Month: March 2011
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Latin American theologian with ecofeminist perspective visits VU
Latin American theologian Ivone Gebara will be part of a March 28 panel discussion on "Ecology, Gender and Liberation in Brazil." Read MoreMar 23, 2011
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Nuclear remediation veteran comments on accident at Japanese nuclear power plant
Frank Parker, who has studied Nagasaki, Chernobyl and Three Mile Island, comments on the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan. Read MoreMar 23, 2011
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Hudnut-Beumler re-appointed dean of Vanderbilt Divinity School
James Hudnut-Beumler has accepted a third term as dean of Vanderbilt University Divinity School. Read MoreMar 23, 2011
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Master of health professions education degree to commence fall 2011
Vanderbilt offers healthcare educators the new Master of Health Professions Education (MHPE) degree through a collaboration among Vanderbilt University School of Medicine (VUSM), Vanderbilt University School of Nursing (VUSM) and Peabody College of Education and Human Development. Read MoreMar 23, 2011
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“Prevention of Global HIV/AIDS: Old Challenges and New Paradigms”
Watch video of the March 22 Chancellor’s Lecture Series talk. Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health Director Sten Vermund presents “Prevention of Global HIV/AIDS: Old Challenges and New Paradigms” as part of the 2010-2011 Chancellor’s Lecture Series. HIV/AIDS continues to be a global medical emergency of unprecedented proportions with multiple… Read MoreMar 23, 2011
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Identifying genes to predict and prevent pre-term birth
Vanderbilt professor receives $585,000 March of Dimes grant to identify genes that may predict preterm birth and help in the development of drugs to prevent it. Read MoreMar 22, 2011
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Cora Marrett: National Science Foundation Regional Grants Conference
Watch video from the National Science Foundation Regional Grants Conference. The second National Science Foundation Regional Grants Conference of fiscal year 2011 was hosted by Vanderbilt University on March 21-22, 2011, at Loews Vanderbilt Hotel. Key officials representing each NSF program directorate, administrative office, the NSF Office of International Science… Read MoreMar 22, 2011
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Arianna Huffington, William Kristol: “How Does the Media Speak to the Middle Class”
Watch video of “How Does the Media Speak to the Middle Class,” a public conversation between Arianna Huffington, editor-in-chief of The Huffington Post, and William Kristol, editor of The Weekly Standard. The talk took place Monday, March 21, at Vanderbilt University’s Langford Auditorium as part of the university’s annual Impact Symposium. Read MoreMar 22, 2011
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Impact Symposium speakers discuss the middle class in America
(Vanderbilt University/Ann Rayner) Arianna Huffington, editor-in-chief ofThe Huffington Post, and William Kristol, editor of The Weekly Standard, discussed “How Does the Media Speak to the Middle Class,” as part of the university’s annual Impact Symposium on Monday, March 21. In her recently published book, Third World America, Huffington writes that the American… Read MoreMar 22, 2011
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Former Vanderbilt Kennedy Center director Alfred A. Baumeister dies
Alfred A. Baumeister (photo courtesy of Vanderbilt University Special Collections and University Archives) Alfred A. Baumeister, a national spokesman on the need for intellectual disabilities research and former director of Vanderbilt’s Kennedy Center, died March 14 in Tuscaloosa, Ala. He was 76. Baumeister, a professor of psychology, guided the John… Read MoreMar 22, 2011
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Federal Forum: The 112th Congress: Expect the Unexpected
Watch video of the March 22 Federal Forum: The 112th Congress: Expect the Unexpected. This Forum focuses on what to expect from the 112th Congress, the new faces on Capitol Hill and the latest on budget and appropriation issues. The keynote speakers are Christina West, assistant vice chancellor of federal… Read MoreMar 22, 2011
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Breast cancer vulnerable to multi-hit therapy
Combining targeted therapies may increase their effectiveness in treating a common and aggressive form of breast cancer. Read MoreMar 21, 2011
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Graphene expert receives NSF CAREER award
Vanderbilt physicist Kirill Bolotin has received NSF’s CAREER award, which supports exceptionally promising junior faculty members. Read MoreMar 21, 2011
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Inflationary cosmology on trial
Watch video of the Seyfert Lecture featuring Dr. Paul J. Steinhardt, the Albert Einstein Professor in Science and director of the Princeton Center for Theoretical Science at Princeton University. Steinhardt, who is also on the faculty of both the Department of Physics and the Department of Astrophysical Sciences, spoke at Vanderbilt… Read MoreMar 21, 2011
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Protein combos keep cells straight
Researchers define the protein interactions that establish our organs' lining. Read MoreMar 18, 2011
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Your world… and welcome to it
Jamie Pope, dietitian, School of Nursing instructor, and New York Times bestselling author, shows how to shape your living environment to make changes you want to make. Read MoreMar 18, 2011
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Medical mistakes interfere with hospitals’ ‘do no harm’ aim
A clear safety culture and “conceptual toolkit” are needed to reduce medical mistakes, research from Vanderbilt Owen Graduate School of Management finds. Read MoreMar 18, 2011
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Vanderbilt Political Science to relocate to The Commons
Vanderbilt University’s College of Arts and Science will build out the third floor of The Commons Center to house the entire Department of Political Science under plans recently approved by the Board of Trust. Read MoreMar 18, 2011
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VUCast: Political influence
In this week’s VUCast: The value of voting with your wallet; how a Vandy alum is keeping Michelle Obama on the best dressed list; Facebook brings together a Vandy student and G.W. Bush; and meet the rapping business professor. [vucastblurb]… Read MoreMar 18, 2011
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Stephanie McCurry: “Antigone’s Claim: Gender and Treason in the American Civil War”
Watch video of the March 17 talk, “Antigone’s Claim: Gender and Treason in the American Civil War,” by Stephanie McCurry. McCurry is a professor of history at the University of Pennsylvania whose areas of expertise include the American South and the Civil War era, and the history of women and… Read MoreMar 18, 2011