NEH to fund summer research for Jewish studies and sociology professor
Vanderbilt's Shaul Kelner has been awarded a National Endowment for the Humanities grant to fund his multifaceted research into the Soviet Jewry movement. Read More
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Evolutionary history of whales, dolphins and sea turtles
The evolutionary history of whales, sea turtles and other land animals that have returned to the sea details the radical changes to their life style, body shape, physiology that they made to survive in an aquatic environment. Read More
Our favorite #vandygram photos of the week
With the school year coming to a close, students were feeling sentimental on social media this week and shared their photos using #vandygram. Read More
Get discount on tickets to Nashville Venom arena football
Vanderbilt employees may take advantage of discounted tickets for the Nashville Venom arena football team's next two home games Read More
Learn more about retirement plan balance transfers
Vanderbilt’s retirement plan transition is nearly complete. Soon you’ll also be able to view your transferred balance and adjust those investments, too. Read More
Next VRWC Musician’s Night to feature Eli Teplin
Join us Thursday, April 23, for the next Musician’s Night at the Vanderbilt Recreation and Wellness Center. Eli Teplin, a classically trained pianist who specializes in catchy verses and choruses with monster hooks, will perform beginning at 7 p.m. Read More
Women in Technology of Tennessee event focuses on patient portals
Vanderbilt's Gretchen Purcell-Jackson spoke to more than 80 WiTT members and guests on patient portals and their increasing importance in health care at the group's March 31 meeting held at Vanderbilt Health One Hundred Oaks. Read More
Researchers lay foundation for improving reading comprehension
Peabody professors contributed to new book that explores the behavioral, neurobiological, and genetic components of reading comprehension. Read More
Peabody faculty pioneer Down syndrome speech and learning interventions
Vanderbilt researchers are blazing new trails in language and learning programs designed to ensure children with Down syndrome have the brightest possible futures. Read More
Stuffed animals bring bacteria to OR
Stuffed animals that pediatric patients bring to the operating room are a reservoir of bacteria that can be effectively sterilized in a household washer/dryer the day before surgery. Read More
Surprising finding in the kidney
TGF-beta signaling in the kidney was thought to be a target for reducing renal fibrosis, but Vanderbilt researchers report that fibrosis still occurs in the absence of TGF-beta signaling. Read More
Apply to Keck Foundation’s Medical Research, Science and Engineering programs
Vanderbilt may nominate one candidate for the W.M. Keck Foundation Medical Research Program and one for the Science and Engineering Program for 2015. Read More
Cox Enterprises executive named to Vanderbilt Board of Trust
The newest member of the Vanderbilt Board of Trust is Alexander C. Taylor, an executive with Cox Enterprises. Read More
Vanderbilt Aerospace Club continues its winning ways at national rocket competition
Vanderbilt's Aerospace Club continued its winning ways at this year's NASA Student Launch Competition held April 11 near Huntsville, Alabama. Read More
Humphrey Fellows talk social justice with Jimmy Carter
Members of Vanderbilt's cohort of Humphrey Fellows attended the Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program’s 28th annual meeting at Emory University in Atlanta. Read More
Karp takes new role as Department of Surgery chair
Seth Karp, M.D., professor of Surgery and Ingram Professor of Surgical Sciences, has been named the new chair of Vanderbilt’s Department of Surgery. Read More
Study shows statin use improves renal cell cancer survival
A new study led by Vanderbilt University investigators found that patients being treated with statins at the time of surgery for kidney cancer, also known as renal cell carcinoma, had improved overall survival and disease-specific survival. Read More
‘Challenge’ puts technology transfer ingenuity on display
A strategy for commercializing a potential new test for colon cancer that can make tumor cells “glow” won top honors at last week’s TechVenture Challenge. Read More
Exhibit celebrates impact of African-American surgeons
A National Library of Medicine traveling exhibit, “Opening Doors: Contemporary African American Academic Surgeons,” is underway at the Annette and Irwin Eskind Biomedical Library at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Read More
Cates lands grant to study desmoid tumor genetic factors
The Desmoid Tumor Research Foundation (DTRF) has awarded Justin Cates, M.D., Ph.D., associate professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, with one of its five research grants for his work studying growth/recurrence determinants related to genetic factors in desmoid-type fibromatosis (DTF) patients. Read More
