Releases
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Vanderbilt Center for Human Genetics Research investigators join international team of experts to find genetic links to autism; Results published in Nature Genetics
A team of Vanderbilt Center for Human Genetics Research investigators and colleagues from around the world are releasing findings from the largest study to date seeking to identify genes that might increase the risk of autism. Read MoreFeb 19, 2007
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Vanderbilt University students to dance the night away for a good cause; 14-hour event to benefit Monroe Carell Jr. Children‘s Hospital
More than 500 Vanderbilt University students will dance the night away to benefit the health and well-being of area children during Dance Marathon, a 14-hour student-run event to raise money for the Monroe Carell Jr. Children‘s Hospital at Vanderbilt and Children‘s Miracle Network. Read MoreFeb 19, 2007
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Vanderbilt Center for Human Genetics Research investigators join international team of experts to find genetic links to autism
A team of Vanderbilt Center for Human Genetics Research investigators and colleagues from around the world are releasing findings from the largest study to date seeking to identify genes that might increase risk of autism. Read MoreFeb 19, 2007
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MEDIA ADVISORY: Student engineers work hard at play during E-Week
In a series of challenging but fun competitions, the engineering students at Vanderbilt University will display their ingenuity and inventiveness to celebrate National Engineers Week February 19-24. Read MoreFeb 19, 2007
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New group launching to create food security for Middle Tennesseans; Event at Country Music Hall of Fame to feature mayor, state ag. commissioner
A new organization with a goal of making healthy food reliably available to all Middle Tennesseans will publicly launch Friday, Feb. 23 from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. at the Country Music Hall of Fame in downtown Nashville. The event is free and open to the public. Read MoreFeb 16, 2007
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Vanderbilt economist James Foster to be honored in Mexico
Anti-poverty expert to get honorary degree on February 23 Read MoreFeb 15, 2007
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Vanderbilt joins United Way Million Dollar Circle
Vanderbilt University was welcomed Thursday into the Million Dollar Circle of the United Way of Metropolitan Nashville, in recognition of generosity during the 2006 United Way campaign. Read MoreFeb 15, 2007
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Vanderbilt engineer wins NSF award for innovative Internet system
Professor Yi Cui has gotten recognition - and funding - for his novel idea that could give YouTube a run for its money. Read MoreFeb 15, 2007
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Vanderbilt‘s David Williams II named fellow of Tennessee Bar Foundation
David Williams II of Vanderbilt University has been elected a fellow by the Tennessee Bar Foundation. Read MoreFeb 15, 2007
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“Breaking the Color Barrier” Vanderbilt videoconference features Vice Mayor Gentry; Students to learn about life in one-time segregated Nashville
Nashville Vice Mayor Howard Gentry Jr. will share stories with middle and high school students across the nation about growing up in a segregated Nashville when he is a presenter for the Vanderbilt Virtual School on Feb. 15. "Breaking the Color Barrier" will be a step back in time to a very different life for African-Americans in the 1950s and even ‘60s, according to Patsy Partin, director of the Virtual School. Read MoreFeb 14, 2007
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New CD features Ugandan music used to combat HIV/AIDS; Singing for Life compiled by Vanderbilt medical ethnomusicologist Greg Barz
A new album of uplifting music from Uganda compiled by a Vanderbilt University ethnomusicologist is being released by Smithsonian Folkways Recordings as part of the effort to combat HIV/AIDS. Read MoreFeb 14, 2007
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TIPSHEET: EDUCATION EXPERTS AVAILABLE TO DISCUSS REAUTHORIZATION OF NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND
Vanderbilt University Peabody College of education and human development experts are available to discuss various aspects of No Child Left Behind as Congress considers its reauthorization in 2007. Read MoreFeb 13, 2007
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Vanderbilt alumni form health care association
A group of graduates from the Vanderbilt Owen Graduate School of Management, who now work in the health care industry, has created an association to advance Owen‘s successful health care MBA program. Read MoreFeb 13, 2007
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State Trauma Hospitals Announce Education Campaign
Operating without direct funding, Tennessee‘s trauma center network is at a critical crossroads, said health professionals today, who launched a statewide education campaign aimed at raising the profile and sounding the alarm bells regarding the system. Read MoreFeb 12, 2007
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Tennessee schools, programs win grants to help close achievement gap
Four Tennessee schools and one community outreach program have each won a $10,000 grant from the Vanderbilt Center for Child and Family Policy to help close the achievement gap between white and black and Latino students. Read MoreFeb 9, 2007
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Community college presidents convene at Vanderbilt to discuss service learning
Community college presidents from across Tennessee will convene at Vanderbilt University Feb. 13 to discuss service learning. The event will take place from 2 to 4 p.m. at the First Amendment Center, 1207 18th Ave. South. It is closed to the public. Media are welcome to attend. Read MoreFeb 9, 2007
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“Sopranos” star‘s Feb. 15 lecture at Vanderbilt University CANCELLED; Actor Jamie-Lynn Sigler was to talk about battle with eating disorder
Due to unforeseen circumstances, Jamie-Lynn Sigler, best known for playing Meadow Soprano on HBO‘s Emmy-award winning drama The Sopranos, has cancelled her speaking engagement at Vanderbilt University on Thursday, Feb. 15. Read MoreFeb 9, 2007
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Vanderbilt Pediatric Chair Leaving For Leadership Role at Cincinnati Children‘s Hospital
Arnold W. Strauss, M.D., chair of the Department of Pediatrics and medical director of the Monroe Carell Jr. Children‘s Hospital at Vanderbilt, is leaving to become chief medical officer and director of the Children‘s Research Foundation at Cincinnati Children‘s Hospital Medical Center in Ohio. Read MoreFeb 8, 2007
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Psychologist, author and oft-quoted expert Oakley Ray dead at 76
Oakley Ray, who taught at Vanderbilt University for more than 30 years and wrote both an enduring textbook and self-help books for the general public, died Feb. 7. He was 76. Read MoreFeb 7, 2007
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“Off the Wall” lectures explore Mexico and Modern Printmaking exhibit at the Frist; Vanderbilt‘s Center for Latin American and Iberian Studies provides support
Starting Feb. 15 Vanderbilt professors will offer informed perspective on the acclaimed exhibition Mexico and Modern Printmaking: A Revolution in the Graphic Arts, 1920-1950, at the Frist Center for the Visual Arts. Read MoreFeb 5, 2007