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The flu is back and hitting the nation hard. Keep yourself and your family informed about influenza with these flu tools, compiled by Vanderbilt Health and Wellness. Read More

Legal scholar Michelle Alexander, author of "The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness," will deliver the keynote address Jan. 21 at Vanderbilt University’s annual event commemorating the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Read More

Vanderbilt’s Office of Religious Life will sponsor a Service of Silent Remembrance for the university community on Monday, Jan. 14, one month after the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. Read More

Jennifer Bailey never imagined herself living in Nashville, Tenn., but her passion for addressing issues of hunger and poverty brought her to Music City in 2009. She hasn’t left yet. Read More

Vanderbilt Libraries have just added iPad2s to the list of items that the university's current students, faculty and staff can check out. Read More

For James Maiello, assistant professor of musicology and ethnomusicology at the Blair School of Music, teaching and research are two sides of the same coin. Read More

Happy New Year, Vanderbilt fans and followers! The start of a new semester has students – both high school seniors and current ‘Dores – thinking about the future. Here are just a few of our favorite Tweets of the week – and some really cute Instagram pics too. We’re… Read More

Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos officially welcomed the 108th Tennessee General Assembly, including 50 new lawmakers, at a special reception held at the Tennessee State Museum Jan. 9. Read More

MyVU, your source for news about the Vanderbilt community, has updated the look of its website and biweekly email newsletter to make it easy to learn about valuable news and information. Read More

Vanderbilt Law School Dean Chris Guthrie will lead the search committee to find the next dean of the Owen Graduate School of Management. Read More

Twelve Vanderbilt faculty members were named in the Edu-Scholar Public Presence Rankings, which recognize university-based academics who are contributing substantially to public debates about K-12 and higher education. Read More

After several weeks at home soaking up tender loving care from their parents, college students across Tennessee are heading back to campus. Now parents can shift their worries to keeping their students healthy this winter when they’re far from home. Read More

All Vanderbilt faculty, students and staff should log in to AlertVU to make sure their contact information is complete and up-to-date so that they will receive critical information during emergencies. Read More

We love hearing from you, our fans, friends and followers, and this week the chatter was all about Vanderbilt’s win at the Franklin American Mortgage Company Music City Bowl. Congrats again to the Dores! Anchor Down! Here are just a few of our favorite Tweets and images from the… Read More

Matthew Wright (Vanderbilt) Matthew Wright, Vanderbilt University vice chancellor for investments, has announced his resignation, effective Jan. 31. “Matthew led Vanderbilt’s investment portfolio through an exceptionally challenging time,” Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos said. “The recession of 2009 took a heavy toll on the endowments of many universities, but… Read More

Vanderbilt University ranked 15th among the “20 Smartest Colleges in America” in a survey conducted by Lumosity, a cognitive training site. Some 60,000 students at more than 400 colleges and universities were evaluated by playing games that measured various cognitive skills including attention, memory, speed of processing, problem solving… Read More

Former graduate students and colleagues of Douglas Knight from around the globe recently surprised the Vanderbilt University professor with a “festschrift,” or book of original essays, on the occasion of his 40th year of teaching. Read More

Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times journalist Nicholas Kristof will speak at Vanderbilt University Thursday, Jan. 31. Along with his wife, journalist Sheryl WuDunn, Kristof is author of the 2009 book "Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide." Read More

Tax time—especially for lower income families—can be extremely stressful (not to mention expensive). Last year, more than 10,000 individuals and families across Middle Tennessee received support through United Way’s Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program, a number which is expected to increase again this year. Gifts can… Read More

Saturday University for Spring 2013 will feature poets Thomas Lux, Garrett Hongo and Stephen Dobyns. Read More