Commodores tabbed No. 2 in NCAAs; play begins Friday
Vanderbilt's baseball team has been selected as the No. 2 national seed in the 2013 NCAA Tournament. Read More
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VUCast: Why Tim McGraw and Taylor Swift put Vanderbilt in their newest music video
In this week’s VUCast: See a student invention to save babies from hot cars. Why Nashville stars Tim McGraw & Taylor Swift put… Read More
VU’s athletics communications honored
Vanderbilt Athletics has been named one of the “Super 11” sports information departments in the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision for the 2012 season by the… Read More
Travel system to debut in July
Vanderbilt’s new travel system, which will offer faculty and staff traveling on university business a better, faster way to book and manage travel and handle expenses for trips, is slated for rollout on July 30. Read More
Health care workers can improve communication with Latino patients with new Vanderbilt course
A new course at Vanderbilt University that can help healthcare workers be more effective in treating the growing population of Spanish-speaking patients. Read More
Zachary T. Fardon ’92 (BA’88) has been nominated to serve as United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois.
Fardon’s nomination was announced by the White House on May 23. “Today, I am honored to nominate this highly respected legal professional as a United… Read More
Blair offers ‘Music Theory Without Fear’ June 3-7
Music theory can be fun, and a lively interactive course for beginning theory students offered by the Blair School of Music proves it. Read More
Vanderbilt physician says ugly plants worse for allergy patients
As allergy season rolls in for Middle Tennessee residents, a largely unknown adage rings true: the uglier a flower or weed, the more allergy-inducing its pollen tends to be. Read More
Yeu-Matchuc brings native dance celebration to Vanderbilt
Yeu-Matchuc will perform ancient songs and dances from the indigenous Yoreme community of Sinaloa, Mexico, June 5 at noon on Vanderbilt University’s Library Lawn. Read More
Astronomers determine the classic Ring Nebula’s true shape
A team of researchers, headed by Vanderbilt astronomer C. Robert O’Dell, has combined images from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope with images from ground-based telescopes to reconstruct the three-dimensional shape of the iconic nebula with unprecedented precision. In the process, they determined that it is considerably different than previously thought. Read More
Weight Watchers at Work starts June 5
A new session of Weight Watchers at Work starts on June 5 at the Student Life Center. Read More
Retiring Vanderbilt University School of Nursing dean honored for her service
Friends, supporters and colleagues gathered to honor retiring dean Colleen Conway-Welch for her visionary leadership of the Vanderbilt School of Nursing. Read More
Message from the Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs about economic position
In recent communications I have highlighted the intense financial challenges we are facing as a leading academic medical center, particularly during this last quarter of the fiscal year. Read More
Stem Cell Transplant Survivors Reunion
(photo by Steve Green Steve Wolff, M.D., left, was honored at the VICC Stem Cell Transplant Survivors Reunion for his leadership in… Read More
Preventable injuries filled Vanderbilt University Hospital last Memorial Day; Doctors urge safety on upcoming holiday
Doctors at Vanderbilt University Medical Center urge safety with upcoming Memorial Day celebrations after a… Read More
College students help make future Nashville charter schools ‘next generation’
Nashville’s mayor wants to launch a number of college prep charter schools over the next few years, and the city is turning to students in the Vanderbilt Accelerator Summer Business Institute for creative ideas on how to innovate within these schools to maximize preparation for college and the world beyond. Read More
School of Medicine’s achievements outlined at Spring Faculty Meeting
In the midst of tight government budgets and uncertain times, Vanderbilt University Medical Center continues to move ever forward in training the next generation of physician researchers and biomedical scientists. Read More
2013 Academic Enterprise Faculty Awards
The 2013 Vanderbilt University Medical Center Academic Enterprise Faculty Awards, which were presented during Wednesday’s Spring Faculty meeting, included awards for Excellence in Teaching and Outstanding Contributions to Research. Award recipients were nominated by their faculty colleagues and chosen by the Academic Enterprise Faculty Awards Selection Committee. Read More
Adults with disabilities gain entertainment industry experience through ACM, Vanderbilt Kennedy Center
Representatives from Vanderbilt and the Academy of Country Music welcome participants to the ACM Lifting Lives Series at Vanderbilt. Back row: Rondal… Read More
Surgical Pathology takes Pioneer Program to heart
Surgical pathologists are often asked to evaluate tissue samples mid-procedure. These intraoperative consultations entail rapid processing and microscopic evaluation to distinguish diseased tissue from healthy tissue, thus helping guide the surgeon’s hands. Read More
