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Nashville Chalk Fest, benefiting Vanderbilt Bill Wilkerson Center, is April 11-12

Nashville Chalk Fest, a free two-day street festival benefiting the Vanderbilt Bill Wilkerson Center's Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences, is scheduled for April 11-12. Read More

Get discount on Owen Executive Development Institute programs

Vanderbilt staff members can receive a 15 percent discount on programs offered by the Owen Graduate School of Management’s Executive Development Institute. Read More

SBIR Road Tour visits Vanderbilt March 25

The SBIR Road Tour will make a stop at Vanderbilt University on Wednesday, March 25, to offer expert advice to innovators, entrepreneurs and small technology firms interested in Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) grants. Read More

Chaplain’s Speaker Series presents Barbara Brown Taylor March 31

The Chaplain’s Speaker Series will welcome Barbara Brown Taylor for a special engagement on Tuesday, March 31, at 7 p.m. in Benton Chapel. Read More

Get rewards for referring Health IT professionals

Employees can earn up to $1,500 for referring a Health IT professional through Vanderbilt’s Referral Bonus Program now through June 12. Read More

Luke Bryan tickets go on sale to VU employees March 19

Vanderbilt Stadium will host Luke Bryan, one of country music’s biggest stars, in concert July 11 as part of his Kick the Dust Up tour. Vanderbilt employees will have the chance to purchase tickets as part of a special pre-sale on Thursday, March 19. Read More

Mayor shares love of reading with Patterson RAPS participants

Mayor Karl Dean discussed the joys of reading with Metro Nashville Public School students at the March 14 meeting of Patterson RAPS (Read and Play Saturdays). The program, funded by a gift from best-selling author James Patterson, aims to instill a love of reading in participants. Read More

Vanderbilt provost condemns vandalism at fraternity house

In a message to the Vanderbilt University community March 16, Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Susan Wente condemned vandalism at a fraternity house over the weekend and pledged that the matter would be fully investigated. Read More

Vanderbilt Wind Symphony to premiere new works at national conference

The Vanderbilt Wind Symphony will premiere new works during the opening concerts of the College Band Directors National Association (CBDNA) conference to be held at the Blair School of Music March 25-28. Read More

Oscar Touster, professor of molecular biology and biochemistry, emeritus, dies

Oscar Touster, professor of molecular biology and biochemistry, emeritus, and the first chair of the Department of Molecular Biology in Vanderbilt’s College of Arts and Science and Graduate School, has died. He was 93. Read More

Football gets early start on practice; Spring Game this Saturday

Vanderbilt will open its earliest spring practices in memory on Monday, Feb. 16, less than two weeks removed from National Signing Day. In addition, the Black and Gold Spring Game is scheduled to kick off at 1 p.m. Saturday, March 21, at Vanderbilt Stadium. Admission is free. Read More

Callie House Research Center launched with inaugural lecture

A celebratory event to launch the Callie House Research Center, housed within African American and Diaspora Studies, featured a lecture by author, historian and public servant Mary Frances Berry. Read More

Retirement Plan Transition: Reminder of upcoming key dates

As Vanderbilt’s retirement plan transition to the new streamlined structure nears its final stages, we want to remind you of several upcoming key dates and actions you should take to ensure your account is set up the way you want it to be. Read More

TIAA-CREF funds handled differently during retirement plan transition

If you have existing retirement savings with TIAA-CREF, you should be aware that your investments may be handled differently during the retirement plan transition depending on the funds you hold. Read More

WOW: ‘Students bridging medicine, public health and global populations’

Hear students discuss lessons learned as they connect their medical and public health skills and knowledge with global populations. Read More

Little Big Town singer to sign cookbook at Barnes & Noble

Little Big Town's Kimberly Schlapman will sign her latest cookbook at Barnes & Noble Vanderbilt Wednesday, April 29, at 7 p.m. Read More

Our favorite #vandygram photos of the week

(Photo: Seattle Children's Hospital) Eight-year-old Colton has mom and dad, Captain America, Star Lord and all of us at Vanderbilt to power him… Read More

Faculty Senate meeting minutes for December 2014 available online

Minutes from the Vanderbilt Faculty Senate’s Dec. 4 meeting are now available online on the Faculty Senate website. Read More

Vanderbilt nutrition educator says St. Patrick’s Day green is the luckiest color for our diets

The green of St. Patrick’s Day is a symbol of the luck of the Irish, and Vanderbilt nutrition educator Stacey Kendrick says… Read More

‘The WTO: Purpose, Design and Challenges’ March 24

Bagwell will discuss “The WTO: Purposes, Design, and Challenges” for this annual series hosted by the Economics Department. Read More