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Goldners driven by lifelong love of learning, sharing

In more than 50 years of clinical practice and teaching at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Fred Goldner Jr., M.D., trained countless medical students and residents who learned flawless diagnostic skills from the Vanderbilt-educated Nashville native. Read More

Heart Walk 2013

The American Heart Association’s 2013 Greater Nashville Heart Walk was held Saturday, Oct. 12, on Vanderbilt’s campus. Read More

Open Enrollment is happening now; benefits enrollment labs available

It’s time to enroll for your 2014 benefits. Open Enrollment started Oct. 16 and continues through Oct. 31. Read More

Annual Vanderbilt Health Care Conference to showcase innovative models transforming health care

Vanderbilt University’s Owen Graduate School of Management will host distinguished speakers as well as health care professionals, students and recruiters at its sixth annual Health Care Conference and Career Fair Oct. 25. Read More

Letter from Chancellor Zeppos on work surrounding the protection of minors

The Oversight and Compliance Committee on the Protection of Children has finalized a policy addressing the protection of minors, reports Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos in a letter to the Vanderbilt community. Read More

VUCast: Startling brain-related study on critically ill patients

In the latest VUCast: ICU patients are leaving hospitals with a dementia-like disease; What’s the fate of the Republican Party?; Hear from Pulitzer Prize-winning author and Distinguished Visiting Professor Jon Meacham; and It's time to celebrate -- the Rate My Professor 2013 rankings are in. All this and more in Vanderbilt’s online newscast. Watch now. Read More

Get 17 percent off Dell products Oct. 26-Nov. 1

The Vanderbilt Software Store in collaboration with Dell will offer Vanderbilt employees a 17 percent discount off Dell products Oct. 26 through Nov. 1 through… Read More

Kirkland Hall reopened; emergency over

Kirkland Hall has reopened following its evacuation and lockdown this morning. Read More

SECURITY NOTICE: Robbery off campus

On Oct. 16 at approximately 1 a.m., a Vanderbilt student reported being robbed. Read More

Kirkland Hall evacuated due to suspicious envelope, avoid immediate area

Kirkland Hall was evacuated early on the morning of Oct. 16 after a suspicious envelope was discovered at the building. Read More

Relaxin combats insulin resistance

The hormone relaxin may offer a novel approach for treating diet-induced insulin resistance. Read More

Meet men’s, women’s basketball teams at FREE picnic Nov. 1

(Vanderbilt University/Steve Green) All Vanderbilt staff and faculty are invited to join the Commodore men’s and women’s basketball teams for a free picnic from… Read More

HOD’s Fraser next speaker for ‘Teaching, Writing, Learning’ Oct. 22

Vanderbilt’s Center for Teaching, Writing Studio, Jean and Alexander Heard Library and English Language Center are co-sponsoring a new… Read More

VSVS puts science in the hands of Metro Schools students

Vanderbilt Student Volunteers for Science supports science education in Metro Nashville Public Schools by bringing hands-on lessons to middle school students. This year, 540 Vanderbilt students are partnered with 110 classroom teachers in 10 schools. Read More

Restoring surgeons’ sense of touch during minimally invasive surgeries

A team of engineers and doctors have developed a new wireless capsule that can give surgeons back their sense of touch when performing minimally invasive surgery. Read More

Celebrate 45 years of biomedical engineering at Oct. 21 birthday bash

One of the first such programs in the United States, Vanderbilt’s Department of Biomedical Engineering is celebrating its 45th anniversary as a program and its 25th anniversary as a department in the School of Engineering. Read More

Brokaw, Meacham, historian’s sons discuss ‘Arthur Schlesinger Jr. and the Fate of American Liberalism’ Nov. 5

The correspondence of late presidential historian Arthur Schlesinger Jr. will be the topic of a Nov. 5 Chancellor’s Lecture Series event at Vanderbilt University. Read More

Sarratt Art Studios offers weekend workshops and mini courses

(photo courtesy of Sarratt Art Studios) There are a variety of reasons to take an art class or workshop, including:… Read More

Promote your campus organization or department at Wellness Bash Oct. 30

The Vanderbilt Wellness Center will host a Wellness Bash from 3 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 30, at the recreation center on the… Read More

A revolution in astronomy: How we came to know what we know

Science has progressed from wild speculation about Earth’s planetary neighbors—including how they formed and whether they are inhabited—to a better understanding of our celestial neighborhood, David Weintraub, professor of astronomy, writes in "Scientific American." Read More