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The Office of Immersion Resources has announced a new opportunity for Vanderbilt staff to serve as official experience mentors for Immersion Vanderbilt. Read More

The Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center's 23rd annual Scientific Retreat will be held on May 2 in the Student Life Center with national and international experts presenting on "Advances in Lung Cancer Research." Registration is open now. Read More

Vanderbilt and Chalmers University of Technology are teaming up to build a self-driving biological laboratory that uses microfluidics, artificial intelligence and machine learning to create a third-generation robot scientist that designs and conducts the massive number of experiments needed to fully characterize cellular signals and pathways and optimize biotechnologies. Read More

Vanderbilt’s Inclusive Book Group will meet online Wednesday, May 4, to discuss "Hamnet" by Maggie O’Farrell. Read More

Catherine Shull, a Vanderbilt psychiatric nurse practitioner, and registered nurse Amber Hopkins will be the featured speakers at the next meeting of the Margaret Cuninggim Women’s Center’s Parenting Group. Read More

Undergraduate, graduate and professional students are invited to complete a 10-day meditation streak in Headspace for a chance to win Vandy swag. One winner also will receive a free Headspace membership for a friend or family member. Read More

Community supported agriculture works like a subscription service for vegetables. CSAs provide farmers with income to help cover costs for the upcoming season. Read More

The "Modernismo à Brasileira: 100 Years Since the Semana de Arte" panel featuring Vanderbilt University faculty and students will be in Garland Hall, Room 209, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Tuesday, March 22. Read More

Almost daily we are bombarded with conflicting information about what foods are best for good health. This presentation, led by Health Plus health educator Rachel Bowman, will help you discover the essentials for nourishing your body and feeling your best.   Read More

Join Dr. Cathy Eng and Dr. Reid Ness for a Q&A webinar for Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. This webinar will educate about colorectal cancer facts, opportunities to reduce risk, and screening options and guidelines. Read More

For the first time since former Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam granted clemency to sex trafficking victim and convicted murderer Cyntoia Brown Long, the two will sit down together for an event at Vanderbilt University to discuss criminal justice reform. The discussion will be held in Langford Auditorium and via livestream on Tuesday, March 15, at 6 p.m. CT. Read More

Vanderbilt Chancellor Daniel Diermeier and Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs C. Cybele Raver honored faculty from across the university at an endowed chair investiture ceremony on campus Feb. 24, conferring the university’s highest scholastic rank on those who had received the designation during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and 2021. Read More

The Tennessee Department of Human Services has awarded a $600,000 grant to the Vanderbilt Child and Family Center that will provide all full-time staff at the Acorn School a one-time $2,000 retention bonus. Read More

The Tennessee Education Research Alliance, a research-practice partnership between the Tennessee Department of Education and Vanderbilt Peabody College of education and human development, has named Laura Booker as its new executive director. Booker, a senior lecturer in the Department of Leadership, Policy and Organizations, will succeed Erin O’Hara, who served as TERA’s founding executive director for the past five years.  Read More

Nominations are open through Thursday, March 31, for the 2022 Spring Staff Awards, which recognize the many contributions of university staff to Vanderbilt’s core goals and mission. The winners will be announced at the second annual Spring Staff Assembly on May 23.  Read More

Sports icon and champion for equality Billie Jean King joined Candice Lee, vice chancellor for athletics and university affairs and athletic director, for “Game, Set, Match: A New Era of Equality in Sports” on March 1. The conversation, part of the Chancellor’s Lecture Series, was presented in partnership with the Nashville Public Library Foundation’s Votes for Women. Read More

The Division of Government and Community Relations has convened the Community Engagement Collective to serve as a campus-wide forum to establish shared knowledge, structures, processes and guidelines to inform Vanderbilt’s work in the Nashville and Middle Tennessee communities. Read More

The Center for Teaching is now accepting applications for the 2022–23 Junior Faculty Teaching Fellows program, designed to provide a set of professional development opportunities for junior faculty to learn about successful teaching practices. Read More

The second annual spring Vanderbilt Undergraduate Research Fair is scheduled for Thursday, April 14. Students who have completed research while undergraduates at Vanderbilt are encouraged to apply. Read More

“Sundowners” affects the elderly and those in the early or advanced stages of dementia. It is a state of confusion and disorientation that typically occurs in the late afternoon and early evening. Amy Walters, a case manager with Senior Helpers, will define sundowners, explain who it affects, and common behaviors and care strategies. Read More