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(Steve Green/Vanderbilt) University and medical center staff will participate together this year in an employee engagement survey. Beginning Monday, Oct. 17, the Vanderbilt Staff Community Survey will be emailed directly to staff from an outside vendor, HR Solutions, a Chicago-based company that conducts opinion surveys for more than 500… Read More

Solar film has been installed at the Vanderbilt co-generation power plant in a project sponsored by the Vanderbilt Green Fund. (John Russell/Vanderbilt) An innovative solar energy installation now adorns a concrete silo at the Vanderbilt co-generation power plant. The unique, 8.16-kilowatt, student-initiated solar project – made possible by funding… Read More

One Magnolia Circle at Peabody College. (Vanderbilt) The Peabody College building that houses the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center, the Department of Special Education and the Susan Gray School has received a long-anticipated new name. Known in recent years as the MRL building, the original Mental Retardation… Read More

These days, just about anyone who sees a pink lapel ribbon knows it symbolizes breast cancer awareness. But a light blue ribbon? Well, that’s another story. The symbol for prostate cancer awareness is far less recognizable than its feminine counterpart, just as the disease itself is far less in… Read More

Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos Dear Colleagues, Vanderbilt is a “giving” institution. Through providing access to a distinctive educational experience to many talented young students, through discovery that gives meaning to life and through research that leads to cures for human maladies, we serve humanity and seek to respond to… Read More

  Jeff Balser delivered the State of the Medical Center address Sept. 20. (John Russell/Vanderbilt) Jeff Balser, vice chancellor for health affairs and dean of the School of Medicine, presented his State of the Medical Center address in Langford Auditorium Sept. 20. Balser discussed highlights from the previous fiscal… Read More

Resource for physicians and parents created to make routine medical procedures less stressful for children with autism. Read More

The Vanderbilt community will enjoy more bus routes and stops on West End Avenue as of Sept. 25, 2011. (Daniel Dubois/Vanderbilt University) Improvements to the Nashville Metropolitan Transit Authority system begin Sept. 25, 2011, with expanded service along the busy West End corridor. Two new routes and… Read More

Best of Show award winner Amina Trotter-Lockett with her mixed media abstract "A Burst of Excitement." (Vanderbilt University/Steve Green) A crowd of Vanderbilt staff members, faculty and their families gathered Sept. 20 at Vanderbilt Health One Hundred Oaks’ gallery wall, where the winners of the National Arts… Read More

Image courtesy of Charles Henry Charles Henry, a leader in the efforts to deepen collaborations among libraries, especially with regards to digital projects, will speak at the Central Library Oct. 4. His talk, “’Negative Capability’ and the New Research Environment,” will be at 2:30 p.m. Read More

(Neil Brake/Vanderbilt) The Vanderbilt Woman’s Club has announced its board of directors for 2011-12. The board will greet new and returning club members at the annual Opening Garden Tea from 1 to 3 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 22, at the Vanderbilt University Residence, 211 Deer Park Drive, Nashville. Read More

Singer- songwriters Bob DiPiero, Al Anderson and Leslie Satcher will perform at Dyer Observatory Sept. 24 as part of the Bluebird on the Mountain concert series. Read More

Levi Watkins Jr. (Vanderbilt) Levi Watkins Jr., professor of cardiac surgery and dean of postdoctoral programs at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, will speak on “Human Defibrillation: History and Evolution” at noon Tuesday, Oct. 11, in 208 Light Hall. The talk marks the 10th annual Levi Watkins Jr. Lecture. Read More

The Vanderbilt Kennedy Center is co-sponsoring an open house Oct. 13 to demonstrate various types of assistive technology. The Assistive Technology Fair will be from 12:30 to 5 p.m. in the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center, Room 241. The fair aims to provide students, health care professionals, educators… Read More

(image courtesy of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Middle Tennessee) A representative from Big Brothers Big Sisters of Middle Tennessee will conduct an informational lunch and learn meeting from noon to 1 p.m. Friday, Oct. 14, at Sarratt Student Center, Room 325/327. A free lunch will be… Read More

Vanderbilt University will host Grammy-nominated artist LynnMarie Oct. 16 as a benefit and fundraiser for The Susan Gray School. Read More

Environmentalist Bill McKibben will kick off a year of nationally recognized sustainability experts who will speak at Vanderbilt University as part of the American Studies Sustainability Project. Read More

Sen Lamar Alexander unveiled his library exhibit "Come on Along! Lamar Alexander's Journey as Governor" to the media on the fourth floor of the Central Library Sept. 16. Pictured here is Alexander with the trombone he played nights at a Bourbon Street club while clerking for Fifth Circuit Judge… Read More

Antonina Gove circa 1970. (Image courtesy of Vanderbilt University Special Collections & University Archives) Vanderbilt Professor Emerita of Russian Antonina (“Nina”) Filonov Gove died on Aug. 29 in Seattle, Washington. A memorial service will be held on Wednesday, Sept. 28, at 3 p.m. at St. Read More

Pictured (l-r) Professor of Spanish and editor of "Afro-Hispanic Review" William Luis, Nashville Mayor Karl Dean, NAHCC's Mario Moreno, Bishop Joseph Johnson Black Cultural Center Director Frank Dobson and NAHCC's Yuri Cunza. (Photo courtesy of NAHCC)     Hispanic Heritage Month kicked off Sept. 15 at the Bishop Joseph… Read More