Vanderbilt receives six regional Emmy nominations
Vanderbilt University has received six Mid-South Regional Emmy nominations for excellence in television, the industry’s highest honor. Read More
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Get your ticket mini plans for men’s basketball home games
Ticket mini plans are now available for some of the Commodores' best home games this season. Purchase yours now to catch the new era of Vanderbilt basketball. Read More
Statewide voter attitudes to be revealed at Dec. 8 news conference
Data from the new Vanderbilt Poll will be released Dec. 8. Subjects range from Donald Trump to gun laws. Read More
Can America be reinvented in the Donald Trump era?
Will the Trump era be one of despair or hope? Vanderbilt professors will discuss it Dec. 7 at Nashville's downtown public library. Read More
Miles Barr, BE’06: Solar Power Innovator
In theory, solar energy is an elegant solution to serious impending challenges such as climate change and energy crises. In reality, it can be ugly,… Read More
The myth that healthy foods cost more may have a negative impact on consumer choices
The idea that healthy foods are universally more expensive drives consumer choices to a degree that it shouldn’t, according to a new Vanderbilt study. Read More
Children who do and do not stutter needed for a research study
Boys and girls age 4 to 6—those who stutter and those who do not—are needed for a research study, "Emotional Processing in Children Who Do and Do Not Stutter." Read More
Physics colloquium: From exoplanets to personalizing clothing
Data scientist Dave Spiegel presents a physics and astronomy colloquium, “From Exo-Worlds to Health Monitoring to Clothing Personalization,” Dec. 8. Read More
Open house for MLAS program set for Dec. 12
Working adults interested in taking classes at Vanderbilt are encouraged to attend the open house of the Master of Liberal Arts and Science program Dec. 12. Read More
Cool food with a mission: Student runs first-ever campus kosher food truck
Vanderbilt student Zack Freeling runs Aryeh’s Kitchen, the only campus food truck in the United States offering a fully kosher menu, including meat items. Read More
Health OnCall service brings care directly to patients’ homes
When you’ve been flattened by the flu, one of the last things you want is the hassle of driving to a medical clinic. Now, with the launch of Vanderbilt Health OnCall, you might not have to. Read More
Get discount on ‘A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder’ at TPAC
TPAC discounts are available to employees for select performances of 'A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder.' Read More
Symposium honors Casagrande’s career
Colleagues of Vivien Casagrande, Ph.D., celebrated her distinguished career in the visual sciences with a “Lifetime of Vision” symposium Nov. 18 in Biological Sciences/Medical Research Building III. Read More
Forum explores diversity, inclusion strategies
André Churchwell, M.D., Chief Diversity Officer for Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC), and Traci Nordberg, J.D., Chief Human Resources Officer, hosted a Diversity & Inclusion welcome event on Nov. 18 in which Churchwell discussed his vision for the Office for Diversity Affairs and the strategic planning necessary to make diversity and inclusion intentional throughout the Medical Center. Read More
Basic Science Research Advisory Committee formed
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine (VUSM) has formed a new Basic Science Research Advisory Committee. Read More
Political scientist discusses growing social gap between rich and poor at Chancellor’s Lecture
Some 40 years ago, children born to families belonging to the upper third of American society and those born to families on the lower third of the economic scale had roughly equal chance of achieving success in life. Not so any more, said Harvard University political scientist Robert Putnam Monday evening at the Student Life Center. Read More
Williamson retiring after three decades in Vanderbilt athletics
More than 33 years after Rod Williamson first arrived at Vanderbilt University, times have changed in college athletics. But one thing hasn’t changed at Vanderbilt: Williamson’s passion for the Commodores. Read More
Quick response key after chiropractic-related stroke
Ashley Johnson suffered the same type of stroke after a chiropractic neck manipulation that killed model and social media star Katie May earlier this year, but the 29-year-old woman survived thanks to quick recognition and rapid response. Read More
Study tests shorter antibiotic course in children
Researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) are leading a multicenter clinical trial to evaluate whether a shorter course of antibiotics — five days instead of 10 — is effective at treating community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) in children who show improvement after the first few days of taking antibiotics. Read More
Vanderbilt team a winner in health data privacy competition
A two-member team from Vanderbilt has won the 2016 iDASH Healthcare Privacy Protection Challenge, a competition open to international participants and devoted this year to privacy protection for genome analysis in a cloud computing environment. Read More
