Month: June 2011
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Bad buzz about blue-eyed cicadas
Photo of a true blue-eyed cicada (Matt Weiss, Cicada Mania) Have you heard the latest buzz going round that scientists at Vanderbilt are paying as much as $3,000 for specimens of the rare blue-eyed cicada? If you have, I hope you haven’t spent a lot of time… Read MoreJun 2, 2011
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Religious bias still hurdle for presidential candidates, study shows
Research by Vanderbilt and Claremont political scientists show a significant number of American voters remain biased against Mormons and other religious minorities. Read MoreJun 2, 2011
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Weather sirens to be tested June 4
The monthly test of the Vanderbilt outdoor warning sirens will be Saturday, June 4, immediately following the monthly test of the Metro sirens at noon. Read MoreJun 2, 2011
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Between Two Worlds
Cristiana Grigore is Roma, a member of the largest ethnic minority in Europe. Over the course of her journey from her native Romania to Peabody College at Vanderbilt, she has become an ambassador for her people, an advocate for social inclusion, and is striving to make a difference at the international level. Read MoreJun 2, 2011
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Help in a Pinch
What do you do when you have a sick child but can’t miss work? An elderly parent who needs care but you just can’t be there? Parents in a Pinch, Vanderbilt’s new backup care benefit, provides trusted help when harried employees need it most. Read MoreJun 2, 2011
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Stripped Away
There are any number of circumstances in which people can effectively lose some or most of their basic rights, says Colin Dayan, the Robert Penn Warren Professor in the Humanities. In her new research, Dayan argues that the law has been refined so that it can be used to deny the very rights it’s presumably there to protect. Read MoreJun 2, 2011
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Looking Back
In 1954, 65,000 people filled Vanderbilt Stadium to hear The Rev. Billy Graham speak. Read MoreJun 2, 2011
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The Last Word
Terrie Barrow has found health, hope and healing in her "urban garden." Read MoreJun 2, 2011