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Vanderbilt Heart will present an hour-long television special on Monday, April 23, highlighting all aspects of heart care, from heart-healthy lifestyles to breakthrough technologies for treating heart disease. Read More

The Vanderbilt Kennedy Center (Vanderbilt University) April is Autism Awareness Month, and the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center’s Treatment and Research Institute for Autism Spectrum Disorders is teaming with the Tennessee Department of Education to offer free, half-day workshops across the state for families of children with… Read More

A lecture on autism research will take place at One Magnolia Circle April 21. Pictured: researchers are developing emotion-sensing technology for use in autism social interventions. As part of Autism Awareness Month, nationally recognized each April, The Vanderbilt Kennedy Center for Research on… Read More

A golf tournament on April 19 at the Vanderbilt Legends Club will benefit the Susan Gray School. (Vanderbilt) The Susan Gray School for Children will hold a benefit golf tournament Thursday, April 19. The day begins with a continental breakfast at 7 a.m. Tee… Read More

(Steve Green/Vanderbilt) Vanderbilt engineering seniors have solved real-world design challenges for corporate sponsors during a two-semester design course. The students will share their results with clients at Senior Design Day, scheduled from 3 to 5 p.m. Thursday, April 19, in Featheringill Hall. More than 40 projects… Read More

Weeks Robert Andrew Weeks, research professor emeritus of materials science and mechanical engineering, died April 10 in Maryville, Tenn. He was 87. Weeks was a distinguished research scientist in the field of solid state physics as well as a notable glass scientist. At the end of a… Read More

Rendering of proposed new recreation center. (Moody-Nolan/Vanderbilt) New opportunities for getting fit, playing club sports or holding an indoor varsity sports practice will be available to the Vanderbilt community, pending Board of Trust approval of the proposed Vanderbilt recreation center and multipurpose facility. The board is expected to vote… Read More

Neurodiagnostics, the study of the brain and nervous system, will be celebrated at Vanderbilt and nationwide, April 15-21. During National Neurodiagnostic Week, Vanderbilt will acknowledge the year-round efforts of neurodiagnostic technologists. It is also an opportunity to educate others, recruit new students into the profession, and to… Read More

When should children begin reading? What are the signs of a reading difficulty? Laurie Cutting will provide the answers at a Vandy Moms lunch and learn April 19. Photo by John Russell (Vanderbilt) Do you have questions about your child’s reading abilities or special concerns about reading disorders? Join… Read More

To celebrate National Poetry Month (April) and the exhibition To See as Artists See: American Art from the Phillips Collection, nationally and locally known poets will read poems by American poets from the late 19th century through the 20th century at the Frist Center for… Read More

The Sustainability and Environmental Management Office (SEMO) and the American Studies Sustainability Project will sponsor the eighth and final installment of the Green Bag Luncheon Series from noon to 1 p.m. Wednesday, April 18, in Sarratt 189. Join Rebecca Selove (Peabody ’84) and her husband John… Read More

To celebrate Earth Day, the Sustainability and Environmental Management Office (SEMO) in partnership with Vanderbilt Dining Services and the Vanderbilt Institute for Coffee Studies, will host Shade Grown, a coffee house and open mic night at The Commons Center dining hall from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 18. Read More

All Zumba enthusiasts are invited to a two-hour Zumbathon to be held from 5 to 7 p.m. Sunday, April 15, at Vanderbilt’s Student Recreation Center. The event will raise money for Camp Kesem, a free, weeklong summer camp for children whose parents have cancer to be held… Read More

Vanderbilt University School of Engineering Dean Kenneth F. Galloway has been chosen to serve as president-elect of the American Society for Engineering Education. Read More

Tichi (Vanderbilt) The Southeastern Conference (SEC) has announced the winners of its first-ever Southeastern Conference Faculty Achievement Awards, and Vanderbilt’s recipient was Cecelia Tichi, the William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of English. Read More

Members of the Vanderbilt men’s basketball team and athletics staff posed with Sen. Thelma Harper after being honored by the Tennessee State Legislature April 9. Pictured (l-r): Assistant Athletic Communications Director Andy Boggs; Assistant Director of Operations Dan Cage; Harper; Assistant Coach Brad Frederick; senior Aaron Noll; senior… Read More

Patricia Piccinini's "The Long Awaited," 2008. Silicone, fiberglass, human hair, leather, plywood, fabric. Collection of Penny Clive. Courtesy of the Artist. Photography by Graham Baring. Jay Clayton, the William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of English and chair of the department, will present “Connecting Disciplines: Future Creatures… Read More

Tyler Ford (image courtesy of Oxygen Television) Vanderbilt student Tyler Ford will be one of 14 contenders featured on season two of The Glee Project when the reality television series returns to the Oxygen network this summer. The competition’s grand prize is a guest-starring role on the Fox TV… Read More

(Photo by John Russell/Vanderbilt) All Vanderbilt employees are invited to the Black and Gold spring game at Vanderbilt Stadium this Saturday, April 14, at 6 p.m. Head football coach James Franklin will split the Commodores into two teams for a scrimmage, and the event will be capped off by… Read More

(iStockphoto) April 9-13 is National Patient Advocacy Week. Vanderbilt recognizes and expresses great appreciation for the work of the Office of Patient Affairs, which serves all Vanderbilt community members who enter Vanderbilt University Medical Center as a patient or a patient’s loved one. VUMC’s patient advocates perform… Read More