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Seven Nashville high school students spent their summer working on introductory manuals for a new suite of software developed at Vanderbilt’s Institute for Software Integrated Systems to democratize the vehicle design process. Read More

When it comes to damaging sun rays, skin protection is a top priority for many. But there is another area that needs to be brought into focus – the eyes. Read More

"U.S. News & World Report’s" newly released Best Hospitals edition again places Vanderbilt University Medical Center among the best in the nation and shows that VUMC’s specialty programs continue to grow in national prominence. Read More

Training is now available for the new Vanderbilt travel system, which will go live July 30. Read More

Mark Schoenfield, chair of Vanderbilt’s English department, and his family were a little behind schedule a few weeks ago as they prepared to drive to the airport. The slight delay may have saved Pastor Rob Taylor’s life. Read More

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Read about faculty, staff and alumni awards, appointments and achievements. Read More

Children who receive a vaccine to prevent blood and ear infections may be reducing the spread of pneumonia to the rest of the population, especially their grandparents and other older adults. Read More

Scripture has played a pivotal role in shaping the United States’ justification for going to war from the nation's earliest beginnings, according to research from James P. Byrd, assistant professor of American religious history at Vanderbilt University Divinity School. Read More

Jim Foglesong, a key figure in the rise of many country music stars including Garth Brooks and Barbara Mandrell who went on to build a second career as a beloved educator, died July 9. Read More

An executive committee has been named and will meet regularly this summer to develop a framework of ideas to guide a university-wide academic strategic planning process that will set the course for Vanderbilt’s future. Read More

As of July 29, PCards will no longer be used to support payment of travel expenses such as airfare, hotel rooms or rental cars. Read More

The chairman of a global media and entertainment company, an entrepreneur, two physicians, and a 2013 graduate of the College of Arts and Science are the newest members of the Vanderbilt University Board of Trust. Read More

Wireless coverage has been expanded across the Vanderbilt campus. (Jenny Mandeville / Vanderbilt) All areas of the central Vanderbilt campus now have WiFi coverage, thanks to a recently completed project by the Vanderbilt Division of Information Technology. Wireless coverage was expanded in direct response to a student… Read More

The American Judicature Society will relocate to Nashville as part of its new affiliation with Vanderbilt Law School. The agreement begins July 1 and will result in joint educational programming, publications and new research. Read More

The Vanderbilt University Alumni Association board is pleased to announce the addition of seven new members. Read More

Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt pediatricians want children and parents to be aware of the dangers of tick-borne illnesses and other insect-related infections. Read More

Vanderbilt specialists are urging parents and children to leave the fireworks displays to the experts this Fourth of July. Children are often seen at the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt for a variety of injuries, including serious damage to eyes from bottle rockets, third-degree burns… Read More

Building world-class information technology is the charge of the new Division of Information Technology at Vanderbilt, which officially launched June 27 during an event at the Student Life Center. Read More

James R. Sasser, a former three-term U.S. senator from Tennessee and ambassador to the People’s Republic of China, and his wife, Mary Sasser, have donated their papers to Vanderbilt University’s Special Collections. Read More