bar

Melissa Snarr: All You That Labor: Religion and Ethics in the Living Wage Movement

Listen to an interview with Melissa Snarr, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs in the Divinity School and Associate Professor… Read More

Vanderbilt researchers find rise in teen hearing loss; offer headphone safety tips

According to a Vanderbilt-led study published in Journal of the American Medical Association, hearing loss is now affecting 20 percent of U.S. adolescents ages 12 to 19, which is a 5 percent increase over the past 15 years. Read More

Vanderbilt cancer investigators win two national GE cancer research grants

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center investigators have won two of the five global innovation grants awarded by the “GE Healthymagination Cancer Challenge.” Read More

Make note of bookstore’s modified hours April 1 and 8

(Joe Howell/Vanderbilt) Barnes & Noble at Vanderbilt will open at 1 p.m. Sunday, April 1, due to the store’s annual inventory. The bookstore will… Read More

Vanderbilt uses first FDA-approved stent for heart patients with diabetes

Vanderbilt Heart recently used a newly approved medical device to open narrowed coronary arteries, even in heart disease patients who also have diabetes. Read More

Handling the environmental aspects of bankruptcy topic of April 5 lecture

Jim Redwine (courtesy Jim Redwine) The executive who oversaw the environmental aspects of the 2009 General Motors bankruptcy case, a Vanderbilt alumnus,… Read More

Spring Faculty Assembly is March 29

Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos (Vanderbilt University) The annual Spring Faculty Assembly is scheduled for 4:10 p.m. Thursday, March 29, in Langford Auditorium. Opening remarks… Read More

Children’s Hospital offers headphone safety tips to prevent long-term hearing loss

(Vanderbilt University) With the proliferation of smart phones, portable gaming systems and media players, more children – especially teenagers – are listening to ear… Read More

Watch football team in action at free scrimmage April 14

(John Russell/Vanderbilt) All Vanderbilt faculty and staff are invited to the Black and Gold spring game at Vanderbilt Stadium beginning at 6 p.m. Saturday,… Read More

‘The Pecking Order’ on display at Sarratt Gallery through May 14

“Lassitude” (2011) by Karen Bondarchuk Inspired by John Marluff’s book In the Company of Crows and Ravens, Michigan-based sculptor Karen Bondarchuk is taken with… Read More

Celebrate Free Cone Day April 3 and donate to Next Steps at Vanderbilt

Ben & Jerry’s on 21st Avenue South will celebrate Free Cone Day Tuesday, April 3. The store is encouraging patrons to donate the… Read More

File claims for 2011 Flexible Spending Accounts by April 14

(iStockphoto) Human Resources is reminding Flexible Spending Account (FSA) participants about an important upcoming deadline. If you participated in the 2011 Health Care or… Read More

Debate team ends year on high note

At the 2012 American Debate Association National Championship, Xin (Malia) Zhan and Saad Rehman took home the championship in the JV division, with Rehman… Read More

Department of Art’s Senior Show 2012 opens April 13 with reception, awards

The massive doors between the galleries of Space 204 will slide back on Friday, April 13, revealing the hard work of Vanderbilt’s graduating studio art… Read More

Former visiting artist’s grape hyacinth project now in bloom

(John Russell/Vanderbilt) Acclaimed Cuban artist Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons, in collaboration with the Vanderbilt senior art majors and other volunteers, participated in a… Read More

Tennessean op-ed: Anti-science legislation offers prospect of a new Scopes trial

By Roger Cone, chairman of the department of molecular physiology and biophysics at Vanderbilt, Jon Kaas, Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Professor of Psychology at… Read More

Step out for National Walking Day April 4

(Vanderbilt University) The American Heart Association will host National Walking Day April 4, when adults nationwide will wear sneakers to work, take… Read More

Students to stage original musical at Sarratt

Blair School of Music senior Ryan Korell (left) has written the original musical "Grounded," which Vanderbilt students will perform at Sarratt Cinema March 30. Read More

Nashville Ballet offers discount for ‘Rite of Spring’ and ‘Firebird’

Nashville Ballet is offering discounted tickets for upcoming performances of Rite of Spring and Firebird to members of the Vanderbilt community. Nashville… Read More

MSNBC Video: The science behind political thinking

Jonathan Metzl, director of the Center for Medicine, Health and Society, explains the science behind how the brain weighs decisions and forms political beliefs on the "Melissa Harris-Perry" show. Read More