SECURITY NOTICE: Robbery on campus
On Sunday, June 29, at 9:31 p.m., a man approached the cashier at the Taco Bell in the Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital food court, displayed… Read More
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VUIT creates one network for university and medical center
Vanderbilt University Information Technology has removed a significant limitation to network access and performance by merging two networks – the university network and the Medical Center network – into one. Read More
Reminder: University Central transitions to flexPTO July 1
On July 1, University Central’s flexPTO program will be in place. FlexPTO can be used for planned time off, including vacations and holidays, and for unanticipated absences such as personal or family illnesses. Read More
Alumna is second woman to federal bench in Southern District of Illinois
The Senate has confirmed Staci Yandle, JD’87, as a federal judge in the Southern District of Illinois. According to Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., she will… Read More
William Ross, longtime former Mail Services employee, has died
William H. Ross Sr., a longtime Vanderbilt employee known for his warmth, smile and contagious good cheer while making his rounds delivering mail on the university campus, died Wednesday, June 25. Read More
VU introduces improved paper recycling through Cintas partnership
Vanderbilt recently renegotiated its contract with Cintas, Inc., resulting in lower costs and improved paper recycling options across the entire campus. Read More
Reminder: Independence Day time recording
University Central employees who are not working on Friday, July 4, for Independence Day should record the time off as a holiday in Kronos, e-timesheet or Exempt Time Off. Read More
VUCast Extra: Cheer on the champions!
Hear from Coach Tim Corbin, Commodore baseball players, fans and others as they celebrate Vanderbilt's College World Series championship. Read More
Commodores everywhere savor a national championship
Vanderbilt fans, Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos and Gov. Bill Haslam were among those who gathered June 26 to celebrate the championship 2014 Vanderbilt Commodore baseball team and Coach Tim Corbin. Read More
VUCast Extra: Welcome home!
Watch as the Vanderbilt baseball team returns to campus as national champions. Read More
Wall Street Journal: Selling health insurance at Christmas is bad idea
Asking lower-income people to contemplate buying coverage around the holiday season is a bad idea because they are too financially stressed, but a good time is tax refund season, says new research co-authored by John Graves, assistant professor of health policy. Read More
Vanderbilt physicists help confirm identity of the Higgs particle
Vanderbilt physicists played a leading role in the latest findings on the nature of the Higgs particle, which explains why objects have weight and mass. Read More
Celebrate baseball championship with events TODAY
Join Commodore fans and the Vanderbilt community in celebrating the baseball team’s national championship victory in the College World Series with events scheduled for Thursday, June 26. Read More
Rousseau appointed to NIH study group
Vanderbilt researcher Bernard Rousseau, Ph.D., is being appointed to the Motor Function, Speech and Rehabilitation Study Section at the Center for Scientific Review, National Institutes of Health, for the term beginning July 1 and ending June 30, 2020. Read More
Nashville mayor congratulates champion Vanderbilt Commodores
Watch Nashville mayor Karl Dean give a special message to the College World Series champions, the Vanderbilt Commodores. Read More
Kennedy Center trio recognized for intellectual and developmental disabilities contributions
The American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD) recently recognized two Vanderbilt Kennedy Center (VKC) staff members and one VKC investigator for their service in the field of intellectual and developmental disabilities. Read More
VUMC’s Seger lauded by European clinical toxicology association
Donna Seger, M.D., professor of Clinical Medicine and medical director for the Tennessee Poison Center, has received a fellowship in the European Association of Poison Centres and Clinical Toxicologists (EAPCCT). Read More
Aliyu receives alumnus award from UAB
Muktar Aliyu, M.D., MPH, Dr.P.H., associate director for Research at the Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health, is the recipient of the 2014 Alumnus Award for Scientific Excellence from the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Public Health. Read More
Photo: Music City Tennis Invitational
(photo by Corrie Cron) The 41st Annual Music City Tennis Invitational 2014 (MCTI) recently presented $102,000 to the Center for Child Development at… Read More
American Board of Internal Medicine lauds VU-authored article
The ABIM (American Board of Internal Medicine) Foundation recently recognized a Vanderbilt-authored article about medical professionalism with an annual Professionalism Article Prize. Read More