Month: March 2012

Dr. Kyla Terhune walks briskly along the corridors of Vanderbilt University Medical Center, dashing between her last surgery of the day in the O.R. and her first afternoon patient in The Vanderbilt Clinic. With long curly hair pulled back in a ponytail, the tall, slender surgeon still wears her… Read More

The Vanderbilt Melodores The International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella (ICCA) South Semifinal, hosted by Varsity Vocals, will be held on the Vanderbilt campus Saturday, March 17, and will showcase the eight best collegiate a cappella groups in the Southern United States. These groups are vying for a first-place… Read More

Memorial Gym (Vanderbilt University) Ticket sales continue for the first and second rounds of the NCAA tournament at Memorial Gym Sunday and Tuesday, March 18 and 20. First round play opens with seventh-seeded Vanderbilt (22-9) hosting 10th-seeded Middle Tennessee (26-6) at 4 p.m., followed by second-seeded Duke (24-5) versus… Read More

Research News @ Vanderbilt is Vanderbilt’s award-winning news site telling the stories of the work Vanderbilt researchers are doing across the campus and medical center. Stay up to date by subscribing to the weekly Research News @ Vanderbilt email. Every Friday afternoon, you’ll read about the latest Vanderbilt discoveries… Read More

(iStockphoto) Gain more control of your finances and develop a better understanding of financial planning concepts at four sessions sponsored by Human Resources. The sessions, presented by Vanguard, will help you assess and improve your financial standing, including how to: Budget and manage debt… Read More

John Jenkins lay on the court with his hands over his face as Vanderbilt teammates celebrated all around, exuberant after beating No. 1 Kentucky 71-64 for the program’s first Southeastern Conference tournament title in more than 60 years. Just hours later, Vanderbilt received a No. 5 seed in the East… Read More

First-year students take the honor code pledge. (Vanderbilt University) Vanderbilt needs to retool its honor system to adapt to an era in which unauthorized aid with schoolwork has become more of an issue than copying answers during a test, according to a report by a Faculty Senate committee. Read More

A molecule detectable in urine may be helpful in diagnosing colon cancer. Read More

This week on VUCast, Vanderbilt’s weekly newscast  highlighting research, experts, students, sports and everything Vanderbilt: Provocative Politics: the power of a sensational ad See the Civil War through the eyes of those who stayed at home Vanderbilt Emergency Medicine goes hip hop [vucastblurb]… Read More

They say everyone loves a winner, so musicians, like athletes and entrepreneurs, spend an inordinate amount of time preparing to outperform the competition. There’s no scoreboard or balance sheet. Musicians leave their progress lingering in the air to hear every time they perform. “There’s no way of avoiding competition,” says… Read More

Undergraduate student Sarah Hart presents her research to Aaron Bowman and others at VKC Science Day 2012. (Anne Rayner/Vanderbilt University) Undergraduates, graduate students and postdoctoral fellows on the cusp of research careers in developmental disabilities got a chance to shine Feb. 28 during the annual Vanderbilt Kennedy Center Science Day. Read More

With the addition of a new 18,000-square-foot laboratory to be located within the Cool Springs Life Sciences Center, Vanderbilt University is expanding its research enterprise into Williamson County. Read More

Some patients may need a combo of medications to combat a condition that causes dizziness. Read More

Shyness may be caused by deficits in the brain. Read More

The Margaret Cuninggim Women’s Center will present its Mentoring Award to Christine Eischen, associate professor of pathology, microbiology and immunology; and Kelly Oliver, the W. Alton Jones Professor of Philosophy, during the Cuninggim Lecture on Women in Culture and Society Tuesday, March 13. The Women’s Center also… Read More

Virginia Shepherd (Vanderbilt University) Virginia Shepherd, professor of pathology and science education at Vanderbilt, will discuss Nobel Prize-awarded women from several aspects – their educational backgrounds and opportunities, their families, their scientific contributions and their acceptance by colleagues – on Thursday, March 29, at Vanderbilt… Read More

(iStockphoto) Employees who contribute to a non-Vanderbilt retirement plan through outside businesses in which they are at least a 50 percent owner must report their contributions to Human Resources by April 1. To help employees avoid taxes and penalties, HR collects information each spring regarding contributions made to outside… Read More

Jazz singer Annie Sellick at a recent performance with the Nashville Jazz Orchestra at the Commodore Grille. (Steve Green/Vanderbilt) Hear the Nashville Jazz Orchestra, a resident ensemble of the Blair School of Music, perform each Monday night at the Commodore Grille, located on West… Read More

A luau-themed book fair featuring Scholastic books is scheduled for Peabody Library March 15-16 in the ground floor project room. This year’s fair will offer a wide selection of engaging and affordable books for young readers, including Newbery, Caldecott and Coretta Scott King award winners. Titles for pre-K… Read More

Kelly Oliver (Vanderbilt) Vanderbilt philosophy professor Kelly Oliver will give a gallery talk at 11 a.m. Saturday, March 17, at the Frist Center for the Visual Arts. Oliver will discuss “Ambivalence Toward Animals and the Moral Community” in response to the Fairy Tales,… Read More