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Vanderbilt researchers led by Buddy Creech are searching for the key to lasting protection against influenza by examining naturally protecting cells found in bone marrow. Read More

Celebrate good health this holiday season with the Hold the Stuffing challenge. Read More

Vanderbilt alumni Matt Tant and Joe Christopher, who co-founded the health care technology staffing firm HCTech and would go on to launch Brentwood, Tennessee-based Relode, will deliver the School of Engineering’s Chambers Family Entrepreneurship Lecture on Thursday, Nov. 8. Read More

A memorial symposium will be held in honor of Professor H. Alex Brown on Monday, Nov. 5, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at The Commons Center Multipurpose Room. Read More

Vanderbilt's Abhishek Dubey and Yuche Chen are helping to build new tools to revolutionize the energy efficiency of transit providers in Chattanooga. Read More

Cynthia Reinhart-King, Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor of Engineering, is the inaugural recipient of the Biomedical Engineering Society’s Mid-Career Award, which recognizes meritorious achievements and leadership in biomedical engineering and significant involvement and sustained contributions to the BMES. Read More

A one-year $604,000 grant from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development will allow researchers to to examine biological and phenotypic markers of Down syndrome. Read More

The grant will allow Charles Caskey to lead research into using ultrasound as an image-guided therapy for drug delivery. Read More

The grant will allow Kennedy Center researchers to analyze data from VUMC's Synthetic Derivative and BioVU databanks to study biomarkers associated with Down Syndrome. Read More

James Patton and colleagues have demonstrated how colon cancer cells transmit genetic data to other cells. Read More

A new link between a support protein within the brain's white matter and known Alzheimer's biomarkers discovered by Angela Jefferson and colleagues bring researchers a step toward earlier and more precise detection of neuropathology underlying cognitive impairment that may lead to new targeted therapies Read More

Your Health and Wellness Information Portal holds a treasure trove of information concerning your health and well-being. Read More

Go for the Gold is in the home stretch. Faculty and staff paying for Vanderbilt Health Plan benefits in 2019 can earn a wellness credit for completing Go for the Gold by Oct. 31. Read More

Katherine Rothamel, a Ph.D. student in the Department of Biochemistry at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, has been selected as the 2017 Vanderbilt Prize Student Scholar. Read More

Trainer Betsy Post-Garza, customer success manager for Ex Libris-ProQuest Learning Solutions, will return to the Vanderbilt campus to provide instruction and support for using the new Course Reading List Tool (CRLT) to manage and streamline the copyright clearance process with Brightspace. Read More

The Vanderbilt Kennedy Center, along with the Vanderbilt Initiative for Autism, Innovation and the Workforce, will hold its daylong fall conference, "Envisioning the Future of Human Technology Partnerships," on Thursday, Nov. 29. The deadline to register is Nov. 9. Read More

Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Susan R. Wente discusses advancing the arts and humanities at Vanderbilt in this month's newsletter. Read More

Are you a prospective graduate student? Learn about Peabody College's master's programs by connecting with its admissions team, faculty and current students at an upcoming open house event. Read More

Catherine Wood, executive director of university benefits, discussed Open Enrollment for 2019 at the October meeting of the University Staff Advisory Council. Read More

Vanderbilt defeated Kentucky 4-1 on Sunday to clinch the SEC regular season championship for the first time since 1994. The Commodores improved their unbeaten streak to 16 games, which is the highest in program history. Read More