Bone disease doesn’t slow Kid President’s campaign
Robby Novak has become known to the world as ‘Kid President,’ an online YouTube sensation spreading a message about how people can “make the world more awesome.” Read More
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VU study identifies new mechanism for cancer development
Researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center led by a 32-year-old postdoctoral fellow have discovered a new mechanism for the development of cancer that is challenging conventional scientific wisdom. Read More
Study tracks skin salt’s role in blood pressure control
Clinical pharmacologist Jens Titze, M.D., and his colleagues have identified a new cast of cells and molecules that function in the skin to control sodium balance and blood pressure. Read More
Matrix member key to insulin resistance
A component of the extracellular matrix that surrounds cells plays a role in insulin resistance and may be a good therapeutic target. Read More
Vanderbilt offers safety tips for CMA Music Festival
As Nashville welcomes visitors from around the world to the CMA Music Festival this week, Vanderbilt LifeFlight officials are urging fans to take necessary precautions to avoid illness and injury. Read More
Little telescope discovers metal-poor cousin of famous planet
A scientific team led by University of Louisville doctoral student Karen Collins has discovered a hot Saturn-like planet in another solar system 700 light years away. The discovery was made using inexpensive ground-based telescopes, including one specially designed to detect exoplanets and jointly operated by astronomers at Ohio State University and Vanderbilt University. Read More
Spaces still available for football clinic; get up-close look at Commodore program
Vanderbilt will present its second football clinic on Thursday, June 6, designed to provide Commodore Nation an up-close look at its football program. The on-campus… Read More
For fans who’ve stuck with Vanderbilt through thick and thin, this is a season like no other
In December 2010, a relatively unknown Maryland assistant football coach named James Franklin arrived in Nashville to occupy a hot seat that had scorched a… Read More
Baseball advances to Super Regionals
Philip Pfeifer tossed five shutout innings and Xavier Turner drove in three runs, leading Vanderbilt to a 7-1 victory over Georgia Tech Monday night at Hawkins Field—and a berth into the NCAA Super Regionals. Read More
Vanderbilt study indicates fatigue and loss of sleep take predictable toll on baseball players over season
Strike zone judgment grows worse over the course of a Major League Baseball season in a predictable way, possibly due to the effect of grueling travel schedules, disrupted sleep patterns and fatigue, a Vanderbilt University Medical Center sleep researcher has found. Read More
Vanderbilt Emergency Medicine physician offers spring cleaning ladder safety tips
Spring cleaning sometimes takes intrepid householders to new heights. Unfortunately, ladders can be among the most hazardous of common household devices, says Corey Slovis, chair of emergency medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Read More
Learn more about Big Brothers Big Sisters June 27
(image courtesy of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Middle Tennessee) A representative from Big Brothers Big Sisters of Middle Tennessee will be at Vanderbilt… Read More
SENSE Theatre presents ‘Mergatroid and the Candy Store’ June 14-15
SENSE Theatre, the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center and University School of Nashville will present Mergatroid and the Candy Store on Friday,… Read More
Making a world of difference
“It is often said that Africans excel in relationships. I have discovered over the past two years that it is true. I cherish the relationships… Read More
ITS to retire Vanderbilt Cisco VPN service
(iStock) ITS will retire The Vanderbilt Cisco VPN service on July 17, 2013. This shutdown will only affect users of the Cisco VPN system. For… Read More
Experts predict “unbanked” will face challenges getting health insurance
Vanderbilt health policy expert John Graves co-authored a report that shows as many as a quarter of people eligible for subsidized health insurance under the Affordable Care Act may be shut out because they don’t have a bank account. Read More
Commodores face Georgia Tech tonight; winner advances to Super Regional
For the second season in a row and for the fourth time in the last five seasons, Vanderbilt will face a do-or-die scenario in a decisive game of an NCAA Regional Monday when the Commodores and Georgia Tech meet for the second time in less than 24 hours at Hawkins Field. Read More
Young alumni rise to GOLD Challenge and help secure $100,000 gift to Opportunity Vanderbilt
Members of the classes of 2003 through 2012 have made Vanderbilt history by rising to the university’s challenge specifically for young alumni—the GOLD Challenge—and helping to secure a $100,000 gift to Opportunity Vanderbilt. Read More
The Future Of Nashville
With cranes riddling the skyline and whisperings of new perspectives on life in the city, it is hard not to wonder what the future of… Read More
Museum of Modern Art exhibition showcases Vanderbilt online visualization tool
A recently opened exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art is putting a new spin on the idea of creative exchange. MoMA Studio: Exchange Café is a collaboration between artist Caroline Woolard and a Vanderbilt team led by Pratim Sengupta and Amelia Winger-Bearskin. Read More
