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Employee Service Center to close temporarily Sept. 23

The Human Resources Employee Service Center (ESC) will be closed on Tuesday, Sept. 23, from 8 a.m. to noon for a staff in-service. Read More

Restoration of Medical Center plaza continues

The Vanderbilt University Hospital/Light Hall plaza restoration project, which began in March, is progressing on schedule. Read More

Cardboard recycling at Move In sets record

Move In 2014 set a new record for cardboard recycling at Vanderbilt. Read More

Open forum with Dean Emilie Townes at Divinity Community Breakfast

Vanderbilt Divinity School's first community breakfast for the new academic year will be an open forum on Sept. 25 with Dean Emilie Townes. Read More

New path announced for young alumni service on Board of Trust

The Vanderbilt Board of Trust has approved a new approach to involve recent graduates in the university beyond their student days while expanding the opportunities for trustees to interact with all students at Vanderbilt. Read More

Watch: Vanderbilt by the numbers

Vanderbilt boasts some impressive numbers when it comes to national rankings, student-to-professor ratios, student satisfaction, service, extracurricular activities and more. Read More

Vanderbilt IT to submit ‘soft records’ to combat phishing

Vanderbilt plans to publish “soft records” for email servers Sept. 22 as part of the Sender Policy Framework. SPF empowers mail exchangers to differentiate between authorized Vanderbilt email servers and those merely posing as such. Read More

Peabody collaboration encourages teens to become ‘makers of content’

A collaboration between Peabody College and the Nashville Public Library has created a new public library makerspace for area teens called Studio NPL. Read More

Peabody helping school leaders manage challenges in ELL

Metro Nashville Public Schools and Vanderbilt’s Peabody College are working collaboratively to develop tools and workshops to boost instruction for English language learners. Read More

Patient-derived stem cells shed light on pulmonary hypertension

Stem cells derived from patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension provide a unique resource for studying the molecular defects that cause the disease and testing potential therapies. Read More

Early Earth less hellish than previously thought

Conditions on Earth in its first 500 million years may have been cool enough to form oceans of water instead of being hellishly hot. Read More

New program launched to support faculty at critical career stage

The provost's office has launched the Chancellor Faculty Fellows program to support and invest in outstanding junior faculty. Read More

New program launched to support faculty at critical career stage

The Office of the Provost is launching a new program: the Chancellor Faculty Fellows. The program reflects the university’s commitment to investing in outstanding junior faculty who have recently received tenure. This critical stage in the careers of faculty will be advanced with this timely support. Read More