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All Vanderbilt employees can get a discount on tickets to the Nov. 27 men's basketball game against Savannah State. Read More

Patients hospitalized with a cardiovascular event are more likely to die within one year if they have low health literacy, according to new research by Lindsay Mayberry and Sunil Kripalani. Read More

Susan Wente and Laura Glass have developed an experimental cell culture model system to investigate the link between stress granules and cell resistance to toxic stress, which could lead to new avenues for treating cancer treatment resistance. Read More

Fiona Harrison and colleagues have found evidence that Vitamin C can help protect brains against seizures and cognitive decline in Alzheimer’s disease. Read More

Rebecca Sappington and colleagues have found that increasing cGMP — part of a signaling pathway that was previously found to regulate intraocular pressure — protects retinal ganglion cells affected by glaucoma. Read More

Lin Zhu and Rob Stafford have found that obesity interferes with cholesterol-improving CTEP inhibitors. Read More

"Breastfeeding: A Positive Choice" is scheduled from noon to 1 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 15, in Light Hall, Room 411.  Read More

Former Tennessee football player Parker Henry, MSF'19, is using his athlete's work ethic to build a promising future in finance. Read More

Vanderbilt may submit one application to the Tennessee Arts Commission Arts Project Support (APS) or Rural Arts Project Support (RAPS) program. Read More

Employment data for the Class of 2018 and internship data for the Class of 2019 are now available. Read More

Polls are open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 6, for registered voters in Davidson County. Not sure where to vote? Use the Polling Place Finder, view a sample ballot, and find more helpful information on the Davidson County Election Commission website.   Read More

International Education Week, an opportunity to celebrate the benefits of international education and exchange worldwide, is Nov. 12-16. Read More

The Vanderbilt University School of Nursing will celebrate the life and impact of longtime dean Colleen Conway-Welch on Monday, Nov. 12. Read More

Poor lighting can have a significant impact on a campus' accessibility and shape the college experience of students with disabilities. In this DIVE boot camp, we'll apply the human-centered design process to address the following challenge: How might we improve accessibility at night for the vision- and mobility-impaired?   Read More

Nominations for the Vanderbilt Prize Student Scholar are now open. The deadline is Monday, Dec. 17, at 5 p.m. Read More

Reggie Ford, MAcc’14, founded Rosecrete Wealth Management after finding his way to business at Vanderbilt. Read More

Nominations for the School of Medicine Research Staff Awards are now open. The deadline is Monday, Dec. 10, at 5 p.m. Read More

If you use an Android device with the Chrome browser running, the tech giant knows whether you are traveling by foot or car, where you shop, how often you use your Starbucks app and when you’ve made a doctor’s appointment, according to research by Doug Schmidt. Read More

Nashville native J. Lindsy McLean, BA’60, was a self-described “Hillsboro High School junior in charge of the football team’s first-aid kit” when he saw an announcement in the local paper that would forever alter his life. The ad was for a class on sports injuries taught by legendary Vanderbilt… Read More

Jeffrey Rathmell and colleagues show that a drug that inhibits glutamine metabolism — currently in clinical trials as an anticancer agent — might also be useful as a treatment for inflammatory and autoimmune diseases. Read More