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Family’s experience spurs creation of fellowship

Carol Ann Gavin became critically ill on Super Bowl Sunday in 2010 while vacationing in Florida. But after two surgeries for a bowel obstruction at a Florida hospital, her husband, Charles Gavin III, asked that she be flown home to Vanderbilt University Medical Center, where he knew she would get unequaled health care at one of finest medical centers in the country. Read More

Get discount on tickets to ‘Catch Me,’ ‘Traces’ and ‘Cabaret’ at TPAC

Vanderbilt employees can get a discount on tickets to "Catch Me If You Can" at TPAC. Vanderbilt employees can receive discounted tickets to these… Read More

New faculty: David Blackbourn communes with the past

David Blackbourn (John Russell/Vanderbilt) Communicating with the departed is something David Blackbourn does on a daily basis. As a scholar of German … Read More

New faculty: Jie Deng’s care for patients inspires lymphedema research

Jie Deng (Daniel Dubois/Vanderbilt) For Jie Deng, the desire to further nursing research and education began with the SARS outbreak in China… Read More

School choice: Not your father’s classroom

Peabody professor Ellen Goldring comments on a battle over school reform that could reshape public education in Michigan. Read More

VUCast: Meningitis Mystery Solved

This Week on VUCast, Vanderbilt’s online newscast: How Vanderbilt solved the deadly fungal meningitis mystery Which Vandy alum is now starring… Read More

Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology named ‘Greenest Group on Campus’

The Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology was recognized as the "Greenest Group on Campus" at the Vanderbilt football game Nov. 17. (Vanderbilt University)… Read More

Take a campus walk with Mayor Karl Dean

The two-mile walk Dec. 6 will start and end at 2007 Terrace Place. Vanderbilt is stepping up to Nashville Mayor Karl Dean’s… Read More

Register now for MLK Weekend of Service

Join students, staff and faculty from across the Vanderbilt campus by participating in a diverse array of community service projects during MLK Weekend, Friday,… Read More

Nashville Promise Neighborhood informational meeting Dec. 7

Learn how research is playing a central role in the development of Nashville Promise Neighborhood’s strategy to improve schools and communities. Kimberly… Read More

‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ screening benefits childhood cancer patients

Scene from "It's a Wonderful Life" Attend a special screening of It’s a Wonderful Life Saturday, Dec. 1, and help children who are undergoing… Read More

Join Commodore football team for bowl announcement celebration

Commodore fans are invited to join Head Coach James Franklin and his Vanderbilt student-athletes this Sunday on campus for the team’s bowl announcement celebration. The… Read More

Don’t miss these events at the Frist featuring Vanderbilt experts, performers

Frist Center for the Visual Arts Don’t miss these upcoming events at the Frist Center for the Visual Arts featuring Vanderbilt experts… Read More

Listen: Lifelong learners invited to sign up for Osher winter classes

Online registration is now open for the 2013 winter term of the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Vanderbilt University. Read More

“Forged in Fire: The Jefferson Collection and the Origins of the Library of Congress”

Watch video of Mark Dimunation, chief of the Rare Book and Special Collections Division at the Library of Congress, present as part of the Vanderbilt… Read More

Professors tweak their pedagogical style with blogs

Humberto Garcia's blog for The Romantic Period: Romanticism and Apocalypse. Social media tools have changed the way people communicate, learn and share ideas—and the… Read More

VUMC’s ‘Promise of Discovery’ campaign gets new messaging

Mary Zutter, assistant vice chancellor for integrative diagnostics, is featured in new messaging for Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s “Promise of Discovery” awareness campaign. (Vanderbilt… Read More

Our favorite Facebook posts of the week, Nov. 16-23

This week we asked, “What are you giving thanks for this year?” The responses have been heartwarming. Take a look and join the… Read More

VUMC to debut new homepage

Vanderbilt University Medical Center Vanderbilt University Medical Center will launch a new homepage design Friday, Nov. 30, for its website for the mc.vanderbilt.edu domain. Read More

Carcinogenic chemicals cramp DNA

Researchers have determined how a DNA lesion caused by exposure to chemicals may spark cancer formation. Read More