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Maymester students met White House officials on a trip to Washington, D.C., including former actor Kalpen Modi of "Harold and Kumar" fame. Read More

Have your weight, blood pressure and body mass index checked this week and be entered into a drawing for one of three Vanderbilt Bookstore gift cards. Read More

Singer-songwriters Dana Cooper, Kim Carnes and Greg Barnhill will open the 2011 Bluebird on the Mountain concert series at Dyer Observatory Saturday, May 21. Read More

SCUBA certifications classes are offered at the Student Rec Center this summer. Read More

The annual Nashville Symphony Orchestra on the Lawn will take place May 24 on Peabody Commons Lawn. Read More

The Women's Tennis Team (Courtesy Vanderbilt Athletics After a two year absence from the NCAA Sweet 16, the Vanderbilt women’s tennis team finds themselves back in familiar territory after defeating Tennessee, 4-3, in the second round of the regional. Read More

Sean Seymore (Courtesy of Vanderbilt Law School) Sean Seymore has been appointed to the Program in Science, Technology and Society at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology as a Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Visiting Associate Professor in Spring 2012.  … Read More

Football offices and lobby at McGugin Center. (Vanderbilt University / Steve Green) Vanderbilt employees can take advantage of special discounts on season tickets for the 2011 Commodore football season. With the arrival of new head coach James Franklin, the Commodores are looking forward to a strong showing during the… Read More

Nurse Dorothy Terrell enjoys the Special Employee Celebration picnic in 2010 at Medical Center Plaza. (Vanderbilt University/ Joe Howell) Vanderbilt is hosting an Employee Celebration Picnic on Friday, May 20.  Times and locations include: 11 a.m. – 2 p.m., Medical Center Plaza, adjacent to Vanderbilt University Hospital 11 a.m. Read More

Margie Gale, Work/Life Connections-EAP’s nurse wellness specialist, talks with Andre Christie-Mizell, associate professor in sociology, about his research.  The emphasis is on the effect of a father’s time spent with the children and the decrease in bullying behaviors. Listen here. Listen to interviews, tips and tidbits on a variety of… Read More

Babies and You presents “Labor and Delivery” on Thursday, May 19, at noon in Light Hall, Room 407. Margaret Buxton,  a certified nurse midwife from  West End Women’s Health Center, will present. Health Plus offers Babies and You, a work site prenatal health promotion program, to all Vanderbilt… Read More

Health Plus invites you to stop by and have your weight, blood pressure and body mass index checked this week and be entered into a drawing for one of 3 Vanderbilt Bookstore gift cards! May 16, 12 – 2 p.m., The Vanderbilt Clinic, room 2703-2704 May… Read More

“Thinking people do not turn away from trouble, from evidence of change,” said Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos. “They understand their own uneasiness as a trigger for inquiry and they begin to work toward managing the changes that are surely coming by first finding facts.” Read More

Cupcakes are a sweet way to raise money for child literacy. Read More

Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos presented the Founder’s Medals to the top scholars from Vanderbilt University’s undergraduate and professional schools during Commencement on Friday, May 13. Read More

Sixteen retiring faculty members were recognized during Vanderbilt’s May 13 Commencement ceremony when the university honored their years of service and bestowed on them the title of emeritus or emerita faculty. Robert W. Blanning, professor of management, emeritus Blanning’s global experience combines the worlds of… Read More

A Vanderbilt University graduate is a “potential great change agent,” Nobel Peace Prize-winner Wangari Maathai told seniors the day before their Commencement ceremony. Read More

(This story updates an earlier myVU story with new information) MRB IV (Mary Donaldson/Vanderbilt) Police evacuated the MRB IV building early Thursday after a gas leak was detected on the eighth floor of a laboratory building and contained. . The leak, caused by a faulty freon compressor,… Read More

Vanderbilt commencement speakers may have some unusual competition this year: Nashville’s largest brood of cicadas are predicted to emerge in May and hang around for about five or six weeks. Read More

Mayor Karl Dean (Vanderbilt)   Mayor Karl Dean of Nashville presented Vanderbilt’s Center for Science Outreach with a prestigious award. The center, which is dedicated to enhancing science literacy through partnerships between Vanderbilt scientists, K-12 educators… Read More