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Dedication to serving others is the key to happiness and 2006 Vanderbilt University graduates should consider beginning by volunteering on the Gulf Coast before starting their careers, First Lady Laura Bush told seniors gathered as part of Senior Day at Vanderbilt University, one day prior to Commencement. Read More

In order to validate, or perhaps disprove, the belief that consuming grapefruit is a sensible weight loss strategy, researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center have launched a two-year, three-arm randomized controlled study to see just how consumption of grapefruit and grapefruit juice affects appetite, dietary intake, weight loss and body composition. Read More

The Senior Class Day program will begin at 9:00 a.m. on Alumni Lawn with special guest First Lady Laura Bush. Please note the security procedures below. Read More

Frustrated with cell phone dead zones, busy signals, e-mail spam, endless voice mail loops and other exasperating aspects of technology? Now, imagine the plight of a soldier needing quick information in a life-or-death scenario who has to deal with the same issues. Read More

While the sexy singles on Desperate Housewives' Wisteria Lane played by actors Teri Hatcher and Nicollette Sheridan seem to have no problem finding sexual partners, real life singles over age 40 may not be having as much luck, according to a new study. Read More

Vanderbilt family, friends and alumni will have the chance to get a firsthand look at Commencement events this year, no matter where on the planet they happen to be May 10-12. For the first time, the university will be offering an online video web log, or vlog, of The Party, Senior Class Day and Commencement as seen through the eyes of two current students. Read More

The Aeras Global TB Vaccine Foundation of Bethesda, Md., and Vanderbilt University of Nashville, Tenn., announced that the two organizations had executed an exclusive license for a tuberculosis vaccine. Read More

A Vanderbilt-led team of researchers has developed a new vaccine technology that may prevent the spread of tuberculosis, which kills more than two million people worldwide each year. Read More

Douglas L. Christiansen, Purdue University's top admissions and enrollment management executive, has been named Vanderbilt University's senior enrollment strategist in a newly established position designed to enhance the university's admissions and financial aid efforts. Read More

Chancellor Gordon Gee will send off Vanderbilt University's class of 2006 during commencement on Friday, May 12, but not before students and their families get to dance to the music of Kool & the Gang on Wednesday, May 10, and hear from First Lady Laura Bush on Thursday, May 11. Read More

The next time you hear a political candidate blast his or her opponent in a negative political advertisement, your natural inclination may be to grab the remote and change the channel. However, Vanderbilt University political scientist John Geer believes attacks ads play a crucial role in the democratic political process, so listen to and evaluate that negative message before heading to the polls. Read More

With the 11th pick in the 2006 National Football League draft, the Denver Broncos selected Jay Cutler of Vanderbilt. Read More

A retired Dallas marketing executive who has provided strategic leadership for the Vanderbilt University Alumni Association and a graduating senior in the School of Engineering are the newest members of the Vanderbilt Board of Trust. Read More

Nancy Andreasen, M.D., Ph.D., a professor of Psychiatry at the University of Iowa, has been selected as the first recipient of the "Vanderbilt Prize in Biomedical Science." Read More

1999 protests in Seattle against world trade policies were a dividing line in our culture, and humanities educators need to adjust their approaches or risk irrelevancy, say professors from Vanderbilt and Syracuse universities in a provocative new book. Read More

New research attempting to shed light on the evergreen questionójust how do male and female brains differ?óhas found that timing is everything. Read More

Tennessee's Legislature is again seriously considering a repeal of the state's mandatory motorcycle helmet law for adults. Read More

Vanderbilt psychologist Randolph Blake has been named to a distinguished class of scientists, politicians, authors, artists and others, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences announced April 24. Read More

Eleven Vanderbilt students have been named Fulbright Scholars for 2006-07 and another is an alternate. Read More