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Don’t have tickets to Wicked? A day-of-performance lottery for a limited number of orchestra seats will be held for each performance of Wicked, which runs Oct. 19 through Nov. 6 at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center’s Andrew Jackson Hall. Prior to each performance, those… Read More

Adolpho Birch (Image courtesy of the Vanderbilt University Law School) Adolpho Birch, a Vanderbilt Law School alumnus and senior vice president of law and labor policy for the National Football League, will speak about his role within the NFL at the law school Friday, Oct. 21. Birch’s presentation… Read More

Photo courtesy Sony/BMG Books, Bubbles & Blues, the annual fundraiser for Books from Birth of Middle Tennessee, will take place at 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 21, at the Loveless Barn. Enjoy champagne cocktails, a fall fashion show, rockin’ blues music and a silent auction that includes international… Read More

Cathey Norton, a physical therapist at the Pi Beta Phi Rehabilitation Institute at Vanderbilt’s Bill Wilkerson Center, will present “Vestibular Deficits and Vestibular Rehabilitation” from noon to 1 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 18, in Light Hall, Room 214. Feel free to bring your lunch to this Geriatrics and Gerontology… Read More

New crosswalk signage is popping up around campus, thanks to some concerned individuals. (Steve Green/Vanderbilt University) Last December, Malcolm Getz was standing at the corner of 21st Avenue and Grand, facing the Mellow Mushroom restaurant. When the light changed and the crosswalk signal indicated it was safe… Read More

The fourth annual DigitalVU month is under way with a great lineup of speakers and events. The month of workshops, open houses, lectures, discussions and more is designed to share information on all things online, from social media, to video, to programming topics and more with members of the Vanderbilt… Read More

"Thinking of It" by María Magdalena Campos-Pons One of the most significant artists to emerge from the Cuban post-revolutionary era will lead a faculty discussion about race in her native country on Wednesday, Oct. 12. María Magdalena Campos-Pons, who is a visiting artist on campus Oct. 9-18,… Read More

(image courtesy of Alfredo Rodríguez) Great Performances at Vanderbilt will host jazz phenomenon and piano virtuoso Alfredo Rodríguez at 8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 14, in Langford Auditorium. The Cuban-born Rodríguez was schooled in the rigorous classical conservatories of Havana and is known to call up images of legendary… Read More

(courtesy of VUPD) On Thursday, Oct. 7, at 6:25 p.m., a female student, while taking a shower in Scales Hall, noticed a cell phone/camera over the top of the shower stall. The student was able to see the intruder. Once seen, he ran out of the restroom, down the… Read More

Health Plus staff Stacey Kendrick and Brad Awalt discuss what’s new about the Go for the Gold program in 2011. A wellness credit of up to $240 is available to benefits-eligible faculty and staff by completing Go for the Gold. The deadline is Monday, Oct. Read More

(photo courtesy of Clare Murphy) An Irish storyteller who has traveled the world with her dynamic performances recently visited Vanderbilt on her way to the prestigious National Storytelling Festival in Jonesborough, Tenn. Clare Murphy is a strong believer in the value of storytelling in entertainment as well… Read More

Open Enrollment is Oct. 1-14 and all benefits-eligible employees need to enroll. Even if you’re keeping the same benefits for 2012, you still must enroll. How to enroll Get educated. Explore a variety of resources on the Open Enrollment website, including the new interactive eMagazine, to learn… Read More

(Daniel Dubois/Vanderbilt) On Saturday, Oct. 8, Medical Center Drive will be closed from the south side of the adult emergency room ambulance bay parking to the north entrance at The Vanderbilt Clinic (TVC) turnaround from 5 a.m. to 8 p.m. The emergency ambulance bay parking will not be affected. Read More

"Search for Landscapes, 2011," photographic installation (courtesy of Vesna Pavlović) Vesna Pavlović, assistant professor of art at Vanderbilt, is featured in the 12th Istanbul Biennial, one of the most prestigious exhibitions of contemporary art in the world. Pavlović’s “Search for Landscapes, 2011” is on display through Nov. Read More

To mark the School of Engineering’s 125th anniversary in 2011-2012, its annual distinguished lecture — The John R. and Donna S. Hall Engineering Lecture — becomes a special series bringing four notable engineering leaders to campus, one each in October, November, January and March. Read More

"The One that Carried Fire," 2011 (courtesy of María Magdalena Campos-Pons and the Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, Miami) Renowned artist María Magdalena Campos-Pons will speak at 4:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 10, in Cohen Memorial Hall, Room 203, as part of the StudioVU Lecture Series. The series, sponsored by the… Read More

(image courtesy of Vanderbilt View) The October issue of Vanderbilt View – featuring profiles of select faculty new to campus, as well as a complete listing of all new faculty for 2011-12 – is available on stands and online now. Other features include a conversation… Read More

"Euneclasteia #2 (detail)," 2007 (image courtesy of Gabriel Warren) Polar Probings: Sculpture by Gabriel Warren opens at the Vanderbilt Fine Arts Gallery with a gallery talk and reception on Thursday, Oct. 13. The reception is scheduled from 5 to 7 p.m., with the talk at 6 p.m., at… Read More

Sandra Cochran (image courtesy of Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc.) Sandra Cochran, president and chief executive officer of Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc., will speak at the Vanderbilt Woman’s Club Annual Fall Luncheon on Thursday, Oct. 20. The event, scheduled from 11 a.m. to 1:30… Read More

The Tennessee Performing Arts Center is offering discounted tickets to the Vanderbilt community on four productions this fall: the gritty Broadway musical Memphis, David Sedaris’ darkly funny The Santaland Diaries, the classic comedy A Christmas Story and Arthur Miller’s All My Sons. To order tickets at the discounted price:… Read More