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A state-of-the-art interactive exhibit on the brain and brain research has opened at Vanderbilt Health One Hundred Oaks. Read More

TravelVU, a new travel program for Vanderbilt faculty, staff and students, will launch Oct. 4. TravelVU is a comprehensive initiative that encompasses all aspects of the travel planning, booking, reporting and reimbursement processes. The program is based on elements specifically tailored to the Vanderbilt traveler. Features include:… Read More

Wangari Maathai and Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos on May 12, 2011. (John Russell/Vanderbilt) Wangari Maathai, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize who spoke as part of Vanderbilt’s Senior Day activities in May, has died following a battle with cancer. She was 71. Maathai founded the Green Belt… Read More

(John Russell/Vanderbilt) A new website will serve as the central location to coordinate charitable giving by Vanderbilt faculty and staff to the university, to Vanderbilt University Medical Center and to the Nashville community, Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos announced Sept. 22. Vanderbilt Gives consolidates the annual Community Giving, Faculty-Staff… Read More

Solar film has been installed at the Vanderbilt co-generation power plant in a project sponsored by the Vanderbilt Green Fund. (John Russell/Vanderbilt) An innovative solar energy installation now adorns a concrete silo at the Vanderbilt co-generation power plant. The unique, 8.16-kilowatt, student-initiated solar project – made possible by funding… Read More

One Magnolia Circle at Peabody College. (Vanderbilt) The Peabody College building that houses the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center, the Department of Special Education and the Susan Gray School has received a long-anticipated new name. Known in recent years as the MRL building, the original Mental Retardation… Read More

These days, just about anyone who sees a pink lapel ribbon knows it symbolizes breast cancer awareness. But a light blue ribbon? Well, that’s another story. The symbol for prostate cancer awareness is far less recognizable than its feminine counterpart, just as the disease itself is far less in… Read More

  Jeff Balser delivered the State of the Medical Center address Sept. 20. (John Russell/Vanderbilt) Jeff Balser, vice chancellor for health affairs and dean of the School of Medicine, presented his State of the Medical Center address in Langford Auditorium Sept. 20. Balser discussed highlights from the previous fiscal… Read More

The Vanderbilt community will enjoy more bus routes and stops on West End Avenue as of Sept. 25, 2011. (Daniel Dubois/Vanderbilt University) Improvements to the Nashville Metropolitan Transit Authority system begin Sept. 25, 2011, with expanded service along the busy West End corridor. Two new routes and… Read More

Best of Show award winner Amina Trotter-Lockett with her mixed media abstract "A Burst of Excitement." (Vanderbilt University/Steve Green) A crowd of Vanderbilt staff members, faculty and their families gathered Sept. 20 at Vanderbilt Health One Hundred Oaks’ gallery wall, where the winners of the National Arts… Read More

Image courtesy of Charles Henry Charles Henry, a leader in the efforts to deepen collaborations among libraries, especially with regards to digital projects, will speak at the Central Library Oct. 4. His talk, “’Negative Capability’ and the New Research Environment,” will be at 2:30 p.m. Read More

Environmentalist Bill McKibben will kick off a year of nationally recognized sustainability experts who will speak at Vanderbilt University as part of the American Studies Sustainability Project. Read More

Sen Lamar Alexander unveiled his library exhibit "Come on Along! Lamar Alexander's Journey as Governor" to the media on the fourth floor of the Central Library Sept. 16. Pictured here is Alexander with the trombone he played nights at a Bourbon Street club while clerking for Fifth Circuit Judge… Read More

Antonina Gove circa 1970. (Image courtesy of Vanderbilt University Special Collections & University Archives) Vanderbilt Professor Emerita of Russian Antonina (“Nina”) Filonov Gove died on Aug. 29 in Seattle, Washington. A memorial service will be held on Wednesday, Sept. 28, at 3 p.m. at St. Read More

Pictured (l-r) Professor of Spanish and editor of "Afro-Hispanic Review" William Luis, Nashville Mayor Karl Dean, NAHCC's Mario Moreno, Bishop Joseph Johnson Black Cultural Center Director Frank Dobson and NAHCC's Yuri Cunza. (Photo courtesy of NAHCC)     Hispanic Heritage Month kicked off Sept. 15 at the Bishop Joseph… Read More

Fred Ochieng’ (left) and Milton Ochieng’. (Dana Johnson/Vanderbilt) Milton Ochieng’, a 2008 Vanderbilt University School of Medicine graduate and co-founder of the Lwala Community Alliance, will speak at two sessions of this year’s Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting in New… Read More

Radical Latino performance artist José Torres Tama performs his Sci-fi Latino Noir Mulitimedia Solo Wednesday, Oct. 5, at the Student Life Center as part of a three-day residency.    … Read More

Ingram with Nicholas S. Zeppos (Vanderbilt University/Daniel Dubois) Martha Rivers Ingram, longtime patron of the Blair School of Music, will be honored for her 16 years of dedicated service and stewardship on the organization’s Board of Directors with a special concert. The program, which will include both… Read More

L-r: Executive Director of Faculty and Staff Health and Wellness Mary Yarbrough, Associate Vice Chancellor for Human Resources Traci Nordberg, 2011 Commodore Award winner Paula McGown and Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos. (Anne Rayner/Vanderbilt) The Commodore Award – Vanderbilt’s highest staff honor – was presented to two staff members during… Read More

Vanderbilt University was named the 17th best national university in the United States by U.S. News & World Report, the third consecutive year it has held that position. Read More