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Follow along with Health Plus’ body weight exercise video to experience a quick, effective workout anywhere, anytime. No special clothes or equipment are required. Read More

Marissa Wertheimer, a health educator with Health Plus, and Marilyn Holmes, assistant director of the David Williams II Recreation and Wellness Center, will present "The Good, the Fad and the Ugly" on Thursday, March 5, from noon to 12:45 p.m. in Light Hall, Room 202. Read More

The Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science and the Vanderbilt Brain Institute will co-host the first joint VU-VUMC Neuroimaging Symposium on Friday, May 22, at Vanderbilt Law School.  Read More

LGBTQI Life will host Zach Stafford, co-host of the “Buzzfeed News Morning Show AM to DM,” for a moderated conversation on Saturday, Feb. 22, at 4 p.m. in Sarratt Cinema. The program is free and open to the general public. Read More

The Vanderbilt Woman's Club invites female faculty and staff members of the Vanderbilt University and Vanderbilt University Medical Center communities to join the organization. Read More

The two-year, $125,000 award will allow Marjan Rafat and her research group to investigate how radiation influences tumor and immune cell recruitment in triple negative breast cancer. Read More

As a part of National Engineers Week at Vanderbilt Feb. 17-21, Karl Reid, author and executive director of the National Society of Black Engineers, will talk about effective study habits at 4 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 20, in Jacobs Believed In Me Auditorium, Featheringill Hall 134. A reception at 5 p.m. in Adams Atrium follows the lecture. Read More

"Political Semantics: Methods and Applications in the Study of Meaning for Political Science" is scheduled for noon on Friday, Feb. 28, at the Data Science Institute. Read More

Mazalit Haim, assistant professor of the practice of Jewish Studies, will present “The Netflix-ization of Israeli and Middle Eastern Cultures: Israel, the Arab World and the Globalization of Television” on Thursday, Feb. 20, at 5 p.m. in Buttrick Hall, Room 306. Read More

Vanderbilt University may submit two letters of intent for the Breast Cancer Alliance Exceptional Project Grant. The mission of the Breast Cancer Alliance is to improve survival rates and quality of life for those impacted by breast cancer through better prevention, early detection, treatment and cure. Read More

Participate in Know Your Numbers, a cholesterol and glucose screening (while supplies last), and have an opportunity to speak with a Vanderbilt cardiologist and registered dietitian at the Love Your Heart Expo on Feb. 26. Read More

Welcome to VWell Connect, a place to connect with the Vanderbilt community over shared activity interests. Read More

"AAC Out of the Box: Programming Tips and Tricks for Effective Communication" will be held from 8 to 3:30 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 28 at The Martha Rivers Ingram Commons. This workshop is for speech-language pathologists, special educators, other professionals in related fields, students, parents and family members. Read More

The Vanderbilt community can access award-winning news stories in "The New York Times" and "Wall Street Journal" through the “News Desk” portal on the Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries homepage. Read More

The Vanderbilt student group Law Students for Social Justice will host a discussion with Cyntoia Brown and her legal team from noon to 1 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 13, at the Law School's Flynn Auditorium. The event is free and open to the public. Read More

The Margaret Cuninggim Women’s Center presents Work-Life Workshops, a lecture-based lunchtime program for faculty, staff, graduate students and postdoctoral fellows covering a blend of self-care and professional development topics. Read More

Mexican poet, journalist and visual artist Myriam Moscona will open the Center for Latin American Studies' Distinguished Lectureship Series on Monday, Feb. 17, with a public lecture titled “Judeo-Spanish: A Torch Lit 500 Years Ago that is Extinguishing in my Hands.” The talk will begin at noon in Buttrick Hall, Room 162. Read More

Vanderbilt (VU and VUMC, collaboratively) may choose one nominee for the new V Clinical Scholar Program from the V Foundation. To accelerate cancer treatment and cures, the V Foundation proposes to develop the careers of clinicians who will become leaders in developing programs of cancer clinical trials that are sequential and based on hypothesis-driven research. Read More

Vanderbilt (VU and VUMC, collaboratively) may choose up to two nominees for the V Foundation V Scholar Award program, which is open to research in all adult cancer types. The foundation especially encourages applications from minority ethnic groups underrepresented in science. Read More

The Allstate Hot Chocolate 15/5k is coming to Nashville on Saturday, Feb. 15. Road closures will be in effect, including Elliston Place from 21st Avenue to 25th Avenue North, and 25th Avenue North from Park Plaza to West End Avenue, from approximately 6:50 to 9:50 a.m. Read More