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Register now to participate in the Music City Tennis Invitational Challenge. Read More

Blood drives will be held on campus May 3 and May 18. Read More

Give now to the Vanderbilt Faculty-Staff Giving Campaign. Read More

Carol Rabideau has received a service award from University of Tennessee. Read More

Vanderbilt's director of conferences has been honored by the ACCED-I. Read More

Vanderbilt University officials are exploring a proposal from the government of Abu Dhabi to create a school of education that would train teachers, education leaders and researchers to strengthen the country’s K-12 education system. Read More

Representatives of the Vanderbilt University faculty have passed a resolution supporting the continued ban of firearms on college campuses in Tennessee. Read More

The RecycleMania competition is now over and has official winners for 2011.  RecycleMania is a friendly recycling competition among colleges and universities across the country  sponsored by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Keep America Beautiful. Together, participating colleges and universities recycled or composted… Read More

Angel Carter and Joey Spann, along with other responders at the game. As the wife of Lipscomb High School’s basketball coach, David Carter, Angel Carter counted herself rivals with Joey Spann, basketball coach for Goodpasture Christian School. Read More

(Vanderbilt University) Ph.D. students often use their summers to make significant headway on their dissertations. This June, the Writing Studio will facilitate that progress for 15 dissertation writers by providing a structured environment for five days of writing and revision. Setting aside this time to focus intensely on the… Read More

VUMC presents Taste of Williamson at CoolSprings Galleria featuring samples of favorite creations from restaurants, caterers and hotels on Sunday, May 15, from 7-9 p.m. at Cool Spring Galleria. For one night only, the area’s best chefs unite to raise money for United Way of Williamson County and its partner… Read More

New Weight Watchers session starting at the Center for Health Services conference room on April 27 at noon. Vanderbilt employees are eligible to a $25 Health Plus credit. For details contact marcia.epelbaum@vanderbilt.edu. Read More

Quirky Colombian politician to discuss citizenship culture during talk sponsored by Center for Latin American Studies. Read More

(photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons) For 33-year-old Crystal Thornton, of Lyles, Tenn., Tuesday evening’s Lady Gaga concert in Nashville was one she had looked forward to for five years. As she and her best friend, Christina Tugman, settled into their seats in section 103 at the Bridgestone Arena, they… Read More

Many employees were eager to check out the look and feel of the new, no emission, electric vehicle, the Nissan Leaf. Owner David Lifferth was happy to show it off. (Vanderbilt University/Susan Urmy) Almost 20 percent of the greenhouse gas emissions produced at Vanderbilt are from employees commuting to… Read More

Idea for community garden grows into reality Last year, the Vanderbilt Initiative for Vegetarian Awareness (VIVA) had the idea to create a Vanderbilt Community Garden to grow crops for Vanderbilt students in organic and sustainable ways.  This month, the garden became a reality with the first planting. The… Read More

For the second straight year, Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s Department of Emergency Medicine has been rated as one of the top emergency departments in the country by HealthGrades, receiving the HealthGrades Emergency Medicine Excellence Award. HealthGrades is a leading independent health care ratings organization, providing ratings and profiles of… Read More

After 30 years, the longstanding parking management contract between Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Central Parking is expiring June 30, thus creating an opportunity for operational change. Read More

The Division of Sponsored Research received notification in March that the following grants in excess of $25,000 had been awarded: Julie A. Adams, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, has received an award in the amount of $25,000 by the Department of Defense for “Expeditionary Capabilities Consortium:  Urban Operations Laboratory.”… Read More

After a Vanderbilt libraries survey of students, faculty staff and alumni generated more than 1,200 responses, the new café in Central Library has been named Food for Thought. Read More