Vanderbilt dietitian offers tips to prevent holiday weight gain
Between family get-togethers, holiday parties and the abundance of special treats available during the holidays, it can be a real challenge to avoid putting on… Read More
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Study gives new meaning to ‘let your fingers do the walking’
A new study has found that skilled typists can’t identify the positions of many of the keys on the QWERTY keyboard and that novice typists don’t appear to learn key locations in the first place. Read More
Math education expert selected for NGA roundtable
Peabody's Bethany Rittle-Johnson was one of a select group of education professionals invited to participate in the National Governors Association Expert Roundtable for Strengthening Early Mathematics Education. Read More
How to avoid another financial meltdown like 2008-2009
Tighter regulation of financial institutions - especially "shadow" banking institutions - is needed to avoid another economic disaster like that of 2008-2009, says economist Margaret Blair of Vanderbilt Law School. Read More
Presidential spiritual adviser to speak at Divinity School
Joshua DuBois, author of The President's Devotional (HarperCollins) and a spiritual adviser to President Barack Obama, will speak at Vanderbilt University Divinity School Dec. 4. Read More
McCarty to step down as provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs
Richard McCarty, a distinguished psychologist who has served as Vanderbilt University's chief academic officer since 2008, will step down as provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs next year, he announced today. Read More
Collins recalled as icon of medical education
Robert D. Collins, M.D., professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Emeritus, died Nov. 28. He was 85. Read More
SECURITY NOTICE: Suspect arrested in indecent exposure incident
On Dec. 2 at approximately 12:15 p.m., a student contacted VUPD to report that an unknown male exposed himself to the student behind the Sigma Nu house. Read More
VUMC wireless users may experience service disruption Dec. 16
(iStockphoto) Vanderbilt University Medical Center wireless device users may experience a service disruption on Monday, Dec. 16, if they have not moved to the… Read More
Former Surgeon General Regina M. Benjamin to deliver Senior Day address during Vanderbilt University’s Commencement
Regina M. Benjamin, who recently ended her four-year term as the 18th surgeon general of the United States, will receive Vanderbilt’s prestigious Nichols-Chancellor’s Medal in May 2014 when she addresses graduating seniors and their families during Senior Day. Read More
VU researchers report G protein advancement that could lead to more effective drugs
Thanks in part to a computer program named “Rosetta,” Vanderbilt University researchers are closer to understanding how the ubiquitous G protein is activated – a discovery that could lead to the design of more specific and effective drugs. Read More
Celebrate the holidays with LGBTQI Life Dec. 6
(image courtesy of Office of LGBTQI Life) The Office of LGBTQI Life’s Home for the Holidays celebration is scheduled from noon to 2 p.m. Read More
Robot Evolution
From Bomb Disposal to Painless Colonoscopies, These Precocious Partners Boldly Go Where Man Prefers Not To By David F. Salisbury In the foreseeable future,… Read More
Strong Convictions
America’s Drug War Has Led to a ‘New and Improved’ Racial Caste System, Argues Michelle Alexander By Arnie Cooper Portrait of Michelle… Read More
Carole Webb Slater signs ‘Letters From the Heart’ Dec. 7 at Barnes & Noble
Carole Webb Slater will sign her book Letters From the Heart 1943-1946 from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 7, at Barnes &… Read More
Heart and Soles
Vanderbilt University Athletics partnered in July with Soles4Souls to send student athletes on a 10-day journey to deliver shoes to those in need in Tanzania, Africa. Read More
Power to the Patient
If You Really Want to Improve Health Care, Start by Asking Those Who’ve Spent Sleepless Nights in Family Waiting Rooms By Nancy Humphrey… Read More
Embrace the Unknown
In 2004, Kristin Fleschner began a year as a Vanderbilt Michael B. Keegan Traveling Fellow, journeying to Africa to study sexual violence against women and children. Now a student at Harvard Law School, Fleschner received a pancreas transplant in 2007 and started experiencing vision loss in 2008. Read More
Growth Mindset
Student Ownership, Responsibility Are Keys to Success Why are some high schools better than others at boosting achievement among traditionally underserved students? A new report… Read More
Brain Drain
Physician Exodus Is Diminishing Health Care Where It’s Needed Most The past decade has seen a dramatic rise in the number of physicians trained in… Read More
