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Obituary: Jacob T. Brewer, BS’04, ‘Simply One of the Best’

Jacob “Jake” Brewer, a White House senior policy adviser to the Office of Science and Technology Policy, died Sept. 19 in a collision with a car in Mount Airy, Maryland, while participating in a charity bicycle ride for cancer treatment programs. He was 34. Read More

Religion in the Arts and Contemporary Culture: Gallery Talk with artist, Samuel L. Dunson, Jr.

Religion in the Arts and Contemporary Culture presents: Gallery Talk with artist, Samuel L. Dunson, Jr. September 23, 2015 In an exhibition of new works… Read More

Kudos: Read about the latest faculty and student awards and achievements

Read about the latest faculty and student awards and achievements. Read More

Data diving for health

To most effectively use electronic health records for research, investigators should query multiple components of the record to identify patients with specific diseases. Read More

Obituary: Jacob T. Brewer, BS’04, ‘Simply One of the Best’

Jacob “Jake” Brewer, a White House senior policy adviser to the Office of Science and Technology Policy, died Sept. 19 in a collision with a… Read More

Media Advisory: Pre-K panel is Sept. 24

A panel discussion will continue the discourse on prekindergarten issues facing policymakers. Read More

U.S.-Cuban relations topic of Williamson County Library talk

The history of U.S.-Cuban relations will be the focus of Frank Robinson's talk at the Williamson County Public Library Sept. 25. Read More

Life Phase Series: ‘Composting and Need to Know for Successful Gardening’

The Vanderbilt Recreation and Wellness Center presents the next installment in its Life Phase Series on Thursday, Oct. 8. “Composting and Need to Know for Successful Gardening” is scheduled from noon to 1 p.m. at the VRWC. Read More

First circularly polarized light detector on a silicon chip

Invention of the first integrated circularly polarized light detector on a silicon chip opens the door for development of small, portable sensors that could expand the use of polarized light for drug screening, surveillance, etc. Read More

Keep your coat on, virus!

A compound acting on serotonin receptors delays a critical step during reovirus cell entry, reducing viral infectivity. Read More

Metzl assumes post in gun violence prevention organization

Jonathan Metzl of the Center Medicine, Health and Society has signed up with The Safe Tennessee Project as director of research. Read More

Does knowing high-status people help or hurt?

How depressed you are may have something to do with who you know—and where you come from. Read More

Diane Neighbors, champion of child care at Vanderbilt, to retire

Under Diane Neighbors’ guidance over the past 25-plus years, Vanderbilt’s child care program has grown to five centers currently accommodating 577 children of faculty, staff and students. Neighbors will retire Sept. 30. Read More

Vanderbilt MFA student wins top poetry prize

Tiana Clark, a first-year poetry student in Vanderbilt’s MFA Program in Creative Writing, has won first place and $10,000 in a leading poetry journal’s annual competition. Read More

All benefits-eligible employees should complete Open Enrollment

Open Enrollment is right around the corner. To help you prepare, Vanderbilt’s HR team is sharing the top 10 things you need to know. Read More

Next graduate education forum set for Sept. 24

The second in a series of forums discussing graduate education at Vanderbilt is scheduled for Thursday, Sept. 24. Read More

Jonathan Franzen to discuss new novel Sept. 23 at Ingram Hall

National Book Award-winning author Jonathan Franzen will discuss his new novel, "Purity," Sept. 23 in Ingram Hall at Vanderbilt's Blair School of Music. Read More

Nerve cell remodelers

Vanderbilt investigators have defined a gene expression program that controls the timing of synaptic remodeling – a process that is critical to brain development, learning and memory. Read More

VUMC outpatient pharmacy hours expand beginning Oct. 5

Beginning Monday, Oct. 5, the Medical Center East and Vanderbilt Clinic pharmacies will be open from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday. Read More

Songwriter Bobby Braddock to perform, sign book Oct. 19

Braddock has been prowling the streets of Nashville's Music Row since the 1960s, plying his trade and selling his songs to singers like George Jones, Tammy Wynette and Toby Keith. Read More