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Vanderbilt Recreation and Wellness Center grand opening is Jan. 13

The newly renovated and expanded Vanderbilt Recreation and Wellness Center will celebrate its grand opening from 2 to 7 p.m. Monday, Jan. 13. All Vanderbilt faculty and staff are invited to attend. Read More

Students’ soccer marketing plan gives red card to obesity in Middle East

A team of Vanderbilt undergraduate students will travel this week to the State of Qatar in the Middle East to present ideas for promoting soccer among young Qatari women. Read More

Insider trading laws are becoming anachronistic, law professor says

Insider trading may be too engrained in the financial system in transactions such as credit default swaps to make banning it feasible, says a Vanderbilt law professor. Read More

Dayani offers seated exercise class

A new group fitness class for people who want to gain upper body strength and endurance as well as cardiovascular fitness while in a seated… Read More

Young children engage in physical activity in short spurts; preschoolers take 11 hours to attain daily exercise levels

Preschool-aged children require the majority of their waking day to achieve their recommended daily physical activity, a Vanderbilt study published in Obesity found. Read More

Coach Bob Knight speaking event cancelled

UPDATE: The original Jan. 15 event and rescheduled Jan. 16 event with Coach Bob Knight are cancelled. Ticket refunds are available at the original… Read More

Good Business: Joe Bozich, CEO of Knights Apparel, provides a thread of hope for hundreds in the Dominican Republic

As Lolita Olivo carefully feeds the Vanderbilt T-shirt through her sewing machine, she dreams about building a decent house for her elderly father and three small children. Her dream soon may come true, thanks to the efforts of Joseph “Joe” Bozich. Read More

Proposals sought for international conference

Robert Barsky (Vanderbilt) The Institute for Advanced Studies is seeking proposals for its upcoming conference “Shifting Attitudes: Radical Upheaval and its Legacies,”… Read More

Get in shape with basic bootcamp class at Dayani Center

The Vanderbilt Dayani Center for Health and Wellness is offering a Basic Bootcamp Class beginning Jan. 14. The class is designed to be less… Read More

Vanderbilt Kennedy Center ‘Educate to Advocate’ event is Jan. 16

“The Power of Your Voice: Impacting Public Policy Today” is the title of the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center’s Educate to Advocate event for 2014, scheduled for… Read More

ScholarSips, annual wine tasting fundraiser, is Feb. 7

The eighth annual ScholarSips wine tasting and silent auction will be held Feb. 7 at the Vanderbilt Central Library. (Image provided by Vanderbilt Woman's… Read More

2014 Vanderbilt Kennedy Center Science Day set for Jan. 14

Timothy Hohman (left), Ph.D., discusses his research with Paul Newhouse, M.D., during the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center’s 2013 Science Day. (Steve Green/Vanderbilt) The 2014 Vanderbilt… Read More

Kasey Folk, BA’02, elected partner at Ulmer & Berne

Kasey M. Folk, BA’02, is one of eight attorneys at Ulmer & Berne elected to partnership. Kasey also serves on the Vanderbilt… Read More

Three poets to lead workshops at Vanderbilt’s Saturday University

Three poets will be visiting campus to lead public poetry workshops this spring as part of Vanderbilt’s Saturday University program. Read More

Cold weather increases chances of carbon monoxide poisoning; Vanderbilt toxicologist offers prevention advice

Temperatures in the next few days are predicted to continue to be the coldest of the winter so far, and… Read More

Vanderbilt study shows suicide risk doesn’t differ in children taking two types of commonly prescribed antidepressants

A new Vanderbilt University Medical Center study shows there is no evidence that the risk of suicide differs with two commonly prescribed antidepressants prescribed to children and adolescents. Read More

Join Chef Bill Claypool for cooking demo Jan. 10

Bill Claypool (Vanderbilt University) Vanderbilt Dining Executive Chef Bill Claypool will inaugurate the Vanderbilt Recreation and Wellness Center’s new demonstration kitchen with… Read More

Procter discusses inspiration for Vanderbilt Divinity exhibit

Landscape artist Ken Procter will lecture Jan. 13 on his exhibit "Duino Suite: Drawings Inspired by Rainer Maria Rilke's First Duino Elegy" at Vanderbilt Divinity School. Read More

Our favorite photos from the BBVA Compass Bowl

[View the story "Our favorite photos from the BBVA Compass Bowl" on Storify]… Read More

Kenneth W. Mack is MLK speaker for Vanderbilt Law School

Author and Harvard University professor Kenneth W. Mack will deliver the 2014 Martin Luther King Jr. Lecture on Jan. 23 at Vanderbilt Law School. Read More