VICC Cancer Survivorship Celebration set for June 8
Music will set the tone for Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center’s annual Cancer Survivorship Celebration for patients, friends and families. Read More
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Photo: Steeplechase 2014
This year’s Iroquois Steeplechase drew more than 25,000 spectators to Percy Warner Park. Read More
New York Times: Some wines are worth not drinking
A study co-authored by Peter Rousseau, professor of economics, found that wines from Bordeaux's premier chateaus posted annual returns from 1900 to 2012 that beat government bonds. Read More
Liberating devices from their power cords
A new type of supercapacitor brings us a step closer to a day when everything from cell phones to electric vehicles will no longer need separate batteries. Read More
Changes to email message size
On Friday, May 29, the maximum message size for an email sent through Vmail, the Vanderbilt email system for most faculty and staff powered by Microsoft Exchange, will decrease from 30 MB to 25 MB. The maximum message size includes the size of the email and any attachments combined. Read More
Commodore Caravan Crisscrossing State in June
Events will be held in Chattanooga, Clarksville and Memphis Read More
Box content sharing service increases mobility for collaboration
More than 1,450 campus users have logged on to Vanderbilt's enterprise version of Box, a secure content sharing and collaboration service, and accessed 755GB of aggregate storage since the tool's launch last month. Read More
Pre-K ‘best practices’ goal of PRI, MNPS team
Vanderbilt’s Peabody Research Institute will collaborate with Metro Schools’ newly appointed director of early learning innovation, Lisa Wiltshire, to create and document a preschool curriculum rooted in play, experimentation and discovery. Read More
“The Disagreeable Theatre Hat”: Fashion, Class, and Audiences in America’s Gilded Age
Watch video of a faculty seminar during Commencement 2014. Throughout the late 19th century, the large hats that women wore to the theatre blocked the… Read More
Owen alumna named NASDAQ co-president
Adena Friedman, MBA’93, will rejoin NASDAQ OMX as president of the company’s Global Corporate, Information, and Technology Solutions comprising Information Services, Technology Solutions and Corporate… Read More
Why is an engineer in the operating room?
Watch video of a faculty seminar from Commencement 2014. A significant portion of techniques for the treatment of disease have arisen from chance discovery or… Read More
Astronomers identify signature of Earth-eating stars
Vanderbilt astronomers have developed a model that predicts the effect that ingesting earth-like planets has on the chemical composition of stars like the Sun -- a capability that can aid in efforts to find Earth-like exoplanets. Read More
Children’s Hospital: Follow these tips for lawn mower safety
Injuries from lawn mowers are among the most traumatic seen at the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt. They are devastating to patients and their families. Read More
Family Night with Nashville Symphony to be held at Centennial Park
The annual concert on the lawn for Vanderbilt employees and their families moves to Centennial Park this year in a cooperative effort with the Nashville Symphony Orchestra. Read More
Wellcast: Respite – a service for family caregivers
(iStockphoto) Are you a family caregiver in need of a vacation? Do you know who would care for your loved one while you are… Read More
Boomers, Elders and More: Holding a family meeting
(iStockphoto) Bringing the family and support network together to discuss a loved one’s changing situation and available options is a crucial step in elder… Read More
Universal Pre-K? What experiences really are important for young children?
Watch video of a faculty seminar from Commencement 2014. Early childhood education is on everyone’s radar today, and there are many assumptions about what… Read More
Dayani Center embraces new relationships, strategies
The Vanderbilt Dayani Center for Health and Wellness is adjusting its focus since its recent alignment with the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, but is keeping its emphasis on excellence and national leadership in medical fitness. Read More
VUSM clinical care course lands award
The Continuity Clinical Experience (CCX), an initiative of Vanderbilt University School of Medicine’s Curriculum 2.0, was recently selected as the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) Clinical Care Challenge winner. Read More
Perfusion students win international skills competition
Three first-year students in the Cardiovascular Perfusion Program, one of the Allied Health programs at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, demonstrated their depth of knowledge in their field by winning the second annual Perfusion Bowl, held at the 52nd International Conference of the American Society of Extracorporeal Technology in San Diego. Read More
