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Vanderbilt has received a competitive award to establish a new outreach program training its students to become ambassadors in engineering education for area middle- and high-school students. Read More

Fifty years after the passage of the Civil Rights Act, black individuals earn 20 percent less than their white counterparts for doing the same job and are twice as likely to live in poverty conditions, a Vanderbilt researcher says. Read More

Heart Month, first celebrated in February 1964 following a proclamation by President Lyndon B. Johnson, turns 50 this year. In recognition of this milestone, check out these nine tips for better heart health. Read More

A majority of Tennessee teachers believe that the implementation of the Common Core State Standards has begun positively but feel more training is in order, according to a broad-based independent survey. Read More

The public is invited to engage with Vanderbilt University philosophers on thought-provoking questions about the nature of human existence at the 2014 Berry Lectures in Public Philosophy starting Feb. 11. Read More

A top ACLU attorney who played a pivotal role in the Supreme Court’s recent decision striking down portions of the federal Defense of Marriage Act will speak at Vanderbilt Law School. Read More

Vanderbilt University Theatre will open "The Winslow Boy," based on the true story of a family's court fight against the British government to clear its son's name, Feb. 14. Read More

The authors of the new book Proportionality in International Law will join three other experts for a discussion about some of the hard realities inherent in modern conflict. Read More

A three-part class on motivational interviewing, a communication technique that can be used by doctors, nurses or other health care professionals to better work with patients, will be offered on consecutive Saturdays beginning Feb. 15. “Motivational interviewing is a way to discuss behavior change with our patients,” explained Lesa… Read More

Commodore fans will have a chance to meet new head coach Derek Mason and his football staff prior to the Vanderbilt-Tennessee men’s basketball game, scheduled for Wednesday, Feb. 5. Read More

Marc Panu is looking forward to a final round in March that will determine a first-place award for undergraduate research at the 40th annual convention of the National Society of Black Engineers in Nashville. Read More

Robert Ousterhout, professor of the history of art at the University of Pennsylvania, will present the Norman L. and Roselea J. Goldberg Lecture in Art History on Thursday, Feb. 20, at 4:10 p.m. in 203 Cohen Hall. His lecture is titled “The Life and Afterlife of Constantine’s Column.” A reception… Read More

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Harry Howe Ransom, a leading authority on the intelligence community in the United States, died Jan. 28 at home. He was 91. Read More

The website management system Sitemason is being retired Mar. 31, 2014. Users are urged to check their sites now to make plans for their Web content and tools. Read More

Earl Lewis, president of The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, will deliver the 2013-14 Harry C. Howard Jr. Lecture Feb. 20 at Vanderbilt University's Central Library. Read More

Later this winter, employees will be able to use Concur for any type of employee reimbursement for business-related expenses, not just travel. Read More

Vanderbilt University has been named one of the Healthiest 100 Workplaces in America for 2014 by Healthiest Employers, an independent corporate wellness research and data analysis firm. Read More

Best-selling author Anna Quindlen will read from and sign her latest novel, Still Life with Bread Crumbs, at 6:15 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 5, in Ingram Hall at Vanderbilt’s Blair School of Music. The event is part of the Salon@615 lecture series, a partnership among the Nashville Public Library, Parnassus Books, the… Read More

Share the love this February by joining the University Staff Advisory Council and Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee in the fight against hunger. Read More