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A new pediatric tower at Williamson Medical Center will bear the name the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Williamson Medical Center. Williamson Medical Center (WMC), one of Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s affiliates, announced plans this week to expand its facility through construction to include upgraded surgical… Read More

The Division of Public Affairs has formed a new Integrated Communications team, drawing together staff with editorial, Web and social media expertise to provide strategic communications support to Vanderbilt’s colleges and schools. Read More

Coursera co-founder Daphne Koller gave the first talk in the 2012-13 John R. and Donna S. Hall Engineering Lecture Series Oct. 2. (Steve Green/Vanderbilt) Since its launch roughly a year ago, the online learning consortium Coursera has grown to more than 1.5 million registered users. This rapid… Read More

Open Enrollment, your opportunity to elect benefits for 2013, is scheduled for Oct. 17-31. Open Enrollment is your opportunity to elect the benefits that suit your needs for 2013. This year’s Open Enrollment is Oct. 17-31, and during that time you will select (or waive) the following… Read More

Vanderbilt University and Medical Center faculty, staff, students and volunteers will once again have the opportunity to be part of a mass flu vaccination plan that last year more than doubled the then-world record for the total number of vaccinations given in an eight-hour period. Read More

The United States Congress Vanderbilt’s Office of Federal Relations and the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions will host a lunchtime panel discussing “Election 2012 and the Congressional ‘Lame Duck’: What’s at Stake?” on Monday, Oct. 15. The event is scheduled from noon to… Read More

Pictured (l-r): Nancy Dwyer, Lara Beth Lehman, Carlin Sappenfield, the scarecrow, Carla Beals and Greg Collins. (Photo courtesy of Nancy Dwyer) If you visit Cheekwood Art and Gardens this fall, keep your eyes out for a frightening and funny fellow who looks as though he’s jumped right… Read More

Commodore Award winners Rebecca Pride (left) and Tonya Mills (right) where honored by Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos. (Anne Rayner/Vanderbilt) The annual Commodore Award is a presented by the Chancellor each fall, and this year’s recipients were Rebecca Pride, a registered nurse in Perioperative Services, and Tonya Mills,… Read More

(John Russell/Vanderbilt) If you ride a bike or walk to campus for work or class, don’t be surprised if you see people with clipboards making notes as you pass by in the next couple of weeks. In an effort to improve the resources for the biking and walking community,… Read More

This Week on VUCast, Vanderbilt’s online newscast: What these “sensitive” alligators have in common with humans.  Brainy bugs! Why ants are smarter than the average bug.  And a worldwide “girl power” movement comes to Vanderbilt. Read More

Mary McClure Taylor (John Russell/Vanderbilt) The Office of the Chancellor will host a gathering in memory of Mary McClure Taylor from 5 to 6 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 9, in the second-floor lobby of Kirkland Hall. Taylor, the beloved university receptionist who left a lasting impression of warmth,… Read More

Vanderbilt University and Medical Center faculty, staff, students and volunteers will once again have the opportunity to be part of a mass flu vaccination plan that last year more than doubled the current world record for the total number of vaccinations given in an eight-hour period. Read More

(iStockphoto) Open Enrollment for 2013 benefits is Oct. 17-31. This is an active enrollment, and all benefits-eligible employees need to enroll. When you enroll, you will need your VUnetID and ePassword. Please check that you know your VUnetID and ePassword before Open Enrollment begins. If you have… Read More

  A scene from the book trailer for Kat Zhang's debut novel "What's Left of Me." (image courtesy of Mainstay Productions) Kat Zhang, a senior in the College of Arts and Science, will read from her new novel, What’s Left of Me (HarperCollins),… Read More

‘Long Story Bit by Bit’ opens Oct. 12 at Vanderbilt Fine Arts Gallery "Long Story Bit by Bit: Liberia Retold, Photography by Tim Hetherington" will be on view at the Vanderbilt Fine Arts Gallery Oct. 12-Dec.6. (photo by Tim Hetherington) Long Story Bit by Bit: Liberia Retold, Photography by… Read More

Vanderbilt LifeFlight is going pink during October to show its support for breast cancer awareness. LifeFlight medical crews will wear a special pink name badge on their flight suits and other staff will wear pink golf shirts. Read More

During the student move-in time period this year, Vanderbilt successfully recycled 32.66 tons of cardboard. This number is an 83 percent increase in cardboard recycling from last year, and a 400 percent increase in cardboard recycling since 2008. This huge accomplishment was the result of strong collaboration between the… Read More

Dieter Sevin (Vanderbilt University) A campus memorial service for Dieter Sevin, professor of German and former chair of the Department of Germanic and Slavic Languages, is scheduled for 4 p.m. Monday, Oct. 1, in Vanderbilt’s Benton Chapel. Sevin died July 29 after a nearly yearlong battle with… Read More

Vanderbilt employees now have a new way to get their HR questions answered: live chat. (Vanderbilt) Vanderbilt employees now have another way to contact Human Resources: they can “live chat” with service representatives at the Employee Service Center. Live chat is available from… Read More

The inaugural exhibition of biblical visionary paintings by self-taught Kentucky artist Helen LaFrance will be on display at Vanderbilt Divinity School through Nov. 16. Read More