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We’re now more than a month into the new year, and those optimistic resolutions that greeted 2016 have—heavy sigh—not exactly worked out as you hoped. A Vanderbilt expert on lifestyle changes says that those who have come up short on their resolutions should take heart. Read More

In preparation for Vanderbilt’s transition, the university HR Employee Service Center (ESC) will have a new, dedicated phone number beginning Feb. 8. Read More

Vanderbilt University will join peer institutions in the administration of a national survey on faculty job satisfaction in order to assess and, where necessary, make improvements to the faculty experience. Read More

Anne Anderson, the first woman ambassador of Ireland, and Shane Stephens, consul general for Ireland, visited with Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos on Jan. 29. Read More

Sunni Patterson, one of the best-known spoken word poets of her generation, will perform Friday on the Vanderbilt campus and give a workshop Saturday at the Nashville Public Library. Read More

The Vanderbilt Memory and Alzheimer’s Center will present “Subtle Neural Pathology in Healthy Adults: Understanding the Slow Road to Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Pathologies” from 8:15 to 9:15 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 23, in Light Hall, Room 208. Read More

Jerry the Bear, an interactive teddy bear, helps hundreds of kids diagnosed with type 1 diabetes learn to take care of themselves. Jerry’s co-creator, Hannah Chung, will deliver the School of Engineering’s Chambers Family Entrepreneurial Lecture on Thursday, Feb. 25. Read More

Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s new consumer health and wellness website, MySouthernHealth.com, is offering free healthy recipes for you and your family. Read More

Plan your child's summer with the Sarratt Youth Art Institute held on the Vanderbilt campus. Children explore clay, painting, sculpture, drawing, printmaking and textile arts while making new friends and learning about the wonderful world of art. Read More

Vanderbilt staff and faculty are eligible for a discount on tickets to select performances of the following upcoming shows at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center. Read More

Startup veteran Robert Grajewski has been chosen as the inaugural executive director of the newly created Vanderbilt University Innovation Center. Read More

Eleven undergraduate acts were given a chance to perform solo and chamber music on Jan. 29 in Ingram Hall. Kristin Whittlesey, Blair’s director of external relations, brought a handful of students to Nashville Public Radio’s "Live in Studio C" on WPLN’s Classical 91.1 FM last Tuesday to give a preview of the show. Read More

The Office of the Provost is soliciting campus feedback on three proposals under consideration for selection as Vanderbilt’s 2017 Quality Enhancement Plan. The QEP is focused on Immersion Vanderbilt and will serve as a critical piece of the university’s reaffirmation of accreditation by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges. Read More

Participants are needed for a research study investigating reading development in children. Read More

In honor of the NHL All Star game taking place at the Bridgestone Arena, the Stanley Cup visited Rand this week, leading to some of our favorite #vandygram photos of the week. See more on the Get Social website. The Stanley Cup in Rand… Read More

Vanderbilt University Distinguished Visiting Professor and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jon Meacham, U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander and Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos will discuss Meacham’s latest book, "Destiny and Power: The American Odyssey of George Herbert Walker Bush," on Feb. 15 in the next installment of the Chancellor’s Lecture Series. Read More

James Auer, who while teaching at Vanderbilt has worked for nearly three decades to strengthen U.S.-Japanese relations, will be honored March 7 in Tokyo by the Sankei Shimbun newspaper. Read More

"We are midway through the academic year, and this time of year brings a flurry of activities to recruit new faculty," writes Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Susan Wente in the January issue of "The Open Dore." Read More

International Student and Scholar Services is planning its next Experience American Tastes (EAT!) event for Feb. 21. Read More

In recent years cyber criminals have used stolen Social Security numbers to file tax returns and claim fraudulent refunds. Phishers obtain SSNs through a corporate or government breach or by sending emails to lure unsuspecting users into providing sensitive personal information. Read More