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Vanderbilt recently played host to the United Kingdom’s Secretary of State for Education Michael Gove when the British Conservative Party politician called on members of the Tennessee Consortium on Research, Evaluation and Development. Read More

Book artist Barry Moser and author Ann Patchett will hold a public conversation March 27 at the Vanderbilt Central Library. Read More

On March 15 at approximately 6:35 p.m., an unknown male subject approached a female student from behind while she was bent over and touched her inappropriately. The incident occurred in the lobby of a campus dormitory. The subject ran off in the direction of a stairwell. Description: The suspect was described as a… Read More

Provost Richard McCarty and others will discuss civility in the workplace at a lunchtime event on Tuesday, March 25. Read More

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The Sixth Annual Tennessee Adult Brothers and Sisters (TABS) Conference will take place April 4-5 at Holiday Inn Vanderbilt. Read More

World-renowned Quebec roots band Genticorum will perform live at Vanderbilt’s Sarratt Cinema on March 27 at 8 p.m. The concert is presented by the Department of French and Italian. Read More

(iStockphoto) Join Bill Randles and Laura Barker of the Vanderbilt Plant Ops grounds maintenance team for “Gardening 101: Growing Your Own Vegetables” on Thursday, March 20. The talk is from noon to 1 p.m. at the Vanderbilt Recreation and Wellness Center Demonstration Kitchen. Learn how to start… Read More

A panel discussion titled “What Has Nelson Mandela Taught Us About Leadership and Health Advocacy?” is planned for noon Monday, March 17, in Light Hall, Room 202. The panel will feature Vanderbilt students, and George C. Hill, professor of pathology, microbiology and immunology and professor of medical education… Read More

Higher education and K-12 professionals will converge on the Peabody campus for the annual Peabody Professional Institutes. Read More

Shawn Goodman, Hunter McCrossin and Travis Shore have joined the Vanderbilt University investment office, all with the title of managing director, investments. Read More

Ellen Armour will discuss "Crisis in the Anglican Communion" when she delivers the 40th Antoinette Brown Lecture March 20 at Vanderbilt Divinity School. Read More

Ralph C. Wood, professor of theology and literature at Baylor University and editor-at-large for Christian Century Magazine will discuss “Fyodor Dostoevsky, Flannery O’Connor and Christ Pantocrator” March 11 in Benton Chapel. Read More

In celebration of 15 years of partnership, the Meharry-Vanderbilt Alliance invites proposals for activities that promote ongoing, mutually beneficial, health-oriented research partnerships between community organizations and academic researchers. Read More

The Vanderbilt Center for Technology Transfer and Commercialization’s New Ventures Team, in partnership with LaunchTennessee, will host an SBIR/STTR workshop on Tuesday, April 15, from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Sarratt Student Center, rooms 216-220. The purpose of the event is to create awareness among faculty and students… Read More

Vanderbilt staff and faculty are eligible for a discount on tickets to select performances of Pink Martini and The von Trapps, and "Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus" at TPAC. Read More

Award-winning author Courtney E. Martin will deliver the 2014 Cuninggim Lecture on Women in Culture and Society at Vanderbilt University March 25. Her talk, “Perfect Girls: A Generation of Young Women Were Told We Could Do Anything and Somehow Heard that We had to be Everything,” is free and open to the public. Read More

Employees who contribute to a non-Vanderbilt retirement plan through outside businesses in which they are at least a 50 percent owner need to report their contributions to Human Resources by April 1. Read More

The next Safe Zone workshop is scheduled for Thursday, March 13, from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. in Sarratt Student Center, Room 189. Safe Zone workshops are open to all Vanderbilt students, faculty and staff as well as Nashville community members. Register to attend the workshop here. The… Read More

Minutes from the University Staff Advisory Council’s Feb. 11 meeting are now available online on the USAC website. (Meeting minutes are published approximately one week after the council convenes.) Dowell Dean of Libraries Connie Vinita Dowell was the featured guest speaker for February. She discussed… Read More