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The epidemic of children living in poverty is the topic of a mini-conference hosted by the Peabody Research Institute at Vanderbilt Peabody College of education and human development March 11. Read More

The Green Dot at Vanderbilt Committee is collaborating with the YWCA to provide service opportunities to the Vanderbilt campus community from 2 to 5 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 20. Service opportunities include organizing the YWCA’s donation facility and/or lending a hand in the YWCA kitchen.  Afterward, volunteers are invited to join… Read More

(Vanderbilt University) Vanderbilt employees who want to see the Commodore football team in action this fall have additional incentive to purchase their tickets early. Those who purchase tickets prior to April 13 will receive special “early bird” pricing for the 2014 season, which features eight home games, including matchups… Read More

A screening of the film Brother Outsider, Safe Zone training and a discussion of the collected writings of Bayard Rustin are included in LGBTQI Life’s celebration of Ally Days Feb. 19-28. Read More

(John Russell/Vanderbilt) Minutes from the Vanderbilt Faculty Senate’s Nov. 7 meeting are now available online on the Faculty Senate website. At the Nov. 7 meeting, senators Kathryn Anderson, Mark Cannon, Claire Smrekar and Myrna Wooders submitted a… Read More

Learning and memory, integrative medicine and the Salem witch hunts are a sampling of the spring 2014 class offerings available through the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Vanderbilt University. Read More

Internationally renowned artist Charles Long will lecture on his work as part of StudioVU: The Department of Art Lecture Series 2013-14. Read More

Registration is now open for Sarratt Youth Art Institute Summer 2014. Read More

Vanderbilt's LGBTQI Life in collaboration with the Bishop Joseph Johnson Black Cultural Center will host a screening of Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin Feb. 19 at 7:30 p.m. The movie will be followed by a discussion. Read More

The Vanderbilt Kennedy Center is conducting a study to learn more about the lower rates of autism among Hispanic children. 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 “Service Learning Opportunities in Latin America,” to be presented by the Center for Latin American Studies. Read More

International Student and Scholar Services is planning EAT! events for March 16 and April 13. EAT! is a free program that provides international students and scholars a chance to enjoy American food and culture with a local family. Students and scholars attend the dinners in small groups of two… Read More

The February Safe Zone workshop is scheduled for Tuesday, Feb. 25, from 5 to 8 p.m. in Sarratt Student Center, Room 189. Safe Zone workshops are open to all Vanderbilt students, faculty and staff as well as members of the Nashville community. Register here. The Safe Zone program… Read More

Rear Adm. Timothy White, deputy director of tailored access operations at the National Security Agency, will give a free public lecture on the activities of the NSA Thursday, Feb. 27, at 3 p.m. in Stevenson Center Room 4327. Read More

Vanderbilt staff and faculty are eligible for a discount on tickets to select performances of these upcoming shows at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center. Sister Act March 11, 7:30 p.m. March 12, 7:30 p.m. March 13, 7:30 p.m. March 14, 8 p.m. March 15,… Read More

The public is invited to engage with Vanderbilt University philosophers on thought-provoking questions about the nature of human existence at the 2014 Berry Lectures in Public Philosophy starting Feb. 11. Read More

A top ACLU attorney who played a pivotal role in the Supreme Court’s recent decision striking down portions of the federal Defense of Marriage Act will speak at Vanderbilt Law School. Read More

Vanderbilt University Theatre will open "The Winslow Boy," based on the true story of a family's court fight against the British government to clear its son's name, Feb. 14. Read More

The authors of the new book Proportionality in International Law will join three other experts for a discussion about some of the hard realities inherent in modern conflict. Read More

A three-part class on motivational interviewing, a communication technique that can be used by doctors, nurses or other health care professionals to better work with patients, will be offered on consecutive Saturdays beginning Feb. 15. “Motivational interviewing is a way to discuss behavior change with our patients,” explained Lesa… Read More