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Fred Craddock, who became an extraordinary preacher, writer and mentor to his students after earning his doctorate from Vanderbilt's Graduate School of Religion in 1964, has died. Read More

Occupational health nurses will be available at several onsite locations over the next week to provide immunizations and TB skin tests. Read More

This week try mindful walking, a highly effective way to bring the mental calmness of sitting meditation into activity. Read More

National Nutrition Month focuses attention on the importance of making informed food choices and developing sound eating and physical activity habits. Read More

Melinda Jones, RD, LD, will lead the March 19 discussion on healthy eating while pregnant. Read More

Peter Martin, professor of psychiatry and pharmacology and director of the Vanderbilt Addiction Center and the Vanderbilt Institute for Coffee Studies, talks about how coffee can positively affect your health.    … Read More

Vanderbilt education experts gathered for “Standards and Testing: What’s Missing from the Current Debate,” a panel discussion held March 9 at the downtown Nashville Public Library. Read More

"The Madonnas of Echo Park" by Brando Skyhorse has been selected as the next Commons Reading, an annual tradition for incoming first-year students. Read More

Vanderbilt’s International Lens film series will screen "Moved" on Saturday, March 14, at Sarratt Cinema. The film was written and directed by Julie Sharbutt, a 2003 Vanderbilt graduate, who also stars. Read More

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center’s Michael Savona, associate professor of medicine and director of the Hematology Early Therapeutics Program, will headline a seminar on new therapies and treatment options for patients with myelodysplastic syndrome. Read More

"Re-Visioning Justice in America," an April 17-19 public conference on prison reform sponsored by Vanderbilt Divinity School's Cal Turner Program, will feature keynote talks by Michelle Alexander, Bryan Stevenson and Howard Zehr. Read More

U.S. Ambassador-at-Large Deborah L. Birx will give an update on Friday, March 13, at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine on the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), a government-funded program that over the past 12 years has had a dramatic impact on the global HIV/AIDS epidemic. Read More

Jonn Kim, founder and CEO of Geeks and Nerds Corporation in Huntsville, Alabama, will deliver the School of Engineering’s spring 2015 Chambers Family Entrepreneurial Lecture March 16. Read More

Vanderbilt will celebrate National Walking Day 2015 on Wednesday, April 1, from noon to 12:45 p.m. with a 20-minute group walk starting at Eskind Biomedical Library and ending at Library Lawn. Read More

Vanderbilt and the Waters Centers of Innovation Program are sponsoring a free symposium titled "Integrated 'Omics in Translational Medicine" on March 23. It is open to all scientists interested in the subject. Read More

Vanderbilt's School of Nursing and Peabody College of education and human development fared well in this year's "U.S. News & World Report" rankings. Read More

Vanderbilt University researchers took a significant step toward answering longstanding questions about the origins of consciousness with a recent discovery of global changes in how brain areas communicate with one another during awareness. Read More

The March 12 Goldberg Lecture will be delivered by Katherine Rinne, an urban designer and historian who has written an award-winning book on water infrastructure in 16th-century Rome. Read More

The new Callie House Research Center for the Study of Black Cultures and Politics, named for a former slave who led a group for reparations, will be celebrated March 12 with the inaugural lecture by Mary Frances Berry. Read More

Vanderbilt’s new retirement plan structure offers best-in-class funds that were carefully selected and will be continuously monitored by Vanderbilt’s Retirement Plan Oversight Committee. Read More