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Vanderbilt women’s tennis team celebrating with an NCAA championship trophy and holding up victory signs; graphic text reads “Vanderbilt National Champions 2015.”
December 18, 2015

2015: The Year in Review

From national championship battles to breakthroughs in research, key appointments to beautiful #vandygrams, goodbyes to #VU2015 and hellos to #VU2019, take a look back at the year that was.

By Doug Campbell
ashtray full of cigarette butts
December 1, 2015

Higher cigarette taxes linked to fewer infant deaths

Higher taxes and prices for cigarettes are strongly associated with lower infant mortality rates in the United States, according to a new study from Vanderbilt University and the University of Michigan released Dec. 1 in the journal Pediatrics.

By Christina Echegaray
Three smiling graduates in academic regalia pose indoors, holding open Vanderbilt University diplomas and certificates during a 2013 graduation ceremony.
November 24, 2015

Next Steps at Vanderbilt takes huge leap forward thanks to federal grant

Tennessee’s first postsecondary education program for students with intellectual disabilities, Next Steps at Vanderbilt, will expand significantly thanks to new federal funding.

By Vanderbilt Health News
Nashville Predators players Shea Weber and Pekka Rinne pose with child patient Libby Rushing, who holds a stuffed animal, in a children’s hospital play area.
November 19, 2015

Many groups, one mission: caring for children, families

At 6 feet 4 inches, Shea Weber towers over the tiny tots he visits at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, yet it is he who looks up to them.

By Kathy Whitney
Panel discussion with several suited men seated onstage; the man at left gestures while speaking, with other panelists in the foreground and background.
November 18, 2015

Universities should lead in developing solutions to global challenges, chancellor says

Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos told a Global Action Summit audience that universities should be leaders in developing solutions to global challenges.

By Vanderbilt Health News
Child in a white shirt stands in a clinic examination room while a healthcare worker in patterned scrubs prepares equipment at a counter; a medical monitor is mounted on the wall behind them.
November 18, 2015

Vanderbilt Children’s After-Hours Clinics hit new milestone in patient visits

By Vanderbilt Health News