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All are welcome at Benton Chapel for a short Good Friday service April 3 led by University Chaplain Rev. Mark Forrester. Read More

Divinity School Dean Emilie Townes will lead a discussion with area faith leaders. Read More

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

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

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

The Robert Penn Warren Center Seminar on Late Antiquity is pleased to announce “Virgins, Mothers and Martyrs: Women in Early Christian Africa,” scheduled for Friday, March 27, at 4 p.m. at Vanderbilt Divinity School, Room 122. Read More

Health Plus provides personal wellness coaching as a benefit for Vanderbilt faculty and staff. Read More

Dr. Ian Crozier, a graduate of the infectious diseases fellowship program at Vanderbilt, was the "mystery patient" being treated for Ebola at Emory. Crozier will speak from noon to 1 p.m. on Wednesday, April 8, in Light Hall, Room 208, as part of the Flexner Dean's Lecture Series at Vanderbilt. Read More

"Silent Epidemic: Eating Disorders on College Campuses," a conversation with Johanna Kandel, is scheduled for Tuesday, April 7, from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the Student Life Center Board of Trust Room. Read More

March 17 marked the 142nd anniversary of the university's founding, and people took to social media to wish us a "happy birthday." Add to this the start of spring, the Impact Symposium, Pi Day and more, and it's been a busy week on social media. Read More

Associate professor of philosophy Lisa Guenther isn't afraid to think hard about the dark side: She studies issues related to mass incarceration, police violence and the death penalty, and facilitates a philosophy workshop with prisoners on death row. Read More

Fifth-year neuroscience Ph.D. student Kale Edmiston is the assistant director of Vanderbilt's Program for LGBTI Health, studies the relationship between stress and autism in teenagers, and is attempting to teach himself Mandarin in preparation for postdoctoral studies in China...and he helms the queer punk record label Nervous Nelly with his partner, Shannon. Read More

Leading up to the National Walking Day event, Health Plus offers tips to encourage you to be active and live well. Read More

Join Health Plus and Vanderbilt leaders for a 20-minute group walk starting at Eskind Biomedical Library and ending on Library Lawn. Light snacks will be served at this celebration of Vanderbilt’s commitment to a culture of wellness. Read More

Health Plus' CORE Nutrition offers practical recipes, healthy samples and reliable nutrition information in a fun, come-and-go atmosphere. Read More

In the latest Wellcast, Janet McCutchen with Work/Life Connections speaks with Rosemary Cope, a licensed professional counselor, about secondary trauma, its symptoms, and how to cope with the effects of stress. Read More

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

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

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

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