Year: 2012

Watch video of Carole Bucy, Professor of History, Volunteer State Community College, speaking at the Osher Lifelong Learning class, “Protests and Social Change: The Women’s Movement”. Today, protests seem to be a way of life. Have you ever wondered if protests really accomplish anything? During the past 150 years, protests… Read More

Vanderbilt pediatric infectious disease researchers studying antibiotic-resistant staph say fears that mothers carrying the germ may set their newborns up for infection are unfounded. Read More

(iStockphoto) The Flashback Trojan BOT that affects the Macintosh operating system has been detected on the Vanderbilt network. Infected machines could be blocked from accessing the network. A detection tool is available at its.vanderbilt.edu/news/flashback-virus. Please download and run the “Trojan Check” application and determine if your system… Read More

Colin Dayan, the Robert Penn Warren Professor in the Humanities at Vanderbilt University, has been named to a distinguished class of leaders from academia, business, public affairs, humanities and the arts, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences announced April 17. Read More

(Vanderbilt University) To help catch head and neck cancer in its earliest stages there will be free cancer screenings at Vanderbilt, Meharry and the Nashville VA on Friday, April 27. Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, the Vanderbilt Bill Wilkerson Center for Otolaryngology and Communication Sciences, Meharry Medical… Read More

Last month, Human Resources announced several policy updates. As of April 16, the following policies are now in effect: recruitment, hiring and onboarding; performance accountability; dispute resolution; and discipline.  As a reminder, the dependent tuition policy takes effect on… Read More

The Aetna Standard and Aetna HealthFund plans are making changes to the way out-of-network charges are determined. Because there are no set contract rates for out-of-network providers, Aetna has been passing on a percentage of the actual bill to its members. As of May 1, Aetna will base the amount… Read More

I challenge to our research community to reframe our paradigms. Read More

"The economy and jobs will be the two biggest issues in this fall’s general election, but education will also factor in who votes for which candidate and why," writes Christopher Loss. Read More

Neuroscientists from Vanderbilt and Harvard have proposed the first neurobiological model for third-party punishment, outlining potential cognitive and brain processes that evolutionary pressures could have re-purposed to make this behavior possible. Read More

Dear Vanderbilt Community, Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos We take great pride in being a safe and healing community. In the wake of recent reports of child sexual abuse on university campuses, Vanderbilt is reviewing our policies and practices for preventing and reporting child abuse, including child sexual abuse. Minors,… Read More

"Wearing Memory," 60"x48" oil on canvas, 2012. (image courtesy of Hannah Stahl) Vanderbilt’s Department of Art has announced this year’s recipient of the prestigious Margaret Stonewall Wooldridge Hamblet Award. Hannah Stahl, the daughter of Mary Jane Sorentino and Jim Stahl of Providence, R.I., will receive a… Read More

It started out as a class project. Now Vanderbilt senior Trevor Burbank is running a social enterprise business called Teach Twice–with storytelling at its core. Learn more about Teach Twice on http://vanderbilt.edu search Teach Twice or at http://www.teachtwice.org. [vucastblurb]… Read More

The Vanderbilt DRTC facilitates the discovery, application and translation of scientific knowledge to improve the care of patients with diabetes. The Vanderbilt Diabetes Research and Training Center  announces a new pilot and feasibility program (P&F) for innovative studies that use the VICB High-Throughput Screening Facility,… Read More

In this Academic Minute podcast, Danny Winder, associate professor of molecular physiology and biophysics, explains why the effects of alcohol can vary widely among individuals. Read More

The “Thinking Out of the (Lunch) Box: Conversations with a Philosophical Flavor” series hosted by David Wood continues May 2 with a discussion led by Mona Frederick, executive director of the Robert Penn Warren Center for the Humanities at Vanderbilt, and Kate Rattner,… Read More

Vanderbilt University Medical Center is one of approximately 20 centers in a nationwide clinical study investigating the use of deep brain stimulation (DBS) as an intervention for patients with major depression. Read More

To view an interactive campus map, visit www.vanderbilt.edu/map. From 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, April 21, Stevenson Center Drive at the entrance to Lot 9 will be partially obstructed by a crane unloading equipment. From 6 to approximately 9 a.m. the drive at Lot… Read More

Vanderbilt Heart will present an hour-long television special on Monday, April 23, highlighting all aspects of heart care, from heart-healthy lifestyles to breakthrough technologies for treating heart disease. Read More

The Vanderbilt Kennedy Center (Vanderbilt University) April is Autism Awareness Month, and the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center’s Treatment and Research Institute for Autism Spectrum Disorders is teaming with the Tennessee Department of Education to offer free, half-day workshops across the state for families of children with… Read More