Month: November 2013

Sun-Joo Cho Leonard Bickman was named professor of psychology, emeritus. Vera A. Stevens Chatman was named professor of human and organizational development, emerita. Chatman will also be inducted into the Academy for Women of Achievement by the YWCA of Nashville and Middle Tennessee and First Tennessee. Sun-Joo Cho, assistant professor… Read More

The American Educational Research Association (AERA) presented its 2013 Outstanding Book Award to Vanderbilt University professor Christopher Loss for Between Citizens and the State: The Politics of American Higher Education in the 20th Century (Princeton University Press, 2012) in April. Loss’s book tracks the dramatic results of the federal government’s… Read More

Finding what goes boom might one day get safer Children with autism take center stage And who made the 10 Innovators who changed the world list? Watch the QuickVU Research roundup now. [vucastblurb]… Read More

Donna Ford Donna Ford, professor of special education, is one of 14 university professors recognized by the Southeastern Conference for achievement in research and scholarship. The SEC announced April 10 the winners of its 2013 Faculty Achievement Awards. These annual awards honor professors from the SEC’s 14 member universities who… Read More

Marcy Singer-Gabella K-12 teachers across the country will have the opportunity to take a professional development course from Vanderbilt University faculty in 2014 via the university’s partnership with leading massive online open course provider Coursera. “Teacher professional development is one of the thorniest challenges in PreK-12 education. Teaching suffers because… Read More

Vanderbilt’s Peabody College begins the 2013–14 academic year with nearly a dozen new faculty members, 400 new master’s degree or Ed.D. students, and 35 new Ph.D. students—not to mention our usual complement of highly qualified undergraduates. We are excited! Our enthusiasm is also prompted by the establishment of a new… Read More

The Vanderbilt Bill Wilkerson Center is offering a 20 percent discount on hearing aids from Dec. 1 to Jan. 31, 2014, for Vanderbilt employees and retirees. To receive the discount, visit VanderbiltBillWilkersonCenter.com/hearingdiscount. Vanderbilt Bill Wilkerson Center is located at 1215 21st Ave. S in Nashville, and 919 Murfreesboro Rd., Hwy. Read More

Vanderbilt University has received six regional Emmy nominations from the MidSouth Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. Read More

Using computational tools to search for the genetic basis of what makes us human, Vanderbilt Assistant Professor of Biomedical Informatics Tony Capra and colleagues at the University of California-San Francisco have identified promising candidate regions. Read More

Two organic chemists at Vanderbilt University are among the ten recipients of the 2014 Arthur C. Cope Scholars Award that recognizes and encourages excellence in the field of organic chemistry. Read More

Eric Shinohara, M.D., MSCI, assistant professor of Radiation Oncology, has been recognized by the Association for Residents in Radiation Oncology (ARRO) as one of the recipients of the 2013 ARRO Educator of the Year Award. Read More

A framed photograph, roughly 3 feet wide, hangs above the couches in the Lims’ living room. Within the frame, more than 1,000 tiny figures clad in light yellow T-shirts stand in a formation resembling the number 2012 — the graduating year of The Martha Rivers Ingram Commons’ inaugural class. The… Read More

Moving away from friends and familiar faces. New classrooms, new campus, new city. A whirlwind of introductions and different student groups to join. For most students, these sensations only hit once: at the beginning of freshman year. But for transfer students, a new school means navigating the same set of… Read More

Benton Chapel (Vanderbilt University) A candlelight vigil to remember victims of Typhoon Haiyan and honor the people of the Philippines is planned for Tuesday, Dec. 3, on the Vanderbilt campus. The event is rescheduled from Nov. 19. The Dec. 3 vigil will begin at 7 p.m. in Benton Chapel. Read More

Inhibitors of a signaling pathway that is critical to synovial sarcoma tumorigenesis may be useful treatments for this aggressive cancer. Read More

Summer Academy at Vanderbilt for the Young (Vanderbilt University) The Summer Academy at Vanderbilt for the Young (SAVY) provides a dynamic, fast-paced curriculum experience to qualifying gifted children in rising first through seventh grades. Vanderbilt professors, master teachers and graduate students offer accelerated SAVY courses that cover a wide… Read More

Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey circus will present “Built to Amaze,” the 143rd edition of its “greatest show on Earth,” on Friday, Jan. 24, 2014. Vanderbilt faculty and staff can purchase discounted tickets to the performance, and proceeds will benefit Children’s Miracle Network and the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital… Read More

Kevin C. Ess, M.D., Ph.D., has been named chief of the Division of Pediatric Neurology within the Department of Pediatrics at the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt. Read More

Danny Winder, Ph.D., professor of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, has been appointed associate director of the Vanderbilt Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP), which enables future leaders in academic medicine to earn both M.D. and Ph.D. degrees. Read More

Ahead of its move into new space on the fifth floor of the Critical Care Tower in February, the Vanderbilt Heart and Vascular Institute has announced two key position changes. Read More