The National Center on Scaling Up Effective Schools will host a conference on effective high schools and transferring those methods to less effective schools June 10-12. Read More
To celebrate the end of the academic year and to thank university and medical center faculty and staff for their commitment, hard work and… Read More
"Material Glance (Llambrec Material)" by Antoni Tàpies. Lithograph, 1975. (image courtesy of Vanderbilt Fine Arts Gallery) Material Glance: A Portfolio of Lithographs by Antoni Tàpies… Read More
At 5:04 p.m. June 5, the planet Venus passed directly in front of the sun. The transit of Venus is extremely rare, occurring twice in… Read More
Chetan A. Patil, a research assistant professor in the department of biomedical engineering, has been awarded a $100,000 grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation… Read More
In the third year of the Early Career Research Program managed by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Science, a Vanderbilt engineering assistant professor… Read More
Medical Center Drive (Vanderbilt University) Pierce Avenue will be closed from Medical Center Drive to 23rd Avenue South from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Read More
Watch video of Mims Hall at Kissam Quadrangle as it is torn down. Construction began in mid-May on College Halls at the current site of… Read More
Policy will increasingly involve complex scientific concepts, but this does not mean that the available technical input will automatically match those needs. Read More
Vanderbilt University announces a first call for proposals for interdisciplinary research programs to be based in a new Engineering and Medicine Building. Proposals are due… Read More
Charlotte Pierce-Baker (Vanderbilt) Charlotte Pierce-Baker has authored This Fragile Life: A Mother’s Story of a Bipolar Son, now available in bookstores and… Read More
The transit of Venus across the sun this Tuesday is a rare astronomical event, and will not happen again for more than 100 years. Read More
(iStockphoto) The monthly test of the Vanderbilt Outdoor warning sirens will be Saturday, June 2, 2012, immediately following the test of the Metro sirens… Read More
Ally Carey in action on the lacrosse field (Photo courtesy of Vanderbilt Athletics) Vanderbilt midfielder Ally Carey has been named… Read More
Football camp at Vanderbilt. (Daniel Dubois/Vanderbilt) School is out and many parents are scrambling to find meaningful activities for their children to… Read More
Registration is now open for the 2012 Geriatric Update Conference for primary care, allied health and related professionals. The conference is scheduled from 8:30… Read More
The molecular structure of a protein involved in Alzheimer’s disease – and the surprising discovery that it binds cholesterol – could lead to new therapeutics for the memory-robbing disease. Read More
Vanderbilt Farmers' Market The Vanderbilt Farmers’ Market, held each Thursday from 3 to 6 p.m. on Medical Center Plaza, is canceled today,… Read More
This year, Vanderbilt took steps to relieve the paperwork burden of proving relationships with covered dependents (spouse, partner or child). However, with that move… Read More
Super-eruptions are potentially civilization-ending events and new research suggests that they may have surprisingly short fuses. Read More
