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The Center for Cognitive Medicine at Vanderbilt Univerity Medical Center presents, 'An Aging and Healthy Brain Symposium & Community Dinner' on Aug. 22. Read More

Online vehicle registration is now open to faculty and staff. Current permits expire on Aug. 31. Physical permits will be replaced by virtual license plate recognition this year. Be sure to register your license plate correctly. Read More

Vanderbilt’s Oracle Cloud environment will undergo regular system maintenance and updates during the last two weekends in August. Please plan ahead, as Oracle Cloud will not be available to users during these times. Read More

During this time of year, it is important to remember that heatstroke can and does happen to children left in hot cars. The safety experts at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt want you to know that every minute counts. Read More

Dr. William Stead, chief strategy officer for VUMC, will deliver, 'The Annette and Irwin Eskind Family Biomedical Library – Past and Future – Changing What Clinicians Need To Know and How They Learn.' Read More

On a humid summer day in 2006, Taylor Stokes became ill on a plane from dehydration and inhaling fumes on the jetway. Stokes, however, describes that unpleasant experience as “providential.” It led to a lung cancer diagnosis. Read More

Learning you have dense breasts can prompt many questions, including how this affects your risk of breast cancer. Read More

The Center for Cognitive Medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in partnership with the Generation Program will be offering ApoE4 Alzheimer’s Gene Screening on Friday, August 3. Read More

Vanderbilt University can submit one application or the Japan Foundation Institutional Project Support Program. This annual program is designed to encourage innovative and sustained growth of Japanese studies in the United States.  Read More

Vanderbilt University can submit 2 proposals for the VentureWell Faculty Grants Program. The program supports the creation of new or transformation of existing courses and programs to help students develop novel, STEM-based inventions and gain the necessary entrepreneurial skills needed to bring these ideas to market. The grant will provide $30,000 (overhead not allowed)for a duration of 1-3 years. Read More

The SeRenade Program uses small, group music classes for families with young children with and without autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Families learn strategies for promoting social and other positive behaviors through music. Read More

If you are wondering what to do after hearing news about the recall of certain drugs used to treat high blood pressure, the first message from experts at Vanderbilt Health is this: keep taking your medication. Read More

Electrical work will take place on Wednesday, July 25 at the intersection of 21st Avenue and Edgehill Avenue. Expect lane closures and traffic control. Read More

A diabetes expert sorts myth from fact when it comes to type 2 diabetes. Read More

Get the scoop on sciatica, one of the most common lower-back pains. Read More

From Kindermusik to private lessons in all orchestral and most folk instruments, the Blair School of Music offers a wide array of music-making opportunities to students from birth through adulthood. Read More

The V Foundation has established a new initiative in honor of Robin Roberts, which will fund research related to cancer survivorship and reduction of long-term complications of cancer treatment. Read More

Vanderbilt's Center for Quantitative Sciences is offering four courses in August designed to sharpen quantitative research skills and provide methods and tools to deepen understanding in biostatistics and bioinformatics. Read More

The Vanderbilt Bookstore's monthly poetry night, 'Lyrical Brew', will feature noted Nashville poet Ciona Rouse introducing novelist Rebecca Wells reading, discussing, and signing her books, including the best-selling Ya-Ya Sisterhood series. Read More

The signs of this rare bile-duct cancer typically go unnoticed at first. Here’s what to know. Read More