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VUIT assessing ‘Heartbleed’ security vulnerability

On April 7, a major online security flaw known as "Heartbleed" was discovered. VUIT has determined that the majority of Vanderbilt systems are not affected by this flaw and is conducting a detailed assessment of those Vanderbilt sites and systems that might be affected now. Read More

Graduate students compete to present the best “Three Minute Thesis”

Brain symmetry, woman warriors and malaria were among the research topics featured by the winners of the second annual Three Minute Thesis competition Read More

Rosenthal named winner of 2014 SEC Faculty Achievement Award

Vanderbilt's Sandra Rosenthal is a recipient of the 2014 SEC Faculty Achievement Award, which recognizes faculty members from every Southeastern Conference university who demonstrate outstanding records of teaching, research and scholarship. Read More

Lunch and Learn: ‘Outdoor Adventures for You’

(image courtesy Outdoor Recreation Program) Linda Rosenkranz, assistant director of campus recreation, will discuss excursions available through Vanderbilt’s Outdoor Recreation program. The… Read More

Novelist to middle schoolers: ‘Read a ton, write every day and find your voice’

Best-selling author James Patterson addressed a gathering of about 100 Nashville middle school students April 8, sharing with them his journey from childhood to successful writer. Read More

Win a football signed by Derek Mason

Coach Derek Mason (Vanderbilt University) You can win a football signed by head Vanderbilt football coach Derek Mason by doing one or all of… Read More

Faculty and staff can get 2014 ‘Commodore’ yearbook at reduced rate

Work is wrapping up on the effort to capture the 2013-14 academic year at Vanderbilt in the 2014 Commodore yearbook. Faculty and staff may… Read More

Poet and memoirist Gustavo Pérez Firmat to read April 11

Firmat (Columbia University) Vanderbilt’s program in Latino and Latina Studies will welcome poet, memoirist and scholar Gustavo Pérez Firmat to… Read More

Professional development will look at ‘The Cultural Lives of Emerging Adults’

On Thursday, April 10, the Office of the University Chaplain and Religious Life will offer a professional development opportunity in partnership with the Office of… Read More

Bernard Osher Foundation gift to transform Vanderbilt Center for Integrative Health

Through a $5.5 million donation from San Francisco businessman Bernard Osher, Vanderbilt’s Center for Integrative Health will join the existing… Read More

Vanderbilt expert: Mental illness is often not to blame in mass shootings

When a mass shooting occurs there are often two camps of thought: those who feel the country needs stronger gun laws and those who blame the horrific act on mental illness. Read More

Tech giants, Vanderbilt engineers to create standards for ‘Internet of Things’

Vanderbilt's Institute for Software Integrated Systems has joined a consortium of prominent tech firms to develop engineering standards for Internet-connected electronics. Read More

Vanderbilt Vaccine Center joins global task force to address urgent viral threat

World Health Day 2014 Shines Spotlight on Mosquito-borne Viral Diseases Female Ades aegypti mosquito. Photo courtesy of the CDC… Read More

Vanderbilt-led effort to build new digital environments receives Mellon grant

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded a strategic planning grant to Vanderbilt University to support the Committee on Coherence at Scale for Higher Education. Read More

Judge Jeff Bivins, JD’86, appointed to Tennessee Supreme Court

Governor Bill Haslam has appointed Judge Jeff Bivins, JD’86, a member of the Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals, to the Tennessee Supreme Court, replacing Justice… Read More

Former Vanderbilt roommates are entrepreneurs behind tech startup

Former Vanderbilt roommates Paul Osetinsky, BS’08 and Hayden Williams, BA’08, are the tech entrepreneurs behind Treatings, a New York City-based startup that allows you to… Read More

Vanderbilt panel on changing media to feature Geist, Plotz, Thompson

Noted journalists and new media pioneers Willie Geist, David Plotz and Nick Thompson will discuss the state and future of their career field April 11 at the First Amendment Center. Read More

Murry honored for research and HIV risk prevention efforts

The American Psychological Association has awarded Vanderbilt professor Velma McBride Murry a presidential citation for her distinguished research contributions and leadership as an advocate for children, youth and HIV risk prevention. Read More

Balancing act: Life as a student and Army ROTC cadet

While many freshmen students are still deciding which major to pursue, Ryan Sullivan had already made one big decision affecting his Vanderbilt career before setting… Read More

Applications sought for nurses in residence in Kenya

The Global Health Nurse in Residence Program is open for applications. Read More