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Read Vice Chancellor for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion George C. Hill's statement on Sunday's mass shooting event in Orlando. Read More

Eric Bymaster has been named Vanderbilt University’s associate vice chancellor for finance following a national search, Vanderbilt CFO Brett Sweet announced Monday. Read More

Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos convened the Visiting Advisory Board for Diversity and Equity on campus Friday. The group is charged with advising the chancellor-appointed Diversity, Inclusion and Community Committee as it continues its work to create concrete recommendations for making Vanderbilt a more diverse and inclusive institution. Read More

Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos shares his thoughts on Sunday's mass shooting in Orlando. Vanderbilt community members who wish to come together to remember the victims of the tragedy may do so at events held this week at the K.C. Potter Center and Benton Chapel. Read More

The Pew Charitable Trusts has named Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences and Biochemistry Lauren Parker Jackson as a member of its 2016 class of Pew biomedical scholars. Read More

The American College of Nurse-Midwives has inducted Associate Professor Sharon L. Holley and Instructor of Nursing Tonia L. Moore-Davis into its 2016 class of fellows. Read More

A new website has been launched for SkyVU, the cloud-based system that will replace current e-business services and provide a modern, synchronized environment to allow university faculty and staff to spend less time on paperwork and more time on efforts that contribute to the university’s mission. Read More

When shopping at your local farmers' markets, keep food safety in mind. Read More

The provisional name for the newly discovered superheavy element 117 is "tennessine." The name was proposed by Vanderbilt nuclear physicist Joseph Hamilton to honor the state where three members of the international collaboration that made the discovery -- Vanderbilt University, Oak Ridge National Laboratory and University of Tennessee at Knoxville -- are located. Read More

The Diversity, Inclusion and Community Committee is seeking input from staff at a town hall meeting scheduled from 2 to 4 p.m. Monday, June 20, in Sarratt Cinema. Read More

The Vanderbilt University community is mourning the death of Donny Everett, a rising sophomore and pitcher on the Commodore baseball team, following a drowning accident June 2 in Coffee County, Tennessee. Funeral services for Everett are scheduled for Tuesday in Clarksville, Tennessee. Read More

It’s quiet around campus without the students, but the wildlife isn’t slowing down. See more of our favorite #vandygram photos on the Get Social website, and share your Vanderbilt photos with us by tagging them #vandygram. Photo by @jbrassil… Read More

Campus safety and planning officials as well as representatives of Metro Nashville Public Works are proactively addressing pedestrian and traffic safety concerns at Vanderbilt. Read More

The Arc Tennessee recognized the accomplishments of Vanderbilt Kennedy Center (VKC) leaders with three awards at the Tennessee Disability MegaConference in May. Read More

High school students performing advanced research at Vanderbilt have the opportunity to share their findings with the scientific community through a journal of their own. Read More

Students who score extremely high on standardized tests as adolescents often become high achievers in adulthood, a new study has confirmed. Read More

Thirteen interdisciplinary projects, ranging from cellular processes and smart cities to global health care issues, have been selected as the 2016 awardees of the Trans-Institutional Program (TIPs) initiative. Read More

Vanderbilt University’s Employee Appreciation team wants you to “dish” on this year’s employee picnic. Read More

Vanderbilt University received five awards for its communications efforts at the Tennessee College Public Relations Association spring 2016 conference. Read More

“Pastorals, Landscapes and the Arcadian Vision,” on display at the Vanderbilt Fine Arts Gallery from June 10 through Sept. 9, explores how artists for centuries have rendered nature in a tranquil, idyllic form. The exhibition features more than 50 paintings and works on paper from the 17th to 20th centuries. Read More