Year: 2012

The Division of Public Affairs has formed a new Integrated Communications team, drawing together staff with editorial, Web and social media expertise to provide strategic communications support to Vanderbilt’s colleges and schools. Read More

(photo by Susan Urmy) Martina McBride Fan Club members, from left, Sheila Jones, Taira Baughman and Leigh-Ann Bauer give special caps and slippers to Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center patient Mary Williams. The group was inspired to raise funds for cancer research and patient support after hearing McBride’s cancer-themed… Read More

Coursera co-founder Daphne Koller gave the first talk in the 2012-13 John R. and Donna S. Hall Engineering Lecture Series Oct. 2. (Steve Green/Vanderbilt) Since its launch roughly a year ago, the online learning consortium Coursera has grown to more than 1.5 million registered users. This rapid… Read More

The Vanderbilt Sports Concussion Center is hosting a summit for Vanderbilt clinicians and researchers involved in concussion care or research within the University or Medical Center. Read More

(photo by John Russell) Paul Teschan, M.D., professor of Medicine emeritus, meets with first-year School of Medicine student Mary Masterman to talk about their common history as top winners of the Intel Science Talent Search, which recognizes the best and brightest young scientists at the high school… Read More

Vanderbilt investigators have identified how two key components of cancer's invasive "switch" — the series of signaling events that turn on a tumor cell’s invasive behavior — work together. Read More

Vanderbilt University is dramatically expanding its health care and education activities in the southern African nation of Zambia. Read More

Open Enrollment, your opportunity to elect benefits for 2013, is scheduled for Oct. 17-31. Open Enrollment is your opportunity to elect the benefits that suit your needs for 2013. This year’s Open Enrollment is Oct. 17-31, and during that time you will select (or waive) the following… Read More

“Orphan” enzyme may play role in cancer growth, new research suggests. Read More

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 then-world record for the total number of vaccinations given in an eight-hour period. Read More

(photos courtesy of Vanderbilt Kennedy Center) The Vanderbilt Kennedy Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities is seeking staff to mentor individuals with disabilities through job shadowing for disAbility Mentoring Day at Vanderbilt, scheduled from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 17. disAbility Mentoring Day includes job-shadow and… Read More

The United States Congress Vanderbilt’s Office of Federal Relations and the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions will host a lunchtime panel discussing “Election 2012 and the Congressional ‘Lame Duck’: What’s at Stake?” on Monday, Oct. 15. The event is scheduled from noon to… Read More

A grant from the U.S. Department of Education will continue to fund the development of coursework and teacher training materials for students with disabilities. Read More

Fred Davis Fred Davis, who served as a media strategist for both George W. Bush and John McCain, will be the second guest in the three-part Election Event Series being sponsored by the Department of Political Science, the First Amendment Center, the… Read More

The Tennessee Performing Arts Center is offering discounts to the Vanderbilt community on these upcoming performances: Eileen Ivers, the original star of Riverdance, and her band Immigrant Soul blend Irish, American, African and Latin influences in their high-energy concerts. Ivers is a founding member of Cherish the Ladies… Read More

Members of the Dutch National Baseball Team visited with Commodore coaches and players. Pictured (l-r): Netherlands coach Steve Janssen, Floris Timmer, Vanderbilt Associate Head Coach Derek Johnson, Kaj Timmermans, Tim Halderman and Martijn Nijhoff. (Photo courtesy of Vanderbilt Athletics) In late September, two coaches and three players from the… Read More

Mitt Romney can still win the presidential election if he can convince Americans he has the best plan to reinvigorate the economy, according to analysis by Vanderbilt professor John Geer of two new ads released by Romney’s campaign. Read More

Members of the Vanderbilt community can receive discounted tickets to upcoming Nashville Predators home games, including: Oct. 13 vs. St. Louis Blues Oct. 16 vs. Colorado Avalanche Oct. 18 vs. Vancouver Canucks Oct. 20 vs. Pittsburgh Penguins All games start at 7 p.m. Discounted ticket prices: $31 – Goal… Read More

A new study conducted to review symptoms and neurocognitive findings in male and female high school soccer players revealed no gender-related differences. Read More

by Jerry Jones Middle Tennessee emergency crews have a new tool available for them to help manage large scale events and disasters. A mobile emergency command and communications bus is now available from Vanderbilt LifeFlight, free of charge, to any hospital or emergency agency to help… Read More