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The Vanderbilt community is being offered a special discount of up to 10 percent off for the popular musical WICKED at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center. Read More

Two administrators from Vanderbilt University have been named to chair task forces for the Association of American Universities’ 2014 Council on Federal Relations. Christina West (Vanderbilt) Christina West, assistant vice chancellor for federal relations, will chair the Higher Education Task Force. This group is responsible for developing… Read More

Five Vanderbilt alumni have been named to Forbes magazine’s “30 Under 30.” The third annual list recognizes rising stars across the fields of energy, education, entertainment, marketing and more. Read More

Vanderbilt mechanical engineering senior Khairul Kamarulzaman has won InternationalStudent.com’s grand prize and a viewer’s choice award in the website’s 2013 Travel Video Contest for his video postcard project. Read More

Members of Vanderbilt Peabody College of education and human development faculty were named in the 2014 Edu-Scholar Public Presence Rankings, which recognizes university-based academics who are contributing substantially to public debates about K-12 and higher education. Read More

UPDATE: The original Jan. 15 event and rescheduled Jan. 16 event with Coach Bob Knight are cancelled. Ticket refunds are available at the original point of purchase. Tickets purchased on campus may be returned to the Sarratt Student Center box office for a refund. Tickets purchased through Ticketmaster.com will… Read More

Robert Barsky (Vanderbilt) The Institute for Advanced Studies is seeking proposals for its upcoming conference “Shifting Attitudes: Radical Upheaval and its Legacies,” planned for June 19 and 20, 2014, in Toulouse, France. The conference’s keynote addresses will be presented by Yann Algan (Sciences-Po Paris) and Elise Snyder… Read More

“The Power of Your Voice: Impacting Public Policy Today” is the title of the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center’s Educate to Advocate event for 2014, scheduled for 4:10 to 5:30 p.m. Jan. 16 at the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center/One Magnolia Circle Building. Read More

The eighth annual ScholarSips wine tasting and silent auction will be held Feb. 7 at the Vanderbilt Central Library. (Image provided by Vanderbilt Woman's Club) The Vanderbilt Woman’s Club invites the Nashville community to its eighth annual ScholarSips, a wine tasting and silent auction benefiting Vanderbilt students. Read More

Timothy Hohman (left), Ph.D., discusses his research with Paul Newhouse, M.D., during the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center’s 2013 Science Day. (Steve Green/Vanderbilt) The 2014 Vanderbilt Kennedy Center Science Day is scheduled for Tuesday, Jan. 14, from 1 to 5 p.m. in the Student Life Center. More than 100 presenters—from undergraduate… Read More

Three poets will be visiting campus to lead public poetry workshops this spring as part of Vanderbilt’s Saturday University program. Read More

Landscape artist Ken Procter will lecture Jan. 13 on his exhibit "Duino Suite: Drawings Inspired by Rainer Maria Rilke's First Duino Elegy" at Vanderbilt Divinity School. Read More

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Author and Harvard University professor Kenneth W. Mack will deliver the 2014 Martin Luther King Jr. Lecture on Jan. 23 at Vanderbilt Law School. Read More

Brandon Banks and Natasha Cupps are new investment managers for Vanderbilt University, according to Anders Hall, vice chancellor for investments and chief investment officer. 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. Red Feb. 13, 6:30 p.m. Feb. 14, 7:30 p.m. Feb. 18, 6:30 p.m. Feb. 20, 6:30 p.m. Feb. 22, 2:30 p.m. Read More

Nashville Symphony CEO Alan Valentine kicks off a year-long series at Barnes & Noble at Vanderbilt on Jan. 16 at 7 p.m. Read More

Vanderbilt University may nominate one candidate each from the School of Medicine and the School of Nursing for the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation’s Faculty Scholars Program. The deadline has changed. Read More

The MyVU email for faculty and staff will be on hiatus Dec. 24-Jan. 3. Read More