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Earth and environmental sciences professor Molly Miller (left) gets assistance from Mayor Karl Dean while pointing out some geological features hikers could expect to see during the geology walk Feb. 18. (Image courtesy of Metro Photographer Gary Layda) Clouds and temperatures in the 50s on a Saturday afternoon were… Read More

Hawkins Field (John Russell/Vanderbilt) Vanderbilt’s home opener took place on Feb. 22, at Hawkins Field. Buy tickets for this season at the university athletics website. Read More

Country star Wynonna Judd stopped by to encourage Vanderbilt students as they raised funds for the Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt at this year's Dance Marathon. (Daniel Dubois/Vanderbilt) Vanderbilt’s 10th annual Dance Marathon brought in $113,678.67 for the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt. Read More

'Vignette' by Lauren Kussro Printmaker and sculptor Lauren Kussro creates beauty through paper sculpture, which references the inherent design found within the natural world. But the art she has created in Paperworks, which runs through March 22 at the Sarratt Gallery, is not… Read More

Laffer sees a fundamentally backwards system in the United States that imposes taxes on things people want more of, income and jobs. At the same time, the U.S. allows something we want less of—carbon dioxide pollution—to be emitted without penalty. Read More

  David Owens (Vanderbilt University) Owen Graduate School of Management professor David Owens will give a talk, “Creative People Must Be Stopped: Six Ways We Kill Innovation,” at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 29, at the Central Library Community Room. The lecture is open to the… Read More

(image courtesy of Hyundai Hope on Wheels campaign) The Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt is eligible to receive up to $10,000 from Hyundai’s Like 4 Hope campaign. For each person who “likes” the Hyundai Hope on Wheels Facebook page from Feb. 15 to… Read More

(DreamWorks Animation SKG) Bring the kids and enjoy the dazzling animated DreamWorks movie How To Train Your Dragon on Sunday, Feb. 26, at 2 p.m. This free event, sponsored by Employee Celebration, will take place in the second floor movie theater in the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital… Read More

Vanderbilt will conduct a test of the AlertVU emergency notification system Wednesday, Feb. 22, at 10 a.m. AlertVU rapidly sends messages to the delivery points a subscriber chooses – cell phone (voice or text), land line phone or email account – in the event of an emergency… Read More

Vanderbilt University Theatre's production of The Children's Hour premieres Feb. 17 at Neely Auditorium (Department of Theatre) The Children’s Hour, Lillian Hellman’s scathing indictment of a community that blindly accepts the lies and accusations of a young school girl, premieres at 8 p.m. Feb. 17 at Vanderbilt University’s… Read More

The polls are closed and winners have been declared in the 2012 House Organ Pet Poll, which crowns the winners for Vanderbilt’s Dog of the Year, Cat of the Year, and Group or Duo of the Year.      … Read More

The National Weather Service tracked 113 tornadoes in Tennessee in 2011, a record number since 1916, when weather statistics for the state were first recorded. (Daniel Dubois/Vanderbilt) Severe weather at Vanderbilt – do you know what to do? The third week in February, Feb. 20-24, is Severe Weather Awareness… Read More

The Sixth Annual Scholar-Sips wine tasting and silent auction will be held Feb. 24 at the Student Life Center. (Image provided by Vanderbilt Woman's Club) The Vanderbilt Woman’s Club will present the Sixth Annual Scholar-Sips from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 24, at Vanderbilt’s Student Life… Read More

Actors From the London Stage will perform William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night Feb. 25 as part of a week-long residency in the Department of Theatre. Read More

Lane closures are planned Feb. 17-19 for 21st Avenue South between Edgehill Avenue and Medical Center Drive. (Vanderbilt University) Beginning at 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 17, through 6 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 19, the north- and southbound lanes of 21st Avenue South will be closed from Edgehill Avenue to Medical Center… Read More

Vanderbilt will conduct a test of the AlertVU emergency notification system Wednesday, Feb. 22, at 10 a.m. AlertVU rapidly sends messages to the delivery points a subscriber chooses – cell phone (voice or text), land line phone or email account – in the event of an emergency… Read More

(image courtesy of Elizabeth Eckert) Nashville singer-songwriter and Blair School of Music faculty member Elizabeth Eckert has launched a 60-day PledgeMusic campaign to make and release her second album. The PledgeMusic format allows an artist’s supporters the opportunity to pledge money toward select… Read More

"And Then It all Came Back to Me" by Trenton Doyle Hancock Wildly imaginative, multifaceted artist Trenton Doyle Hancock will lecture on his past and future work at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 22, on the Vanderbilt campus. His lecture, to take place in the Stevenson Center, Room 4327, is part… Read More

Photo courtesy of Vanderbilt Faculty/Staff Health and Wellness This summer, don’t forget to take advantage of Vanderbilt’s Parents in a Pinch program, which provides options when care is needed unexpectedly for children or elderly family members. Parents in a Pinch is a good solution for… Read More

(iStockphoto) Vanderbilt University Medical Center, the Department of Nursing Education and Professional Development and the Center for Quality Aging present a Geriatrics and Gerontology Interest Group lunchtime lecture on psychosis, agitation and their management with psychotropic medications. Harry Gwirtsman, associate professor of psychiatry and an expert in… Read More