Year: 2011

  • Glowing brain

    Let there be light and melatonin

    Light and the hormone melatonin may play important roles in the developing brain. Read More

    Nov 4, 2011

  • Vanderbilt University

    Trauma program’s infection-fighting efforts show results

    Implementation of antibiotic stewardship tactics as part of infection reduction campaigns sees significant results. Read More

    Nov 4, 2011

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    Fall 2011 issue of ‘Vanderbilt Nurse’ available now

    The Fall 2011 edition of Vanderbilt Nurse magazine tackles issues surrounding America’s prescription drug problem – including the safe and proper disposal of prescription drugs, the dangers of improper prescription drug use, and the epidemic of prescription drug abuse by teens. Also read how School of Nursing… Read More

    Nov 4, 2011

  • Vanderbilt University

    China delegation visits campus

    The delegation from China visited the Susan Gray School. Pictured with the students are Guoming Long (red jacket, right), and Gao Guangtang. (Joe Howell/Vanderbilt University) A delegation of Chinese educators visited Vanderbilt Oct. 24-Nov. 4 to learn the latest in U.S. education policy and experience American classrooms and techniques… Read More

    Nov 4, 2011

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    Scholarship established in honor of retiring Norma Antillón

    Norma Antillion (left) and Jane Landers, acting director of the Center for Latin American Studies. (Daniel Dubois/Vanderbilt University) Norma Antillón, who colleagues say has been “the heart” of the Center for Latin American Studies for the past 25 years, received a delightful shock at her recent retirement… Read More

    Nov 4, 2011

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    VUCast Newscast: Vanderbilt on “Grey’s Anatomy”

    This Week on VUCast, Vanderbilt’s weekly newscast  highlighting  research, experts, students, sports and everything Vanderbilt: A Vanderbilt doctor’s amazing surgery lands on “Grey’s Anatomy” Scientists create a breakthrough bug repellant A Vandy minister’s actions honored by the White House   [vucastblurb]  … Read More

    Nov 4, 2011

  • Dean’s Message

    Dean’s Message

    Fall 2011 finds Vanderbilt’s Peabody College deeply engaged with critical issues confronting both educators and schools of education. On questions of policy, educational neuroscience, or learning and instruction, the Peabody faculty is making valuable contributions to discovery, dissemination and public discourse. We are similarly involved with questions about the role,… Read More

    Nov 4, 2011

  • Vanderbilt University

    Seligson named to governing body of inter-American human rights group

    The General Assembly is the highest governing body of the IIHR, consisting of 40 human rights experts from throughout the Western Hemisphere. Read More

    Nov 4, 2011

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    Kara Cooney: “Egyptian Burial Practices”

    Watch video of Dr. Kara Cooney speaking Nov. 3 on “Egyptian Burial Practices.” The host of the Discovery Channel series “Out of Egypt” and an assistant professor of Egyptian art and architecture at the University of California-Los Angeles examines the mummy as evidence of adaptations made in reaction to the… Read More

    Nov 4, 2011

  • Vanderbilt University

    Nephrology fellow donates kidney to father

    Since he can remember, Hani Bleibel, M.D., a nephrology fellow at VUMC, has always wanted to be a physician. What he didn’t know was that one of the lives he would save would be his father’s. When Bleibel first entered school at Kursk State Medical University in his native Russia,… Read More

    Nov 4, 2011

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    Vicki Greene: “Newton’s Unfinished Business”

    Watch video from the November 2 Thinking Out of the Lunchbox event. Vicki Greene, professor of Physics and Astronomy, spoke on “Newton’s Unfinished Business.” What is the universe really made of? From Newton onward, the concept of mass, or inertia, has been central to our understanding of the nature of… Read More

    Nov 3, 2011

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    International Education Week Nov. 8-16

    International Education Week at Vanderbilt is Nov. 2-16. The week-long series of events are co-sponsored by International Student and Scholar Services, Global Education Office, and Vanderbilt International Office in coordination with Bishop Joseph Johnson Black Cultural Center, Holocaust Lecture… Read More

    Nov 3, 2011

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    Heart for Research: Energized by the pursuit, David Merryman and his team look for answers to cardiovascular disease

    Talk to people who know David Merryman best, and one adjective is heard frequently: passionate. Talk to Merryman yourself and it is easy to see why. Discussing his research, the assistant professor of biomedical engineering seems ready to leap out of his chair at any moment, perhaps to tweak the… Read More

    Nov 3, 2011

  • Vanderbilt University

    Study finds no heart risk with ADHD drugs

    Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) medications do not increase the risk for heart disease or heart attack in children and young adults, according to a Vanderbilt study of 1.2 million patients taking drugs including Ritalin, Adderall, Concerta and Strattera between 1998 and 2005. Read More

    Nov 3, 2011

  • Vanderbilt University

    Student Spotlight: Sarah Barr

    Sarah Barr, senior Child Studies major, Spanish minor On campus activities: AXO, Vice President of Vanderbilt Performing Arts Council, member of Green Dots committee, Reformed University Fellowship music team, VUcept Claim to fame: Singer/songwriter    … Read More

    Nov 3, 2011

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    Battle royale for Republican nomination

    The long list of Republican presidential candidates continue to duke it out in the debates. Soon they will be heading to the earlier than usual primaries in January 2012.  Professor of Political Science Bruce Oppenheimer says things are still looking good for Mitt Romney. View 2012 election expertise information… Read More

    Nov 3, 2011

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    Effective lawmaking in Congress – who does it best?

    What makes some members of Congress better than others at moving bills through the legislative process? Alan Wiseman, co-director of the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions, has taken an in depth look at Congress’ last 35 years and tells us why women may have the upper hand. Read More

    Nov 3, 2011

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    Lecture set Nov. 8 on Black Panthers and healthcare equality

    Pioneering efforts by the Black Panther Party to pursue equality in health care will be discussed Nov. 8 during a lecture at Vanderbilt University. Read More

    Nov 3, 2011

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    NSF renews grant for scientists who study how the brain acquires visual expertise

    A network of scientists who study how the brain acquires visual expertise has received a five-year renewal of support from the National Science Foundation. Read More

    Nov 3, 2011

  • About Ideas in Action

    About Ideas in Action

    Dean Camilla P. Benbow camilla.benbow@vanderbilt.edu Editor Kurt Brobeck, Director of Communications
 kurt.brobeck@vanderbilt.edu Contributors Camilla P. Benbow, Melanie Moran , Jim Patterson, Courtney Taylor, Jennifer Wetzel Photography Mary Donaldson, Daniel Dubois, Steve Green, Wolf Hoffmann, Lauren Owens, John Russell, Adam Waterson Illustration… Read More

    Nov 3, 2011