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Researchers in the biotech and pharmaceutical industries long have used cells as mini-factories to produce fuels, medication and other products. A new company out of Vanderbilt University School of Engineering, MetaMap BioWorks, seeks to open a window on those processes. Read More

Twenty artists and vendors from the Nashville area will offer unique gifts for the holidays at this annual event hosted by Sarratt Art Studios. Read More

Making the choice between going to the ER or to a walk-in clinic can be difficult. The four Vanderbilt Health and Williamson Medical Center walk-in clinics can handle a variety of conditions resulting in shorter wait times and less expensive care. Learn more in this article from My Southern Health, a Vanderbilt website. Read More

A pair of lectures featuring Morris Morgan III and Carolyn Morgan, Vanderbilt Class of 1969 graduates and now both professors at Hampton University, highlighted a full slate of Engineering Day activities Nov. 5 at Vanderbilt. Read More

Researchers around the globe who want to customize medical capsule robots won’t have to start from scratch – a team from Vanderbilt University School of Engineering did the preliminary work for them and is ready to share. Read More

Engineering Day activities planned for Nov. 5 will range from the whimsical to the creative to the academic, including a pair of lectures by alumni Morris H. Morgan III and Carolyn Morgan, who will discuss their experiences as African American students during the civil rights era and how their time at Vanderbilt encouraged them into STEM fields. Read More

Community Research Partners is sponsoring a presentation by the Vanderbilt Center for Effective Health Communication Nov. 6 to describe current health literacy research at Vanderbilt and resources available through the center. Read More

Pregnancy doesn’t necessarily require hospital care. That simple premise is what led Cara Osborne, MSN’01, to co-author a landmark study demonstrating the safety and effectiveness of giving birth outside a traditional medical setting. It’s also an idea that she’s put into practice as the founder of Baby+Company, a group of… Read More

In recent years there has been a noticeable trend in Vanderbilt student-athletes making it to the pros. The Fall 2015 issue of Vanderbilt Magazine highlights these athletes—that have gone pro in seven different sports—and the impact their success has on Vanderbilt athletics. Read More

Just south of Denver, the vision for a futuristic development is coming to reality. The new community is called Sterling Ranch and Brock Smethills, BE’13, is the chief operating officer. In the next 20 years, the five-square-mile, $4.3 billion planned community will take shape as a futuristic city—and Vanderbilt students… Read More

The Vanderbilt Occupational Health Clinic continues to offer flu shots to staff at a variety of locations. Check out the latest schedule. Read More

"What is our global strategy? Vanderbilt’s international presence and influence are critical to our mission to 'shape the future of higher education and to foster the creation of knowledge that together improve the human condition,'" writes Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Susan Wente in the October issue of "The Open Dore." Read More

Some 5,000 Vanderbilt alumni, along with their spouses and family members, descended on campus Oct. 23-24 for Vanderbilt's annual Reunion and Homecoming celebration. Check out the best of the weekend's events on social media. Read More

Hamilton Turner didn’t require much assistance while recruiting at the fall Engineering & IT Industry Career Day – the 2010 computer engineering alumnus knows his way around just fine. But his ties to Vanderbilt University run deeper than that. As a Ph.D. candidate at Virginia Tech, his doctoral adviser was… Read More

If you have not yet completed your Go for the Gold, don’t delay! The Go for the Gold deadline is midnight on Saturday, Oct. 31. Read More

Read a wrap up of the Oct. 20 #AskVU Twitter Q&A on financial aid. Brent Tener, director of Vanderbilt’s Office of Student Financial Aid and Scholarships, and a team from the financial aid office answered questions about financial aid and scholarships on Twitter. John Gaines,… Read More

The Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt will receive significant philanthropic support through a $3 million gift from the Country Music Association, Vanderbilt University Medical Center leaders, event host Kix Brooks and Hillary Scott of Lady Antebellum announced Tuesday. Read More

Please join us to hear Kaz de Jong address caring for people traumatized by war and conflict. A psychologist with Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF), he will provide an overview of MSF’s 20 years in the field offering mental health services, citing the efforts and challenges to combining science and humanitarian action in extreme and complex settings. Read More

A Coursera student in India’s round trip of 16,716 miles began with an invitation to spend a summer in Nashville, Tennessee, as a computer science intern at Vanderbilt University. Read More

Share your photos of campus wildlife and other Vanderbilt-related images by tagging them #vandygram. Read More