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The first class to experience Vanderbilt University’s living-learning community, The Martha Rivers Ingram Commons, will receive their diplomas during Commencement May 11. Read More

Image courtesy of NBC. Chris Mann, a Blair School of Music alumnus, advanced to the finals on the NBC reality show The Voice May 2 after eight contestants were whittled down to four. Mann, a Wichita, Kan., native, put his degree in vocal performance to good… Read More

(iStockphoto) Vanderbilt Athletics is seeking volunteers to help with the 2012 NCAA Women’s Golf National Championship, which will be held Tuesday through Friday, May 22-25, at the Vanderbilt Legends Club in Franklin, Tenn. The championship, which is the first NCAA Division I national championship to be… Read More

A new AT&T cell site atop the Preston Research Building has been activated. The new site is intended to enhance wireless coverage for mobile devices supported through AT&T services and to meet the growing demand for advanced mobile devices and other applications. This is the third AT&T cell site covering Vanderbilt… Read More

In the fall of 2010, Vanderbilt University and Microsoft began a partnership to bring Windows Live SkyDrive services to all Vanderbilt faculty, staff and students. Windows Live SkyDrive combines the features of Office Live Workspace with the ability to create and edit documents using Microsoft Office Live Web Apps,… Read More

The Office of Traffic and Parking asks all University Central faculty and staff only to make available parking spaces for guests attending Vanderbilt’s Commencement on Friday, May 11. Make note of these requests to alleviate parking congestion on Commencement day: Zone 3 parkers… Read More

(iStockphoto) The monthly test of the Vanderbilt outdoor warning sirens will be Saturday, May 5, immediately following the test of the Metro sirens at noon. The Metro sirens are tested on the first Saturday of each month. The Vanderbilt sirens are tested immediately following the test of the Davidson County sirens to allow individuals to… Read More

To view an interactive campus map, visit www.vanderbilt.edu/map. From 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, May 5, Stevenson Center Drive at the entrance to Lot 9 will be partially obstructed by a crane unloading equipment. From 6 to 9 a.m., the drive at Lot 9 will be completely blocked… Read More

The Office of Finance, including Procurement and Disbursements, will close at noon on Friday, May 11, due to an office move. Please submit time-sensitive requests by noon on Thursday, May 10. Beginning Monday, May 14, all visitors and mail for the Office of Finance should come to our… Read More

Vanderbilt's Larry Bartels and Randolph Blake were elected to the National Academy of Sciences, which advises the government on science and technology. Read More

Reid Thompson talks with Lola Chambless in the neurosurgery OR. (Anne Rayner/VUMC) The May program for My Health Chat will be the fascinating field of neuroscience. Panelists will be Reid Thompson, chair of neurosurgery and director of the Vanderbilt Brain Tumor Center, and Jeff Conn,… Read More

(Vanderbilt University/Daniel Dubois) Vanderbilt’s annual “Symphony Concert on the Lawn” – a special performance for the Vanderbilt community presented by Employee Celebration and the Nashville Symphony Orchestra – is scheduled for 6 p.m. Tuesday, May 22, on The Commons Center Lawn. All faculty, staff, their… Read More

Linda Rose (Vanderbilt) Linda Rose, adjunct professor of law at Vanderbilt Law School and managing partner of Rose Immigration Law Firm in Nashville, has been added to the Fulbright Specialist Roster. Rose will be awarded up to two Fulbright grants over the next five years… Read More

(Vanderbilt University) Take advantage of the following opportunities to support the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt during the months of May and June: Stop by any Middle Tennessee or Southern Kentucky Walmart or Sam’s Club May 1-June 15 and support… Read More

Sculptor Mark di Suvero's "Tumbleweed," before it was transported and installed on Vanderbilt's campus. (Image provided) Vanderbilt University has acquired a signature piece of art created by renowned American sculptor Mark di Suvero. The piece, Tumbleweed, was installed April 30 on the lawn between the… Read More

Will McCollum (left) and Mac Muir (Joe Howell/Vanderbilt) Two first-year students have teamed with Vanderbilt Dining for an innovative initiative to combat hunger in the Nashville community. Mac Muir and Will McCollum, who both reside in Hank Ingram House at The Martha Rivers Ingram Commons,… Read More

Second class graduates from Next Steps at Vanderbilt, a two-year certificate program for young adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Read More

Fun, family-friendly activities planned at LP Field on May 5 Mayor Karl Dean is bringing a free citywide Field Day to Nashville as his newest health challenge event, and the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt is a proud supporter of the event. Mayor’s Field… Read More

The Vanderbilt Farmer's Market will be open Thursdays, 3-6 p.m. all summer long. (Daniel Dubois/Vanderbilt) The 2012 Vanderbilt Farmers’ Market kicks off May 3 at Medical Center Plaza. It will be open every Thursday from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. all summer long. Stop by… Read More

Digitized versions of the original reel-to-reel recordings that author Robert Penn Warren conducted with Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X and other key leaders in the U.S. Civil Rights Movement are now searchable through the Who Speaks for the Negro website housed at Vanderbilt University. Read More