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Standards and Testing: What’s Missing from the Current Debate

Watch video of researchers from Vanderbilt Peabody College explore what’s missing from debate on standards and testing. Read More

Urban historian who studies water infrastructure to speak

The March 12 Goldberg Lecture will be delivered by Katherine Rinne, an urban designer and historian who has written an award-winning book on water infrastructure in 16th-century Rome. Read More

Vanderbilt center named for ex-slave turned social justice pioneer

The new Callie House Research Center for the Study of Black Cultures and Politics, named for a former slave who led a group for reparations, will be celebrated March 12 with the inaugural lecture by Mary Frances Berry. Read More

Retirement plan fund selection and monitoring is top priority

Vanderbilt’s new retirement plan structure offers best-in-class funds that were carefully selected and will be continuously monitored by Vanderbilt’s Retirement Plan Oversight Committee. Read More

Get reward for referring diagnostic lab professionals

Employees can earn up to $1,500 through the Diagnostic Referral Bonus Program now through June 30. Read More

Our favorite #vandygram photos of the week

Mother Nature didn’t seem to notice that we were on Spring Break this week. Another snowfall, another round of beautiful campus photos. See more on… Read More

Alumnus and science prodigy takes on payment industry

After building a nuclear fusion reactor in his basement at 17, Thiago Olson, BE’11, is now the founding CEO of Stratus, which is ready to… Read More

Dermatologist gives tips for protecting your skin from lingering winter weather

Months of cold and sometimes icy and snowy weather can take a toll on our skin—but a Vanderbilt dermatologist says there are ways to protect it from the ravages of a lingering winter. Read More

AlertVU test rescheduled; Update notification settings now

The March 10 test of AlertVU, Vanderbilt University’s emergency mass notification system, has been rescheduled for the fall 2015 semester. But you can update your point-of-contact settings in the AlertVU system now. Read More

Trans-institutional exhibition examines death through art and illustration

"Memento Mori: Looking at Death in Art and Illustration," opening March 12 at the Vanderbilt Fine Arts Gallery, was curated using an interdisciplinary approach to provoke thought about the role of death and mourning in society from the 16th century to the present. Read More

National hospital rankings contradict one another

National rankings of hospitals are more confusing than helpful when you compare them to one another, according to a new study. Read More

Volunteers needed for Commencement 2015: Experience the excitement

Volunteers are still needed for Commencement 2015, a three-day celebration for graduates and their families. Read More

Vanderbilt team first to blend high-end imaging techniques

Vanderbilt University researchers have achieved the first “image fusion” of mass spectrometry and microscopy — a technical tour de force that could, among other things, dramatically improve the diagnosis and treatment of cancer. Read More

Grant to boost head and neck lymphedema research

Vanderbilt University School of Nursing (VUSN) has been awarded a four-year, $2.4 million grant from the National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research to establish a valid, clinically useful measurement battery for head and neck lymphedema and fibrosis (LEF). Read More

Moses, Shyr named to Institute of Medicine cancer therapies panel

Two Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center (VICC) leaders have been named to a panel of the Institute of Medicine (IOM) to help shape national policies on the use of biomarkers for targeted cancer therapies. Read More

Medical coding system upgrade nearing rollout

To get a sense of how big a change it will be when a new medical coding and reporting system goes into effect later this year, consider this: The current system contains more than 14,000 codes for unique medical diagnoses. The new one has more than 68,000. Read More