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Emilie Townes, the 16th dean of Vanderbilt’s Divinity School, will give a talk, “Does Your House Have Lions? Citizenship and Faith in Today’s World." The talk will occur Feb. 26 at 7 p.m. in Benton Chapel, as part of the Chaplain’s Speaker Series. Read More

The Center for Medicine Health and Society will host Health and Art: Master Potters of the Catawba Indian Nation, an exhibition of ceramic works. Read More

Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering Jason Valentine has received a National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development grant. Read More

American climate scientist and National Medal of Science recipient Warren M. Washington is a guest speaker in the 2013-2014 John R. and Donna S. Hall Engineering Lecture Series. The event will be streamed live on Vanderbilt News. Read More

David Wasinger, JD’88, had been the sole partner at a five-attorney firm in St. Louis, Mo. that was mostly focused on local business litigation and had never represented a whistleblower. But that changed in January 2012 when an old business acquaintance turned to him when he was ready to go… Read More

A screening of the film Brother Outsider, Safe Zone training and a discussion of the collected writings of Bayard Rustin are included in LGBTQI Life’s celebration of Ally Days Feb. 19-28. Read More

Internationally renowned artist Charles Long will lecture on his work as part of StudioVU: The Department of Art Lecture Series 2013-14. Read More

Vanderbilt's LGBTQI Life in collaboration with the Bishop Joseph Johnson Black Cultural Center will host a screening of Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin Feb. 19 at 7:30 p.m. The movie will be followed by a discussion. Read More

Soldiers in Afghanistan are experimenting with smartphones engineered to better protect operational data designed by scientists at Vanderbilt University’s Institute for Software Integrated Systems. Douglas Schmidt, professor of computer science, is quoted. Read More

Some scholars still believe that romantic love was invented by European troubadours in the Middle Ages, and that people outside of the western tradition don’t really experience it. Ted Fischer, professor of anthropology, decided to test that theory. The verdict? Everybody loves. Read More

John Gass, BE’74, former vice president of Chevron Corporation and former president of Chevron Gas and Midstream, has been appointed to the board of directors of Suncor Energy, Canada’s leading integrated energy company. Read More

The Vanderbilt Kennedy Center is conducting a study to learn more about the lower rates of autism among Hispanic children. Read More

Vanderbilt University’s Program in Latino and Latina Studies will host its inaugural symposium, "Looking Out, Looking In: Latina/o Poetry," on Thursday, Feb. 13. Read More

A talk by engineering alumna Kimberly Bryant, founder and executive director of Black Girls CODE, will be the highlight of Vanderbilt events celebrating National Engineers Week Feb. 16-22. Read More

YP, the largest local search and advertising company in the U.S., announced that Allison Checchi, BS’99, has been appointed chief marketing officer. In this role, Checchi will be responsible for leading YP’s marketing, advertising, branding and communications efforts to improve the way the company connects consumers with local businesses. Read More

Over the past 28 years with the parent company of the Grand Ole Opry and Ryman Auditorium, Steve Buchanan, BS’80, MBA’85, the president of Opry Entertainment Group, has resurrected the Ryman into a beloved performance space. Buchanan used his rebranding and rebuilding skills to lead the Grand Ole Opry into… Read More

Vanderbilt has received a competitive award to establish a new outreach program training its students to become ambassadors in engineering education for area middle- and high-school students. Read More

Former AmeriCares president and CEO Curt Welling, JD’75, has joined Dartmouth’s Tuck School of Business as a senior fellow in its Center for Global Business and Government and the Center for Business and Society. Welling assumed the joint appointments Jan. 1, following his 11-year tenure at the nonprofit global health… Read More

Heart Month, first celebrated in February 1964 following a proclamation by President Lyndon B. Johnson, turns 50 this year. In recognition of this milestone, check out these nine tips for better heart health. Read More

Commodore fans will have a chance to meet new head coach Derek Mason and his football staff prior to the Vanderbilt-Tennessee men’s basketball game, scheduled for Wednesday, Feb. 5. Read More