Vanderbilt University News

Embassy Suites Hotel Downtown Tuscaloosa has chosen Jon Crisp as General Manager for the under-construction hotel located at 2410 University Blvd. in Tuscaloosa.

Vanderbilt taps Butler Camgian chairman and CEO Gary Butler has been named vice chair of Vanderbilt University School of Engineering's Board of Visitors.

Camgian chairman and CEO Gary Butler has been named vice chair of Vanderbilt University School of Engineering's Board of Visitors.

Vaccines given to infants and young children have prevented 322 million illnesses, 21 million hospitalizations and 732,000 deaths over the past two decades, according to a new report from the CDC.

Two Hickman County students and a driver riding in a school bus suffered injuries after the vehicle veered off the road and struck a tree, according to a Tennessee Highway Patrol report.

Last week saw the quiet death of the misguided, Koch brothers-funded Tennessee Senate Bill 2243, which would have effectively banned real bus rapid transit in Tennessee .

Metro won't be making any money from the deal. Mayor Karl Dean's spokeswoman, Bonna Johnson, tells Pith that was part of the deal "just like at LP Field and Bridgestone, and it was in the agreements approved by the Council."

The American Gastroenterological Association Research Foundation is pleased to announce the 2014 AGA Research Scholars.

For your information: MNT accounts were not affected by the recent Heartbleed bug, as we were not running a vulnerable version of OpenSSL.

Today, young adults with just a high school diploma earn 62 percent of the typical salary of college graduates.

The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld a ban by the state of Michigan on the use of race as a factor in considering applicants for state colleges and universities.

Cougars, which will eat meat, guts, bones - the proverbial whole enchilada, survived the mass extinction event 12,000 years ago, while their finicky cousins the saber tooth cat and American lion bit the dust.

David Wasserstein, a professor of Jewish history at Vanderbilt University, will lecture at UAB on April 24, 2014.

The "brush border" - a densely packed array of finger-like projections called microvilli - covers the surfaces of the cells that line our intestines.

The new fEAsT initiative provides up to two vouchers per semester for students to take a teacher to lunch at a campus sit-down dining site.

Authorities are investigating a school bus crash with injuries Monday afternoon in Hickman County.

April 21, 2014 - Wyoming Secretary of State Max Maxfield and famed Wyoming trial lawyer and author Gerry Spence will be among speakers during University of Wyoming spring commencement ceremonies.

The deadly explosion at a McEwen ammunition plant was accidental, according to a preliminary investigation by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

Camgian Microsystems Corp. and Vanderbilt University's School of Engineering have collaborated to prototype a new Internet of Things energy intelligence system for the facility management market through the engineering school's senior design program.

The Bowling Green Police Department said 62-year-old Gary L. Wynn died at 1:53 a.m. Monday at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville.