Year: 2011

  • Vanderbilt University

    Entrepreneur Cam Chalmers built a rejected class project into a multimillion-dollar educational software company

    Some of the biggest businesses started out as ideas dreamed up in student apartments and dorm rooms. Two Stanford students started Google as Ph.D. projects. When he was at Yale, Fred Smith turned in a term paper outlining his idea for an overnight delivery service—FedEx. Vanderbilt’s Cam Chalmers, BS’98, created… Read More

    Nov 12, 2011

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    Julie Fraser, BA’87, MBA’91, is on a mission at the World Bank

    When Julie Fraser arrived in Kabul, Afghanistan, in January 2002, it was clear that the mission at hand would be unlike any she’d had before. The Kabul airport had been one of the primary targets of the U.S. invasion three months earlier, and the widespread destruction was evident as soon… Read More

    Nov 12, 2011

  • Vanderbilt University

    Fielding Questions

    Clark Bosslet and Blake Knight are both MBA candidates for 2012 and bloggers for OwenBloggers.com, a website that offers an uncensored student perspective on life at the Owen School. The Owen Podcast Series, which Bosslet and Knight film and produce for the site, features interviews with faculty, fellow students,… Read More

    Nov 12, 2011

  • Arun Majumdar

    Seeking game-changing energy technologies

    Arun Majumdar is the first director of the Department of Energy's ARPA-E (Zach Goodyear / Vanderbilt University) “Gentlemen, we have run out of money. It’s time to start thinking.” This quote, attributed to the New Zealand physicist Ernest Rutherford, summarizes the main point of the presentation that… Read More

    Nov 11, 2011

  • Vanderbilt University

    Averting a future oncologist shortage

    Providing increased mentorship, research opportunities and a nurturing, intellectual environment during fellowship training may help reduce a projected shortage of academic hematologists and oncologists. Read More

    Nov 11, 2011

  • Illustration of human intestinal tract

    Balancing act in the gut

    Vanderbilt researchers have identified an antigen important to balancing the immune response to bacteria in the gut. Read More

    Nov 11, 2011

  • Deciphering DNA code

    Project seeks to apply gene testing to drug prescribing

    The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has awarded Vanderbilt researchers a two-year, $1 million grant to Vanderbilt to develop a model for applying genomic testing to drug prescribing in “real-world” settings. Read More

    Nov 11, 2011

  • Vanderbilt University

    Norman T. Gottwald: “The Bible as Nurturer of Passive and Active Worldviews”

    Watch video of the Harrod Lecture with Norman T. Gottwald. Norman T. Gottwald, a pioneer in the social critical study of the Hebrew Bible, delivered the Harrod Lecture Nov. 10. His groundbreaking book “The Tribes of Yahweh: A Sociology of the Religion of Liberated Israel, 1250-1050 BEC” argues for the… Read More

    Nov 11, 2011

  • Vanderbilt University

    Vanderbilt Board of Trust approves Alumni Hall renovations

    A rendering of the renovated Alumni Hall's west elevation. (image courtesy of Bruner/Cott) The Vanderbilt Board of Trust’s Executive Committee voted Nov. 10 to begin significant renovations to Alumni Hall in order to create flexible spaces to support a wide range of activities – such as tutoring,… Read More

    Nov 11, 2011

  • Vanderbilt University

    Alondra Nelson: The Black Panther Party and health care equality

    Watch video of Alondra Nelson, associate professor of sociology at Columbia University, speaking Nov. 8. Typically associated with the revolutionary rhetoric and militant action of the Black Power movement of the 1960s and 1970s, the Black Panther Party  did significant and lesser-known work pursuing equality in the… Read More

    Nov 11, 2011

  • Vanderbilt University

    Arun Majumdar: “ARPA-E: Catalyzing Energy Breakthroughs for a Secure American Future”

    Watch video of Arun Majumdar, director of the Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy (ARPA-E), delivering a lecture titled “ARPA-E: Catalyzing Energy Breakthroughs for a Secure American Future” Nov. 9 in Featheringill Hall. Majumdar became the first director of ARPA-E, the country’s only agency devoted to transformational energy research and development,… Read More

    Nov 11, 2011

  • Vanderbilt University

    New group of endowed chairs celebrated

    The outstanding academic achievements of 11 faculty members who have been named to endowed chairs were praised during a celebration at the Student Life Center. Read More

    Nov 10, 2011

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    Tornado risk increases in November; sign up for AlertVU notification

    November can be one of the busiest months for tornadoes in Tennessee as cold air clashes with the remnants of summer’s warm temperatures in the South. To be notified about a tornado warning or other emergency incident at Vanderbilt, sign up for AlertVU, the university’s emergency notification system. Read More

    Nov 10, 2011

  • Vanderbilt University

    Art professor’s design among finalists for new Tennessee license plate

    Assistant Professor of Art Amelia Winger-Bearskin's design is one of 10 finalists in the State Your Plate contest. Tennesseans for the Arts, the statewide advocacy group that supports the Tennessee Arts Commission, has announced the 10 finalists selected for State Your Plate, the… Read More

    Nov 10, 2011

  • Vanderbilt University

    Saturday Academy at Vanderbilt for the Young resumes January 2012

    (Jenny Mandeville/Vanderbilt) The Saturday Academy at Vanderbilt for the Young will resume Jan. 21, 2012, and will be held consecutive Saturdays through Feb. 25. SAVY provides a dynamic, fast-paced curriculum experience to qualifying gifted children in kindergarten and grades 1–6. SAVY participants typically test at the 95th percentile… Read More

    Nov 10, 2011

  • Vanderbilt University

    Who’s on the Blair stage Nov. 14-18

    Blair School of Music at Vanderbilt (Neil Brake/Vanderbilt) Make note of these Blair School of Music performances the week of Nov. 14-18. Tuesday, Nov. 15 8 p.m. Ingram Hall Guest artist recital: Audra McDonald Just a month before she begins her Broadway… Read More

    Nov 10, 2011

  • Vanderbilt University

    Holiday gift card drive for families experiencing autism spectrum disorder

    Having a child with an autism spectrum disorder can create a financial burden that is exacerbated during the holidays, when extra expenses arise. The Autism Society of Middle Tennessee is hosting its fourth annual Holiday Gift Card Drive for those families in need. Last year, the drive resulted in… Read More

    Nov 10, 2011

  • Vanderbilt University

    Predators offer flexibility with ‘six pack’ ticket offer

    Purchase a “six pack” of tickets to upcoming Nashville Predators hockey games and get the flexibility of choosing which games you want to attend and your seat type, as well as these benefits: 2 free Lower Bowl tickets for April 3 vs. Minnesota (a $160 value)… Read More

    Nov 10, 2011

  • Vanderbilt University

    Get discounted tickets to Nashville Ballet’s ‘Nutcracker’

    (image courtesy of Nashville Ballet) Members of the Vanderbilt community can receive discounts to the Nashville Ballet’s annual holiday production that are no longer available to the general public. Nashville’s Nutcracker, which runs Dec. 9-18 at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center, is performed by almost 200 dancers to live… Read More

    Nov 10, 2011

  • baby looking into the camera with uncertainty

    Breastfeeding problems can be linked to a tied tongue

    A simple procedure can correct ‘tongue-tie,’ a commonly missed condition that could prevent newborns from breastfeeding properly. Read More

    Nov 10, 2011