10 Questions with Jeremy Price, English major, tour guide and premier “tricker”
Meet Jeremy Price: the senior English major, Tour Guide exec member, and premier “tricker” who (when not in a cast) can be seen doing backflips… Read More
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Marissa Shrum, BA’03, named to Business Insider 30 most creative women in advertising
Marissa Shrum, strategy director at Mother New York, is one of the 30 most creative women in advertising according to Business Insider. The business website… Read More
These four educational adventures are the perfect summer getaway
Make this your summer for an educational adventure with Vanderbilt. Whether you seek exciting enrichment in history, culture, literature or music, these four trips are… Read More
Berry Lecture featuring Leif Wenar is March 25
Find out how tyrants fund their operations through the ordinary purchases of American consumers when Leif Wenar speaks at Vanderbilt on March 25. Read More
Have ‘coffee with a cop’ March 29
The Vanderbilt University Police Department is hosting a local session of Coffee With a Cop on Tuesday, March 29, from 6:30 to 8:30 a.m. at the Au Bon Pain restaurant located on Medical Center Plaza. Read More
AlertVU test postponed due to threat of severe weather March 24
The test of the AlertVU emergency notification system originally scheduled for March 24 has been postponed due to the threat of severe weather. The test will be rescheduled for a later date. Read More
Julian Barnes to give Chancellor’s Lecture, joins pianist Angela Hewitt for Blair residency
Booker Prize-winning novelist Julian Barnes and highly acclaimed pianist Angela Hewitt join forces for an exciting musical and literary residency at the Blair School of Music March 23–25. Read More
Good Friday, Easter services planned at Children’s Hospital
The pastoral care department of the Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt is planning nondenominational Good Friday and Easter services. All are welcome to attend. Read More
Slamming Latinos motivates many of them to register and vote
Presidential candidate Donald Trump may be inadvertently tapping into a phenomenon that is energizing U.S. Latinos against him when he talks of sending illegal immigrants home and building a wall blocking off Mexico. Read More
Spring Faculty Assembly is March 31
Vanderbilt’s Spring Faculty Assembly is scheduled for 4:10 p.m. Thursday, March 31, in Langford Auditorium. All faculty are encouraged to attend. Read More
Wernke, Frederick visit D.C. to advocate for humanities funding
Mona Frederick, director of the Robert Penn Warren Center for the Humanities, and Steve Wernke, associate professor of anthropology, recently attended the National Humanities Alliance’s annual meeting and advocacy day in Washington, D.C. and met with members of Tennessee’s congressional delegation. Read More
Get instant access to your retirement plan with NetBenefits Mobile app
NetBenefits Mobile offers multiple resources to help make sure you are on track for retirement. Read More
Vanderbilt, SEC host Minority Football Officials Clinic
Vanderbilt Athletics is teaming up with the Southeastern Conference to host a Minority Football Officials Clinic March 18 and 19 in the Commodores’ football facilities. The clinic is believed to be the first of its kind. Read More
ROCKs and cancer invasion
The rigidity of the microenvironment around cancer cells drives invasive behavior through distinct ROCK signaling pathways, which could guide the development of specific anti-invasive therapies. Read More
Walking Wednesdays starts April 6
The Vanderbilt Recreation and Wellness Center will lead a walking group every Wednesday around campus for 30 minutes from April 6 through May 25. Read More
First-ever Giving Day set for April 21
Some of the earliest known gold artifacts can be traced back to the 4th millennium BCE. Thousands of years later, you can help turn Vanderbilt gold by making a gift on April 21, the university’s first-ever Giving Day. #give4thegold Read More
Study suggests cancer’s ‘clock’ can be rewound
Researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center have “turned back the clock” in a mouse model of metaplasia — precancerous stomach lesions — raising hopes that gastric cancer, a worldwide scourge that’s rising in the United States, can be prevented. Read More
Life-changing impact of cornea transplantation celebrated
Since 1961, the Eye Bank Association of America has provided donors for more than 1.5 million corneal transplants nationwide. And for nearly 25 years, the group has celebrated corneal transplant recipients, promoted awareness of the need to donate and recognized donors and families during National Eye Donor Month in March. Read More
Vanderbilt partners with LaunchTN to support student startup pitch competitions
Five Vanderbilt University student startup pitch competitions have won funding from Launch Tennessee as part of its Statewide University Venture Challenge, designed to support entrepreneurship among college students. Read More
Watkins, Neuzil named VUSM Distinguished Alumni
The late Levi Watkins Jr., M.D., and Kathleen Neuzil, M.D., MPH, have been named the 2016 Vanderbilt University School of Medicine (VUSM) Distinguished Alumni Award recipients. Read More