2012 Southern Festival of Books features Vanderbilt faculty
Vanderbilt professors are well represented among the authors participating in the 2012 Southern Festival of Books: A Celebration of the Written Word Oct. 12,… Read More
bar
Pneumonia vaccine for children to be tested in older adults
Vanderbilt is taking part in a national study to test in older adults the use of a vaccine designed to protect children against a common cause of pneumonia. Read More
Dillehay elected to Mercyhurst University Board of Trustees
Tom Dillehay (Vanderbilt) Tom Dillehay, Distinguished Professor of Anthropology at Vanderbilt, is among three new trustees elected to the Mercyhurst… Read More
VU recruit’s work lights up genetic ‘dark matter’
They’ve been called “junk DNA” and genetic “dark matter” — the long segments of the human genome (98 percent of it) that do not encode protein. Read More
Flulapalooza event set for Oct. 17, 18
Vanderbilt University and Medical Center faculty, staff, students and volunteers will once again have the opportunity to be part of a mass flu vaccination plan that last year more than doubled the current world record for the total number of vaccinations given in an eight-hour period. Read More
We Care for Kids Day 2012
Nearly 2,000 people attended the eighth annual We Care for Kids Day on Sunday, which was hosted by the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt and its community partners. Read More
Amish aid search for Alzheimer’s genes
An analysis of Amish populations revealed novel risk genes for late-onset Alzheimer disease. Read More
Additional volunteers needed for Flulapalooza Oct. 17 and 18
(Susan Urmy/Vanderbilt) Additional volunteers are needed Oct. 17 and 18 to assist with this year’s Flulapalooza, where Vanderbilt University and Medical Center faculty, staff,… Read More
Explore the Open Enrollment website to learn about 2013 benefit options
Open Enrollment, the annual opportunity to take charge of your benefits and elect the coverage that fits your needs for the coming year, is… Read More
Biology, race and politics explored in upcoming Chancellor’s Lecture
Is race a biological category written in our genes? Or are genomic scientists and biomedical researchers mistakenly using race to explain away health disparities among different population groups? Dorothy Roberts, the Penn Integrates Knowledge Professor at the University of Pennsylvania, will explore this issue in an upcoming Chancellor’s Lecture at Vanderbilt University. Read More
Ribbon cutting marks Rand Hall re-opening
L-r: Mark Bandas, Richard McCarty and Maryclaire Manard (Anne Rayner/Vanderbilt) Associate Provost and Dean of Students Mark Bandas, Provost and… Read More
National Coming Out Week events scheduled Oct. 11-18
Every year the LGBTQI Life staff plans and coordinates National Coming Out Week, a week-long celebration of LGBTQI individuals and history. This event helps to… Read More
SNHL in children subject of Glasscock Lecture
Paul Lambert Paul Lambert, professor and chair of the Department of Otolaryngology at the University of South Carolina, will speak about “Evaluation of the… Read More
‘Long Story Bit by Bit’ opens Oct. 12
"Long Story Bit by Bit: Liberia Retold, Photography by Tim Hetherington" will be on view at the Vanderbilt Fine Arts Gallery Oct. 12-Dec.6. (photo… Read More
Women’s soccer ‘pink out’ game is Oct. 12
(iStockphoto) Friday, Oct. 12, has been designated “Taking a Kick at Breast Cancer Night” by the Vanderbilt women’s soccer team. Fans that show… Read More
Services for adults and seniors with physical disabilities topic of lecture
Home and community-based services for adults and seniors with physical disabilities will be the topic of a Geriatrics and Gerontology Interest Group lecture from noon… Read More
New session of Weight Watchers at Work starts Oct. 24
(Image courtesy of Weight Watchers) A new 10-week session of Weight Watchers at Work starts Wednesday, Oct. 24, at the Vanderbilt Student… Read More
One dominant debate not enough to put Romney over: Vanderbilt/YouGov
Despite Mitt Romney’s dominant performance in the first presidential debate, President Obama’s favorability rating has been hovering around 50 percent, not enough deterioration to turn the election around for the challenger. Read More
Complementary and alternative medicine use differs by race, economics
Use of complementary and alternative medicine differs by race and socioeconomic factors, study reports. Read More
Harvard’s Poussaint to deliver Levi Watkins Jr. Lecture
Alvin Poussaint, M.D., professor of Psychiatry and faculty associate dean for Student Affairs at Harvard Medical School, will deliver Vanderbilt University School of Medicine’s 11th annual Levi Watkins Jr. Lecture at noon on Tuesday, Oct. 16, in 208 Light Hall. Read More
