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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

The Vanderbilt Kennedy Center website, with a wealth of disability-related resources, has undergone a makeover. Read More

Vanderbilt faculty, staff and students can get exclusive offers at MacAuthority through June 7. (Departmental purchases are not eligible.) Among the specials: Buy a new Mac or iPad at education pricing and receive an additional $20 off.* The first 75 customers to purchase a… Read More

Stacey Kendrick The next installment of Vandy Cooks will feature health educator Stacey Kendrick cooking with herbs for a healthy heart. Join Kendrick as she uses fresh herbs to prepare tasty and heart healthy dishes. The event is planned for noon-1 p.m. Thursday, May 15, at the… Read More

The Office of Compliance and Corporate Integrity (OCCI) is observing Corporate Compliance and Ethics Week May 4-10 by raising awareness of the Vanderbilt Hotline. The hotline is an avenue that enables any concerned individual to report suspected criminal or illegal activity, unethical behavior or misconduct and remain… Read More

With spring in bloom, many people who shied away from physical exertion during the winter may be inspired to get in shape this season. A few might jump in too quickly. Read More

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

Minutes from the University Staff Advisory Council’s April 8 meeting are now available online on the USAC website. (Meeting minutes are published approximately one week after the council convenes.) Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos (Vanderbilt University) Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos was the guest speaker for April. Read More

Attention bicyclists of all ages and skill levels: Two bike rides are coming up in May. Read More

(Daniel Dubois/Vanderbilt) Minutes from the Vanderbilt Faculty Senate’s March 13 meeting are now available online on the Faculty Senate website. (Meeting minutes are published approximately one month after the senate convenes.) At the March 13 meeting, Vice Chancellor for Finance Brett Sweet gave a report on… Read More

The Vanderbilt community can get a discount on select performances of "War Horse" at TPAC. Read More

KISS singer/ guitarist Paul Stanley will sign copies of his autobiography at Barnes & Noble at Vanderbilt. Read More

Phillip Ackerman-Lieberman (Steve Green, Vanderbilt) Phillip I. Ackerman-Lieberman draws on legal documents from the Cairo Geniza in his new book, The Business of Identity: Jews, Muslims, and Economic Life in Medieval Egypt (Stanford University Press, 2014), for a better understanding of daily life in the Medieval Islamic world. Read More

An installation by Vesna Pavlović, assistant professor of art at Vanderbilt, will open May 22 at The Phillips Collection in Washington, D.C. Read More