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A $60,000 grant will support study of the brain’s involvement in strabismus, or crossed eyes, which can develop into amblyopia, or lazy eye, even when properly treated. Read More

The Vanderbilt University Japan Alumni Chapter held its inaugural meeting June 12 at the Tokyo American Club with approximately 50 alumni in attendance. Read More

Vanderbilt staff and faculty are eligible for a discount on tickets to "Anthony Bourdain: Close to the Bone" July 7 at TPAC. Read More

Mayor Karl Dean invites Nashvillians to spend June 27 at the city’s first-ever Open Streets Nashville festival, set to take place in the Gulch neighborhood. Open Streets festivals open stretches of city streets to people and close them to cars, encouraging participation in physical activity and healthy recreation. Read More

The Vanderbilt Recreation and Wellness Center is sponsoring the Acorn Swim Team for summer 2015. The goal of the team is to offer Nashville youth, ages 4-18, the opportunity to learn new swimming skills and improve existing ones. Read More

A rain-delayed, come-from-behind victory in their opening game against Cal State Fullerton and stellar pitching and a critical home run against Texas Christian have propelled Vanderbilt through the winner's bracket at the College World Series. The Dores play again on Friday. Read More

Jeren Kendall launched a two-run homer in the bottom of the ninth to lift Vanderbilt to a 4-3 comeback victory over Cal State Fullerton in the College World Series Monday afternoon at TD Ameritrade Park. Read More

The American Political Science Association announced it will award a prestigious honor to a book on Congress co-written by Vanderbilt's Alan Wiseman. Read More

After-work summer Kindermusik for Families classes held on Tuesdays and Thursdays begin June 16. You are invited for a free trial class to experience the joy and benefit of making music with your family. Read More

Sunday night's Vanderbilt-Cal State Fullerton game at TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha was suspended due to rain. Vanderbilt trails 3-0 in the bottom of the 6th. The Commodores and Titans are scheduled to resume play at 11 a.m. Monday on ESPN2. Read More

Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos visited with members of Congress last week to discuss the recommendations of the Task Force on Federal Regulation of Higher Education and to encourage members to reach a budget agreement that allows for additional discretionary funding for important priorities such as research and education. Read More

The Tennessee Commission on Aging and Disability and the Upper Cumberland Area Agency on Aging will host the second Tennessee for a Lifetime conference on Saturday, July 25, from 8:30 a.m. to noon at Tennessee Tech University. Read More

The next Vanderbilt Red Cross blood drive takes place Friday, June 26, 10 a.m.–2 p.m., at Frist Hall Atrium. Read More

The VRWC's Biggest Winner program combines exercise, nutrition, and wellness to help you lose weight and build the skills necessary to reach your personal health goals. Read More

Vanderbilt may nominate two candidates for the Searle Scholars Program for 2016. Read More

As the organic food movement grows, there is a lot of information (and misinformation) about whether organically grown foods are actually better for consumers. Laura Osterman breaks it down. Read More

Effective June 2, the St. Thomas Medical Group has terminated its network agreement with Aetna Insurance Company. This change will affect nearly 300 of Vanderbilt’s valued employees. Read More

The White House has recognized Gokul Krishnan, a Ph.D. student in learning sciences at Vanderbilt's Peabody College, for his Makerspace project at the Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt. Read More

When doing math, some children do worse on subsequent problems after receiving feedback. Read More

A series of immersive reality experiments has confirmed that the human brain’s internal navigation system works in the same fashion as the grid cell system recently found in other mammals. Read More