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Author Michael Sims, a former employee of Vanderbilt Special Collections, will read from his new book on Henry Thoreau April 11 at the Central Library. Read More

(Vanderbilt University/Steve Green) The NCAA Women’s Final Four is right around the corner. This event will take place April 6-8 at Bridgestone Arena, and your help is needed. If you have already registered to volunteer, no need to do so again. All volunteers are required to attend an orientation session prior to… Read More

Vanderbilt Divinity Assistant Dean Amy Steele will discuss "Howard Thurman and the Habit of Stillness" at an April 1 community breakfast. Read More

A Center for Medicine, Health and Society forum titled "The Politics of Childhood Vaccines" is set for April 9 in Light Hall. Read More

International Student and Scholar Services invites you to World on Wednesdays, where members of the Vanderbilt community engage in lectures, presentations and conversations about global issues. The next WOW topic is “Myanmar: Culture and Education,” to be presented by Lu Sam, a visiting Hubert H. Read More

Nashville Opera general and artistic director John Hoomes will appear at Barnes & Noble at Vanderbilt on Wednesday, April 2, for a special discussion of the opera’s upcoming production of Othello. The free event begins at 5:30 p.m. Shakespeare’s classic play Othello is transformed for the opera stage with… Read More

The Department of Art will open its galleries April 11 to reveal the work of seven graduating art majors, as well as work by other Vanderbilt art students completed this semester. Read More

Join us for light breakfast and coffee as Eric Tesdahl, Ph.D., discusses social network analysis from 8:30 to 10 a.m. Friday, April 4. The event will be held at 2525 West End Ave. on the sixth floor. Over the past decade, researchers have taken a keen interest in the… Read More

Lyrical Brew, a monthly poetry event, convenes the last Friday of each month at Barnes & Noble at Vanderbilt. (photo courtesy of Barnes & Noble at Vanderbilt) Over the past year, Barnes & Noble at Vanderbilt has seen its monthly poetry night grow into a standing-room-only event. Local poet… Read More

People with military backgrounds fit comfortably into Vanderbilt’s EMBA and MBA programs, with eight to 12 military students usually part of a typical class of 50 to 60 students. Read More

Dynamic storyteller Clare Murphy returns to Vanderbilt April 1 for a free performance sponsored by the Vanderbilt Department of English. Read More

The Office of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and Intersex Life at Vanderbilt is hosting a series of events to mark Trans* Pride Days April 3-9. Read More

The Meharry-Vanderbilt Alliance is seeking reviewers for its 15-year anniversary grants, which include partnership development and community-engaged research pilot grants. Read More

A Safe Zone Workshop at Vanderbilt will take place on Tuesday, April 8, 9 a.m.-noon in Sarratt 189. Read More

"Night in St. Cloud," Edvard Munch, 1890. (Nasjonalgalleriet) S. Hollis Clayson, the 2013-14 Samuel H. Kress Professor at the National Gallery of Art‘s Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts as well as the Bergen Evans Professor in the Humanities at Northwestern University, will discuss “Confinement and Absorption:… Read More

On March 20 at 2:50 p.m., Vanderbilt University Police Department was notified by a staff member at the Village at Vanderbilt commercial building that an office on the third floor had been unlawfully entered and property had been taken. The burglary is believed to have occurred sometime between 11:50 a.m. Read More

Harry Potter was the theme of a unique undergraduate psychology class taught by two Vanderbilt professors in Oxford, England over spring break, March 1-9. Read More

Vanderbilt health experts will answer questions live in two upcoming online chats about colorectal cancer and spring allergies. In recognition of National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, Alan Herline, associate professor of surgery, will take questions about colon and rectal cancers from noon to 1 p.m. Thursday, March 27. Herline… Read More

“God-talk and Memoir Writing,” a roundtable conversation on the craft of memoir from a theological perspective, is scheduled for 3 p.m. Tuesday, March 25, at Vanderbilt Divinity School, Room G-20. The roundtable will feature the Rev. Becca Stevens, MDiv’90, the Rev. Ian Cron and musical artists Ashley… Read More

Physician Drew Pinsky, host of the nightly show "Dr. Drew On Call" on cable television network HLN, will deliver a talk, “When Painkillers Become Dangerous,” Thursday, March 20, at Vanderbilt's Student Life Center ballroom. Read More