Year: 2012

iStockphoto As the thermometer climbs this summer, be aware of steps you can take to conserve and reduce energy. Closing window shades, dressing in light, loose layers and setting indoor thermostats at 75 degrees or higher will help keep energy costs and consumption low. For more energy conservation tips,… Read More

Paul Newhouse, Jim Turner Professor of Cognitive Disorders, is interviewed about his research showing that nicotine can help boost memory in people with mild cognitive impairment. Read More

Yasmine S. Ali, assistant clinical professor of medicine, has been elected chair of the Tennessee Medical Association’s Young Physician Section and will serve as its representative to the TMA board. Conn (Vanderbilt) Jeffrey Conn, director of Vanderbilt’s Center for Neuroscience Drug Discovery, has won the first Tennessee Governor’s Award… Read More

Medical Center Drive (Vanderbilt University) Pierce Avenue will be closed from Medical Center Drive to 23rd Avenue South from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, June 2. The street closure is necessary for the resurfacing of roadway as part of the 33-bed addition to Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital… Read More

Alex (left) and Stratton (Vanderbilt) Senior Marina Alex and junior Lauren Stratton were each named first-team All-Americans by the National Golf Coaches Association, the first time in school history the Commodores have placed two on the first team, in announcement made recently by the organization. Read More

The Vanderbilt Employees’ Credit Union offices at 107 Oxford House will undergo a major renovation beginning next week and will relocate temporarily.    … Read More

Watch interviews with Coach Tim Corbin at the Vanderbilt Athletics website. The Vanderbilt Commodores will open NCAA Tournament play in the Raleigh Regional against Colonial Athletic Conference champ UNC-Wilmington this Friday, June 1. Read More

LifeFlight helicopter (Vanderbilt University) Vanderbilt University Medical Center saw perhaps its busiest weekend ever this Memorial Day holiday, with more than triple the volume of patients treated during a typical weekend. LifeFlight, Vanderbilt’s air trauma unit, responded to more than 70 of the area’s most critical… Read More

Five new faculty members are joining the Center for Medicine, Health and Society as part of a dramatic expansion of the multidisciplinary center that links the social sciences and humanities to Vanderbilt's academic medical center. Read More

Vanderbilt research shows that children adjust their activity levels to match their peers'. Read More

Photo courtesy of Vanderbilt Dining Vanderbilt Dining will offer compostable, earth-friendly to-go containers at Rand Dining Center and Chef James Bistro. The biocompostable containers are made from sugarcane and wheat straw stalks – both renewable resources – and will biodegrade in 30… Read More

Seven new members have been elected to the Vanderbilt University Alumni Association Board of Directors. Read More

Vanderbilt held a special graduation ceremony for student athletes who were competing with their teams on May 11, Commencement day. (John Russell/Vanderbit) Because a number of teams were on the road competing during Vanderbilt’s Commencement on May 11, university administration held a special graduation ceremony… Read More

Mayor Karl Dean spoke to the preschool children at Vanderbilt's child care center on Edgehill Ave. (Steve Green/Vanderbilt) Dean is a longtime advocate of books, reading and libraries. (Steve Green/Vanderbilt) Nashville Mayor Karl Dean visited Vanderbilt’s child care center on Edgehill Avenue May 24 to… Read More

Vanderbilt School of Engineering Dean Kenneth F. Galloway was honored at a dinner May 23. Read More

Carolyn Dever announces Bill Ivey will step down as director of the Curb Center for Art, Enterprise and Public policy after 10 years. Jay Clayton will succeed him. Read More

This Week on VUCast, Vanderbilt’s online newscast: Tips for picking great children’s books Vandy rocketeers shoot for the stars and come out on top! A fresh feast for your body [vucastblurb]… Read More

Stop by any participating Middle Tennessee Dairy Queen June 1-July 26 to support the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, your local Children’s Miracle Network hospital, by purchasing a balloon icon during checkout. All proceeds will benefit the Children’s Hospital. Contact: Shara Davidson, (615) 322-4932… Read More

Various medical devices in the laboratory of Professor of Mechanical Engineering Michael Goldfarb. (Photo by John Russell/Vanderbilt University) Vanderbilt’s Center for Technology Transfer and Commercialization, in collaboration with the School of Engineering, will host a seminar, “Strategies for Intellectual Property Protection of Medical Devices,” presented by attorney… Read More

Experience, so they say, is the best teacher. But when it comes to cutting-edge laboratory-based research, hands-on work often is the exclusive purview of graduate students and faculty. So how does an undergraduate student interested in research go about obtaining the experience and exposure that can help launch a career?… Read More