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‘Biggest Winner’ fall weight-loss program runs Oct. 12-Nov. 20

The Vanderbilt Recreation and Wellness Center presents the 2015 "Biggest Winner" program to help you lose weight and build the skills necessary to reach your personal health goals. Read More

Vandy Cooks: Learn to cook wild game Oct. 14

Everyone will leave with food-preparation tips that can be applied to any type of meat, as well as recipes and samples of dishes prepared. Read More

Best-selling author, NPR host Krista Tippett to speak Sept. 29

Krista Tippett, best-selling author and host of NPR's On Being, presents "The Mystery and Art of Living" on Tuesday, Sept. 29, at 7 p.m. in Benton Chapel as part of the Chaplain's Speaker Series. Read More

Complete ‘Go for the Gold’ by Oct. 31, earn $240 wellness credit

Faculty and staff paying for Vanderbilt Health Plan benefits can earn a wellness credit of up to $240 for completing "Go for the Gold" by Oct. 31. Read More

Annual report on crime statistics, security and fire safety available Oct. 1

The annual report provides information on security-related services offered by the university. Read More

Team to explore using nanoparticles to fight cancer

Three Vanderbilt researchers have received a federal grant to study the use of nanoparticles to deliver potential therapies for breast cancer that has spread to the bone. Read More

Study tracks brain’s trigger for overeating high-fat food

Disruptions in a specific signaling pathway in the brain can cause overeating of high-fat food, researchers at Vanderbilt University have found. Read More

Osher Center adds health coaching expert Wolever

Ruth Wolever, Ph.D., has joined the staff of Vanderbilt’s Osher Center for Integrative Medicine, where she will share her expertise and knowledge in health coaching. Read More

Flulapalooza mass vaccination event set for Oct. 7

Vanderbilt University and Medical Center (VUMC) faculty, staff, students and volunteers will once again have the opportunity to be part of a mass flu vaccination event that four years ago more than doubled the current world record for the total number of vaccinations given in an eight-hour period. Read More

Ovarian cancer foundation honors VUMC’s Khabele

Dineo Khabele, M.D., associate professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Cancer Biology, has been named to the Scientific Advisory Committee of the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund (OCRF). Read More

Nursing School lands AANA postdoctoral fellowship

Vanderbilt University School of Nursing (VUSN) was recently awarded support for a two-year postdoctoral fellowship by the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists (AANA) Foundation for a health services research topic related to anesthetic operative phenomena. Read More

Stallworth makes select list of brain injury rehab centers

Vanderbilt Stallworth Rehabilitation Hospital’s performance at helping people with traumatic brain injuries reconnect with their lives has received Joint Commission recognition and is now one of only seven rehab centers to achieve specialty accreditation for “traumatic brain injury rehabilitation.” Read More

Cancer therapies’ impact on heart, kidneys explored

Vanderbilt is embarking on a multi-disciplinary approach to understand how promising cancer treatments, specifically certain kinase inhibitors, affect the heart and kidneys. Read More

Survivors of Ebola outbreak take part in VUMC vaccine study

Two survivors of a 2014 Ebola outbreak in Nigeria visited Vanderbilt University Medical Center last week to share their experiences and participate in a study aimed at finding ways to treat the often-fatal infection. Read More

Sound waves studied to help diagnose concussion

Researchers at the Vanderbilt Sports Concussion Center (VSCC) are using novel sound wave technology as part of an attempt to more rapidly and accurately diagnose sports concussions on the sidelines during games. Read More

New videos on copyright law will help users balance fair-use considerations

Three educational videos on copyright law and policy that will help guide faculty, staff and students in using Blackboard and related technologies are now available. Read More

Neuroscience research center symposium and poster session is Oct. 9

The Eighth Annual Symposium and Poster Session for the Silvio O. Conte Neuroscience Research Center at Vanderbilt University will be Friday, Oct. 9, from noon to 5:30 p.m. in 1220 Medical Research Building III. Read More

Poet Wyatt Prunty featured at next installment of Lyrical Brew

Wyatt Prunty, the Ogden P. Carlton Professor of Literature at Sewanee: The University of the South and founder and director of the Sewanee Writers’ Conference, will read from his latest collection of poems "Couldn’t Prove, Had to Promise" beginning at 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 25, at Barnes & Noble at Vanderbilt. Read More

Can I change my Open Enrollment elections?

Open Enrollment is right around the corner. Today’s tip is a reminder that you can make changes to your benefit elections at any time during the Open Enrollment period as long as you complete them by 11:59 p.m. on Oct. 30. Read More

Vanderbilt Special Education researchers to speak on behavior disorders

Peabody College researchers will present the latest research on addressing students’ behavioral issues at the Council for Children with Behavioral Disorders International Conference. Read More