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Wellcast: ‘The health benefits of coffee consumption’

Peter Martin, professor of psychiatry and pharmacology and director of the Vanderbilt Addiction Center and the Vanderbilt Institute for Coffee Studies, talks about how coffee… Read More

Photo: Anniversary celebration

The Vanderbilt Kennedy Center is celebrating 50 years of transforming the lives of people with disabilities through discovery, service and training. Read More

New simulation app enhances resuscitation skills training

Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s resuscitation program is taking advantage of software technology to help teach lifesaving skills to health care providers who work in critical care. Read More

Laser technology offers new option to treat epilepsy

Vanderbilt University Medical Center recently debuted a new minimally invasive surgical treatment for epilepsy. Read More

Teamwork, technology help keep Stroke Center on top

For nearly a decade, Vanderbilt University Medical Center has been at the forefront of stroke treatment using endovascular neuro-interventional techniques. Similar to procedures done for a heart attack, interventional stroke treatment employs suction and retrievers to remove blood clots. Read More

Gene mutations may predict melanoma response to immunotherapies

Melanoma patients whose tumors test positive for mutations in the NRAS gene were more likely to benefit from new immunotherapy drugs, according to a new study led by Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center (VICC) investigators. Read More

Education panel weighs in on the effects of standards and high-stakes testing

Vanderbilt education experts gathered for “Standards and Testing: What’s Missing from the Current Debate,” a panel discussion held March 9 at the downtown Nashville Public Library. Read More

Commons Reading announced for 2015-16

"The Madonnas of Echo Park" by Brando Skyhorse has been selected as the next Commons Reading, an annual tradition for incoming first-year students. Read More

International Lens to feature film directed by VU alumna

Vanderbilt’s International Lens film series will screen "Moved" on Saturday, March 14, at Sarratt Cinema. The film was written and directed by Julie Sharbutt, a 2003 Vanderbilt graduate, who also stars. Read More

Myelodysplastic syndrome event scheduled for March 14

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center’s Michael Savona, associate professor of medicine and director of the Hematology Early Therapeutics Program, will headline a seminar on new therapies and treatment options for patients with myelodysplastic syndrome. Read More

They Marched Into Sunlight: War and Peace, Vietnam and America

Watch video of a symposium on the Vietnam War held March 10 at the First Amendment Center at Vanderbilt based on They Marched Into Sunlight, a book by … Read More

Noted prison reform experts to share insights at Turner conference

"Re-Visioning Justice in America," an April 17-19 public conference on prison reform sponsored by Vanderbilt Divinity School's Cal Turner Program, will feature keynote talks by Michelle Alexander, Bryan Stevenson and Howard Zehr. Read More

SEC Commissioner speaks March 27 at Vanderbilt conference

One of the commissioners of the Securities and Exchange Commission will speak publicly March 27 at Vanderbilt Law School. Read More

U.S. ambassador to discuss global AIDS relief March 13

U.S. Ambassador-at-Large Deborah L. Birx will give an update on Friday, March 13, at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine on the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), a government-funded program that over the past 12 years has had a dramatic impact on the global HIV/AIDS epidemic. Read More