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Research conducted at Vanderbilt is featured in "Brains on Trial with Alan Alda," a two-part televised series airing Sept. 11 and Sept. 18 on PBS that explores how the growing ability to separate truth from lies may radically affect the way criminal trials are conducted in the future. Read More

Canon Andrew White, pastor of one of the largest churches in Iraq, will discuss "Faith and Leadership Under Fire in the Middle East" Sept. 12 at Vanderbilt University Divinity School as part of the Cal Turner Program Lecture Series. Read More

Flulapalooza 3 will be held Sept. 25, from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. in a tent between Light Hall and Veteran’s Administration Hospital. Read More

A new, free massive open online course, or MOOC, from Vanderbilt University launching Sept. 9 uses J.R.R. Tolkien and “The Lord of the Rings Online” to explore what happens to stories and films when they are turned into online games. Read More

September is National Emergency Preparedness Month, and Vanderbilt has launched a new emergency preparedness website to offer resources for both university and medical center faculty and staff. Read More

Vanderbilt University News and Communications website and University Web Communications have temporarily relocated. Read More

Nominations for the Levi Watkins Jr. Student Award and the Levi Watkins Jr. Faculty Award are now being accepted through Sept. 24. The Levi Watkins Jr. Student Award is presented annually to at least one graduate student and one medical student associated with Vanderbilt University School of Medicine who… Read More

M. Eric Johnson, Dean of Vanderbilt's Owen Graduate School of Management, has been named as a principal co-investigator on a new $10-million, five-year grant from the Secure and Trustworthy Cyberspace program of the National Science Foundation (NSF). Read More

The bell inside the Kirkland Hall tower will fall silent Sept. 4 and 5 as long-awaited repairs are made to the tower’s clock, which stopped keeping time in mid-June. Read More

The fall 2013 edition of Saturday University at Vanderbilt will feature members of the philosophy department lecturing on “Life’s Big Questions and Philosophy’s Answers to Them” on four October Saturday mornings. Read More

(iStockphoto) The Vanderbilt Dayani Center for Health and Wellness is now offering outdoor/indoor boot camp class packages . Boot Camp is a high-intensity class featuring cardio drills and strength training exercises. The exercises include, but are not limited to, running, jumping, stair climbing, push-ups, sit-ups, lunges, squats and more. All… Read More

The Earl Sutherland Prize for Achievement in Research was presented to John Gore by Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos during the Fall Faculty Assembly Sept. 22. Deyu Li, associate professor of mechanical engineering, was one of five faculty members receiving a Chancellor’s Award for Research, which also recognizes excellence in research, scholarship, or creative expression. Read More

Keel Hunt, author of "Coup," will be joined by U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander and Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos Sept. 20 for a Chancellor's Lecture titled "A Leadership Lesson for an Angry Age." Read More

Vanderbilt University has placed in the top 25 in the third annual Parchment Student Choice College Rankings, whose methodology is based on which college a student chooses to attend among all of the institutions to which he or she is admitted. Vanderbilt holds the No. 23 position… Read More

Barnes & Noble at Vanderbilt will host a trunk show from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 12, featuring Vanderbilt school-specific apparel at discounted prices. Want a law school polo? A Peabody College sweatshirt? An Owen School long-sleeved shirt? For one day only, visit Barnes &… Read More

New Green Lights screens at The Martha Rivers Ingram Commons will display real-time energy use for each residence hall and tell students if the building is meeting its pre-determined energy savings goal. Read More

Ellen Fanning, Stevenson Professor of Biological Sciences and a professor of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, died on Sunday morning, Sept.1, after a lengthy battle with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). She was 67 years old. Read More

Charlotte Pierce-Baker will discuss her memoir This Fragile Life: A Mother's Story of a Bipolar Son when Thinking Out of the (Lunch) Box: Conversations with a Philosophical Flavor with David Wood resumes Sept. 4. Read More

Vanderbilt has again been named the winner of The Nashville Business Journal’s Healthiest Employers Award for the 500+ Employees Group. Read More

Vanderbilt’s Office of LGBTQI Life has several events planned for its Welcome Week, Sept. 9-13. Read More