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Haley (Vanderbilt) John Owen Haley, professor of law at Vanderbilt, has been honored with the prestigious Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon, in recognition of his outstanding contributions to friendship between Japan and the United States. The decoration was conferred by His Majesty the… Read More

Photo courtesy of Vanderbilt Women's Basketball All Vanderbilt faculty and staff can receive a 15 percent discount off the total price of a girls’ basketball camp session. The university’s basketball camps for girls feature quality instruction with current and former Vanderbilt players, with an emphasis on basketball fundamentals and… Read More

From 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, May 18, Vanderbilt Place will be used exclusively to accommodate the arrival of the Tennessee Special Olympics Summer Games. University, medical center and public traffic will be re-routed along 24th and 25th avenues during this time to allow for the safe arrival of more… Read More

For Nashville Bike Month, Mayor Karl Dean invites commuters to meet up at several locations around town and bike to work on May 18. Read More

Vanderbilt University Writer-in-Residence Alice Randall credits the school’s creative and interdisciplinary approaches to obesity-related diseases like diabetes with providing “fertile ground” for her new novel, Ada’s Rules (Bloomsbury USA). Read More

Nurses at Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s Level-1 Trauma Center are taking a pledge to raise awareness of the dangers associated with distracted driving. These caregivers, who treat hundreds of seriously injured patients each year due to distracted driving, want to see an end to behind-the-wheel activities taking attention away from… Read More

For the second year, the Curb Creative Campus Initiative is seeking proposals for its Creative Campus Innovation Grant program. Creative Campus Innovation Grants enable faculty, staff and students to develop pilots that produce serendipitous, unexpected campus experiences; spur non-routine conversations and collaborations; illuminate the creative process across disciplines; solve… 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 opens May 29 at the Vanderbilt Fine Arts Gallery. Published in 1975, Material Glance (Llambrec Material) brings… Read More

The Frist Center for the Visual Arts, located at 919 Broadway in downtown Nashville, will offer free admission on Friday, May 18, in celebration of the Association of Art Museum Directors’ Art Museum Day and International Museum Day. In addition, the Frist Center will offer free admission… Read More

Singer-songwriters Lionel Cartwright, Allen Shamblin and Chuck Cannon will be the featured performers at the season opener of the Bluebird on the Mountain concert series at Dyer Observatory May 19. Read More

Employees enjoy a free fitness class at Health Plus (Steve Green/Vanderbilt University) National Employee Health and Fitness Day, dedicated to increasing awareness of the many options for being physically active at work, is Wednesday, May 16. Activities planned for the Vanderbilt campus include something for everyone: Boost… Read More

Top scholars from Vanderbilt University’s undergraduate and professional schools are being honored with Founder’s Medals during Commencement on Friday, May 11. Read More

Register now for the Geriatric Update Conference June 16. Read More

"The Aesthetic Predicament." Image provided by Quintin Owens Vanderbilt’s Space 204 welcomes Quintin Owens’ Aesthetic Predicament, a sculptural exhibition on Friday, May 18, and runs through Friday, June 29, 2012. Read More

Vanderbilt graduates got some advice from Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos during Commencement May 11. Read More

Nineteen Vanderbilt professors were honored as emeritus or emerita faculty during Commencement exercises May 11. (John Russell/Vanderbilt) Nineteen retiring faculty members were recognized during Vanderbilt’s Commencement ceremony May 11, when the university honored their years of service and bestowed on them the title of emeritus or emerita faculty. They… Read More

The 56-year-old Kissam Quadrangle will be dismantled this summer to make way for the College Halls at Kissam complex. (John Russell/Vanderbilt) Beginning Monday, May 14, construction begins on College Halls at the current site of Kissam Quadrangle. The two-year project will tear down the six existing dorms… Read More

Sarratt Student Center (Vanderbilt University) Several offices located in Sarratt Student Center and Rand Hall will have temporary locations for summer 2012 due to ongoing renovations in the complex. A list of relocated offices can be found here. Over the past year, members of the Dean of… Read More

Author and newsman Tom Brokaw urged Vanderbilt graduating seniors to “leave an indelible imprint on your time” during his speech May 10 during Senior Day. Read More

For the second year, the Curb Creative Campus Initiative is seeking proposals for its Creative Campus Innovation Grant program. Creative Campus Innovation Grants enable faculty, staff and students to develop pilots that produce serendipitous, unexpected campus experiences; spur non-routine conversations and collaborations; illuminate the creative process across… Read More