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Mayor Karl Dean pledges to help wipe out the ‘R Word’

Nashville Mayor Karl Dean will visit Vanderbilt University’s campus Wednesday to pledge his support to putting an end to the “R Word,” which has negative and hurtful connotations to people with disabilities. Read More

How to Feed 1,600 Students

What sets Campus Dining’s fare apart is not just its deliciousness but its variety as well. The daily menus at The Commons Center are, in their own way, as expansive and sophisticated as the 115,000-square-foot, LEED-certified building itself. Read More

Typical Campus Dining Menu

From seared salmon to mango pork stir fry, The Commons menu offers something for everyone. Read More

Bonus Recipe: Campus Dining’s Wild Mushroom Risotto

Learn how Campus Dining makes its wild mushroom and herb risotto. Read More

Southwest Airlines provides Vanderbilt patients with free flights

by Jerry Jones Vanderbilt University Medical Center is one of 73 nonprofit hospitals and medical organizations selected for the Southwest Airlines 2014 Medical Transportation Grant… Read More

Distinguished Alumnus

Hal Moses, the Hortense B. Ingram Professor of Cancer Research and acting chair of the Department of Cancer Biology at Vanderbilt University, has been chosen to receive the highest honor conferred on members of the Vanderbilt alumni community: the Distinguished Alumni Award. Read More

Jim Shepherd, BA’89

Jim Shepherd oversees earthquake repairs at the historic Washington National Cathedral. Read More

From R&D to Rx

Vanderbilt scientists have discovered a series of small molecules that may help unlock the mystery of schizophrenia, a severe mental disorder that can cause disabling hallucinations, delusions and disorganized thinking. Read More

Walking the Talk

Academic studies are one thing—but how is Vanderbilt promoting sustainability in its own operations? Perhaps most visibly with a new solar-powered electric-vehicle charging station on… Read More

What One (Very) Young Alumna Can Do

Leslie Labruto Leslie Labruto’s career illustrates how a young civil environmental engineer can accommodate both her heart’s leaning and her tangible talents. Read More

Green, Clean & Lean

From corporate boardrooms to statehouse chambers to the halls of academe, sustainability is one of this century’s biggest challenges. Read More

Morning Son: Willie Geist, BA’97, follows his father’s example to success on morning TV

Willie Geist is a natural on camera because he comes by it honestly. His father, Bill, is a longtime Emmy Award-winning correspondent for CBS News, and some of the younger Geist’s earliest memories have to do with his dad’s profession. Read More

Study in Black and Gold

You could find a somber study carrel or park your posterior in your dorm room when duty calls. But the sun is out for a change, a mockingbird is trilling love songs on Magnolia Lawn, and over in the Baseball Glove Lounge, generations of students before you have already broken in those comfy-kitschy chairs. Read More

Need to Know: Q&A with Jon Meacham

Jon Meacham, executive editor and executive vice president at Random House and author of the Pulitzer Prize–winning American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House, joined the Vanderbilt faculty last summer with a three-year appointment as Distinguished Visiting Professor. Read More

Our favorite Instagrams and Tweets of the week

Share your photos with us, just tag them #vandygram [View the story "Our favorite photos and tweets of the week" on Storify]… Read More

Baylor theologian to discuss Dostoevsky, O’Connor and depiction of Christ

Ralph C. Wood, professor of theology and literature at Baylor University and editor-at-large for Christian Century Magazine will discuss “Fyodor Dostoevsky, Flannery O’Connor and Christ… Read More

Panel will discuss how state appellate courts are selected

The method of selecting state appellate court judges will be discussed March 21 at a forum at Vanderbilt Law School which is free and open to the public. Read More

Meharry-Vanderbilt Alliance celebrates 15 years; calls for proposals

In celebration of 15 years of partnership, the Meharry-Vanderbilt Alliance invites proposals for activities that promote ongoing, mutually beneficial, health-oriented research partnerships between community organizations and academic researchers. Read More

Learn about funding for small business innovation research, tech transfer April 15

The Vanderbilt Center for Technology Transfer and Commercialization’s New Ventures Team, in partnership with LaunchTennessee, will host an SBIR/STTR workshop on Tuesday, April… Read More

VU startup one of 10 chosen to pitch at inaugural Google Demo Day

InvisionHeart, LLC, a startup based on a wireless ECG system developed at Vanderbilt, has been selected as one of 10 startups nationwide to participate in Google's inaugural Demo Day. Read More