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Registration still open for THATCamp

Spots remain open for THATCamp, the Humanities and Technology Camp, Nov. 1-2, at Vanderbilt’s Curb Center for Art, Enterprise and… Read More

Fall back this weekend for Daylight Saving Time

Don’t forget to set clocks back one hour before going to bed this Saturday night. Daylight Saving Time ends locally at 2 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 3. Read More

Layton wins research abroad award for fieldwork in Brazil

Vanderbilt graduate student Matthew Layton will use a Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Fellowship to do field work in Brazil. Read More

DATE CHANGE: Trick or Treat with Greeks moved to Nov. 1

Due to the possibility of sever weather on Oct. 31, The Office of Greek Life at Vanderbilt University has decided to move trick or treat with Greeks and Student Athletes to Friday, Nov. 1, 5-7 p.m. Read More

Nightmares and fears inspire new Sarratt art exhibit

Sarratt Gallery is hosting an exhibition, "It’s A Scream: Art From Nightmares and Fears," that will feature Teresa Gray, a librarian in Special Collections and University Archives. Read More

Wellcast: Vegging out with plant-based nutrition

Registered Dietitian Jessica Bennett with the Vanderbilt Nutrition Clinic talks about the vegetarian lifestyle. Read More

MEDIA ADVISORY: Jon Meacham, Stephen and Andrew Schlesinger discuss new book ‘The Letters of Arthur Schlesinger Jr.’

Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and Vanderbilt Distinguished Visiting Professor Jon Meacham will join Stephen and Andrew Schlesinger to discuss the legacy of their father, the late presidential historian Arthur Schlesinger Jr., during a media availability Nov. 5 at Vanderbilt. Read More

VUCast: A wireless capsule and hallucinating without drugs

See how a wireless capsule could help during minimally invasive surgeries Why magnesium and vitamin D are a match made in heaven And do you… Read More

Preserving antibiotic arsenal for TB

Clinicians should be cautious about prescribing newer fluoroquinolone antibiotics to patients with TB risk factors; doing so may jeopardize the use of these agents against TB. Read More

Vanderbilt allergist offers tips for coping with fall allergies

John Fahrenholz, says that this time of year can be a real challenge for people with allergies—and for the rest of us, too. Read More

Safety experts at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital urge caution to keep children safe this Halloween

Safety experts at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt want Halloween horrors to be caused by ghosts and goblins, not accidents and injuries. Read More

Gov. Bill Haslam announces state to partner with Vanderbilt to train school leaders

The state will work with Vanderbilt University's Peabody College of education and human development and local districts to nominate, select and train up to 30 participants a year in the school leadership program. Read More

SECURITY ALERT: Robberies off campus

Two robberies took place recently near Vanderbilt's campus. Read More

Liberal arts grad turns hobby into lucrative career

Matt Rubinger, BA’10, learned to authenticate designer handbags as a teenager. Today he is in charge of the luxury accessories division at Heritage Auctions. Read More

Vanderbilt to study use of plasma on LifeFlight

Vanderbilt University Medical Center will participate in a national trial to see if outcomes for critically injured patients with uncontrolled bleeding can be improved by administering plasma to these patients while in flight to the hospital. Read More