A message from Coach Balcomb about the upcoming basketball season
Coach Melanie Balcomb (Vanderbilt) Dear fellow Vanderbilt staff, I have been involved in the Vanderbilt community for more than a decade and have seen… Read More
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Stave off holiday excess by celebrating sustainably this season
The holiday season is traditionally a time of plenty, but it also can be a time of excess. Vanderbilt’s Sustainability and Environment Management Office has put together a list of 15 actions everyone can take to reduce holiday waste and make the season a little greener. Read More
Vanderbilt Symphonic Choir to perform American folk music Nov. 15
Blair School of Music (Vanderbilt University) The Vanderbilt Symphonic Choir will give a performance featuring the choral arrangements of Robert Shaw and Alice Parker,… Read More
Join the conversation: What are you giving thanks for this year?
As 2012 draws to a close, it’s time to reflect on the past year. Vanderbilt community, what are you giving thanks for this year?… Read More
Campus Dining employee suffers family losses in Hurricane Sandy
In the wake of Hurricane Sandy and the nor’easter that followed, millions of New Yorkers began to pick up the pieces and resume their lives,… Read More
Video: Doug Fisher on digital learning at the Ithaka Sustainable Scholarship conference
Doug Fisher, associate professor of computer science, participated in a panel discussion at the Ithaka Sustainable Scholarship conference. This year's topic was the impact of digital learning technology on scholarly practices and notions of quality in the academy. Read More
Posters accepted until Dec. 1 for Surgery and Engineering Symposium
Reed Omary (Vanderbilt University) The Vanderbilt Initiative in Surgery and Engineering (VISE) and the Department of Surgery Research Collaborative will… Read More
Quit smoking Nov. 15 for the Great American Smokeout
Tobacco use is the single largest preventable cause of disease and premature death in the United States, yet more than 45 million Americans still… Read More
Nominate medical faculty or staff for the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Award
Martin Luther King Jr. Nominations are now being accepted for the annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Award. The award is given… Read More
Dean’s Message
A new academic year finds Vanderbilt’s Peabody College advancing its agenda of intellectual innovation, rigorous research, and translation of our efforts into practice. In particular,… Read More
Why learning guitar is different from learning other instruments
Through a set of experiments, Gordon Logan, Nashville musician Jerry Kimbrough and Matthew Crump (now of Brooklyn College-CUNY) have illustrated that guitarists – and players of other related instruments like mandolin, banjo and bass – tend to acquire their skills differently than most other musicians. Read More
Vanderbilt business students host conference: Post-election health care in the United States
The Vanderbilt Owen Graduate School of Management will host the fifth annual Vanderbilt Health Care Conference at the Schermerhorn Symphony Center on Friday, Nov. 16. This year's topic is healthcare after the election. Read More
Daily Beast: Were the Romney and Obama TV ads a total waste?
They spent a total of $1 billion on TV ads, but most were instantly forgettable—and none swayed opinion. Next time, writes John G. Geer, make the ads memorable. Read More
Autism Speaks: Researching sleep, tirelessly
Sleep research is one of the many initiatives made possible through Vanderbilt’s participation in the Autism Treatment Network. Read More
Homeschooling goes under the microscope in new Peabody research
In a first-of-its-kind analysis, Peabody researcher Joseph Murphy examines the highly understudied homeschooling movement and its impact on students and society. Read More
Conway-Welch to step down as School of Nursing dean
After serving more than 28 years as dean of the Vanderbilt University School of Nursing (VUSN), and as the second longest sitting dean… Read More
Toni Morrison to be Senior Day Speaker at Vanderbilt
Nobel and Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Toni Morrison will be the 2013 Senior Day speaker at Vanderbilt University. Her address will be streamed live on the Vanderbilt News website May 9. Read More
Professors get pies in the face for charity
Frank Dobson (left), director of the Bishop Joseph Johnson Black Cultural Center at Vanderbilt and a faculty head of house at The Ingram Commons,… Read More
New committee will increase veteran outreach for jobs at Vanderbilt
Talent Acquisition Consultant John Carr meets with a service member at the recent Paychecks for Patriots job fair in Nashville (Janet Rachel/Vanderbilt) With the… Read More
VUCast: “Deathstyle” to Lifestyle!
This Week on VUCast, Vanderbilt’s online newscast: Vanderbilt students and a best-selling author change a “deathstyle” into a lifestyle! How a diabetes medication could fight… Read More
