Year: 2012
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‘Toolkit’ makes bedtime less stressful for children with autism
A new resource developed by the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center could improve sleep for children with autism. Read MoreFeb 27, 2012
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Great Performances brings ‘Julius Caesar’ to Vanderbilt stage
(Image courtesy of The Acting Company) Great Performances at Vanderbilt will present a production by The Acting Company of William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar Wednesday, Feb. 29. The 7:30 p.m. performance will be held in Langford Auditorium. “The Acting Company endures as the major touring classical theater… Read MoreFeb 27, 2012
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Vanderbilt Poll: Santorum leading Republican candidate in Tennessee
Rick Santorum is the favored candidate in Tennessee as the state approaches its Super Tuesday primary election March 6, according to a new poll from the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions at Vanderbilt University. Read MoreFeb 26, 2012
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Switch to cooling blanket spurs new infant brain research
Using a cooling blanket with newborns who have suffered from oxygen deprivation allows researchers to study what is happening in the brain and what brain cooling therapy can achieve. Read MoreFeb 24, 2012
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Kick off National Nutrition Month with the March Health Madness Challenge
March is National Nutrition Month, so Health Plus is encouraging you to take the March Health Madness Challenge. Accomplish 25 out of the 31 daily challenges in March to be entered in a drawing for a heart-healthy hardcover cookbook. Do it alone, or have fun competing as… Read MoreFeb 23, 2012
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Presentation on Health Care for the Homeless Council: ‘A National Practice-Based Research Network’
Learn more on March 2 about the National Health Care for the Homeless Council – a unique collaboration among 35 Health Center Program grantees that serve homeless populations across the country. Read MoreFeb 23, 2012
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Ed Holloran Memorial Lecture scheduled for March 1
Antonio Gotto Jr. Antonio M. Gotto Jr., a Vanderbilt School of Medicine alumnus and emeritus vice president and provost for medical affairs at Cornell University, will discuss “Dyslipidemia and CHD: What Have We Learned and Where are We Going?” at noon Thursday, March 1, in Light Hall, Room 208. Read MoreFeb 23, 2012
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Studies pinpoint new anti-cancer drug target
Vanderbilt researchers have discovered a new molecular participant in the Wnt signaling pathway, which plays important roles in cell growth, development and cancer. Read MoreFeb 23, 2012
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Lunch and learn session on self-care March 1
Learn self-care techniques at the Occupational Health Center’s lunch-and-learn session March 1. … Read MoreFeb 23, 2012
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Grammy award-winning recording artist and philanthropist John Legend to speak at Vanderbilt University March 16
John Legend, Grammy award-winning recording artist and philanthropist, will be at Vanderbilt's Student Life Center ballroom Friday, March 16. Tickets for "A Conversation with John Legend" are available now at all Ticketmaster locations. Read MoreFeb 23, 2012
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Last chance for early bird pricing on football season tickets
(John Russell/Vanderbilt) Vanderbilt employees have until Wednesday, Feb. 29, to receive a special early bird discount on their 2012 football season tickets. Vanderbilt employees receive a discounted rate on sideline season tickets for the Commodores’ six game home schedule. This year the Dores will play home games… Read MoreFeb 23, 2012
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Vanderbilt forum to explore outlook for Tennessee auto industry
Sen. Lamar Alexander will join other key players from the history of Tennessee’s auto industry March 12 from 6 to 7 p.m. for “The Auto Industry Comes to Tennessee,” a panel discussion at Vanderbilt University’s Central Library. Read MoreFeb 23, 2012
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Lamar Alexander, Wesley Clark, Jon Huntsman, Vicente Fox, Bill Richardson headline 2012 Impact Symposium at Vanderbilt University
Vanderbilt University's annual Impact Symposium will take place March 19-21. The theme of this year’s lectures is “Rise of the Rest: What is the Future of American Foreign Policy?” This year's participants include United States Sen. Lamar Alexander; retired Gen. Wesley Clark; Jon Huntsman, the former Utah governor who has served as ambassador to Singapore and China; Vicente Fox, former president of Mexico, and Bill Richardson, a former governor of New Mexico who has served as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and as secretary of the U.S. Department of Energy. Read MoreFeb 23, 2012
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Feb. 29 Green Bag luncheon to focus on green spring cleaning
The Sustainability and Environmental Management Office (SEMO) and the American Studies Sustainability Project will sponsor the sixth installment of the Green Bag Luncheon Series from noon to 1 p.m. Wednesday, February 29, in Sarratt 189. Join Megan Morton of Pro Utilitas for an up-close look at… Read MoreFeb 23, 2012
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Owens to discuss ‘Six Ways We Kill Innovation’
David Owens (Vanderbilt University) Owen Graduate School of Management professor David Owens will give a talk, “Creative People Must Be Stopped: Six Ways We Kill Innovation,” at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 29, at the Central Library Community Room. The lecture is open to the Vanderbilt community. Owens,… Read MoreFeb 23, 2012
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New melanoma drug nearly doubles survival in majority of patients
Investigators from Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center and 12 other centers in the United States and Australia have found that a new drug for patients with metastatic melanoma nearly doubled median overall survival. Read MoreFeb 23, 2012
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Eight students chosen as newest class of Ingram Scholars
Eight incoming first-year students have been chosen as the newest members of the Ingram Scholarship program. The eight are among 942 high school seniors who applied for the prestigious program. Members of the new class are John Alexander Bogdon of Orlando, Fla.; Bridget Lorraine Claborn of Omaha, Neb.;… Read MoreFeb 22, 2012
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TIPSHEET: Experts on affirmative action Supreme Court case
The U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear a case this fall that could put new limits on the ability of colleges and universities to use race as a factor in admissions decisions. Legal and African American Studies experts from Vanderbilt are available to speak with media about these issues. Read MoreFeb 22, 2012
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Signing Day VU Style
Take a behind the scenes look at what some are calling the best recruiting class in Vanderbilt football history. It’s the NFL draft college style. Read MoreFeb 22, 2012
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Symposium explores ties between sustainability and creative writing
The Vanderbilt Creative Writing Spring Symposium will take place Thursday, Feb. 23 at Vanderbilt University's Buttrick Hall. Poets Alison Hawthorne Deming and John Lane will lead the discussion on sustainability as applied to creative writing. Read MoreFeb 22, 2012