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February 12, 2024

VUMC provides employees with options for physical activity

October 27, 2023

Winners of 2023 pumpkin carving/decorating contests announced

Space aliens! Minions! Nerds! A candy corn blowfish! This year’s entries have it all.

By Wayne Wood

New executive director of Vanderbilt Health and Wellness Lori Rolando, MD, MPH, left, with Mary Yarbrough, MD, MPH, who had served as executive director of the program since 1994.

March 20, 2023

Rolando transitions to lead Health and Wellness

By Wayne Wood

October 21, 2022

Winners of 2022 pumpkin-carving contests announced

The best of this year’s gourd-as-artistic-medium entries from Vanderbilt departments and from Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital

By VUMC News and Communications

May 14, 2020

VUMC Farmers’ Market opening postponed

The VUMC Farmers’ Market, which usually opens in early June on the Medical Center plaza, will delay its opening due to the coronavirus pandemic.

By VUMC News and Communications

June 5, 2019

Farmers’ Market back on hospital plaza every Thursday through October

The Nashville Vanderbilt Farmers’ Market at Vanderbilt University Medical Center returns Thursday, June 6, and will be held every Thursday from 1:30 to 5 p.m. through Oct. 31.

By Wayne Wood

November 27, 2018

‘Food Truck Wednesday’ gets rolling at VUMC

New lunch options will be rolling onto Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s campus this week.

By VUMC News and Communications

November 13, 2018

Smoking rate at VUMC falls to 3.5 percent

By Wayne Wood

October 27, 2016

Scaring up a good time

The Health Plus Pumpkin Carving Competition on the Medical Center plaza last week drew 40 entries, with employees voting for their favorites.

By Tom Wilemon

September 22, 2016

New rates for Recreation and Wellness Center begin Jan. 1

As part of the VU/VUMC transition, all Medical Center employees and their families may continue to utilize the Recreation and Wellness Center for current membership rates through the end of 2016.

By VUMC News and Communications

July 7, 2016

Vanderbilt again named one of state’s healthier workplaces

Vanderbilt University and Vanderbilt University Medical Center have been recognized for the third year in a row as a Healthier Tennessee Workplace by the Governor’s Foundation for Health and Wellness.

By Matt Batcheldor

April 6, 2016

Vanderbilt celebrates National Walking Day

Members of the Vanderbilt community marked National Walking Day April 6 by taking group walks across campus in celebration of the university and Medical Center's commitment to a culture of wellness.

By VUMC News and Communications

August 21, 2015

Vanderbilt named ‘healthiest employer’ for sixth consecutive year

Vanderbilt has been recognized by the "Nashville Business Journal" as the Healthiest Employer of Nashville in the division for organizations with more than 500 employees. The recognition marks the sixth time in the six-year history of the award that Vanderbilt has won.