Month: October 2012
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Photo: Family Mass Vaccination
More than 600 people turned out for Vanderbilt’s recent Family Mass Vaccination exercise at Vanderbilt Health One Hundred Oaks. Read MoreOct 11, 2012
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Heart Walk raises spirits, funds for fight against disease
The skies cleared and the sun shone on the 2012 Nashville Heart Walk that took place on Vanderbilt’s campus on Saturday. Read MoreOct 11, 2012
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2012 Southern Festival of Books features Vanderbilt faculty
Vanderbilt professors are well represented among the authors participating in the 2012 Southern Festival of Books: A Celebration of the Written Word Oct. 12, 13 and 14 in downtown Nashville. The free festival, which began in 1989, is a three-day celebration of authors, writing and reading. Every author on… Read MoreOct 11, 2012
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Pneumonia vaccine for children to be tested in older adults
Vanderbilt is taking part in a national study to test in older adults the use of a vaccine designed to protect children against a common cause of pneumonia. Read MoreOct 11, 2012
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Dillehay elected to Mercyhurst University Board of Trustees
Tom Dillehay (Vanderbilt) Tom Dillehay, Distinguished Professor of Anthropology at Vanderbilt, is among three new trustees elected to the Mercyhurst University Board of Trustees, effective Feb. 23, 2013. The new board members were elected to four-year terms during the trustees’ fall meeting Sept. 29. Dillehay… Read MoreOct 11, 2012
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VU recruit’s work lights up genetic ‘dark matter’
They’ve been called “junk DNA” and genetic “dark matter” — the long segments of the human genome (98 percent of it) that do not encode protein. Read MoreOct 11, 2012
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Flulapalooza event set for Oct. 17, 18
Vanderbilt University and Medical Center faculty, staff, students and volunteers will once again have the opportunity to be part of a mass flu vaccination plan that last year more than doubled the current world record for the total number of vaccinations given in an eight-hour period. Read MoreOct 11, 2012
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We Care for Kids Day 2012
Nearly 2,000 people attended the eighth annual We Care for Kids Day on Sunday, which was hosted by the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt and its community partners. Read MoreOct 11, 2012
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Amish aid search for Alzheimer’s genes
An analysis of Amish populations revealed novel risk genes for late-onset Alzheimer disease. Read MoreOct 11, 2012
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Additional volunteers needed for Flulapalooza Oct. 17 and 18
(Susan Urmy/Vanderbilt) Additional volunteers are needed Oct. 17 and 18 to assist with this year’s Flulapalooza, where Vanderbilt University and Medical Center faculty, staff, students and volunteers can quickly receive their flu vaccination during a mass flu vaccination plan. While exempt employees are encouraged to participate as volunteers, non-exempt… Read MoreOct 10, 2012
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Explore the Open Enrollment website to learn about 2013 benefit options
Open Enrollment, the annual opportunity to take charge of your benefits and elect the coverage that fits your needs for the coming year, is Oct. 17-31. This is an active enrollment, which means you need to enroll by 11:59 p.m. Oct. 31 to receive the benefits you want for… Read MoreOct 10, 2012
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Biology, race and politics explored in upcoming Chancellor’s Lecture
Is race a biological category written in our genes? Or are genomic scientists and biomedical researchers mistakenly using race to explain away health disparities among different population groups? Dorothy Roberts, the Penn Integrates Knowledge Professor at the University of Pennsylvania, will explore this issue in an upcoming Chancellor’s Lecture at Vanderbilt University. Read MoreOct 10, 2012
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Ribbon cutting marks Rand Hall re-opening
L-r: Mark Bandas, Richard McCarty and Maryclaire Manard (Anne Rayner/Vanderbilt) Associate Provost and Dean of Students Mark Bandas, Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Richard McCarty and Vanderbilt Student Government President Maryclaire Manard were on hand for a ribbon-cutting ceremony Oct. 9… Read MoreOct 10, 2012
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National Coming Out Week events scheduled Oct. 11-18
Every year the LGBTQI Life staff plans and coordinates National Coming Out Week, a week-long celebration of LGBTQI individuals and history. This event helps to show our LGBTQI students, faculty, and staff the acceptance and support that we know is part of our Vanderbilt Community. This year National Coming Out… Read MoreOct 10, 2012
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SNHL in children subject of Glasscock Lecture
Paul Lambert Paul Lambert, professor and chair of the Department of Otolaryngology at the University of South Carolina, will speak about “Evaluation of the Child With Sensorineural Hearing Loss” at 7 a.m. Friday, Oct. 12. The talk will be in Room 8380 of Medical Center East’s South Tower at… Read MoreOct 10, 2012
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‘Long Story Bit by Bit’ opens Oct. 12
"Long Story Bit by Bit: Liberia Retold, Photography by Tim Hetherington" will be on view at the Vanderbilt Fine Arts Gallery Oct. 12-Dec.6. (photo by Tim Hetherington) Long Story Bit by Bit: Liberia Retold, Photography by Tim Hetherington opens Friday, Oct. 12, at the Vanderbilt Fine Arts Gallery and will… Read MoreOct 10, 2012
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Women’s soccer ‘pink out’ game is Oct. 12
(iStockphoto) Friday, Oct. 12, has been designated “Taking a Kick at Breast Cancer Night” by the Vanderbilt women’s soccer team. Fans that show up dressed in pink will get free admission to the home game against Ole Miss. The Commodores, led by coach Derek Greene, chose this event… Read MoreOct 10, 2012
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Services for adults and seniors with physical disabilities topic of lecture
Home and community-based services for adults and seniors with physical disabilities will be the topic of a Geriatrics and Gerontology Interest Group lecture from noon to 1 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 16. The lecture will be held in Medical Center East, South Tower, Room 8380B. Read MoreOct 10, 2012
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New session of Weight Watchers at Work starts Oct. 24
(Image courtesy of Weight Watchers) A new 10-week session of Weight Watchers at Work starts Wednesday, Oct. 24, at the Vanderbilt Student Life Center. The group meets at 11 a.m. in Meeting Room 3, on the Student Life Center’s lower level. The difference between “at work” meetings… Read MoreOct 10, 2012
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One dominant debate not enough to put Romney over: Vanderbilt/YouGov
Despite Mitt Romney’s dominant performance in the first presidential debate, President Obama’s favorability rating has been hovering around 50 percent, not enough deterioration to turn the election around for the challenger. Read MoreOct 10, 2012