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Watch "Start Today, Exercise Your Way," a Healthier You presentation. Read More

The foods you eat provide your body with energy to function each day. Some activities require more energy than others. Learn which types of workouts deplete your body's energy stores and which activities do not require extra fuel. Read More

The Diabetes Prevention Program is a research-based program designed to help prevent or delay type 2 diabetes. The program's focus is on developing skills to lose weight, be more physically active and manage stress. Read More

Keep active and improve your well-being in May. Play Move in May wellness bingo to be entered for gift card prizes. Read More

The Vanderbilt Kennedy Center will host a Research Ethics Grand Rounds panel discussion, "Standards of Care, Disability and a Public Health Emergency: Conversations on Equitable Care during COVID-19," on Wednesday, May 19, from noon to 1 p.m. CT. Read More

Employee Learning and Engagement’s Thought Leader Series will present “The Science of What Makes People Care: The Fundamentals of Excellent Communication” on Tuesday, May 25, from 1 to 2:30 p.m. CT via Zoom. Read More

Vanderbilt University Police Department received a report of possible gun shots at the Holiday Inn on West End Avenue at approximately 1:34 p.m. on Monday, May 10. VUPD personnel arrived at 1:36 p.m. along with Metro Police and Metro Fire Department. On arrival, there was no immediate indication of any crime having occurred, nor any victim. However, VUPD continues to investigate. Read More

The past year has been hard on our mental health. The good news is there is greater awareness that we all need to be incorporating regular self-care into our lives for our mental well-being. Here are six  recommendations for continued mental fitness.  Read More

On Thursday, May 6, at 5:58 p.m., Metro Nashville Police responded to a shooting in close proximity to campus, involving a victim not affiliated with Vanderbilt. Read More

Families with children from infants to age 5 will enjoy learning about music, movement, sharing and pretend play through the Blair School of Music’s virtual Kindermusik classes. Read More

Blair School of Music will offer “Music Theory Without Fear” for students age 12 through adults June 7–11 from 9 a.m. to noon each day. Read More

The next meeting of the Margaret Cuninggim Women’s Center’s Parenting Group will be a brainstorming session to share ideas about issues or topics participants would like the group to discuss next academic year. Read More

Vanderbilt University may submit up to two proposals, one in medical research and one in science and engineering, for the W.M. Keck Foundation Research Program. The goal of the program is to benefit humanity by supporting work that has a distinctive and novel approach, questions a prevailing paradigm, or has the potential to break open new territory in a field. Read More

Vanderbilt’s Curb Center for Art, Enterprise and Public Policy and the ArtLab studio at the Wond’ry will open "See You Again: Students Respond to COVID-19" at Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s hospital gallery on Monday, May 3. Read More

Vanderbilt University may submit four proposals for the summer/fall cycle of the Mathers Foundation grants program. The mission of The G. Harold and Leila Y. Mathers Foundation is to advance knowledge in the life sciences by sponsoring scientific research that will benefit mankind. Read More

Mohamed A. F. Noor, professor of biological sciences and dean of natural sciences at Duke University, will take part in a virtual discussion of his book, "Live Long and Evolve: What Star Trek Can Teach Us About Evolution, Genetics, and Life on Other Worlds," on Wednesday, May 19, at 3:10 p.m. CT as part of the Evolutionary Studies Initiative at Vanderbilt Seminar Series. Read More

Samantha Schwager, a Ph.D. student in biomedical engineering, is one of 100 doctoral students within the United States and Canada selected to receive a Philanthropic Educational Organization Scholar Award from the P.E.O. Sisterhood. Read More

Join the School of Medicine Basic Sciences for a virtual conversation with "New York Times" bestselling author and neuroscientist Lisa Genova and Vanderbilt Brain Institute Barlow Family Director Lisa Monteggia. They will be discussing Genova's new book, "Remember: The Science of Memory and the Art of Forgetting," on Wednesday, May 26, from 11 a.m. to noon CT. Read More

Registration is open for a discovery-based program and research experience for local high school teachers. Participants will practice skills and concepts in biodiversity, biotechnology and bioinformatics. Read More

Applications are open through June 15 for the Neurodiversity Inspired Science and Engineering graduate trainee program. The NISE program takes a novel approach to the training of engineers and scientists engaged in advancing the future of work at the human technology frontier. Read More