Month: November 2012
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Donald J. Hall, longtime professor at Vanderbilt Law School, has died
Longtime Vanderbilt Law School professor Donald J. Hall died Nov. 29. He spent his entire academic career at Vanderbilt, starting in 1970 and retiring in 2007. Read MoreNov 30, 2012
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Nominate medical faculty or staff for the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Award
Martin Luther King Jr. Nominations are now being accepted for the annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Award. The award is given to a faculty or staff member at the School of Medicine, School of Nursing or Vanderbilt University Medical Center who… Read MoreNov 30, 2012
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New faculty: Derek Griffith explores the complexities of men’s health
Griffith serves not only as an associate professor of medicine, health and society within the College of Arts and Science, but also as an associate professor of medicine at the School of Medicine. Read MoreNov 30, 2012
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Get discount on ‘Catch Me,’ ‘Traces’ and ‘Cabaret’ at TPAC
Vanderbilt employees can get a discount on tickets to “Catch Me If You Can” at TPAC. Vanderbilt employees can receive discounted tickets to these upcoming shows at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center. Log on to the TPAC website, select your desired show title, and use… Read MoreNov 30, 2012
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New faculty: Amy Non links health disparities to genetics and environment
A molecular anthropologist specializing in epigenetics, the study of how environment and behavior affect the expression of genes, Amy Non's work integrates genetics, anthropology and public health. Read MoreNov 30, 2012
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Parents of children with disabilities sought for survey
Vanderbilt Kennedy Center (Vanderbilt University) The Vanderbilt Kennedy Center’s Disabilities, Religion, and Spirituality Program is conducting a survey focusing on the strengths, spirituality, and well-being of young people with disabilities in Tennessee. Parents or caregivers of young people with an intellectual disability or autism (ages… Read MoreNov 30, 2012
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Tuition lowered on Blair precollege and adult programs
Blair School of Music (Daniel Dubois/Vanderbilt) Tuition has been lowered on the spring semester precollege and adult course offerings at Blair School of Music. Read MoreNov 30, 2012
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Half marathon training program begins in January
Make your dream to run or walk the Country Music Half Marathon on April 27, 2013, a reality by joining Health Plus and Gilda’s Club of Nashville for a 16-week comprehensive training program. Read MoreNov 30, 2012
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Take a campus walk with Mayor Karl Dean Dec. 6
The two-mile walk Dec. 6 will start and end at 2007 Terrace Place. Vanderbilt is stepping up to Nashville Mayor Karl Dean’s Challenge to Walk 100 Miles. From noon to 1 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 6, Mayor Dean will be joined by Vice Chancellor for Public Affairs Beth… Read MoreNov 30, 2012
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Our favorite Tweets and Instagrams of the week, Nov. 23-30
We love hearing from our fans, friends and followers. Below are just a few of our favorite Tweets and Instagram photos from the past week. Be a part of the conversation – follow Vanderbilt on Twitter and Instagram and tag your photos #vandy. [View the story… Read MoreNov 30, 2012
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October winds offer students good view of turbine action
Students from the School for Science and Math at Vanderbilt trekked about three miles from campus to the School of Engineering’s wind-solar alternative energy site to see a wind turbine in action atop Love Circle hill in Nashville. Read MoreNov 30, 2012
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Aerospace Club to participate in NASA rocketry challenge
Organizers of the NASA University Student Launch Initiative (USLI) have announced the student teams whose inventive creations will soar skyward in April during the space agency’s 2013 rocketry challenge. Read MoreNov 30, 2012
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Vanderbilt and MNPS to lead tri-state efforts to build ‘pipeline of teaching excellence’
Advancing the math and science achievement of third through sixth graders in high-need schools is the aim of a new national partnership, being led in Tennessee, New York and Washington by faculty and staff from Vanderbilt University’s Peabody College of education and human development and Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools. Read MoreNov 30, 2012
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Mosquitoes as involuntary bioterrorists
Vanderbilt biologists have discovered that mosquitoes possess a previously unknown mechanism for destroying pathogens which takes advantage of the peculiarities of the insect’s circulatory system to increase its effectiveness. Read MoreNov 29, 2012
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Massion named to lead Cancer Center’s Thoracic Program
Pierre Massion, M.D., associate professor of Medicine and Cancer Biology, has been named director of the Thoracic Program at Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center. Read MoreNov 29, 2012
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ADA, Vanderbilt united in fight against diabetes
The statistics are jarring. More than 25.8 million children and adults in the United States — 8.3 percent of the population — have diabetes. And predictions are that one in three people will have the chronic disease by 2050. Read MoreNov 29, 2012
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Area employers learn more about affiliate network’s benefits
Vanderbilt University Medical Center and its network affiliates are working directly with employers in the region to improve health for health plan beneficiaries while bringing the overall cost of care under control. Read MoreNov 29, 2012
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Online archive extends legacy of dulcimer legend David Schnaufer
The Appalachian Dulcimer Archive contains sound clips of David Schnaufer playing various dulcimers, photos and history about dulcimers from Schnaufer’s collection, biographical material about Schnaufer and other information. Read MoreNov 29, 2012
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Awards honor diabetes research contributions
The recent “Diabetes Day” symposium recognized two Vanderbilt trainees for their potential as future leaders in diabetes research and one longtime staff member for his service to the diabetes research community. Read MoreNov 29, 2012
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Symposium highlights VU’s clinical, translational research
Nearly $5 million in internal pilot grants to jumpstart research projects. A tripling in the number of clinical and translational research publications. Novel research tools that have been snapped up by scientists around the world. Read MoreNov 29, 2012