Month: April 2013
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Moses receives AACR’s lifetime achievement in research award
Harold L. (Hal) Moses, M.D., professor of Medicine and Pathology, acting chair of Cancer Biology and director emeritus of Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center (VICC), has received the 10th annual American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Award for Lifetime Achievement in Cancer Research. Read MoreApr 11, 2013
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New clinic links pediatric sarcoma treatment services
J. Carlton Smith noticed severe pain in his knee five years ago during a lacrosse tournament. Smith, then 13 years old, never imagined hearing the diagnosis doctors would give him: osteosarcoma, a cancer of the bone. Read MoreApr 11, 2013
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Newborn screening program championed at VU helps save boy
John Isaac Stone Seabolt was born Feb. 26, less than two months after a new state law went into effect encouraging the screening of newborn babies for “silent” heart defects. Read MoreApr 11, 2013
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Leukemia culprit’s cellular actions
Overexpression of a gene that is a common culprit in leukemia induces stem cell-like features in T cells, which may enable the cells to become cancerous. Read MoreApr 11, 2013
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Possible severe weather predicted for Thursday; take steps to prepare
The National Weather Service is predicting possible severe weather, including possible isolated tornados, for Thursday in the Nashville area from approximately 8 a.m. until late afternoon. Read MoreApr 10, 2013
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Ford wins SEC Faculty Achievement Award
Vanderbilt's Donna Ford is one of 14 university professors being recognized by the Southeastern Conference for achievement in research and scholarship. Read MoreApr 10, 2013
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SEEN: Brains, minds and education
In the fall of 2012, Vanderbilt launched the nation’s first educational neuroscience doctoral program. This interdisciplinary program brings together Vanderbilt’s Peabody College of education and human development and the Vanderbilt Brain Institute to research educational issues within the context of brain science. Read MoreApr 10, 2013
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James Hudnut-Beumler: “Religious Identity in the New Century”
Watch James Hudnut-Beumler, who will step down this summer as dean of the Vanderbilt Divinity School, give a talk on the evolution of American religious trends during his school leadership. Read MoreApr 10, 2013
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VUCast: See a Vanderbilt student’s “bright” idea; plus research on why students might want to double down on majors.
See a Vanderbilt student’s bright art idea! Hear why more students should double down on their majors Watch how a special cartoon comforts sick kids at the Children’s Hospital [vucastblurb]… Read MoreApr 10, 2013
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Training the next generation of pediatric leaders
It’s often said that children are the future. Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt invests a tremendous amount of time and resources into training the next generation of specialists who will care for those children. Read MoreApr 10, 2013
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Kudos: Read about faculty, staff and alumni awards, appointments and achievements
Read about faculty, staff and alumni awards, appointments and achievements. Read MoreApr 10, 2013
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Young North Korean leader’s actions may not be grounded in political reality
Rising tensions in the Korean peninsula have Japan, South Korea and the United States on full alert for a possible missile launch from North Korea. James Auer “A major worry now is North Korea’s young leader, who may not understand the constraints of reality that his grandfather and father… Read MoreApr 10, 2013
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Vanderbilt experts offer tips for minimizing storm stress
Last year, 37 tornadoes ripped through the state of Tennessee. Vanderbilt University Medical Center experts are offering tips on how to minimize storm stress and how to prepare in case a storm displaces you from your home. Read MoreApr 10, 2013
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Fighting Duchenne by supporting research
A week before Christmas 2008, Terry and Sonya Marlin received the type of news no parent ever wants to hear. Both of their sons, Jonah and Emory, were diagnosed with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy at the young ages of 5 and 2. Duchenne is a rapidly worsening form of muscular dystrophy… Read MoreApr 10, 2013
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Celebrate anniversary of first manned spaceflight at Dyer on Friday
This Friday, Dyer Observatory and friends of the children's educational video series Janet's Planet will celebrate the anniversary of the first manned space flight at Dyer's monthly Open Telescope Night. Read MoreApr 10, 2013
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Data and voice outage on parts of campus
UPDATE 8:02 AM: Data network service to all buildings affected has been restored. Phone Service that is based on Lync and Voice over IP has been restored as well. Work toward restoring traditional voice service continues, but is expected to take several hours to a few days to completely… Read MoreApr 10, 2013
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Grad students can apply now for SoTL Scholars Programs
The Center for Teaching invites applications for the SoTL Scholars Program, designed to help graduate students cultivate a scholarly, evidence-based approach to their students’ learning and their own teaching. Read MoreApr 9, 2013
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Medical Demand Check Office moves to Baker Building
The Medical Center Demand Check Office is now located at the Baker Building, 110 21st Ave. S., consolidating all demand check and invoice processing operations. Payment requests may still be sent for financial review to the Crystal Terrace drop box located at MCN D-2107 or mailed to 3319 West… Read MoreApr 9, 2013
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Tabletop plasma generator brings Jupiter’s core to the lab
A Vanderbilt engineering graduate student has created a small-scale, efficient way to produce high-energy density plasma--the state of matter found in the center of stars and gas giants like Jupiter--with a tabletop device. Read MoreApr 9, 2013
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Peabody Colloquium: “The End of Exceptionalism in American Education”
In his new book, The End of Exceptionalism in American Education, Jeffrey Henig traces the roots of the shift in school governance. Once the domain of local and state school boards, decisions about schools and schooling have begun to emerge in every level and branch of government. In this Peabody College colloquium, Henig, professor of political science and education at Columbia University, reflects on the erosion of the “special status” of education decision-making over the past 50 years. Read MoreApr 9, 2013