VU study finds peanut consumption associated with decreased total mortality and mortality from cardiovascular diseases

If you're looking for a simple way to lower your risk of dying from a heart attack, consider going nuts. View...

Daylight saving time begins Sunday; start planning now for a good Monday

When daylight saving time takes effect on Sunday, March 8, it doesn't have to mean a miserably groggy Monday morning. Start planning now to ease your body into the time transition. View...

Want to change your AlertVU settings? Here's how

Vanderbilt University's emergency mass notification system, AlertVU, is used for emergencies posing an imminent threat or danger to the Vanderbilt community. It is important to regularly update your settings in the AlertVU system to ensure you are receiving these important messages on the device of your choosing. View...

Deadline approaching to make changes to retirement contributions before transition

Employees who want to change the percent of their salaries they contribute to Vanderbilt's retirement plan to take effect in April should submit Retirement Plan Election forms (Salary Reduction Agreement) to HR by March 31. View...

From "Hope": Healing hearts

Three-year-old Ainsley Hooper's face wrinkles with concern. She's looking at photographs of herself as an infant, during the months she spent in the Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (PCICU) at Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt. View...