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Get discounted tickets to ‘Potted Potter,’ ‘Earnest,’ ‘Jersey Boys’ at TPAC

Vanderbilt staff and faculty are eligible for a discount on tickets to select performances of the upcoming Tennessee Performing Arts Center shows Potted… Read More

Play Nation — Vanderbilt alumni are making waves in the video game industry

Forty years after Atari’s digital table tennis game Pong bleeped onto the scene and made video games mainstream entertainment, we’ve… Read More

Walk or bike the greenways to get fit this fall

Walking or biking on trails can be a great way to enjoy the outdoors. Read More

Join the ‘Start!’ physical activity program

We are currently at 1.2 billion and we need your help! Read More

Register now for nursing leadership symposium

The Nursing Leadership in Global Health Symposium takes place Feb. 27-28, 2014. Read More

Wellcast: Is a juice cleanse for you?

A new Wellcast discusses the new fad of juice cleansing and what dieters should know about this weight loss method. Read More

Two Vanderbilt professors part of PBS series ‘Brains on Trial’ Sept. 11 and 18

Research conducted at Vanderbilt is featured in "Brains on Trial with Alan Alda," a two-part televised series airing Sept. 11 and Sept. 18 on PBS that explores how the growing ability to separate truth from lies may radically affect the way criminal trials are conducted in the future. Read More

Tom Schwartz on the crisis in Syria: Domestic politics as foreign policy

“From a historical perspective, which looks at the American presidency since the end of World War II, Obama’s decision reflects a turning point, the clear triumph of domestic political considerations over foreign policy priorities,” according to Thomas Schwartz, a professor of history and political science at Vanderbilt. Read More

‘Vicar of Baghdad’ to speak at VU on extraordinary ministry

Canon Andrew White, pastor of one of the largest churches in Iraq, will discuss "Faith and Leadership Under Fire in the Middle East" Sept. 12 at Vanderbilt University Divinity School as part of the Cal Turner Program Lecture Series. Read More

Pediatric Anesthesiology taps Daves

Suanne Daves, M.D. Suanne Daves, M.D., has been named vice chair for Pediatric Anesthesiology, a key leadership… Read More

Webber delivers first State of Pediatrics address

Steven Webber, MBChB, MRCP, delivers Tuesday’s State of the Department of Pediatrics address, stressing adaptation in the changing health care landscape. (Photo… Read More

Sarcoidosis research finds promising oral therapy

VUMC researchers have reported promising results in using oral antimycobacterial therapy to treat chronic cutaneous sarcoidosis, considered by clinicians a difficult illness to effectively control. Read More

Discovery Lecture explores brain’s addiction mechanisms

Nora Volkow, M.D., director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, delivers last week’s Discovery Lecture. Since she was a medical student… Read More

Study examines physician behaviors

A study of 381 non-Vanderbilt physicians referred to the Vanderbilt Comprehensive Assessment Program has shown that those referred for mental health, substance abuse and improper sexual boundary issues are less likely to receive a fit for duty recommendation than those referred for disruptive behavior. Read More