Month: April 2013
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Joe Sestak: “After Afghanistan: The National Security Challenges of the Next Decade”
Joe Sestak, the highest-ranking military official ever elected to Congress, addressed future national security issues for the United States during an April 4 lecture co-sponsored by the History and Political Science departments. His talk is titled “After Afghanistan: The National Security Challenges of the Next Decade.” Sestak is also a… Read MoreApr 8, 2013
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Grant bolsters liver tumor surgery techniques
A team led by Vanderbilt University biomedical engineer Michael Miga, associate professor of Biomedical Engineering, Radiology and Radiological Sciences, and Neurological Surgery, has been awarded a five-year, $3.1 million grant from the National Cancer Institute to enhance image-guided surgery techniques for safely removing liver tumors. Read MoreApr 8, 2013
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ME student selected for 2013 NIST Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship program
Theodore Malik Russell has received early acceptance notice to take part in the 2013 Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship program at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in Gaithersburg, Md. Read MoreApr 8, 2013
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Jennifer, I need you for my touring band
When nine-time Grammy award winner Sheryl Crow personally called Professor Jennifer Gunderman asking her to join her touring band, she didn’t pick up the phone. “I didn’t recognize the number — it was blocked — so I let it go to voicemail,” Gunderman said. “She left a message, and the… Read MoreApr 8, 2013
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Peabody alumna is creating social change
For Alyssa Van Camp, a graduate student in the Peabody College of Education and Human Development and former undergraduate at Vanderbilt, bettering the world has been a lifelong pursuit. This spring, that pursuit was recognized as Van Camp participated in and won the Business for Good competition, hosted by the… Read MoreApr 8, 2013
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Laura Reinbold, BE’82, leaves her mark on Nashville’s changing skyline
Laura Reinbold (BE’82) is fond of saying that since coming to Vanderbilt University at age 17, she’s never lived much more than a mile from where her parents deposited her on West End. Then again, she didn’t need to go far to leave her mark. Read MoreApr 8, 2013
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Enhanced eProcurement electronic catalog launches week of April 22
Procurement Services has launched a significant enhancement to the eProcurement electronic catalog (eCatalog). Read MoreApr 8, 2013
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Women with elite education opting out of full-time careers
...first-of-its-kind research by Vanderbilt professor of law and economics Joni Hersch shows that female graduates of elite undergraduate universities are working much fewer hours than their counterparts from less selective institutions. Read MoreApr 8, 2013
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Humphrey Fellows wrap year at VU
The Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program will honor 2012-13 Fellows and their network of supporters during a special closing ceremony. Read MoreApr 5, 2013
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Literati Longley and Longley to speak as part of visiting writers series
Michael Longley, courtesy of English Dept. Michael Longley, one of Ireland’s most distinguished poets, will read at Vanderbilt as part of the Gertrude and Harold Vanderbilt Visiting Writers Series. The event is free and open to the public. Longley’s reading will take place on April… Read MoreApr 5, 2013
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Vanderbilt launches 2013 Faculty-Staff Campaign
Vanderbilt has kicked off its annual Faculty-Staff Campaign, with a goal of raising $1.25 million or more with at least 1,500 university central faculty and staff members participating. Read MoreApr 5, 2013
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College athletics needs clearer message to support higher education mission, panel says
To better ensure that student-athletes get the full measure of their college educations, we need to change the messages we send to them, said a panel examining the role of intercollegiate athletics in the mission of higher education April 3. Read MoreApr 5, 2013
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James Cone: “The Cross and the Lynching Tree”
Watch leading theologian James Cone give a talk called "The Cross and the Lynching Tree" at Vanderbilt Divinity School April 3, 2013. Read MoreApr 5, 2013
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Lunch and Learn with David Williams II
Watch David Williams II give a talk titled, "A Look into the Role Intercollegiate Athletics Plays into the Mission of Higher Education" at a Lunch and Learn event April 3. Read MoreApr 5, 2013
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Our favorite Tweets and Instagrams of the week: Springtime, squirrels and much more
It was a jam-packed week of excitement: More reaction from the new Class of 2017; celebrating the arrival of spring; celebrity sightings; and things got a little squirrely on April 1. [View the story "Our favorite Tweets and Instagrams of the week, March 30-April 5" on Storify]Our favorite… Read MoreApr 5, 2013
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The accordion: the Rodney Dangerfield of instruments
Helena Simonett, associate director of the Center for Latin American Studies and adjunct assistant professor at the Blair School of Music, both at Vanderbilt University, believes that the saga of the “the little man’s piano” can tell us something aboutAmerica, especially in terms of class. Read MoreApr 5, 2013
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Recent religious trends topic of Vanderbilt Divinity breakfast
James Hudnut-Beumler, who will step down this summer as dean of the Vanderbilt Divinity School, will reflect on American religious trends during his school leadership at an April 9 community breakfast. Read MoreApr 5, 2013
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Rounds: A message from the Vice Chancellor
Last month, as the impact of federal budget sequestration (the “sequester”) became reality, I pledged to communicate with you frequently about the unprecedented financial challenges before us, and steps we must all proactively engage. Read MoreApr 4, 2013
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Cancer studies reveal new genetic variants
The future of cancer is becoming clearer. And it’s not looking so good for cancer. Read MoreApr 4, 2013
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Kinch to lead Tennessee Nurses Association
Jill Kinch, MSN, APN, advanced practice nurse team manager for Perioperative and Procedural Services at the Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt, has been appointed president of the Tennessee Nurses Association (TNA). Read MoreApr 4, 2013