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Vanderbilt has joined a new alliance to recruit more students from lower-income families, and a new study from assistant professor Stephen Patrick reveals the growing problem of opioid addiction in rural communities. Read a selection of Vanderbilt news stories for the week of Dec. 12. Read More

Edgar Kunz, a 2015 graduate of Vanderbilt's MFA Program in Creative Writing, has been awarded a National Endowment for the Arts creative writing fellowship in poetry for 2017. Read More

Vanderbilt University has received a transformational $20 million gift from a donor-advised fund of alumnus and Board of Trust Vice Chairman-Elect Jeffrey Rothschild and his wife Marieke that will accelerate ongoing development of its residential colleges program, College Halls. Read More

Vanderbilt University is ranked No. 4 among private universities on the Kiplinger’s Personal Finance list of “Best College Values” for 2017, behind only Princeton (No. 1), Duke (No. 2) and Harvard (No. 3). Read More

Read the December issue of "The Open Dore," Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Susan R. Wente’s newsletter, which is now available online. Read More

The Blackboard support team at the Center for Teaching announces its holiday schedule to assist instructors preparing for spring courses. Read More

Many doctors and nurses recall their first patient interaction — a rite of passage that occurs during medical or nursing school training. Now an innovative program is pushing the patient encounter for a few Vanderbilt University students into the undergraduate years. Read More

Continuing a long-standing tradition, the Vanderbilt women's basketball team will host the annual Teddy Bear Toss promotion on Sunday, Dec. 18, when the Commodores play Tennessee Tech at Memorial Gym. This year's event will benefit the Salvation Army Angel Tree Program. Read More

Single-game tickets for Vanderbilt's nine SEC home games at Memorial Gym will go on sale Thursday, Dec. 15, and can be purchased online at vucommodores.com, by calling the Vanderbilt ticket office at 615-322-GOLD, or by visiting the McGugin Center ticket office. Read More

More than 650 faculty, students, staff and trustees have participated in FutureVU, the university’s land use planning process, since its launch this fall, with multiple working groups forming now. Read More

The Faculty Senate passed a resolution affirming the guiding principles of the faculty at its Dec. 8 meeting. Read More

Vanderbilt undergraduate colleges and schools are observing Winter Break Dec. 19-Jan. 6, while Vanderbilt University’s six-day Winter Break for employees will run from Friday, Dec. 23, through Friday, Dec. 30, followed by the New Year’s Day holiday, which will be recognized on Monday, Jan. 2. Read More

Review these deadlines to make sure all of your check requests, expense reports, eProcurement and other Finance-related needs are covered over the holiday break. Read More

The Office for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion presents “iNCLUSIVE,” a biweekly blast of diverse news and events from across campus. Read More

Vanderbilt University has received four out of five stars on the Campus Pride Index, the premier LGBTQ national benchmarking tool for colleges and universities to create safer, more inclusive campus communities. Read More

Vanderbilt School of Engineering Dean Philippe Fauchet has been named a fellow of the National Academy of Inventors, a high professional distinction accorded to academic inventors who have demonstrated a prolific spirit of innovation in creating or facilitating outstanding inventions that have made a tangible impact on quality of life, economic development and the welfare of society. Read More

After injuring his shoulder, a psychology professor collaborated with his orthopedic surgeon on a study to see how quickly patients regained their typing speed after carpal tunnel surgery. Read More

Vanderbilt University joined 30 of the nation’s most respected colleges and universities today in a new initiative to substantially expand the number of talented low- and moderate-income students at America’s top-performing undergraduate institutions with the highest graduation rates. Read More

A new initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts known as NEA Research Labs will fund a collaborative study on creativity at Vanderbilt's Curb Center for Art, Enterprise and Public Policy. Read More

A $1 million grant from The Henry Luce Foundation will establish the Public Theology and Racial Justice Collaborative at Vanderbilt Divinity School, to be directed by Dean Emilie M. Townes. Read More