Good Friday service: ‘The Seven Last Words’
All are welcome at Benton Chapel for a short Good Friday service April 3 led by University Chaplain Rev. Mark Forrester. Read More
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Barbara Brown Taylor: ‘Redeeming Darkness’ March 31, April 1
Barbara Brown Taylor, a 'New York Times' best-selling author, professor and Episcopal priest, will speak as part of Vanderbilt's Chaplain Speaker Series. Read More
Save the Date: Clean Power Plan discussion May 18-19
Hear from policymakers, scholars and practitioners on the health, energy demand and economic effects of the EPA’s developing Clean Power Plan. Read More
‘Gender and Violence’ panel discussion April 1
Divinity School Dean Emilie Townes will lead a discussion with area faith leaders. Read More
New Vanderbilt IT team to upgrade classroom technologies, offer support and training
Vanderbilt IT has formed a new Audio/Visual Design and Support Team to raise all classrooms to today's digital standards and offer support, training and day-to-day repairs. Read More
WOW: ‘Equity issues in Chinese higher ed’
Eric Wu will lead the discussion. Read More
Check out summer camp and child care options
Check out a complete listing of summer camp options at the Child and Family Center website. Read More
A VU Inside: Engineer uses cotton candy to build artificial blood vessels
Vanderbilt University mechanical engineer Leon Bellan is creating artificial human blood vessels using cotton candy and gelatin. Read More
Engineering dean joins nationwide pledge to train next-gen engineers
Vanderbilt's School of Engineering joins the nationwide effort to equip a new generation of engineers to tackle the most pressing issues of the day. Read More
‘College of the future’ topic of engineering lecture April 7
As technological advances ‘evolutionize’ higher education, award-winning author and speaker Jeffrey Selingo imagines what the college of the future will look like. Read More
‘Is natural always better?’ topic of April 1 (Lunch)Box talk
Why do we strive for things that are natural? And is natural always better?" Read More
Highland Avenue to be closed March 30
The closure of Highland Avenue scheduled for March 31, 2015, has been changed to March 30, 2015. Read More
HHMI, Gates Foundation and Simons Foundation 2016 Faculty Scholars Competition
Vanderbilt is one of 220 institutions whose scholars are invited to apply to a new competition. Read More
Alumna’s epic firsts are historic, unparalleled
The law career of Judge Martha Daughtrey, BA’64, JD’68, is highlighted by a number of firsts. The first woman to serve as assistant U.S. attorney in the Middle District of Tennessee in 1968. The first woman to teach on the Vanderbilt Law School faculty in 1972. The first woman to serve on the Tennessee Supreme Court in 1990. The Tennessean shares her inspiring story in the article “Tennessee judge's epic firsts are historic, unparalleled.” Read More
TIP SHEET: Vanderbilt expert available to speak about payday loans
Vanderbilt Law Professor Paige Marta Skiba is available to speak about payday loans. Read More
Get VU discount to Southern Women’s Show
Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt's trauma injury prevention program will partner with Kohls to promote child safety at the Southern Women's Show. Read More
New alcohol policy announced for VU’s Rites of Spring music festival
Rites of Spring music festival has new policies in place regarding alcohol use of attendees. Read More
‘Docking stations’ on chromosomes new anti-cancer target
Vanderbilt University researchers have discovered a cleft in a chromosome-binding protein that may hold the key to stopping most cancers in their tracks. Read More
Beasley named dean of The Martha Rivers Ingram Commons
Vanessa Beasley, an expert in race, gender and diversity in U.S. political rhetoric, has been named the next dean of The Martha Rivers Ingram Commons at Vanderbilt University, effective July 1. Read More
Friends of Children’s Hospital dedicated to showing support
For more than 40 years, a group of dedicated volunteers known as the Friends of Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt has worked to turn scary hospital visits into happier memories. Read More
