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Register now for Dyer Observatory’s Astronomy for Adults series

The series will cover a wide range of astronomy topics and each course will include a mix of discussions, experiments using observatory equipment and observations through the Seyfert Telescope. Read More

‘Tucumcari’ photography exhibit opens at Space 204

The Vanderbilt University Department of Art welcomes to Space 204 an exhibition of compelling photographs by Jeremiah Ariaz. On display from Thursday, Feb. 21, through Thursday, March 14, Tucumcari documents a once thriving and now uncertain New Mexico community. An opening reception will be held Thursday, Feb. 21, from 4 to 6 pm. Read More

Our favorite Tweets and Instagrams of the week, Feb. 1-8

The theme this week: Everyone wants to go to Vanderbilt. Whether waiting on acceptance letters or committing at Signing Day, it was a week full… Read More

The Tennessean: TN school voucher issues ripple far

Peabody professors Claire Smrekar and Ron Zimmer weighed in on school vouchers during a panel discussion sponsored by the League of Women Voters in collaboration with Vanderbilt’s Peabody College. Read More

Grissom selected as Frontiers in Bioengineering Workshop Young Investigator

Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering William Grissom has been selected as one of the 2013 Frontiers in Bioengineering Workshop Young Investigators and will participate in the event Feb. 25-26 at Georgia Tech’s Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience. Read More

Mitchell to lead effort on minority engineering enrollment

Burgess Mitchell, assistant dean for student services at Vanderbilt's School of Engineering, has been named president-elect of the National Association of Minority Engineering Program Advocates. Read More

Aloft Hotel to host VU reception Feb. 21

Aloft Nashville West End (formerly Hotel Indigo) will host a Meet and Greet for the Vanderbilt community 4 to 6 p.m. Feb. 21. Come see the new look and meet the staff. Read More

Register now for Summer Academy at Vanderbilt for the Young

Registration has begun for the Summer Academy at Vanderbilt for the Young (SAVY), which provides a dynamic, fast-paced curriculum experience to qualifying gifted children in rising 1st-7th grades. Read More

Author Rob Bell talks ‘What We Talk About When We Talk About God’ March 14 at Vanderbilt University

Rob Bell (Photo provided by HarperOne) Rob Bell, author and founding pastor and pastor emeritus of Mars Hill Bible Church, will discuss his new… Read More

‘Greenest’ campus group can win VIP basketball tickets

Is your group, department or division the "greenest" on campus? If so, you can be VIP guests at the Vanderbilt vs. Georgia basketball game Feb. 27. Read More

Walkway closed Feb. 12-13 to accommodate multipurpose facility construction

The north end of the new multipurpose facility takes shape. (Brock Williams/Vanderbilt) The walkway from 25th Avenue South to the entrance of the Student… Read More

Get discounted Nashville Predators tickets

The Predators are back on the ice. Be sure to get your Vanderbilt discount. The February home schedule has the Preds playing eight… Read More

Vanderbilt stages a Signing Day worth celebrating

Yahoo! Sports’ Pat Forde gives a play by play of Vanderbilt Football’s National Signing Day activities. Read More

Law professor to present at orientation program for new federal judges

Terry Maroney, professor of law, will discuss her scholarship on how judges deal with emotion as part of an orientation program for newly confirmed federal judges. Read More

Rounds: A message from the Vice Chancellor

On a recent Monday afternoon, the Pediatric Emergency Department at the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt moved — within minutes — from the typical hustle and bustle of seeing and admitting patients to an entire children’s hospital on a state of full community alert. Read More

Humble yeast helps predict how genes are regulated

Budding yeast occupies a place of honor in the pantheon of human history. Saccharomyces cerevisiae has been used for baking and alcoholic fermentation for thousands of years. Read More

For people with ASD, adulthood no easy transition

One of the critical, unmet needs for people with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is support for the transition into adulthood. Read More

Registration open for Shade Tree Trot in April

Vanderbilt University School of Medicine students hope hundreds of participants will come out to support their student-run free health clinic at this year’s Shade Tree Trot on Saturday, April 20. Read More

Memorial Gym to go pink for breast cancer awareness

The Vanderbilt Commodores Women’s Basketball team will be decked out in pink uniforms when they take the home court this Sunday, Feb. 10, at 3 p.m., in a matchup against the Kentucky Wildcats. Read More

Photo: Shave-a-thon

Ben Nelson grins and bears it as Angie Blackmore gives him a buzz cut during the Shave-a-thon to benefit the Arthritis Foundation at Vanderbilt Stallworth Rehabilitation Hospital. Read More