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Medical Center Drive (Vanderbilt University) From 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, March 17, Pierce Avenue will be closed from Medical Center Drive to 23rd Avenue South. This street closure is necessary for the removal of a materials hoist at the 33-bed addition to the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt… Read More

A mammogram room at the Vanderbilt Breast Center. (Vanderbilt University) Vanderbilt staff members who are ready for their next breast screening mammogram can stay on campus and receive the diagnostic test by visiting The Vanderbilt Clinic (TVC) mammography suite without an appointment. The walk-in mammograms are available Monday-Friday, 10… Read More

Joelton Middle School students visited MRBIII to learn more about careers in science. (Susan Urmy/Vanderbilt) During a visit to campus on March 12, members of the Joelton Middle School Art2STEM club – an after-school organization for middle school girls that highlights the importance of creativity in the… Read More

Vanderbilt Athletics will play host to the 2012 NCAA Women’s Golf Championship May 22-25 at the Vanderbilt Legends Club in Franklin. Many volunteers are needed for a variety of tournament tasks. For specifics, visit Vanderbilt’s tournament website and enter your contact information. A… Read More

Home bakers who donate cupcakes to Cupcake-palooza this year will compete for prizes and bragging rights. (Photo by Ann Rayner/Vanderbilt) Come to Cupcake-palooza, a benefit for Books from Birth of Middle Tennessee, and sample from a selection of thousands of mini-cupcakes donated by local bakeries… Read More

For the fourth straight year, Vanderbilt Peabody College of education and human development is ranked No. 1 in the U.S. News & World Report poll of graduate education schools. Vanderbilt University Medical Center is ranked No. 14 among research medical centers. Read More

A series of events at Vanderbilt will provide cross-disciplinary perspectives on the Arab Spring. Read More

The Vanderbilt Melodores The International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella (ICCA) South Semifinal, hosted by Varsity Vocals, will be held on the Vanderbilt campus Saturday, March 17, and will showcase the eight best collegiate a cappella groups in the Southern United States. These groups are vying for a first-place… Read More

Memorial Gym (Vanderbilt University) Ticket sales continue for the first and second rounds of the NCAA tournament at Memorial Gym Sunday and Tuesday, March 18 and 20. First round play opens with seventh-seeded Vanderbilt (22-9) hosting 10th-seeded Middle Tennessee (26-6) at 4 p.m., followed by second-seeded Duke (24-5) versus… Read More

Research News @ Vanderbilt is Vanderbilt’s award-winning news site telling the stories of the work Vanderbilt researchers are doing across the campus and medical center. Stay up to date by subscribing to the weekly Research News @ Vanderbilt email. Every Friday afternoon, you’ll read about the latest Vanderbilt discoveries… Read More

(iStockphoto) Gain more control of your finances and develop a better understanding of financial planning concepts at four sessions sponsored by Human Resources. The sessions, presented by Vanguard, will help you assess and improve your financial standing, including how to: Budget and manage debt… Read More

John Jenkins lay on the court with his hands over his face as Vanderbilt teammates celebrated all around, exuberant after beating No. 1 Kentucky 71-64 for the program’s first Southeastern Conference tournament title in more than 60 years. Just hours later, Vanderbilt received a No. 5 seed in the East… Read More

First-year students take the honor code pledge. (Vanderbilt University) Vanderbilt needs to retool its honor system to adapt to an era in which unauthorized aid with schoolwork has become more of an issue than copying answers during a test, according to a report by a Faculty Senate committee. Read More

The Margaret Cuninggim Women’s Center will present its Mentoring Award to Christine Eischen, associate professor of pathology, microbiology and immunology; and Kelly Oliver, the W. Alton Jones Professor of Philosophy, during the Cuninggim Lecture on Women in Culture and Society Tuesday, March 13. The Women’s Center also… Read More

Virginia Shepherd (Vanderbilt University) Virginia Shepherd, professor of pathology and science education at Vanderbilt, will discuss Nobel Prize-awarded women from several aspects – their educational backgrounds and opportunities, their families, their scientific contributions and their acceptance by colleagues – on Thursday, March 29, at Vanderbilt… Read More

(iStockphoto) Employees who contribute to a non-Vanderbilt retirement plan through outside businesses in which they are at least a 50 percent owner must report their contributions to Human Resources by April 1. To help employees avoid taxes and penalties, HR collects information each spring regarding contributions made to outside… Read More

Jazz singer Annie Sellick at a recent performance with the Nashville Jazz Orchestra at the Commodore Grille. (Steve Green/Vanderbilt) Hear the Nashville Jazz Orchestra, a resident ensemble of the Blair School of Music, perform each Monday night at the Commodore Grille, located on West… Read More

A luau-themed book fair featuring Scholastic books is scheduled for Peabody Library March 15-16 in the ground floor project room. This year’s fair will offer a wide selection of engaging and affordable books for young readers, including Newbery, Caldecott and Coretta Scott King award winners. Titles for pre-K… Read More

Kelly Oliver (Vanderbilt) Vanderbilt philosophy professor Kelly Oliver will give a gallery talk at 11 a.m. Saturday, March 17, at the Frist Center for the Visual Arts. Oliver will discuss “Ambivalence Toward Animals and the Moral Community” in response to the Fairy Tales,… Read More

Anton Gunn Anton Gunn, Region IV director for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, will discuss “Health Care Reform and New Medical Care Models” from noon to 1 p.m. Wednesday, March 21. The lecture will be held in Medical Center North, Room C2209. Gunn’s talk is part… Read More