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This year's Vanderbilt University Employee Appreciation Picnic will feature lots of fun and games to enjoy with colleagues. Read More

Oak Ridge National Laboratory's deputy for science and technology, Michelle Buchanan, will speak at Vanderbilt May 3 about the laboratory's 75-year history and its modern mission. Read More

Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Susan R. Wente provides updates on the many academic working groups, task forces and strategy planning committees putting finishing touches on drafts of their reports, proposals and plans, and discusses next steps in the process of implementing them. Read More

Vaughan Jones, Stevenson Distinguished Professor of Mathematics, has been named an honorary fellow of the Learned Society of Wales, the first national academy of science and letters in that country. Read More

Sarah Igo, associate professor of history and author of “The Known Citizen: A History of Privacy in Modern America,” explores the roots of modern privacy issues in America. Read More

Former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates demonstrated his encyclopedic knowledge both of presidents since Lyndon B. Johnson and of U.S. relations around the world, sharing his views with Vanderbilt Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos and a crowd at Langford Auditorium April 24. Read More

Stevenson Professor of Mathematics Larry Schumaker has been named a fellow of the American Mathematical Society for 2018. Read More

Vanderbilt University may submit one nomination for the 2019 Pew Biomedical Scholars Award. The award supports assistant professors of outstanding promise in science relevant to the advancement of human health. Read More

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center may nominate one candidate for the 2019 Pew-Stewart Scholars for Cancer Research Program. This program supports assistant professors of outstanding promise in science relevant to the advancement of a cure for cancer. Read More

Vanderbilt University Public Safety is teaming up with Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt’s Injury Prevention Program and Metro Nashville Police to offer a free Teen Driver Awareness Program at Vanderbilt Health One Hundred Oaks. Read More

A report just released by the Committee for Enhancing Faculty Voices in the Public Sphere offers a trio of proposals to elevate Vanderbilt’s national and global profile while helping inform a public hungry for expert knowledge. Read More

It's the season for exams, Commencement and championships. In this week's column, Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos congratulates our successful teams and the student-athletes who perform on and off the field. Read More

This year's Vanderbilt University Employee Appreciation Picnic will feature multiple food trucks offering a variety of cultural foods for employees to enjoy. Read More

Follow along with Health Plus’ new Mindful Break video to feel relaxed and renewed. Now you can experience rejuvenating stretching and breathing from anywhere, anytime. Read More

Join Vanderbilt in celebrating Global Employee Health and Fitness Month in May. Health Plus will offer Know Your Numbers stations throughout the month for staff to check blood pressure and BMI. Participants will be entered into a drawing for great prizes. Read More

Vanderbilt’s ninth cohort of Hubert H. Humphrey Fellows traveled recently to the Great Smoky Mountains for learning and reflection. Read More

The only thing Briana Francois enjoys more than watching TV and digital content is creating it. Her double majors in psychology and cinema and media arts have allowed her both to examine human behavior and represent it authentically on film. Read More

Astronomer Edward Emerson “E.E.” Barnard and journalist Christine Sadler Coe will be memorialized on campus as the halls of the new E. Bronson Ingram College are named in their honor. Read More

Alexandra Doten’s passion for blending science, education and outreach was born from a failure. Doten took an astronomy class her first semester freshman year and failed the first test. But with encouragement from a professor, she turned the experience into a lesson in perseverance. Read More

Vanderbilt's six-month dockless bike-share pilot enters a new phase this Friday, marking the end of the first month of the launch designed to bolster the university's mobility and transportation strategy. Read More