Size matters when convincing your brain to eat healthier foods
Playing with the portions of good and not-so-good-for-you foods is better than trying to eliminate bad foods, says a Vanderbilt study. Read More
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Search committee for next Arts and Science dean announced
Provost Susan Wente has appointed a committee, including a Board of Trust member, a dean, numerous faculty members, alumni and a current student, to conduct the search for the next dean of the College of Arts and Science. Read More
Auditions in August for Nashville Youth Orchestra
The Nashville Youth Orchestra Program is conducting auditions this month. Read More
Smith Hall honors legacy of influential Nashville preacher
A new Vanderbilt residence hall pays tribute to the legacy of civil rights pioneer and former Vanderbilt Divinity School assistant dean Kelly Miller Smith. Read More
Wellcast: Become a Wellness Commodore
Listen to Pam Schneller and Alecia Fair share their stories. Read More
Fall Faculty Assembly is Aug. 21
Vanderbilt baseball coach Tim Corbin will open the Fall Faculty Assembly, followed by remarks by Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos on Thursday, Aug. 21. Read More
Blair fall concert series kicks off Sept. 24
The Fall 2014 concert season at The Blair School of Music kicks off with Clare College Choir from Cambridge, England, Sept. 24. Read More
Vehicle registration now open for University Central, School of Nursing
Online vehicle registration opens Aug. 11 for University Central and School of Nursing faculty and staff. Read More
New Russian trade ban violates WTO obligations; plays ‘big ag’ special interest card
The one-year ban of food imports to Russia from the European Union, the United States, Australia, Canada and Norway violates the Russia's obligations to the World Trade Organization and is designed in part to leverage the American agricultural industry's lobbying power in Congress, Vanderbilt experts say. Read More
Impact of philanthropy drives faculty members
For Vanderbilt faculty members Vivien Casagrande, Ph.D., Hal Moses, M.D., and Paul Sternberg Jr., M.D., the lessons about the importance of giving came early. Read More
PM&R residency program gains ACGME approval
Vanderbilt’s Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R) will welcome its first class of residents next summer. The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) approved the new residency program to begin in July 2015. Read More
Conn lands Javits Neuroscience Investigator award
Vanderbilt University’s P. Jeffrey Conn, Ph.D., has won a Javits Neuroscience Investigator Award from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke for discoveries that could lead to new treatments for anxiety, schizophrenia and other brain disorders. Read More
Health coaching certificate program to debut
The Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, the Osher Center for Integrative Medicine at Vanderbilt, Vanderbilt University Medical Center Nursing Service, and the Vanderbilt University School of Nursing have come together to sponsor a health coaching certificate program starting this fall. Read More
VU lands award for promoting healthy lifestyles
Vanderbilt earned a 2014 Best Employers for Healthy Lifestyles Award for the second year in a row. Read More
VUMC oncology programs recognized
Becker’s Hospital Review has named Vanderbilt University Medical Center among the “100 Hospitals and Health Systems With Great Oncology Programs.” Read More
Frontiers in Biochemistry lecture series starts Aug. 22
The Vanderbilt University community is invited to attend “Frontiers in Biochemistry,” a new seminar series that will be held at noon on Fridays in 214 Light Hall beginning this month. Read More
Wilkerson Center opens Lebanon clinic
Vanderbilt Bill Wilkerson Center opened a Hearing and Speech Clinic last week at 1670 Main St., Suite 130, in Lebanon, Tennessee. Read More
Novel treatment strengthens bones in genetic disease
An enzyme therapy may prevent skeletal abnormalities associated with the genetic disorder neurofibromatosis type-1, Vanderbilt investigators have discovered. Read More
Nursing students shine at pin ceremony
More than 300 Vanderbilt University School of Nursing students were recognized for completing their programs of study during a pinning ceremony held Sunday at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center in downtown Nashville. Read More
Medical Scholars Program sees success
Applicants to the Vanderbilt Medical Scholars Program, a yearlong, in-depth research experience, have been successful in obtaining both internal and external research funding this year. Read More
