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Register now for studio art and dance classes

Online registration is now available to the Vanderbilt community for noncredit visual and performing art classes offered through Sarratt Art Studios and the Vanderbilt Dance Program. Read More

Imagination Grants nurture Divinity students’ social justice passion

Vanderbilt Divinity students can enhance their global education while learning leadership skills through creative, self-directed projects funded by Imaginations Grants. Read More

Alcohol addiction recovery support group meets weekly

An alcohol addiction recovery group currently meets weekly on Tuesdays. Read More

Vanderbilt Engineering research project on Cubesat

A satellite carrying a Vanderbilt research project is now flying in space. The research payload, built by a Vanderbilt engineering team, is the first of… Read More

When Commodores talk, we listen

Vanderbilt alumni care deeply about their university. They are loyal and willing advocates, and are excited to be “Vanderbilt for Life.” They want to hear about the latest faculty research and Vanderbilt events in their city, as well as connect with networking and career resources offered by the university. Those are just some of the findings from the Vanderbilt University Alumni Association’s recent, expansive alumni satisfaction survey. Read More

Alumni: Reach your career goals through Vanderbilt

Take the next steps on your career path with help from the Alumni Career Services program. Whether you are just getting started, looking to make a transition or want to build skills in your current role, we offer valuable resources that will help you along the way. Read More

Walk-in clinic set to make debut in Belle Meade

Vanderbilt Health is opening a new Walk-In Clinic in Nashville’s Belle Meade neighborhood on Wednesday, Jan. 20. Read More

Major grants bolster VUMC diabetes research

Researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center have received more than $11 million in new grant support aimed at slowing the growing burden of diabetes. Read More

Knollmann to direct new arrhythmia research center

Björn Knollmann, M.D., Ph.D., has been named director of the newly formed Vanderbilt Center for Arrhythmia Research and Therapeutics (VanCART). Read More

Take notice: Update to My VU Benefits access beginning Feb. 1

Ensure your Internet Explorer version is updated in order to view My VU Benefits. Read More

Psychiatric Hospital CNO Cirpili takes role in Houston

Avni Cirpili, DNP, R.N., is leaving after five years as Chief Nursing Officer for Vanderbilt Psychiatric Hospital (VPH) to become senior vice president and Chief Nursing Officer at the Menninger Clinic in Houston. Read More

Program helps faculty researchers dealing with personal challenges

Because researchers early in their careers have fewer resources at their disposal than their more established colleagues, their projects are all the more vulnerable to disruption when they are called away to attend to the health care needs of a child, spouse, partner or parent, or when they themselves become ill or face a complicated pregnancy. Read More

Discovery Lecture

Vanderbilt Genetics Institute director Nancy Cox, Ph.D., left, poses with Nancy Brown, M.D., chair of the Department of Medicine, before Cox’s recent Flexner Discovery Lecture. Read More

Project seeks to enhance timeliness of documentation

A few years ago, Kate Carlson, M.D., assistant professor of Pediatrics and assistant medical director of the Vanderbilt Pediatric Primary Care Clinic, noticed a high incidence of delayed documentation among the group of residents assigned to the clinic at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt. Read More