Remember to power down before leaving for the holidays
(iStockphoto) Vanderbilt students, faculty and staff who are going to be away from the dorm room, office or home for an extended period of… Read More
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Construction work to affect traffic on Children’s Way Dec. 17-Jan. 4
The installation of an electrical duct bank across Children’s Way, approximately 150 feet west of 25th Avenue South and extending west along Children’s Way,… Read More
Genes, nutrients interact to shape traits
A new study identifies interactions between genes and nutrients that may participate in determining levels of cholesterol and triglycerides. Read More
AlertVU being updated, expanded; tests set for Jan. 2 and Jan. 15
AlertVU, Vanderbilt’s emergency notification system, is being expanded to include all members of the Vanderbilt community and is being strengthened by a new,… Read More
New faculty: Morgan Ricks gave up Wall Street to tackle economic crisis
Morgan Ricks (Daniel Dubois/Vanderbilt) When the financial crisis hit in September 2008, Morgan Ricks knew what he had to do. “I was… Read More
Turkey Cam gives sneak peek at annual holiday giveaway
UPDATE: We regret that due to high demand, we are unfortunately out of aprons. Turkeys and tofurkeys are still available. Vanderbilt’s annual Turkey Toss,… Read More
New faculty: Rizia Bardhan finds solutions at the nanoscale
Rizia Bardhan (Joe Howell/Vanderbilt) Rizia Bardhan has a large picture of Mahatma Gandhi in her office. “Gandhi has always been very special to me,” she… Read More
Vanderbilt Board of Trust member William W. Featheringill dies
William W. Featheringill, a Vanderbilt University Board of Trust member, alumnus and entrepreneur for whom Vanderbilt’s Featheringill Hall is named, died Sunday,… Read More
LAPOP: Discrimination still plagues Americas
Women, homosexuals and people with darker skin tones continue to face discrimination in the Americas, according to responses to the 2012 AmericasBarometer survey of Vanderbilt University’s Latin American Public Opinion Project. Read More
Bottle rockets pique middle schoolers’ interest in engineering
The Aerospace Club has partnered with Peabody College to produce a five-week program using soda bottle rockets to introduce middle school students to basic engineering principles. Read More
McLean plays major role in national chemical-agent destruction report
Vanderbilt chemist John McLean served as one of the 14 members of the NRC expert committee that prepared a report in September that recommends the potential of new methods for monitoring the process of destroying the remainder of the nation’s aging stockpile of chemical warfare munitions that could reduce the time and expense involved by almost two thirds. Read More
Vanderbilt junior to be featured on ‘Tonight Show’
Megan Piphus Megan Piphus, a junior in the College of Arts and Science, is scheduled to appear on The Tonight Show with… Read More
Plugging In — Owen’s growing presence in the energy business
A photograph of a smiling young man standing beside a gas pump at a Spur Gas station in Henderson, Ky., sits in the offices of… Read More
Mayor leads campus walk with faculty and staff
(Anne Rayner/Vanderbilt) Nashville Mayor Karl Dean (foreground, second from left) was at Vanderbilt Dec. 6 to participate in a two-mile campus walk with faculty… Read More
Genetic clues to lung scarring
A rare genetic syndrome provides new clues to lung scarring (pulmonary fibrosis), a potentially deadly consequence of many lung diseases. Read More
New faculty: Gary T. Henry has a passion for education research
Gary T. Henry (Daniel Dubois/Vanderbilt) It has been said that the next great wave of education reform is teacher preparation. If that assertion… Read More
Our favorite Tweets and Instagrams of the week, Dec. 1-7
We love hearing from our fans, friends and followers. Below are just a few of our favorite Tweets and Instagram photos from the past week. Read More
Save Feb. 8 for Scholar-Sips
The Vanderbilt Woman’s Club invites the Nashville community to Scholar-Sips, an evening of wine tasting and socializing, and most importantly, an evening that supports our… Read More
New offices created to strengthen diversity education, leadership development among students
(Vanderbilt University) The Office of the Dean of Students has announced it will reorganize its efforts in the areas of diversity education… Read More
Vanderbilt study finds diverse genetic alterations in triple-negative breast cancers
Most triple-negative breast cancer patients who were treated with chemotherapy to shrink the tumor prior to surgery still had multiple genetic mutations in their tumor cells, according to a study by Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center (VICC) investigators. Read More