Year: 2011

Vanderbilt University Medical Center, in conjunction with the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, has been re-accredited as a CEO Cancer Gold Standard employer for 2011. The award is based on Vanderbilt’s efforts to help employees lead healthier lives, including activities that may help prevent cancer. Read More

Left-hander Corey Williams has signed a professional contract with Minnesota as the Twins’ third round pick. The deal makes Williams the seventh Commodore to sign a pro contract this summer. Read More

The new 24-7 communications office will be available for emergency walk-up day or night. Read More

The MacAuthority store in Nashville is offering Vanderbilt faculty, staff and students special deals during tax-free weekend (Aug. 5-7). * Buy a computer (for less than $1,500) and get $100 credit to spend on the Mac App Store. * Buy an iPad and MacAuthority will pay the sales tax. *… Read More

Baseball fans who buy tickets for the July 30 Nashville Sounds game can help raise money for the Books for Birth program at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt. The 7 p.m. game against the Round Rock Express will feature a graduation celebration for children… Read More

Vanderbilt pitcher Sonny Gray signed a professional contract with the Oakland Athletics, becoming the sixth Commodore to turn professional this year. Gray was the 18th overall pick by Oakland in last month’s Major League Baseball Draft. Read More

Doctors at the Vanderbilt Heart & Vascular Institute have successfully performed the state’s first trans-catheter heart valve-replacement procedure.George Ellenberg, 85, of Crossville, Tenn., was VUMC’s first recipient of the novel valve replacement technique. Acceptance into the trial saved his life. Read More

A Vanderbilt political science study offers fairly conclusive evidence that, in low-information races, a candidate’s name recognition alone positively affects voter support. Read More

Completing Go for the Gold yearly will help you evaluate your current lifestyle, identify health risks, and decide where and how to make improvements. Use the personal recommendations you get to set your own goals based on what is important to you. What can you expect this year?… Read More

Stacey Kendrick is joined by Dietetic Interns Lindsay Smith and Sarah Lewis to discuss some of the common pitfalls of the beverages we consume. Get suggestions for some healthier drink options and hear about the blind taste these interns did at Health Plus. Listen here. Listen to interviews, tips and tidbits on… Read More

Traci Nordberg has two full-time jobs – by day she’s Vanderbilt’s associate vice chancellor for Human Resources and chief Human Resource Officer, taking care of the HR needs of 24,000 employees; by night, a devoted parent, with her husband, Peter, to three young daughters. Meeting the human resources needs of… Read More

Video of the talks will be available after the event Three leading experts on issues of religion and sexuality will speak at Vanderbilt University the week of Aug. 1. The public is invited to the lectures in Room 122 of Vanderbilt Divinity School, which will also be videotaped. The lectures… Read More

Yuan Xue is among the Vanderbilt engineering faculty training computer science leaders of the future to build and maintain more secure networks through innovative teaching methods. Read More

We’ve all had to take them at one time or another – but do we do it the right way?  Emma Mills talks to Elaine Dauwalder, Nurse Practitioner at the Occupational Health Clinic about prescriptions for antibiotics, their side effects, how to take them properly and what not to do… Read More

Health Plus invites you to stop by and have your weight, blood pressure and body mass index checked this week at these locations. 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday, July 27, at The Occupational Health Clinic, 640 Medical Arts Building 2 to 4 p.m. Wednesday, July 27, at Crystal Terrace,… Read More

Education experts from the Vanderbilt Peabody College of education and human development are available for back-to-school interviews. Read More

Vanderbilt will host blood drives on Aug. 2, 17 and 29 at The Vanderbilt Clinic – TVC 2701. There will also be the opportunity to register for donation of bone marrow, tissue and organs. No appointments for organ donor registration or bone marrow registration are required. Appointments are strongly recommended… Read More

See why some of country music’s biggest stars are lending their talents to a special Vanderbilt camp. Plus, how a Vandy professor is personally tied to the Atlantis space mission, and fixing what U2 left behind! Read more about music’s healing power in Vanderbilt Medicine. [vucastblurb]… Read More

Brain systems involved in the body’s stress response may drive drug relapse. Read More

New research from Vanderbilt University’s Peabody College finds ideology and partisanship do not play a significant role in whether a state considers extending in-state college tuition to undocumented immigrants. Read More