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For the second year in a row, the Vanderbilt Aerospace Club is the overall winner of NASA’s annual Student Launch Competition, a nine-month contest that consisted of much more than simply designing and building a model rocket. Read More

Vanderbilt may nominate one candidate for the 2015 Pew Scholars Program in the Biomedical Sciences. Read More

Learn more about how the YMCA has studied the health status and health behaviors of its members. Read More

AmbassaDores are sought to befriend the 2014-15 Hubert H. Humphrey Fellows at Peabody. Read More

Vanderbilt faculty and staff are eligible for a discounted price on the Little Star summer youth football camp. Read More

Once again, Vanderbilt is a sponsor of the annual Hillsboro-West End Neighborhood Dragon Music Sunday series, which runs through June 8 in Fannie Mae Dees Park. Read More

Vanderbilt may nominate one Medical Center and one University candidate for the 2014 Pathway to Stop Diabetes awards competition. Read More

Drowning and near-drowning incidents often occur during long holiday weekends. Know three simple rules that could safe your life or a loved one's. Read More

The Vanderbilt Dayani Center for Health & Wellness is offering a Level 1 Bootcamp class. It will take place Tuesdays and Thursdays, starting June 3. Read More

Mayor Karl Dean is inviting all Nashvillians to recruit friends, family, coworkers and neighbors to form groups and join him in walking 100 miles during the summer of 2014. Read More

May is National Bike Month, and it's not too late to get in on this healthy and cost effective mode of transportation. Read More

The Department of Medicine Mix and Mingle Poster Session takes place June 2 at 5:30 p.m. Bring your best lab poster to meet with colleagues and discuss research. Read More

This fun program is designed to help you build the skills necessary to reach your personal health and fitness goals. The program consists of weekly group fitness sessions and nutrition workshops with certified personal trainer Stephanie Kemp and registered dietitian Marilyn Holmes. Read More

Shape up this summer by challenging yourself to build healthier physical, nutritional and wellness habits. Explore ways to incorporate new fitness activities, healthy eating and personal well-being into your daily life. Read More

Vanderbilt Campus Dining is offering a limited-time summer discount on faculty and staff meal plans. Enjoy cuisine from Vanderbilt’s award-winning chefs, all within walking distance of your office, at a special price: 15 meals for the price of 10. That’s $4.83 per meal (a “meal” constitutes one entree, two… Read More

Please join us for the launch of the 2014 Tennessee Men’s Health Report Card on Tuesday, June 10, in Ed Jones Auditorium at the Ellington Agricultural Center, 440 Hogan Road in Nashville. The event will begin with a meet and greet from 10 to 10:30 a.m., followed by… Read More

(Steve Green/Vanderbilt) Stay in shape this summer with a membership to the Vanderbilt Recreation and Wellness Center. Memberships, good through Aug. 31, are available for Vanderbilt faculty, staff, spouses, dependents and alumni. Price is per person. May–August 2014: $120 June–August: $90 July–August:… Read More

Join the celebration as Vanderbilt recognizes National Employee Health and Fitness Day May 21. Read More

Barbara Schulz A memorial service to celebrate the life of Barbara Schulz is planned for 7 p.m. Saturday, May 31, in Benton Chapel on the Vanderbilt campus. Schulz was a longtime staff member in the Vanderbilt General Counsel’s office, retiring in 2011 after 22 years of service. She died… Read More

As Vanderbilt engineering students raced around Featheringill Hall, working to complete undergraduate classes, a handful scheduled time in a ground-floor shop. One in particular knew he was on the last lap to getting a degree and is gunning to get back on a racetrack. Read More