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All benefits-eligible faculty and staff can learn about their health risks and take action to reduce those risks by completing the Go for the Gold program. Faculty and staff who select and pay for the Vanderbilt Health Plan benefits in 2011 are also eligible for a wellness credit of up to $240.
The Commodore football team will play its opening two games of the 2010 season under the lights in Vanderbilt Stadium. The Commodores’ season opener against Northwestern of the Big Ten on Saturday, Sept. 4, will kick off at 6:30 p.m.
Vanderbilt University professor Owen Jones, who is one of the nation’s few professors of both law and biology, has been named director of the national Law and Neuroscience Project, which will now be headquartered at Vanderbilt. The project, an interdisciplinary network examining the impact of modern neuroscience on criminal law, is supported by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
Vanderbilt University Medical Center and affiliated VA Tennessee Valley Healthcare System are the first in the United States to perform a specialized PET/CT scan to successfully locate tumors. The improved imaging allows surgeons to more easily locate and remove cancerous tumors.
The third show of the 2010 Bluebird on the Mountain concert series is set for Saturday, July 24, at Vanderbilt’s Dyer Observatory and will feature singer-songwriters Tony Arata, Thom Schuyler and J. Fred Knobloch accompanied by harmonica player Jelly Roll Johnson.
A big part of making Vanderbilt University Medical Center a workplace of choice is taking the time to personally thank the people who work here for the difference they make each and every day. To help do that, VUMC is enhancing the “Recognize” program with a new rewards vendor and a new website.
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