Month: March 2012
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Volunteers needed for Commencement 2012
Volunteer this year for the university’s largest and most prestigious events on campus – Vanderbilt’s 137th Commencement. (Daniel Dubois/Vanderbilt) Vanderbilt is gearing up for Commencement 2012 and there is a need for volunteers to help with the three-day celebration for graduates and their families. THE PARTY Wednesday, May 9… Read MoreMar 30, 2012
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Bowling team heads to NCAA Championship April 12-14
The Vanderbilt bowling team took second place at the the NCAA tournament last year (pictured), and first place in 2007. This year will be the team's seventh visit to the NCAA. (Tim Fuller/Vanderbilt) For the seventh consecutive year, Vanderbilt’s bowling team has been selected by the… Read MoreMar 30, 2012
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Vanderbilt Divinity School service combines art and worship
Artistic meditations on the last actions of Jesus as created by Vanderbilt Divinity School students, faculty and staff will be featured April 4 at Benton Chapel for "Stations of the Cross: A Holy Week." Read MoreMar 30, 2012
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Vanderbilt autism experts available for World Autism Day, National Autism Awareness Month
Autism experts from Vanderbilt University are available for interviews on World Autism Awareness Day, designated by the United Nations as April 2. Read MoreMar 30, 2012
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Teaching, service awards bestowed at Spring Faculty Assembly
Professors Paul Laibinis, Emily Nacol, Sohee Park, Suzanna Sherry and Janos Sztipanovits were recognized for their achievements in and out of the classroom by Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos at the Spring Faculty Assembly. Read MoreMar 29, 2012
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Chancellor: Vanderbilt faring well in difficult economic climate
Increases in regulatory burdens combined with reductions in federal support will likely add considerable cost to doing business for research universities, Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos told the Spring Faculty Assembly. Read MoreMar 29, 2012
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No way home: Vijay Padmanabhan helps tread the line between detainees’ safety and human rights
Former State Department adviser Vijay Padmanabhan says there is no quick and easy answer when contemplating what to do about detainees. Read MoreMar 29, 2012
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Beautiful minds: Sohee Park explores the schizophrenic brain
Sohee Park's schizophrenia research may lead to a greater understanding of the benefit of movement therapies such as yoga and dance for the 2.2 million people in the United States who suffer from this mental disorder. Read MoreMar 29, 2012
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Stem cell population may hold colon cancer clues
Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center researchers have identified a new population of intestinal stem cells that may hold clues to the origin of colorectal cancer. Read MoreMar 29, 2012
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TRIAD director on new CDC findings for autism prevalence
Zachary Warren, director of the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center’s Treatment and Research Institute for Autism Spectrum Disorders at Vanderbilt University, says effective early identification and treatment of autism is a public health emergency. Read MoreMar 29, 2012
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New endowed chair holders honored
William Russell (right) embraces his father, Theodore Russell, during the March 26 endowed chair holder celebration, while his mother, Georgia Russell, and colleague Revi Mathew look on. (Anne Rayner/Vanderbilt) Nine Vanderbilt University faculty members named to endowed chairs were honored March 26 during a celebration at the Student Life… Read MoreMar 29, 2012
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Vanderbilt innovations noted by NIH
Two Web-based research tools developed at Vanderbilt University were highlighted March 20 during a House subcommittee hearing of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) FY13 budget request. During his testimony to the U.S. House Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies, Thomas Insel, director of the… Read MoreMar 29, 2012
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English country dance workshop March 31
(Steve Green/Vanderbilt) Susan Kevra, senior lecturer in French and Italian at Vanderbilt, will lead a second workshop of Jane Austen-era dances from 7:30 to 10 p.m. Saturday, March 31, in Alumni Hall. The event follows a successful dance workshop held in early February that drew more than 100 participants… Read MoreMar 29, 2012
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James Brown biographer to speak April 6 at Vanderbilt
The author of a biography of singer James Brown will speak April 6 at Vanderbilt University. RJ Smith, author of "The One: The Life and Music of James Brown," will talk about the book 9 a.m. Friday, April 6, at Vanderbilt’s First Amendment Center. Read MoreMar 28, 2012
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Melissa Snarr: All You That Labor: Religion and Ethics in the Living Wage Movement
Listen to an interview with Melissa Snarr, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs in the Divinity School and Associate Professor of Ethics and Society, about her new book, All You That Labor: Religion and Ethics in the Living Wage Movement. Interviewed by Chris Benda, Divinity… Read MoreMar 28, 2012
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Vanderbilt researchers find rise in teen hearing loss; offer headphone safety tips
According to a Vanderbilt-led study published in Journal of the American Medical Association, hearing loss is now affecting 20 percent of U.S. adolescents ages 12 to 19, which is a 5 percent increase over the past 15 years. Read MoreMar 28, 2012
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Vanderbilt cancer investigators win two national GE cancer research grants
Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center investigators have won two of the five global innovation grants awarded by the “GE Healthymagination Cancer Challenge.” Read MoreMar 28, 2012
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Make note of bookstore’s modified hours April 1 and 8
(Joe Howell/Vanderbilt) Barnes & Noble at Vanderbilt will open at 1 p.m. Sunday, April 1, due to the store’s annual inventory. The bookstore will open at 1 p.m. Sunday, April 8, in observance of the Easter holiday. Regular store hours are: Monday-Thursday, 8 a.m.-10 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 8 a.m.-11… Read MoreMar 28, 2012
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Vanderbilt uses first FDA-approved stent for heart patients with diabetes
Vanderbilt Heart recently used a newly approved medical device to open narrowed coronary arteries, even in heart disease patients who also have diabetes. Read MoreMar 28, 2012
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Handling the environmental aspects of bankruptcy topic of April 5 lecture
Jim Redwine (courtesy Jim Redwine) The executive who oversaw the environmental aspects of the 2009 General Motors bankruptcy case, a Vanderbilt alumnus, will speak April 5 at Vanderbilt Law School. James M. Redwine, now senior environmental counsel at RACER Trust, a company working on cleanup and redevelopment… Read MoreMar 28, 2012