Carmaker’s gift boosts childhood cancer research
Patrick Grohar, M.D., Ph.D., was awarded a $250,000 Hyundai Hope on Wheels grant last week for his research into potential drug therapies for Ewing sarcoma, a cancer of the bone. Read More
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New song, video set to help pump up Heart Walk awareness
At the inaugural Heart Walk Pep Rally last week, the Vanderbilt Heart Sounds introduced this year’s song, an original composition titled “Walk the Walk,” written by Cardiac Surgery administrative assistant Kurt Eger and cardiologist Mark Glazer, M.D. Read More
Cells with LIP eat their neighbors
A transcription factor called LIP is capable of causing one cell to consume another. Read More
Event set to tackle youth sports safety
Doctors and safety experts from the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt will host a free sports safety clinic on Wednesday, Sept. 19, at 5:30 p.m. at St. Mathew School in Franklin, Tenn. Read More
Medical Center mourns loss of Lemonds
Brent Lemonds, M.S., R.N., EMT-P, administrator for Service Improvement at Vanderbilt University Hospital, died Sunday from a pulmonary embolism while recovering at his home from a recent orthopaedic surgery. He was 50. Read More
Dan Roden: “Genomes, Hype, and a Realistic Pathway to Personalized Medicine”
Watch video of the Chancellor’s Lecture Series, featuring a talk by Dr. Dan Roden: “Genomes, Hype, and a Realistic Pathway to Personalized Medicine” Roden is… Read More
Kudos: Read about faculty, staff and alumni awards, appointments and achievements
Barsky (Vanderbilt) Robert Barsky, professor of French and Italian and professor of English, will deliver “The Changing Role of the Public Intellectual: From the… Read More
Vanderbilt researchers hit ‘home run’
Vanderbilt University professor Billy Hudson, Ph.D., and his lab have achieved a scientific “bleacher burner” -- their paper is published, discussed in an editorial and featured on the cover of this month’s Nature Chemical Biology, a high profile journal. Read More
9/11 remembrance held on Alumni Lawn
Members of Vanderbilt ROTC, local fire and police and VUPD joined faculty, staff and students on Alumni Lawn for the 9/11 service. (Joe Howell/Vanderbilt)… Read More
Vanderbilt marks fourth year as ‘U.S. News’ No. 17 national university
Vanderbilt University was named the 17th-ranked national university by "U.S. News & World Report." Read More
Vanderbilt Board of Trust emerita member Alyne Massey dies
Alyne Massey Alyne Queener Armistead Massey, philanthropist, community leader and longtime member of the Vanderbilt University Board of Trust, died Sept. 11 at her home… Read More
9/11 survivor shares story virtually with high school students
Former Navy Commander Paul Gonzales visited the Vanderbilt Virtual School to share his personal survival story. (John Russell/Vanderbilt) by Joan Brasher At… Read More
Vanderbilt MFA Program in Creative Writing ranked among top 10
Vanderbilt’s MFA Program in Creative Writing has been ranked among the top 10 programs in the country in a survey conducted by "Poets & Writers" magazine and reported in the September/October issue. Read More
Dayani Center boot camp begins Sept. 17
(iStockphoto) The Vanderbilt Dayani Center for Health & Wellness is offering an eight-week outdoor boot camp. Boot camp is a high-intensity class… Read More
Geriatrics and Gerontology Interest Group presents ‘Transitions of Care’
Gretchen Geagan of Life-Links Geriatric Care Management will present “Transitions of Care” on Tuesday, Sept. 18. Read More
‘Duties of Care, Rights of Conscience’ subject of medical lecture
R. Alta Charo, the Warren P. Knowles Professor of Law and Bioethics at the University of Wisconsin Law School and a member of the Institute of… Read More
Pumpkin patch will benefit children’s cancer research
(image courtesy of Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt) All funds raised at the Cooper Trooper Pumpkin Patch, open during the month of October,… Read More
Music and physics subject of lecture by Nashville Symphony director
Vanderbilt’s physics and astronomy department has invited the award-winning music director of the Nashville Symphony Orchestra, Giancarlo Guerrero, to deliver a lecture on campus. Read More
O’Day left legacy of passion, humility, kindness
Vanderbilt University Medical Center is mourning the loss of longtime faculty member Denis O’Day, M.D., director of the School of Medicine’s Emphasis Program and professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences. Read More
Rob Crosnoe: Mexican Immigrants and the Early Development and Education of their Children
Rob Crosnoe, Professor of Sociology, speaks on “Mexican immigrants and the early development and education of their children” as part of the Department of Leadership,… Read More