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(iStockphoto) Gain more control of your finances and develop a better understanding of financial planning concepts at four sessions sponsored by Human Resources. The sessions, presented by Vanguard, will help you assess and improve your financial standing, including how to: Budget and manage debt… Read More

John Jenkins lay on the court with his hands over his face as Vanderbilt teammates celebrated all around, exuberant after beating No. 1 Kentucky 71-64 for the program’s first Southeastern Conference tournament title in more than 60 years. Just hours later, Vanderbilt received a No. 5 seed in the East… Read More

First-year students take the honor code pledge. (Vanderbilt University) Vanderbilt needs to retool its honor system to adapt to an era in which unauthorized aid with schoolwork has become more of an issue than copying answers during a test, according to a report by a Faculty Senate committee. Read More

The Margaret Cuninggim Women’s Center will present its Mentoring Award to Christine Eischen, associate professor of pathology, microbiology and immunology; and Kelly Oliver, the W. Alton Jones Professor of Philosophy, during the Cuninggim Lecture on Women in Culture and Society Tuesday, March 13. The Women’s Center also… Read More

Virginia Shepherd (Vanderbilt University) Virginia Shepherd, professor of pathology and science education at Vanderbilt, will discuss Nobel Prize-awarded women from several aspects – their educational backgrounds and opportunities, their families, their scientific contributions and their acceptance by colleagues – on Thursday, March 29, at Vanderbilt… Read More

(iStockphoto) Employees who contribute to a non-Vanderbilt retirement plan through outside businesses in which they are at least a 50 percent owner must report their contributions to Human Resources by April 1. To help employees avoid taxes and penalties, HR collects information each spring regarding contributions made to outside… Read More

Jazz singer Annie Sellick at a recent performance with the Nashville Jazz Orchestra at the Commodore Grille. (Steve Green/Vanderbilt) Hear the Nashville Jazz Orchestra, a resident ensemble of the Blair School of Music, perform each Monday night at the Commodore Grille, located on West… Read More

A luau-themed book fair featuring Scholastic books is scheduled for Peabody Library March 15-16 in the ground floor project room. This year’s fair will offer a wide selection of engaging and affordable books for young readers, including Newbery, Caldecott and Coretta Scott King award winners. Titles for pre-K… Read More

Kelly Oliver (Vanderbilt) Vanderbilt philosophy professor Kelly Oliver will give a gallery talk at 11 a.m. Saturday, March 17, at the Frist Center for the Visual Arts. Oliver will discuss “Ambivalence Toward Animals and the Moral Community” in response to the Fairy Tales,… Read More

Anton Gunn Anton Gunn, Region IV director for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, will discuss “Health Care Reform and New Medical Care Models” from noon to 1 p.m. Wednesday, March 21. The lecture will be held in Medical Center North, Room C2209. Gunn’s talk is part… Read More

Four Peabody College members will be inducted into the 2012 AERA Fellows class. Read More

Students enjoy using the renovated Parkes Armistead Reading Room at Vanderbilt's Central Library. (Vanderbilt University) A survey that should take only five to 10 minutes for you to complete will help guide future priorities for the Jean and Alexander Heard Library system and all of its libraries and… Read More

Recycled "tin man" (image courtesy of SustainVU/Vanderbilt University) With recycling bins in most hallways and break rooms throughout Vanderbilt’s campus, it’s easier than ever to “pitch in.” Doing so through the end of March will help Vanderbilt’s standings in the annual Recyclemania challenge. RecycleMania began in… Read More

A Vanderbilt Law School team — including members Joshua Downer, Taylor Downer, Mark Hammervold, Tracy Hancock and Katherine Horton — won first place in the regional competition of the 2012 Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition in Denver, Colo. Read More

Emily Klick and Joshua Rabon (Vanderbilt University) Emily Klick and Joshua Rabon, both members of the Class of 2012, won the American Bar Association’s Section of Taxation Law’s 2012 Law Student Tax Challenge. The semifinal and final rounds of the competition were held at the section’s midyear meeting in… Read More

(image courtesy of OTLM/Vanderbilt) The Office for Teaching and Learning in Medicine is now accepting proposals for Great Ideas in Vanderbilt Medical Education (GIVME), which seeks to fund innovative pilot research and development projects for teaching and learning at Vanderbilt. Vanderbilt School of Medicine faculty,… Read More

  Steven Tepper (Vanderbilt University) Steven Tepper, assistant professor of sociology and associate director of the Curb Center for Art, Enterprise and Public Policy at Vanderbilt, will give a Night at the Library lecture Wednesday, March 21. Tepper will speak in the auditorium at the… Read More

(iStockphoto) Kids and Kites Day, co-sponsored by the Vanderbilt Institute for Obesity, is scheduled for 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, March 24, at the Bicentennial Mall. The public is invited to bring a kite, family members, lawn chairs, a pair of comfortable shoes and lots of… Read More

Vmail mailbox migration starts in April. (iStock photo) Information Technology Services will begin migrating Vmail mailboxes from Exchange 2007 to Exchange 2010 in April. For the majority of the Vanderbilt community, this process is not expected to pose any issues. For users who are still… Read More

Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos (Anne Rayner/Vanderbilt) The annual Spring Faculty Assembly is scheduled for 4:10 p.m. Thursday, March 29, in Langford Auditorium. Opening remarks will be provided by Faculty Senate Chair David Weintraub. The faculty presentation will be performed by Blair School of… Read More