Year: 2012
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Donald Kohn and other economic leaders to speak at Vanderbilt
Are financial markets more volatile or more efficient today than 25 years ago? Read MoreApr 26, 2012
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New drug mutes more melanomas
An experimental melanoma drug may be beneficial for patients not eligible for targeted therapies. Read MoreApr 26, 2012
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More options for Vanderbilt Health Plan members
Dear Colleagues, Traci Nordberg (Vanderbilt University) As Middle Tennessee’s largest private employer, our faculty and staff work and live throughout the region. To bring an added level of convenience to health care services for members of the Vanderbilt Health Plan, additional choices will be offered through our affiliated providers,… Read MoreApr 26, 2012
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Changes to parking permit fee for 2012-13 academic year
(Vanderbilt University) The price of regular parking permits for University Central faculty, staff and students will increase an additional $5 per month for the 2012-13 academic year, to a total of $32 per month. This monthly increase is necessary to cover the continued rising costs of maintaining parking lots… Read MoreApr 26, 2012
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Vanderbilt students, faculty and staff share discoveries at USA Science & Engineering Festival
A group of Vanderbilt students, faculty and staff will share their research and passion for science and technology with middle and high school students at the nation’s largest science fair April 27-29 in Washington, D.C. Read MoreApr 25, 2012
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Protests and Social Change: Anti-war Protests of the 60’s
Watch video of Steve Cobb and Mike Murphy speaking at the Osher Lifelong Learning class, “Protests and Social Change: Anti-war Protests of the 60’s”. Today, protests seem to be a way of life. Have you ever wondered if protests really accomplish anything? During the past 150 years, protests have shifted from… Read MoreApr 25, 2012
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Protests and Social Change: The Sociology of Protests and the Tea Party
Watch video of Steven Tepper, assistant professor of sociology, speaking at the Osher Lifelong Learning class, “Protests and Social Change: The Sociology of Protests and the Tea Party”. Today, protests seem to be a way of life. Have you ever wondered if protests really accomplish anything? During the past 150… Read MoreApr 25, 2012
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Senior design team wins $90K EPA grant for spinach-powered solar cell
At the Eighth Annual National Sustainable Design Expo, a team of Vanderbilt engineering seniors won the Marketplace Innovation Award, Student Choice Award and a $90,000 Phase II grant from the EPA for a biohybrid solar panel that substitutes expensive silicon wafers with a protein derived from spinach. Read MoreApr 25, 2012
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William Franke: “Dante and the Sense of Transgression: The Trespass of the Sign”
Listen to an interview is with William Franke, Professor of Comparative Literature, Italian, and Religious Studies, about his forthcoming book Dante and the Sense of Transgression: “The Trespass of the Sign.” Interviewed by Chris Benda, Divinity School librarian. Read MoreApr 24, 2012
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Bonnie Miller-McLemore: “The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Practical Theology”
Listen to an interview is with Bonnie Miller-McLemore, E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Professor of Pastoral Theology and Counseling, about the new book The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Practical Theology, which she edited and to which she contributed the introduction. Interviewed by Chris Benda, Divinity School librarian. Read MoreApr 24, 2012
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Travel reimbursement policy has been updated
iStock Vanderbilt staff and faculty who travel on university business should note a new benefit in the travel reimbursement policy. “Earlybird Check-In,” such as the service provided by Southwest Airlines for an additional fee, will now be reimbursable in full. Important travel information and policy updates… Read MoreApr 24, 2012
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Senior engineering student receives Fulbright to teach in Brazil
Roteta Senior engineering student Pauline Roteta has been selected for a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship to Brazil. Read MoreApr 24, 2012
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Computer science student named 2012 Goldwater Scholar
Curtis Northcutt, a member of the Class of 2013, has been named a 2012 Goldwater Scholar. Each year, Vanderbilt is given the opportunity to nominate up to four outstanding sophomore and junior students in the math, science and engineering fields. Competition for the award is fierce: 282 scholars were… Read MoreApr 24, 2012
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Two Vanderbilt humanities professors named Guggenheim fellows
Two humanities professors in Vanderbilt University’s College of Arts and Science have been named 2012 Fellows by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Read MoreApr 24, 2012
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Vanderbilt ranked sixth among ‘America’s Top Universities for Food Lovers’
Internet magazine The Daily Meal re-ranked the U.S. News & World Report’s 2012 top 20 colleges and universities based on their food options. Vanderbilt, which is ranked 17th by US News this year, came in sixth, according to The Daily Meal, for best dining options among its… Read MoreApr 24, 2012
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Alvey, Weintraub address United Nations on music and astronomy
Vanderbilt Dyer Observatory Director Rocky Alvey celebrated two things he cares about deeply at the United Nations on April 12: music and astronomy. Rocky Alvey (John Russell/Vanderbilt) Singer-songwriter Beth Nielsen Chapman and Alvey’s collaborative album project The Mighty Sky was featured at the U.N.’s celebration of… Read MoreApr 24, 2012
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Engineering, Peabody effort lands NASA STEM outreach award
A combined team from Vanderbilt Engineering’s Aerospace Club and Peabody’s Department of Teaching and Learning won a prestigious outreach award from NASA for inspiring school students in the study of rocketry and other science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) related topics. Read MoreApr 24, 2012
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Chancellor, students give Kissam Quad spirited send-off
(John Russell/Vanderbilt) Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos hosted a lunchtime cookout for undergraduate students at the Kissam Quadrangle April 23. The event celebrated the 56-year-old residential complex, which will be torn down this summer to make way for College Halls at Kissam. The event featured food, live music… Read MoreApr 24, 2012
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Tennessee Senate takes good first step in reforming judicial retention system: Vanderbilt expert
The Tennessee state Senate has made a significant move toward reforming the way the state selects and retains judges, said a professor at Vanderbilt University Law School who had advocated such change. Read MoreApr 24, 2012
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Weinberg named a CDC Childhood Immunization Champion
Stuart Weinberg (Vanderbilt) Stuart Weinberg, assistant professor of biomedical informatics and assistant professor of pediatrics at Vanderbilt, has been named a Centers for Disease Control Childhood Immunization Champion for the state of Tennessee. The selections were announced April 21 to coincide with the launch of National Infant… Read MoreApr 24, 2012