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(Vanderbilt University) Catherine Qian, Occupational Health Clinic nurse practitioner and program manager, and Tatiana Pacheco, Occupational Health outreach nurse, discuss this year’s flu season.  Employees can learn about the Peer Vaccinator Program, the exemption request process and Flulapalooza III. Listen here. Listen to interviews, tips and… Read More

The Robert Penn Warren Center for the Humanities at Vanderbilt University kicks off its 25th anniversary Sept. 19-20, with scholarship and celebration, including the premiere of a documentary, a reception and a series of panel discussions with former Warren Center fellows. Read More

The past decade has seen a dramatic rise in the number of physicians trained in Sub-Saharan Africa emigrating to the United States, resulting in a “brain drain” on nations in the greatest need for affordable and accessible health care. Read More

On Sept. 18 at 3:38 a.m. and 3:40 a.m., three Vanderbilt students reported being robbed. At 3:38 a.m., two students were walking from Sarratt Student Center/Rand Hall toward Branscomb Quad when two black males approached them and pointed a handgun, instructing them to get on the ground. One student was… Read More

The 12th annual Levi Watkins Jr. Lecture is scheduled for noon on Tuesday, Oct. 15, in Light Hall, Room 208. Read More

Constant innovation helped make one of the first massive open online courses, or MOOCs, at Vanderbilt more like a “real class” and benefited faculty and students by improving on-campus teaching, according to Douglas Schmidt, professor of computer science and of computer engineering at Vanderbilt. Read More

Roger Thurow, whose reporting on famine in Africa has received international accolades, will speak at the Divinity School as part of the Cal Turner Lecture Series Sept. 18. Read More

Read about faculty, staff and alumni awards, appointments and achievements. Read More

Sign up today to volunteer for a campus event or fundraiser. Read More

Listen to a new Wellcast on depression and mindfullness. Read More

Children ages 6 to 14 years with an autism spectrum disorder can have fun learning tennis at the Centennial Sportsplex, thanks to the Vanderbilt Club Tennis Team Read More

Jon Meacham, author of a noted biography on Thomas Jefferson, and Mark Dimunation, who directed the reconstruction of Thomas Jefferson's Collection at the Library of Congress, will speak at Vanderbilt Sept. 30. Read More

Dawn Riddle, hired in June as director for the protection of minors, will provide training and education, develop and disseminate best practices and coordinate the response to any incidents. Read More

The Commodore Award, Vanderbilt’s highest staff honor, was presented to two staff members during the Service Awards Celebration Sept. 10 in Langford Auditorium. Read More

Several authors and other political experts will discuss the 2012 election at a free event at the First Amendment Center Sept. 24. Read More

Andrew Graciano, associate professor of art history at the University of South Carolina, will deliver the fall 2013 Norman L. and Roselea J. Goldberg Lecture in Art History at 4:10 p.m. Sept. 26 in Vanderbilt's Cohen Hall. Read More

Vanderbilt Athletics, the Vanderbilt Sustainability and Environmental Management Office, and Waste Management, Inc. are looking for the greenest group on campus during this year’s Athletics Sustainability competition. Read More

Great Performances at Vanderbilt’s 39th season brings a three-event lineup offering a touch of soul-stirring musical fusion, theater excellence and the best of jazz innovation. Read More

(photo courtesy of ISSS) Each fall, Vanderbilt welcomes students from around the world to our campus and community. This year, 450 new international students from 112 countries, from Armenia to Zambia, arrived in Nashville to study at Vanderbilt. Many of these students have never been to the United States or may not… Read More

Difficult Art and the Liberal Arts Imagination opens at the Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery in Cohen Memorial Hall on Friday, Sept. 27. This exhibition will continue through Dec. 5. Read More