Vanderbilt Employee Appreciation Picnic set for May 16
The annual Vanderbilt Employee Appreciation Picnic is Tuesday, May 16. Read More
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Philip Dikeman, associate professor of flute, has died
Philip Dikeman, associate professor of flute at the Blair School of Music and acting principal flute of the Nashville Symphony Orchestra, died at home from cancer April 20. Read More
VUToday: Man-eating lions in weekly roundup of VU news stories
Vanderbilt news stories for the week of April 17 include research on the teeth of Kenyan man-eating lions and new findings about sodium's impact on thirst and diet. Read More
Evans, Rothschild to assume leadership posts with Board of Trust in July
The Vanderbilt Board of Trust will get a new chairman and vice chairman on July 1. Read More
Ingram family honors father with $20 million gift to Vanderbilt’s College Halls
Three Ingram family members are making gifts totaling $20 million to name Vanderbilt University’s newest College Hall in honor of their late father and former Board of Trust member, E. Bronson Ingram. Read More
Wisecaver named Vanderbilt ‘Postdoc of the Year’
Accomplished postdocs and faculty "Mentor of the Year" honored at annual Vanderbilt Postdoctoral Association and Shared Resources Symposium April 19. Read More
Smith to attend national higher ed leadership development programs
Tina L. Smith, Vanderbilt assistant vice chancellor and Chancellor’s Higher Education Fellow, will participate in two national leadership development programs this summer. Read More
Vanderbilt Program for Music, Mind & Society to host free event May 3
The Program for Music, Mind & Society (MMS) at Vanderbilt will present research and perform music at its upcoming 'Scientific Salon: A Soiree of Science and Song' on May 3. Read More
VICC Annual Scientific Retreat slated for May 4
Leading cancer investigators from several prominent universities and laboratories will headline the 2017 Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center (VICC) Annual Scientific Retreat May 4. Read More
Learn about estate planning from Fidelity Investments
The VRWC presents 'Estate Planning & More' as part of its Life Phase Series on May 4. Read More
Copyright system needs to be replaced: Vanderbilt professor
The whole system governing copyrights should be revamped, says Vanderbilt law professor Daniel Gervais Read More
Students recognized for eye-catching data visualizations
Blake Quigley and Ben Shapiro received first-place awards in a student visualization competition that was held in conjunction with the "Places and Spaces: Mapping Science" exhibition on campus. Read More
MEDIA ADVISORY: Next Steps graduation is April 26
Five graduating students will be recognized at the Faye and Joe Wyatt Center for Education. Read More
Vanderbilt’s W. Kimryn Rathmell named to ASCI leadership post
W. Kimryn Rathmell, director of the Division of Hematology/Oncology at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, has been named vice president of The American Society for Clinical Investigation. Read More
Campus learns about land use plan at FutureVU Expo
More than 800 students, staff, faculty and others stopped by the Wond’ry April 19 to learn about FutureVU, Vanderbilt’s campus land use planning initiative, and how the university’s built environment might change over the next 20-30 years. Read More
Perdikis named Department of Plastic Surgery chair
Galen Perdikis, M.D., professor and chair of the Division of Plastic Surgery at the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida, has been named professor and chair of Vanderbilt’s Department of Plastic Surgery. His appointment is effective Aug. 1. Read More
Program sets stage for unconscious bias training
Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC), in conjunction with the consulting firm Cook Ross Inc., held a four-day Unconscious Bias Train-the-Trainer Program at Scarritt Bennett Center last week. Read More
New Emergency Operations Center enhances readiness
Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s (VUMC) new 1,200-square-foot Emergency Operations Center (EOC) has large LED monitors lining freshly painted walls and a slew of telephones. Read More
Study examines new breast cancer drug combination
A study led by Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center (VICC) investigators suggests a drug combination which includes a PDK1 protein blocker may be more effective for breast cancer that has become resistant to cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK4/6) targeted therapy. Read More
Grant bolsters Nakagawa’s research on autism, other brain disorders
Terunaga Nakagawa, M.D., Ph.D., associate professor of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, has received a two-year, $100,000 grant from the Brain and Behavior Research Foundation to continue his studies of the molecular underpinnings of autism and other brain disorders. Read More
