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The Vanderbilt Brain Institute will present “Rethinking General Anesthesia” on Wednesday, Jan. 12, beginning at 4 p.m. CT. Read More

Do any of your new year’s resolutions involve “upskilling” or relate to your career or professional development? The HR Employee Learning and Engagement team invites you to participate in at least one learning experience this semester.    Read More

“Oversight Riders,” an article by Kevin Stack and Michael Vandenbergh in the "Notre Dame Law Review," has received the Levin Center 2021 Award for Excellence in Oversight Research. The award recognizes scholarly papers examining important oversight issues to promote constructive research into oversight by legislatures. Read More

Alex Sevilla, vice provost for career advancement and engagement and Evans Family Executive Director of the Career Center, has been appointed to the Junior Achievement USA Board of Directors. Read More

A team of Vanderbilt researchers led by Ken Lau has revealed some of the mechanisms by which polyps develop into colorectal cancer, setting the framework for improved surveillance for the cancer utilizing precision medicine. Read More

Researchers at Vanderbilt University School of Nursing are performing studies on drinking patterns and quantitative measures (alcohol drinking questions and an alcohol consumption blood marker). This study will require two to three visits to the Vanderbilt University's Wesley Place or School of Nursing. Read More

Looking at prehistoric organisms allows Simon Darroch and his students to describe how, when and why complex life evolved on this planet. Their work is a piece of the puzzle in understanding how likely it is that we’ll find complex life beyond Earth. Read More

Stephanie Mahnke, a higher education professional with extensive experience serving the LGBTQIA+ community and marginalized students, has been named director of the K.C. Potter Center and LGBTQI Life at Vanderbilt University. Read More

The Vanderbilt Institute of Chemical Biology presents Dr. Lynmarie Thompson of the University of Massachusetts on Wednesday, Jan. 12. Thompson will discuss “NMR and Hydrogen Exchange of Chemoreceptor Complexes Suggest Signaling Occurs via Stabilization of a Disordered Domain.” Read More

Vanderbilt University has received a $1 million grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. to help Vanderbilt Divinity School establish a project focused on educating pastoral leaders who are exploring alternative pathways in ministry, today and the future. Read More

Lars Plate wins $55,000 from Scialog to further collaborative research on cell behavior. Read More

Vanderbilt's Beckman Scholars Program in Chemistry and Biological Sciences has been awarded support by the Beckman Foundation for a fourth three-year term. Applications for scholar tenures beginning in May 2022 are currently open, with a deadline to apply on Tuesday, Jan. 18. Read More

Diana Graber, author of "Raising Humans in a Digital World" and the founder of Cyber Civics/Cyberwise, will be the featured speaker at the next meeting of the Margaret Cuninggim Women’s Center’s Parenting Group. Read More

Make hydration a priority this year. Choosing sugar-sweetened, alcoholic or high-calorie coffee drinks over water throughout the day can cause you to consume excess calories with very little nutrition. Read More

Just when we began to take a breath from the delta surge, the omicron variant permeates the news. To ease anxiety brought on by the most recent COVID-19 surge, here are six tips to help you manage stress. Read More

Health Plus brings its on-site programming directly to your department in 2022. Participating in these programs will count toward your annual Go for the Gold credit in 2023. Read More

Vanderbilt's Mobile Vaccine Program grew quickly from a successful pilot in Nashville’s Mercury Courts community, where School of Nursing and VUMC have long run a clinic for homeless and low-income patients. The vaccine program has attracted participation from Vanderbilt faculty, staff and student volunteers as well as pharmacy students and faculty at nearby universities. Read More

The increased opportunities and new capabilities available to informaticists has led Vanderbilt School of Nursing to completely revise its nursing informatics master’s program. Graduate students study the latest techniques and tools for data analysis, detecting health patterns among large populations and exploring new developments in health technology. Read More

Jean Edward, assistant professor at the University of Kentucky College of Nursing, will present “Integrating Medical, Financial and Legal Health Solutions to Positively Impact Social Determinants of Health” on Tuesday, Jan. 11, from noon to 1 p.m. CT. The winter 2022 Vanderbilt School of Nursing Dean’s Diversity Lecture will be conducted via Zoom. Read More

The Nashville area is under a winter storm warning until 8 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 6. The COVID-19 testing center at the David Williams II Recreation and Wellness Center will be CLOSED as of 10 a.m. on Thursday, Jan. 6. Students, faculty and staff who were planning to be tested on Thursday should postpone until Sunday, Jan. 9 through Thursday, Jan. 13 from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Read More