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Vanderbilt faculty, staff, and students are invited to join the Caregiver Support Group meeting for a discussion about the red flags of a scam artist, the signs of financial exploitation, and steps to prevent it from happening to loved ones.  Read More

A commonly used muscle relaxant can cause severely low blood pressure in patients already taking a CYP1A2 inhibitor, such as ciprofloxacin, find Cecilia Chung and colleagues. Read More

Jonathan Soslow and colleagues have found more clues to why people with Duchenne muscular dystrophy are at risk for a certain kind of heart problem. Read More

Stephen Fesik and colleagues have uncovered more details about how a crucial component of RAS proteins, which trigger about a third of all tumors, work. This finding will help advance the discovery of new cancer therapies. Read More

Ravindra Duddu has been awarded a $555,000 NSF CAREER grant to analyze Antarctic ice sheet fracture, improve models for ice mass loss and reduce uncertainty in long-term projections of average sea level rise. Read More

Vanderbilt’s Commencement 2019 is May 8–10, and your help is needed to make the event a success. This year, volunteer registration will take place through InItLive, a cloud-based volunteer management system that allows you to sign up, manage shifts and communicate with key staff before, during and after Commencement. Read More

By Braeden Abrahamsen, as told to Andrew Maraniss One of the most positive things about sports is how it brings people together. As a member of the Vanderbilt women’s bowling team, I have teammates from Australia, Russia, Singapore, New York, New Jersey and New Mexico, just to name a… Read More

Join Health Plus and Vanderbilt leaders for a 20-minute walk around campus concluding at Library Lawn for a fun celebration of Vanderbilt's commitment to a culture of wellness. Read More

Starting this fall, students will be able to donate their unused meals to other Vanderbilt students who need them. Read More

The Vanderbilt Postdoctoral Association will host its 13th annual symposium on Tuesday, April 9, featuring Dr. Lydia Villa-Komaroff, a molecular biologist, executive and diversity advocate, as the keynote speaker. Read More

A medicine currently being tested as a chemoprevention agent for multiple types of cancer has more than one trick in its bag when it comes to preventing stomach cancer, Vanderbilt researchers have discovered. Read More

VUMC has received significant grants to study pulmonary fibrosis, a progressive and irreversible disease characterized by shortness of breath and a dry cough. Read More

Jason McGurn and colleagues have uncovered new insights into the complex and highly coordinated endocytic trafficking mechanism, which is an essential part of many cellular processes including sodium resorption by the kidney and regulation of blood plasma sodium levels. Read More

A $3.4 million grant from the National Institute of Mental Health will fund Vanderbilt research on treatment resistance in patients with major depressive disorder and schizophrenia. Read More

Susie Stalcup, vice chancellor for development and alumni relations, addressed the University Staff Advisory Council at the group's March meeting. Stalcup oversees areas of the university such as alumni relations, annual giving, university development and campaign operations. Read More

Vanderbilt football graduate student-athlete Khari Blasingame has been selected as the 2019 Arthur Ashe Jr. Male Athlete of the Year, and senior Kristin Quah earned recognition as the winner for women's bowling, the publication "Diverse: Issues in Higher Education" announced on Monday. Read More

In her March newsletter, Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Susan R. Wente offers a reflection in honor of Women's History Month. Read More

Kathryn Rudy, manuscript historian and professor in the School of Art History at the University of St. Andrews, Scotland, will deliver the Norman L. and Roselea J. Goldberg Lecture on Wednesday, April 3. Read More

Janet Yellen, former chair of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve and a Distinguished Fellow in Residence at the Brookings Institution, will speak at Vanderbilt on Thursday, April 4, as part of the Department of Economics' Steine Lecture Series. Tickets for the event are free but required to attend. Read More

Jeff Conn, Lee E. Limbird Professor of Pharmacology and director of the Vanderbilt Center for Neuroscience Drug Discovery; and Brian Laden, co-founder and managing director of TriStar Health Partners, will present “From the Trenches: Perspectives on Launching a Company from Academia” on Friday, April 5, at 2 p.m. in Light Hall, Room 214. Read More