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VU discount on Shatner TPAC show

Vanderbilt staff and faculty are entitled to a special discount on the Jan. 12, 8 p.m. TPAC performance of television and movie superstar William… Read More

Time for Hold the Stuffing final weigh-ins

The Health Plus Hold the Stuffing challenge is now complete. Visit one of the final weigh-in stations below to see if you met the challenge goal of maintaining your weight within two pounds Read More

VITA offers free tax service to low income families

Tax time—especially for lower income families—can be extremely stressful (not to mention expensive). Last year, more than 10,000 individuals and families across Middle Tennessee… Read More

Thomas Lux first of three poets to speak during series at Vanderbilt

Saturday University for Spring 2013 will feature poets Thomas Lux, Garrett Hongo and Stephen Dobyns. Read More

Fencing Team’s Glory Years

Fencing has always had few spectators and only a few participants. Yet it has a proud history and continues as a club sport at Vanderbilt after 78 years. Read More

Vanderbilt wins the 2012 Music City Bowl

Vanderbilt forced five NC State turnovers and used a strong rushing attack to top the Wolfpack, 38-24, for its third all-time bowl win, as the Commodores claimed the Music City Bowl Monday at LP Field. Read More

Emilie Townes named dean of Vanderbilt Divinity School

Emilie M. Townes, a distinguished Yale University scholar and administrator whose areas of expertise include Christian ethics and womanist theology, has been named dean of Vanderbilt University Divinity School. Read More

Evidence shows starvation did not cause saber-tooth cat extinction

The latest study of the microscopic wear patterns on the teeth of the American lions and saber-toothed cats that roamed North America in the late Pleistocene found that they were living well off the fat of the land in the period just before they went extinct. Read More

Preventing hardened heart valves

Blocking a serotonin receptor may provide a novel therapy for heart valve disease. Read More

A drug combo for ovarian cancer

Combining another drug with platinum-based chemotherapies may be more effective against ovarian cancer. Read More

Award winners embody culture of service excellence

Mavis Schorn, Ph.D., CNM (Photo by Steve Green) Credo Award and Five Pillar Leader Award winners were announced at… Read More

Low prenatal alcohol’s brain impact

Even relatively low levels of in utero alcohol exposure impact fetal brain development, and the effects last into adulthood, study finds. Read More

Vanderbilt community to remember victims of Sandy Hook

Benton Chapel at Vanderbilt Divinity School The Office of Religious Life invites the Vanderbilt community to observe a minute of silence at… Read More

Director of Metro Nashville Public Schools Jesse Register, Dean Camilla Benbow and H. Rodes Hart

Director of Metro Nashville Public Schools Jesse Register, Dean Camilla Benbow and H. Rodes Hart, emeritus member of the Vanderbilt Board of… Read More

Joseph Murphy in the Economist

Peabody's Joseph Murphy argues in his new book that parents want to control not only what their children learn, but the values they pick up and the company they keep. They are also increasingly convinced that schools are not that good at teaching. Read More

From the Dean

As a member of the National Science Board, I occasionally have the privilege of hearing firsthand accounts of recent scientific advances. Often the best new ideas result when people with different backgrounds and specialized knowledge are thrown together in unexpected ways and places. Peabody College has its own unique history of fostering innovations in the realms of education and human development. Read More

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