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(Image courtesy of Health Plus/Vanderbilt University) On Nov. 13, the Vanderbilt community joined thousands of other Nashvillians to support Mayor Karl Dean’s ongoing initiative to improve health by participating in the Mayor’s 5K Run/Walk Challenge. Nearly 200 Vanderbilt faculty and staff logged training activities for several months… Read More

(Daniel Dubois/Vanderbilt) Most Vanderbilt schools are observing a break from classes Nov. 19-27 for the Thanksgiving holiday. Residence halls close at 9 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 19, and reopen at 9 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 27. Classes resume Monday, Nov. 28. Dining Services and Vanderbilt libraries will modify their hours over… Read More

Exercise caution this holiday season when it comes to holiday lights, candles and activities that might cause accidental burns. (iStock photo) The “most wonderful time of the year” is also one of the busiest for the Vanderbilt Regional Burn Center. As the holidays approach, doctors at Vanderbilt University… Read More

The Office of the Dean of Students announced last August a feasibility study to examine repurposing the space vacated by the bookstore. The planning committee included staff members from the Dean of Students offices, Dining Services, and Campus Planning and Construction, as… Read More

The schedule of winter 2012 non-credit classes offered by the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Vanderbilt include aging and sexuality, reflections of life in Civil War Tennessee, the future of medicine and Humphrey Bogart film classics. Read More

Vanderbilt is again partnering with the Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee to collect food as part of the Feeding Hope Challenge, a campaign to raise and distribute 9 million meals to hungry men, women and children this holiday season. “The Second Harvest Food Bank estimates… Read More

Food, merriment and shopping abound at the Woman's Club Holiday Luncheon and Bazaar. Reservations are required, so reserve your spot today. (Image courtesy of the Vanderbilt Woman's Club/Vanderbilt University) The Vanderbilt Woman’s Club will hold its annual Holiday Luncheon and Craft Bazaar on Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011… Read More

Ingrid Wuerth, professor of law and director of the International Legal Studies Program at Vanderbilt Law School, has been named to the State Department Advisory Committee on International Law. Read More

Mel Ziegler (left) and Will Rigby with the new welding equipment. (Photo courtesy of the Department of Art/Vanderbilt University) Vanderbilt’s Department of Art recently received a generous gift of welding equipment from Will Rigby, a Vanderbilt alumnus and the 2011 Margaret Stonewall Wooldridge Hamblet Merit… Read More

(Correction: An earlier version of this story included a reference to expansion of the Southeastern Conference, which was inaccurate and has been deleted.) Reform measures for college athletics can be expected quickly, with ideas like freshman ineligibility rules and higher admissions standards being considered, the athletics committee of the Vanderbilt… Read More

A recent study by Vanderbilt’s Center for Latin American Studies suggests that a key to bringing more jobs to Tennessee might lie in recruiting investment from emerging markets such as Mexico. Read More

About 40 scholars, including two from Vanderbilt, gathered in Southeast China for a conference on folklore. Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos greeted the cohorts by way of a prerecorded video message. (Photo by Willie Smythe) Vanderbilt scholars gathered with colleagues in the People’s Republic of China recently to discuss folklore… Read More

Give to the Nashville Public Education Foundation and support the Teaching and Learning in Urban Schools program or other community agencies Peabody College Dean Camilla Benbow (front row, center) and Metro Nashville Director of Schools Jesse Register (front row, second from right) and the inaugural class of the Vanderbilt… Read More

Commodore fans are invited to the McGugin Center at 12:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 18, to help give a rousing send-off to the football team as it departs for Saturday night’s game against the University of Tennessee. Read More

(photo courtesy of RTA) The Nashville Metropolitan Transit Authority and Regional Transportation Authority are considering the proposed addition of a morning bus route from Williamson County to the Vanderbilt/Midtown area. The addition to Route 91X (Franklin/Brentwood Express) would travel each morning from Williamson County direct… Read More

(iStockphoto) Effective Dec. 31, Vanderbilt’s Small Purchase Order (SPO) program will be discontinued. The university is making this change due to the widespread adoption of the more efficient and cost-effective eProcurement and Pcard ordering solutions. Going forward, all orders less than $500 should be placed using either the eProcurement… Read More

Vanderbilt has awarded a contract to Express Courier to serve as the primary courier to the university central campus and Vanderbilt University Medical Center, effective Nov 21. The university has consolidated to a single service provider to significantly reduce costs, accommodate emergency courier needs and to offer… Read More

Tennesseans agree by a wide margin that the economy is the most pressing problem for state and federal government, and many believe higher taxation on the wealthiest Americans is one way to fix it. Read More

Image courtesy of Loews Vanderbilt Hotel Nashville The Loews Vanderbilt Hotel Nashville is offering a special discount at its restaurant, Eat, for Vanderbilt faculty and staff this holiday season. Present your Vanderbilt ID for lunch from Nov. 21 to Dec. 31, 2011, and receive a 20 percent… Read More

(iStockphoto) The holiday season is traditionally a time of plenty, but it can also be a time of excess. The average American household generates 25 percent more trash during the holiday season. And who has never thrown away freezer-burnt leftovers because nobody got around to eating them? Add in… Read More