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Senior engineering students shared the results of their two-semester design courses with their clients and more than 100 visitors from the Vanderbilt community at Senior Design Day. Read More

The Curb Center's Creative Campus Innovation Grant Program seeks proposals from students, faculty and staff. 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

(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

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 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

(Vanderbilt / Steve Green) Starting spring 2012, the first day of classes following winter break will begin on Monday, Jan. 9. Beginning spring semester classes earlier than the traditional Wednesday start will give students and faculty the opportunity to commemorate the Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday, while maintaining the integrity… Read More

iStock Photography Vanderbilt University received an “A” rating and was one of the top five universities recognized in a recently released analysis of environmental and social sustainability transparency. Using data collected during the spring of 2010 from university websites and other voluntary reporting initiatives, the Roberts… Read More

The great-grandson of one of Vanderbilt’s most storied chancellors paid a visit to campus, where he was greeted by Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos. Read More

Vanderbilt finance professors Robert Whaley and Jacob Sagi rang the opening bell for Nasdaq OMX in New York on Tuesday, April 19, to celebrate the start of options trading on a new group of indexes the pair developed to help protect stock gains from market fluctuations. Read More

Father Ernesto Cardenal, an acclaimed poet and liberation theologian, visits Vanderbilt University Sunday, May 1, to give a reading of his poetry. Read More

Admissions Counselor Mary Comfort Stevens was awarded the Volunteer of the Year Award by Reading is Fundamental, inc. Read More

Vanderbilt Aerospace Club is flying high after a NASA competition win. Read More

The golfing world lost a legend when Mason Rudolph passed away at the age of 76. He died April 18. Read More

iStockPhotography April has definitely been a stormy month in Middle Tennessee. The National Weather Service has issued a number of watches and warnings, and probably will continue to do so throughout the month. So, this is a good time to review your personal plans for what to do if… Read More

TAYLOR, Mich. – Vanderbilt’s inspired run at the NCAA Bowling Championship fell just short Saturday as the Commodores fell to Maryland-Eastern Shore in the title match, 4 games to 2. Read More