Osher Lifelong Learning: Who Was Nelson Mandela? 10.7.15
Watch video of Osher Lifelong Learning Institute’s class on “Who Was Nelson Mandela?” October 7th, 2015 with Clive Mentzel. Read More
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BOOM! The Maker Revolution: How the Maker Movement is changing the world
An “explosive presentation” on how the acts of radically democratizing access to the tools, knowledge and community needed to create things has fundamentally and irrevocably destroyed the barriers to innovation. Read More
Rational design of novel antifungals
Structural and molecular details of an anti-fungal target's interaction with inhibitors suggest ways to design better treatments for fungal infections. Read More
Twitter Q&A on college admissions set for Oct. 13
Vanderbilt University will host a live Twitter question-and-answer session about the college admissions process on Tuesday, Oct. 13, featuring John Gaines, director of Vanderbilt's Office of Undergraduate Admissions. Read More
New VUMC messages hit airwaves this week
Television viewers in Middle Tennessee will begin to see new messages from Vanderbilt University Medical Center this week that build upon the “Promise of Discovery” theme to describe the Medical Center's work and mission. Read More
De-stress with Walking Wednesdays, now through Nov. 11
Join the Vanderbilt Recreation and Wellness Center‘s group fitness coordinator, Lori Cowan, as she leads a 30-minute walk around campus each Wednesday, now through Nov. 11. Read More
John Lachs book signing is Oct. 22
Vanderbilt philosopher John Lachs will speak and sign copies of his latest book Oct. 22 at Parnassus Books in Nashville. Read More
Flu vaccine helps reduce hospitalizations due to influenza pneumonia: study
More than half of hospitalizations due to influenza pneumonia could be prevented by influenza vaccination, according to a study led by investigators at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, published this week in the Journal of the American Medical Association. Read More
Public lecture on next century in space Oct. 8
Gregory Benford, a physicist at UC-Irvine and a noted science fiction author, is giving a free public lecture titled "Our Next Century in Space" that will describe steps that could see the opening of the solar system to productive use and colonization. Read More
Vanderbilt glacier expert to give library talk on Antarctica
The history of Antarctic exploration and the role that the coldest continent on Earth plays in global earth systems will be discussed at a Williamson County Public Library talk by Vanderbilt researcher Dan Morgan Oct. 9. Read More
‘She’s Beautiful When She’s Angry’ screens Oct. 19
A documentary film about the women’s liberation movement of the late 1960s, featuring archival footage and interviews, will have its Nashville premiere at Vanderbilt University on Monday, Oct. 19. Read More
Capizzi advises TN judges on inclusive education
Special education professor Andrea Capizzi spoke to Tennessee administrative law judges about inclusive education. Read More
Vanderbilt malnutrition project opens mass-production facility in Guatemala
Years of interdisciplinary research by Ted Fischer, professor of anthropology and director of the Center for Latin American Studies, and more than a dozen Vanderbilt students from across the university went into the development of Mani+. Read More
VandyHacks draws students from across Southeast for weekend of invention
A team of Vanderbilt seniors won first place at the three-day VandyHacks event held Oct. 2-4 at Sarratt Student Center. The invention marathon attracted 250 participants from Vanderbilt, Purdue, Georgia Institute of Technology, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology and a number of other mostly Southeastern schools. Read More
Potential target for lung cancer therapy
The glutamine transporter protein appears to contribute to the survival of lung cancer cells, suggesting it may be a useful diagnostic biomarker and target for therapies. Read More
Proposals sought for university Discovery and Research Scholar grants
The Office of the Provost has issued a call for proposals for the next round of Discovery and Research Scholar grants. These two internally funded grant programs, which are independent of the second round of Trans-Institutional Programs announced last month, support the scholarship of faculty. Read More
VUIT launches cybersecurity awareness campaign
October is National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, and Vanderbilt IT is launching a campaign to make the Vanderbilt community aware of various security issues and how to respond to each through a series of case studies. Read More
New faculty: Choon-Leong Seow explores many interpretations of ‘Job’
Choon-Leong Seow views his move to Vanderbilt, where he is Distinguished Professor of Hebrew Bible, as perfect timing for the increasingly interdisciplinary focus of his research. Read More
Our favorite #vandygram photos of the week
Keep up with all Vanderbilt-related social media on the Get Social website, including our favorite #vandygram photos of the week. Read More
New ‘text mining’ tech tools boon for Vanderbilt researchers
A partnership between the Owen Graduate School of Management and Vanderbilt Libraries can benefit the entire campus research community with the availability of new technology tools that include a 'back door portal' to LexisNexis Academic content. Read More
