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Maker faire’s first year at the Wond’ry is major success, organizers say

The Nashville Mini Maker Faire's organizers extended it to two days, attracting double the exhibitors and more than 1,500 additional visitors over last year. Read More

Delirium, benzos and the pediatric ICU

With other risk factors held equal, children who received a benzodiazepine sedative drug were nearly three times more likely to experience delirium – confused thought – the following day. Read More

Get discount on ‘An American in Paris,’ ‘Les Misérables’ at TPAC

Vanderbilt University staff and faculty are eligible for a discount on tickets to select performances of the following upcoming shows at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center. Read More

New Skype for Business phones now available

As of Oct. 2, Vanderbilt IT offers two new Skype for Business phones: the Polycom VVX411 and the Polycom VVX601. Read More

Bold $125 million investment supports landmark graduate student scholarships and leadership institute

Vanderbilt is investing $125 million into one of the nation's most extensive graduate student scholarship programs and an innovative graduate student leadership institute. Read More

Design phase begins for university’s West End Neighborhood

Following up on a series of community meetings and working group efforts, Vanderbilt shared the current status of planning for the West End Neighborhood’s transformation. Read More

Tim Warnock, BA’84, is the epitome of a loyal Commodore

Alumni Association Board Director Tim Warnock, BA’84, is a model of alumni engagement. Read More

Impact of war on modern beauty culture topic of Goldberg Lecture

David Lubin, author of a book about World War I soldiers' facial injuries and their significance to modern plastic surgery and beauty culture, will deliver the Goldberg Lecture in Art History Oct. 9. Read More

VUToday: Vanderbilt ranks among world’s 10 most innovative universities in weekly roundup of VU news

University News and Communications publishes “VUToday,” a compilation of Vanderbilt mentions in the media, twice weekly. Read a selection of Vanderbilt news stories for the week of Sept. 25. Read More

‘I Am Not Your Negro’ filmmaker to speak at Vanderbilt

Filmmaker Raoul Peck, whose works include the Oscar-nominated 'I Am Not Your Negro,' will speak on campus Oct. 18, and two of his films will be screened at Sarratt Cinema Oct. 4 and 16. Read More

TIP SHEET: Newton can comment about Kurdistan drive for independence

The threats from Baghdad are growing, The efforts of Kurds to attain their own Middle East homeland are ramping up after 92 percent voted for… Read More

Chren named inaugural chair of Department of Dermatology

As Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s (VUMC) Division of Dermatology transitions from a division within the Department of Medicine to become the Medical Center’s newest clinical department, Mary-Margaret “Meg” Chren, M.D., professor of Dermatology at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), has been named to serve as the department’s inaugural chair. She will join the faculty in January 2018. Read More

Novel insights to antibiotic targets

New mechanistic details about the DNA-unwinding activity of antibacterial protein targets could lead to the design of better antibiotic medicines. Read More

Host families needed to give international students taste of American culture

International Student and Scholar Services invites you to participate in its Experience American Tastes (EAT!) program. Read More

Learn about the forest that inspired Winnie the Pooh’s Hundred-Acre Wood

Join author Kathryn Aalto as she speaks Oct. 18 at Peabody Library's Fireside Reading Room about her book, 'The Natural World of Winnie the Pooh: A Walk Through the Forest That Inspired the Hundred Acre Wood.' Read More

Adult participants needed for study on relation between brain chemistry and decision-making

The Affective Neuroscience Lab in the Department of Psychology at Vanderbilt University is currently recruiting healthy adults, 50–59 years old, for a multi-day study that attempts to understand the relation between brain chemistry and decision-making. Read More