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Jonathan Metzl, director of the Center for Medicine, Health and Society, explains the science behind how the brain weighs decisions and forms political beliefs on the "Melissa Harris-Perry" show. Read More

March 20 officially marked the first day of spring, but doctors at Vanderbilt University Medical Center are already seeing summer-type accidents due to unseasonably warm weather. Read More

  Andrea Perry (image courtesy of Bone McAllester Norton) Andrea Perry, a 2000 Vanderbilt Law School graduate and a member at Bone McAllester Norton in Nashville, was honored with the 2012 Athena Young Professional Leadership Award. Perry’s candidacy for the award was sponsored by the Marion Griffin Chapter… Read More

(iStockphoto) The third annual Vanderbilt Dayani Golf Scramble will tee off at 1:30 p.m. on May 10 at the Vanderbilt Legends Club in Franklin. The event’s purpose is to raise funds for those who suffer from cardiac and pulmonary disease. Contact: Colin Armstrong colin.armstrong@vanderbilt.edu… Read More

Stephanie Holzer with the ball in the first half of Vanderbilt's NCAA Tournament game against MTSU on March 18, 2012. (John Russell/Vanderbilt) The Vanderbilt women’s basketball team overcame the heat and foul trouble to advance to the second round of the 2012 NCAA Tournament. Read More

Disruptions in immune system regulation may play a role in a deadly complication in premature infants. Read More

A new chapter in the story of Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt is being told to our community through a series of billboards, television spots, print advertisements and posts in social media. Read More

Memorial Gym (Vanderbilt University) Ticket sales continue for the first and second rounds of the NCAA tournament at Memorial Gym Sunday and Tuesday, March 18 and 20. First round play opens with seventh-seeded Vanderbilt (22-9) hosting 10th-seeded Middle Tennessee (26-6) at 4 p.m., followed by second-seeded Duke (24-5) versus… Read More

John Jenkins lay on the court with his hands over his face as Vanderbilt teammates celebrated all around, exuberant after beating No. 1 Kentucky 71-64 for the program’s first Southeastern Conference tournament title in more than 60 years. Just hours later, Vanderbilt received a No. 5 seed in the East… Read More

With the addition of a new 18,000-square-foot laboratory to be located within the Cool Springs Life Sciences Center, Vanderbilt University is expanding its research enterprise into Williamson County. Read More

Shyness may be caused by deficits in the brain. Read More

A Vanderbilt Law School team — including members Joshua Downer, Taylor Downer, Mark Hammervold, Tracy Hancock and Katherine Horton — won first place in the regional competition of the 2012 Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition in Denver, Colo. Read More

Emily Klick and Joshua Rabon (Vanderbilt University) Emily Klick and Joshua Rabon, both members of the Class of 2012, won the American Bar Association’s Section of Taxation Law’s 2012 Law Student Tax Challenge. The semifinal and final rounds of the competition were held at the section’s midyear meeting in… Read More

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Because racial identification is much more fluid in Latin America and the Caribbean than it is in the United States, researchers with Vanderbilt’s Latin American Public Opinion Project used actual skin color rather than racial identity to examine the effect of ethnicity on equality issues like class and educational attainment. Read More

March is Women’s History Month, and Vanderbilt is celebrating with a variety of events across the institution. Visit the Margaret Cuninggim Women’s Center website for a full list of events sponsored by organizations and departments across campus. Contact: Kayce Matthews, (615) 322-4843 kayce.matthews@vanderbilt.edu… Read More

(Image courtesy of Blair School of Music) Applications are still being accepted for merit- and need-based scholarships for Blair School of Music’s precollege program for the 2012-13 academic year through Friday, March 2. Contact: Kristin Whittlesey, (615) 322-7651 kristin.whittlesey@vanderbilt.edu… Read More

Learn more on March 2 about the National Health Care for the Homeless Council – a unique collaboration among 35 Health Center Program grantees that serve homeless populations across the country. Read More

Learn self-care techniques at the Occupational Health Center’s lunch-and-learn session March 1.    … Read More

The polls are closed and winners have been declared in the 2012 House Organ Pet Poll, which crowns the winners for Vanderbilt’s Dog of the Year, Cat of the Year, and Group or Duo of the Year.      … Read More