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'Bone Fires: New and Selected Poems' has earned Austin Community College's annual Balcones Poetry Prize. Read More

On Tuesday, June 5, Dyer Observatory trained its solar telescope onto the sun to observe the Venus transit. In addition to capturing this once-in-a-lifetime astronomical event for posterity, the telescope caught something else – something that the Dyer staff has yet to identify. Read More

The wind turbine stands next to the wind monitoring station (right) and frames are ready for solar panels on the hill atop Love Circle near campus. (Daniel Dubois/Vanderbilt) A collaborative wind-solar alternative energy project between Vanderbilt’s mechanical engineering department and Nashville Metro Water Services has picked up speed with… Read More

Visit the newly opened Honeysuckle Hill Farm Zip Line Tree Top Canopy Tours in Springfield, Tenn., and support Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt. $1 from every regular-price Tree Top Canopy Tour sold in the 2012 season benefits Children’s Hospital. Read More

Vanderbilt’s Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program is looking for Friendship Families for International Fellows during the 2012-2013 school year. The Humphrey Program brings accomplished mid–career leaders from developing nations and emerging democracies to the United States for an academic year to study, gain professional experience, and… Read More

Special deals are being offered at the Smoothie King In the Student Recreation Center. Purchase a $25 gift card and get a 20 oz. smoothie, free. Renew as often as you wish! In addition, from April 30 to Aug. 31, present your Commodore Card or Medical Center badge and… Read More

Presenters are being sought for the fall World on Wednesday series. (iStock photo) International Student and Scholar Services (ISSS) is currently seeking presenters who have an international issue, event or academic interest and are interested in collaborating in the upcoming “World On Wednesdays” (WOW) program… Read More

Help pack Greer Stadium July 15 at 6:35 p.m. to raise money for Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt.When you buy your ticket here, the Nashville Sounds will donate $4 from every ticket to Children’s Hospital. In order for Children’s Hospital to benefit,… Read More

Hundreds gathered at Vanderbilt Dyer Observatory June 5 to witness the historic transit of Venus across the sun. (Daniel Dubois/Vanderbilt) About 500 people gathered at Vanderbilt Dyer Observatory June 5 to see the 2012 transit of Venus across the sun, an event that astronomers say won’t happen… Read More

Noticed an increase of construction workers and equipment in your area? Seen signs that read “Construction Zone” as you make your way across campus? With many students and faculty away, summer is an ideal time to make headway on major construction projects that will improve and transform Vanderbilt’s campus. Some… Read More

The Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt is again named among the nation’s leaders in pediatric health care in U.S. News & World Report magazine’s annual Best Children’s Hospitals rankings. Read More

The Vanderbilt University School of Medicine and Hospital (courtesy of Eskind Biomedical Library Archives) VUMC Through Time is a new historical image website from the Eskind Biomedical Library. It contains more than 1,000 images depicting Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s people and places, from the late 19th century to… Read More

To celebrate the end of the academic year and to thank university and medical center faculty and staff for their commitment, hard work and dedication, all Vanderbilt employees are invited to an Employee Celebration Picnic on Friday, June 22. The event will offer grilled chicken sandwiches, veggie burgers,… Read More

"Material Glance (Llambrec Material)" by Antoni Tàpies. Lithograph, 1975. (image courtesy of Vanderbilt Fine Arts Gallery) Material Glance: A Portfolio of Lithographs by Antoni Tàpies and Poems by Shūzō Takiguchi is now on view at the Vanderbilt Fine Arts Gallery. Published in 1975, Material Glance (Llambrec Material) brings together two important… Read More

Chetan A. Patil, a research assistant professor in the department of biomedical engineering, has been awarded a $100,000 grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to test the ability of an adapted mobile phone to diagnose jaundice in newborns in developing countries. Read More

In the third year of the Early Career Research Program managed by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Science, a Vanderbilt engineering assistant professor is on the list of 68 recipients from 47 institutions announced last week. Jamey D. Young, chemical and biomolecular engineering department, has received an Early… Read More

Medical Center Drive (Vanderbilt University) Pierce Avenue will be closed from Medical Center Drive to 23rd Avenue South from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, June 9. The street closure is necessary for the resurfacing of roadway as part of the 33-bed addition to Monroe Carell Jr. Read More

Watch video of Mims Hall at Kissam Quadrangle as it is torn down. Construction began in mid-May on College Halls at the current site of Kissam Quadrangle. The two-year, $115 million project will tear down the six existing dorms that comprise Kissam Quad in favor of two large, state-of-the-art residential… Read More

Vanderbilt University announces a first call for proposals for interdisciplinary research programs to be based in a new Engineering and Medicine Building. Proposals are due Aug. 31. Read More

Charlotte Pierce-Baker (Vanderbilt) Charlotte Pierce-Baker has authored This Fragile Life: A Mother’s Story of a Bipolar Son, now available in bookstores and by digital download. Pierce-Baker is a professor of women’s and gender studies and a professor of English at Vanderbilt. At 2 p.m. Saturday, June… Read More