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Closing celebration highlights four Local OACS DIVE projects benefitting refugee populations
Students and faculty involved with four Local OACS DIVE projects gathered in the Kissam Multipurpose Rooms Dec. 6 for a closing celebration to share and learn about the prototypes designed by students and their nonprofit community partners. Read MoreDec 13, 2018
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Lee popular as he enters office—health care top priority for Tennesseans: Vanderbilt Poll
Medicaid expansion and vocational education are both popular among Tennesseans, according to the latest statewide Vanderbilt Poll. Read MoreDec 13, 2018
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Find Your Impact – Vanderbilt University PSA Commercial
Watch as Vanderbilt students and faculty highlight how their passions inspire them to make positive impact in this 2018 public service announcement commercial created by Vanderbilt Communications. Read MoreDec 12, 2018
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Expert Q&A: Staying healthy during the holidays
How do we stay healthy during the holidays when we’re traveling and have so many family and friends together with so much potential to spread germs? Dr. Ruth Stewart of the Vanderbilt Health and Williamson Medical Center Walk-In Clinic in Brentwood, Tennessee, shares healthy holiday tips. Read MoreDec 12, 2018
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Nominations sought for Staff Steering Committee for Women’s Initiatives
Vice Chancellor for Administration Eric Kopstain and Vice Chancellor for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion and Chief Diversity Officer James Page Jr. are seeking nominations of staff members to serve on the Staff Steering Committee for Women’s Initiatives. Read MoreDec 12, 2018
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What’s On My Mind: Vanderbilt’s new athletics director
In this week's column, Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos praises the experience and vision of Vanderbilt's new athletics director, Malcolm Turner. Read MoreDec 12, 2018
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Biomedical engineering student-dancers find joy, community, stress relief at the barre
Junior Danielle Liu and senior Dominque Szymkiewicz, both biomedical engineering majors, have found a valuable outlet in VUPointe Ballet Theatre, a student-run dance company. Read MoreDec 11, 2018
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IRS announces 2019 retirement plan contribution limits
The Internal Revenue Service annually reviews and adjusts the limits for employee retirement plan contributions. Learn more about the limits for 2019. Read MoreDec 11, 2018
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Lindsley named to National Academy of Inventors
Craig W. Lindsley, William K. Warren Jr. Professor of Medicine and co-director of the Vanderbilt Center for Neuroscience Drug Discovery, has been elected a fellow of the prestigious National Academy of Inventors. Read MoreDec 11, 2018
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Chancellor presents Heart and Soul awards to Bates, Hill and Maruszewski
Cheryl Bates, Olivia Hill and Maxine Maruszewski are the latest recipients of the Chancellor’s Heart and Soul award, which recognizes staff who go far beyond their job expectations. Read MoreDec 11, 2018
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Vanderbilt radiation experiment flies on record-setting SpaceX launch
A third Vanderbilt radiation experiment rode into space last week on a SpaceX Falcon launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The goal is to model and test key electronics components for radiation sensitivity. Read MoreDec 11, 2018
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Visionary sports executive takes the helm as next Vanderbilt athletics director
Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos has named Malcolm Turner, a proven and highly accomplished sports business executive with a passion for the transformative power of education, as the university’s new vice chancellor for athletics and university affairs and athletics director. Turner, a member of the NBA’s senior leadership team and president of the NBA G League, will join the university on Feb. 1. Read MoreDec 11, 2018
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Fisk-Vanderbilt Master’s-to-Ph.D. program developing and mentoring next generation of STEM leaders
A lively group of students, faculty, staff and postdocs participating in the Fisk-Vanderbilt Master’s-to-Ph.D. Bridge Program recently gathered in the lobby of the Vanderbilt Engineering and Science Building for the program’s annual mentor mixer. Read MoreDec 10, 2018
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Chief HR officer directs CUPA-HR award money to support Employee Hardship Fund
Barbara Carroll, Vanderbilt’s chief human resources officer, has received the Donald E. Dickason Award from the national College and University Professional Association for Human Resources and has directed its prize money to the Vanderbilt University Employee Hardship Fund. Read MoreDec 10, 2018
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SEIU withdraws from Vanderbilt, drops effort to unionize NTT faculty in College of Arts and Science
The faculty unionization effort on Vanderbilt's campus is officially closed, following the withdrawal by Service Employees International Union Local 205 of its pending petition to unionize non-tenure track faculty in the College of Arts and Science. Read MoreDec 10, 2018
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Three Vanderbilt undergraduates awarded prestigious fellowships and scholarships
Vanderbilt seniors Javan Latson and Sasha Whitley have been awarded Pickering Fellowships for 2019, and junior Mary E. Tezak has been named a Boren Scholarship recipient. Read MoreDec 10, 2018
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Limited Submission Opportunity: St. Baldrick’s Foundation research grants
Vanderbilt may submit research grant, supportive care research grant and consortium research grant proposals for the St. Baldrick’s Foundation spring grant cycle. Read MoreDec 10, 2018
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Tips for greening your holiday season
Want to reduce your impact this holiday season? Here are a few tips from SustainVU’s Holiday Greening Guide to make your holiday a little greener this year. Read MoreDec 10, 2018
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New working group provides support services for international students
The International Student Support Working Group launched this fall and will focus on identifying various ways to support international students at Vanderbilt. Read MoreDec 7, 2018
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VUPD: Racist and homophobic flyers sent through external online advertising service
Vanderbilt University Police Department said there is no evidence to believe there is a Vanderbilt connection to the flyers, and that Vanderbilt was not specifically targeted, nor were universities in general. Read MoreDec 7, 2018