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Join us Thursday, April 23, for the next Musician’s Night at the Vanderbilt Recreation and Wellness Center. Eli Teplin, a classically trained pianist who specializes in catchy verses and choruses with monster hooks, will perform beginning at 7 p.m. Read More

Vanderbilt's Gretchen Purcell-Jackson spoke to more than 80 WiTT members and guests on patient portals and their increasing importance in health care at the group's March 31 meeting held at Vanderbilt Health One Hundred Oaks. Read More

Peabody professors contributed to new book that explores the behavioral, neurobiological, and genetic components of reading comprehension. Read More

Vanderbilt researchers are blazing new trails in language and learning programs designed to ensure children with Down syndrome have the brightest possible futures. Read More

Vanderbilt may nominate one candidate for the W.M. Keck Foundation Medical Research Program and one for the Science and Engineering Program for 2015. Read More

The newest member of the Vanderbilt Board of Trust is Alexander C. Taylor, an executive with Cox Enterprises. Read More

Vanderbilt's Aerospace Club continued its winning ways at this year's NASA Student Launch Competition held April 11 near Huntsville, Alabama. Read More

Members of Vanderbilt's cohort of Humphrey Fellows attended the Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program’s 28th annual meeting at Emory University in Atlanta. Read More

Two Vanderbilt juniors were selected to be 2015 Truman Scholars, good for $30,000 scholarships for graduate school. Read More

The "100 Miles with the Mayor" events will highlight infrastructure improvements during Karl Dean’s two terms in office that make it easier for people to be active and healthy. Read More

Lenn Goodman, whose philosophical research is being lauded in a book that includes his name in the title, will be honored by academic colleagues at an April 20 public celebration in Buttrick Hall. Read More

Vanderbilt’s Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery and Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center are providing free head and neck cancer screenings Friday, April 17. The screenings are open to the public and no appointments are needed. Read More

Donation and recycling locations on campus will be expanded from April 20 to May 10, just in time for student move out and office spring-cleaning efforts. Read More

At the Peabody Research Institute’s annual mini-conference, education researchers addressed different aspects of misbehavior in schools. Read More

Vanderbilt offers interventions for children and families dealing with disabilities and behavior problems. Read More

The Vanderbilt Recreation and Wellness Center's Life Phase Series will present “De-stress with Yoga on the Lawn” from noon to 12:45 p.m. on Thursday, May 14. Read More

The Youth Sports Safety Conference and Gala is scheduled for July 16 and 17 at Gaylord Opryland Hotel. The conference is presented by the Program for Injury Prevention in Youth Sports at Vanderbilt. Read More

Karen Fleming, a professor of biophysics at Johns Hopkins University and author of the blog "Achieving Gender Equity in Science," will speak on "Bias and Barriers Facing Women in STEM: How Can Women Move Beyond Them?" from 1 to 2 p.m. April 23 in Light Hall, Room 202. Read More

Vanderbilt is partnering with Nashville-area Lids stores to offer customizable Vanderbilt-logo hats. In addition, Vanderbilt apparel and headwear is now being sold at select Walmart stores. Read More

Levi Watkins Jr., a renowned cardiac surgeon, champion of racial equality and diversity, and the first African American to be admitted to and graduate from Vanderbilt's School of Medicine, died Saturday from complications after suffering a stroke. Read More