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Vanderbilt is seeing some success in its drive to protect employees from the runaway costs of health care coverage.
The annual open enrollment for Vanderbilt’s benefits-eligible faculty and staff is Oct. 1–15. All faculty and staff must complete the online enrollment form this October or receive default benefits in 2011.
The ability to make some purchases will change in January 2011, due to federal health care reform legislation.
Acclaimed national legal correspondent for The New York Times Adam Liptak will speak at Vanderbilt Law School 4 p.m. Monday, Sept. 20, in Flynn Auditorium as part of Vanderbilt University’s federal Constitution Day commemoration.
University of Melbourne Provost John Dewar and a senior leadership delegation from his university will visit Vanderbilt Sept. 15-16 to discuss ways to expand the universities’ partnership that began in 2007.
A series of free public readings at Vanderbilt will kick off this fall with a Sept. 16 appearance by Edward Hirsch, poet, a chancellor of the Academy of American Poets and president of the Guggenheim Foundation.
Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center has unveiled its newly expanded waiting area and additional clinic examination rooms for cancer patients and their families. The new, 10,000- square-foot space is located on the first floor of The Vanderbilt Clinic.
Vanderbilt’s Center for Latin American Studies will expand its collaborations in Tennessee and beyond through world-class research, teaching and community service – thanks to a $2 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education.
Rep. Marsha Blackburn offered her political views on a variety of current issues, including falling poll numbers for President Barack Obama and fixing the economic crisis, when she spoke to a political science class.
Flu season is right around the corner so keep yourself healthy by getting your seasonal flu vaccine.
Vanderbilt will host its annual candidates picnic on Olin Lawn, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 16.
Traffic around the 25th Avenue Garage near Highland Avenue was backed up the morning of Sept. 7 while firefighters put out a car fire on the sixth floor.
An unofficial Vanderbilt tradition continued when artist Mike Cooper added new football coach Robbie Caldwell to the mural facing West End Avenue.
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