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VUMC medical specialties lauded by ‘U.S. News and World Report’

Vanderbilt University Medical Center finished strongly again this year in U.S. News & World Report magazine’s annual ranking of America’s Best Hospitals.

Meet new football interim head coach at Faculty-Staff Cookout July 20

Get a chance to meet new interim Head Coach Robbie Caldwell, the coaching staff and players and enjoy free hot dogs, chips and soda (limited quantities available).

Director of bronchoscopy undergoes procedure; improves perception of patient experience

For Otis Rickman, going the extra mile to contribute to the science of lung cancer diagnosis made perfect sense, even if it meant undergoing the procedure without general anesthesia.

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July 21: Big Brothers Big Sisters Lunch and Learn

July 24: Bluebird on the Mountain at Dyer Observatory (Off Campus)

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July 30: Songs from the Heart 2010

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Volunteers Needed for Type 2 Diabetes Study at Vanderbilt Medical Center

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Breeding receives national library technology award

Children’s Way and Jess Neely Drive to be closed early July 20

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Bobby Johnson retiring as head football coach

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from Vanderbilt Business: Team Players

How a ragtag rugby club from Owen learned to play with the big boys

Owen’s fledgling rugby team—a winless squad of variable composition—had carpooled to Fort Campbell, Ky., to take on a team from the 101st Airborne. It was a match that a surrealist might have envisioned: an outfit of future MBAs that even some of its own members described as “ragtag” versus the legendary outfit that refused to surrender Bastogne during the Battle of the Bulge. In other words, it should have been no match at all.

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