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The Department of Cell and Developmental Biology will present a special seminar on Thursday, Oct. 24.  Annarita Scaramozza, a postdoctoral scholar at the University of California-San Francisco, will present “Muscle Stem Cell Under Stress” beginning at 12:15 p.m. in MRB III, Room 3131. Read More

The next Work-Life Workshop is scheduled for Monday, Oct. 28, at noon in Sarratt Student Center, Room 216/220. Read More

Vanderbilt’s master of public health program prepares leaders to take on today’s most pressing and complex health challenges. Learn more about the program from MPH faculty members, current students and program staff at one of two upcoming campus information sessions. Read More

Vanderbilt may submit one application to the Tennessee Arts Commission Arts Project Support (APS) or the Rural Arts Project Support (RAPS) program. Proposed arts projects must involve one or more commission-recognized art forms, including: visual arts, craft, media, design, music, theater, dance, folk and ethnic, or literary arts. Read More

Vanderbilt University may submit one application to the Tennessee Arts Commission Arts Access (AA) Annual Grant program for the 2021 fiscal year. Read More

Be an integral part of the action this season as a member of the basketball pep band. Get paid for game performances and travel to tournaments. Membership is open to all Vanderbilt students. Read More

The Department of Medicine will host a mini-retreat exploring “The Janus Face of Immunotherapy: The Good, the Bad, the Weird” on Friday, Nov. 1, led by Dr. Javid Moslehi and Dr. Doug Johnson. The event will be from 11:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in Light Hall, Room 208. Read More

Beginning Oct. 15, Microsoft Office 365 is updating the quarantined email notifications and alerts messages that users will receive. Read More

Sabena Conley, a research fellow at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine in Rochester, Minnesota, will discuss “Obesity-Induced Mesenchymal Stem Cell Senescence and Dysfunction” on Tuesday, Oct. 22, beginning at 4 p.m. in Light Hall, Room 512. The talk is part of the Discovery Science Emerging Scholars Lecture Series. Read More

The Department of Art and Space 204 gallery welcome ceramicists John Donovan and Brian Somerville for a  two-person exhibition called "Character Study."  The exhibition will be on view from Oct. 31 to Dec. 5. A reception is scheduled from 4 to 6 p.m. Nov. 14 in Space 204 at the E. Bronson Ingram Studio Arts Center. Read More

Health Plus will promote breast cancer awareness at the VU Benefits Open House on Wednesday, Oct. 23. Read More

Vanderbilt's award-winning three-step Go for the Gold program can help you achieve a healthier and more productive life by identifying health risks and taking action to reduce those risks.  Read More

Vice Chancellor for Administration Eric Kopstain will be among the speakers at the Living Product Expo 2019, scheduled for Oct. 8–10 at the Music City Center in Nashville. Read More

The Department of Art and the Studio VU Lecture Series kicks off the 2019-20 season with "Body Vulnerable/Body Protected," a lecture by Los Angeles-based artist Nao Bustamante, on Wednesday, Oct. 16, at 3 p.m. at the E. Bronson Ingram Studio Arts Center, Room 220. Read More

Follow along with Health Plus’ Mindful Break video to feel relaxed and renewed. Now you can experience rejuvenating stretching and breathing from anywhere, anytime. Read More

An introductory training to REDCap, including designing a project, adding data/disseminating a survey, and viewing data, will be held at 1 p.m. Oct. 10 in the Eskind Biomedical Library. Read More

Dr. Rosette Chakkalakal, an internal medicine physician, will discuss "Caring for your Family Means Caring for Yourself" from noon to 1 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 17, in Light Hall, Room 411. Read More

Laura Norén, vice president of privacy and trust at Obsidian Security and a data science ethicist and researcher, will give a talk titled “What Could Go Wrong? Seven Data Ethics Fables” on Wednesday, Oct. 9, beginning at 4 p.m. in Buttrick Hall, Room 101. Read More

Vanderbilt University undergraduate students and student-athletes will be trained to tutor and mentor local elementary, middle and high school students in mathematics and English language arts, as well as mentor students to build positive skills. Read More

Vanderbilt (VU and VUMC, collaboratively) has the opportunity to nominate one candidate for the Brain Research Foundation Fay/Frank Seed Grant Program for 2020. This award provides $80,000 (direct costs) over two years to support new research projects in the field of neuroscience that will likely lead to extramural funding from the National Institutes of Health or other outside funding sources. Read More