohen Hall. Read More
Occupational health nurses will be available at several onsite locations over the next week to provide immunizations and TB skin tests. Read More
Target date funds are designed to include a mix of assets, such as stocks and bonds, appropriate for your life stage. They are professionally managed to become more conservative over time as you near retirement age. Read More
Which wearable device is right for your lifestyles and goals? Read More
Have your blood pressure, height, weight and body mass checked this month and be entered in a drawing for a FitBit Zip activity tracker. Read More
Vanderbilt education experts explain that screen time is not the enemy. The trick is picking the right apps. Read More
Vanderbilt may nominate one Medical Center and one university candidate for the 2015 Pathway to Stop Diabetes awards competition. Read More
The V Scholar Award supports young tenure-track faculty to begin their cancer research career. Read More
Vanderbilt may nominate one candidate for the V Foundation 2015 Translational Grant. Read More
Fifteen faculty members hailing from a diverse cross section of disciplines have been selected as the first cohort of the Chancellor's Faculty Fellows program. Read More
As we begin 2015, many at VUMC would say they have experienced more change in the last year than at any time in their careers. Read More
Watch video of Osher Lifelong Learning Institute’s winter term on February 12th, “Ancient Civilizations of the Americas” by Anna Guengerich, Ph.D., Anthropology. Read More
Vanderbilt University is partnering with the William K. Warren Foundation of Tulsa, Oklahoma, on research aimed at improving the treatment of schizophrenia and other forms of serious mental illness. Read More
Catatonia, a syndrome characterized by muscular rigidity and a trance-like mental stupor, can at times manifest with great excitement and confusion. And while it is often associated with schizophrenia, it can present in patients with either medical or psychiatric conditions. For this reason, the condition has often confused clinicians. Read More
An Institute of Medicine committee chaired by Vanderbilt University’s Ellen Wright Clayton, M.D., J.D., on Tuesday called for a new name and new diagnostic criteria for what is familiarly known as chronic fatigue syndrome. Read More
Pertussis, commonly known as whooping cough, is experiencing a resurgence, and its tiniest victims are not armed to battle the contagious respiratory infection. Read More
Professional behavior specialists at Vanderbilt University Medical Center are using a new survey tool to determine the effectiveness of training courses to help physicians correct disruptive workplace behavior. Read More
John Penn, Ph.D., Phyllis G and William B. Snyder Endowed Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, has been named president-elect of the International Society for Eye Research (ISER). Read More
Simplifying and improving federal regulations for America’s 6,000 colleges and universities, while protecting students and taxpayers, is the aim of a new report released Feb. 12 from the Task Force on Government Regulation of Higher Education. Read More
