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Other financial priorities include the medical center, in
particular care and research to help sick children at the
Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, Zeppos
said.
Professors of communication, engineering, law and medicine
were recognized with teaching and research awards at the
Spring Faculty Assembly.
All tickets for the April 12 lecture by Nobel Peace Prize
winner Elie Wiesel have been claimed.
The commission will advise President Obama on legal,
philosophical and social issues arising from the biosciences
and to suggest policies to ensure scientific research, health
care delivery and technological innovation are conducted in an
ethically responsible manner.
The 6′11 center from Sydney, Australia, is a three-time
All-SEC performer and averaged 15.3 points and 6.7 rebounds
per game in three years at Vanderbilt.
The speaker, a Distinguished University Professor at the
University of Maryland, has written extensively about the
African American experience, including the history of
slavery.
A new handbook for university faculty and staff wishing to
use social media tools such as Facebook or Twitter to promote
their program, research or department is now available.
The sometimes confusing library protocols of where to be
quiet and where to make noise – all in the name of learning –
are explored in a series of student art installations called
“Can You Hear Me Now?” They are on display from April 15
through May 14 in Vanderbilt University Libraries.
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Chancellor announces $100 million for
graduate education, outlines building priorities at Spring
Faculty Assembly
Kosson, Schaffner win awards at Spring
Faculty Assembly
No more tickets available for Elie Wiesel
lecture
Farahany to join White House commission on
bioethical issues
Ogilvy to enter NBA Draft
Leading historian Ira Berlin to address
‘Barack Obama and the Remaking of Black America’
Social media handbook released
Exhibit offers quirky perspectives on noise
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