Year: 2013
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Guttentag named to direct Neonatology
Susan H. Guttentag, M.D., is joining Vanderbilt University on Feb. 1, 2014, as the new director of the Division of Neonatology within the Department of Pediatrics at the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt. Read MoreNov 7, 2013
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“A Citizen of the World: The Global Martin Luther King Jr.”
Lewis V. Baldwin, who has devoted much of his life to teaching and scholarship on the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr., delivered the Vanderbilt University Divinity School’s 2013 Harrod Lecture Nov. 7. Read more. … Read MoreNov 7, 2013
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Women’s health center at NorthCrest debuts
The Vanderbilt Center for Women’s Health began serving patients at its new outpatient clinic at NorthCrest Medical Center in Springfield this week. Read MoreNov 7, 2013
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Community Research Day brings area agencies together
The first Community Research Day, sponsored by the Meharry-Vanderbilt Alliance and the Meharry-Vanderbilt Community-Engaged Research Core, was held Tuesday at the MetroCenter headquarters of United Way of Metropolitan Nashville. Read MoreNov 7, 2013
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Initiative seeks better post-op care coordination
The Transition Management Office at Vanderbilt University Medical Center holds to the principle that every patient should know what will happen next in his or her care, when it will happen, who will be involved and what the costs will be. Read MoreNov 7, 2013
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Photo: Senior Leader Walk
(photo by Joe Howell) Nashville Mayor Karl Dean, right, and Jeff Balser, M.D., Ph.D., were among those who took part in last week’s Senior Leader Walk on the Vanderbilt campus. Read MoreNov 7, 2013
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Framingham Heart director to speak at VU
Daniel Levy, M.D., director of the famed Framingham Heart Study, will deliver the seventh annual Meredith S. and John A. Oates Lecture in Clinical Pharmacology on Thursday, Nov. 14. Read MoreNov 7, 2013
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Grant bolsters HIV pharmacy support program
The Vanderbilt Comprehensive Care Clinic has received a nearly $40,000 grant for 2013-2014 from the Baptist Healing Trust (BHT) for its Pharmacy Support Program, which provides free or low-cost medications to people with HIV/AIDS. Read MoreNov 7, 2013
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Photo: Steeplechase support
Steeplechase representatives recently presented the funds raised during this year's Iroquois Steeplechase to the Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt. Read MoreNov 7, 2013
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Emergency notifications come in burst of colors
Knowing how to react in an emergency situation can save lives, but sometimes it’s confusing what particular colors mean in emergency notifications that are communicated by email and overhead announcements across Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Read MoreNov 7, 2013
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Miles and Music for Kids event rides to new record
The 8th Annual Dierks Bentley’s “Miles and Music for Kids” event was held on Sunday, Nov. 3, and raised a record $307,000 to support the Dierks Bentley Miles and Music Foundation for Pediatric Palliative Care Fund at the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt. Read MoreNov 7, 2013
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VU study sheds new light on DNA replication
David Cortez, Ph.D., and his Vanderbilt colleagues report new findings that shed light on fundamental processes involved in DNA replication and have implications for cancer therapies that target these processes. Read MoreNov 7, 2013
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Involuntary teacher transfers put better teachers with neediest students
Allowing principals to involuntarily transfer teachers within a district resulted in more productive teachers replacing lower performing teachers in mostly disadvantaged schools. Read MoreNov 6, 2013
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Alumnus publishes portraits of Freedom Riders
After finding the original mugshots of the Freedom Riders, Eric Etheridge, BA’79, took on a unique project; he tracked down 328 of the original activists, photographing them again and displaying their current portraits alongside their mugshots. The portraits are collected in Etheridge’s book, “Breach of Peace.” Etheridge recently visited the Freedom… Read MoreNov 6, 2013
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Tim McGraw video filmed at VUMC wins multiple CMA Awards
The video for “Highway Don’t Care” by Tim McGraw, which was partially filmed at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and included the participation of several Vanderbilt staff, has received the CMA Awards for both Video of the Year and Musical Event of the Year. The announcement was made Wednesday… Read MoreNov 6, 2013
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Expert: Same-sex marriage issue could define Justice Kennedy’s place in history
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy, who has written all of the court’s decisions striking down discrimination against homosexuals, is poised for a prominent place in history if a same-sex marriage case makes it to the high court, says a Vanderbilt law professor. Read more. Read MoreNov 5, 2013
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In light of SAC pleas, how to spot too good to be true funds
Nick Bollen of Vanderbilt's Owen Graduate School of Management can talk about SAC Capital and other hedge fund insider trading cases. Read MoreNov 5, 2013
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Same-sex marriage issue could define Justice Kennedy’s place in history
If circumstances land the right same-sex marriage case in the hands of the U.S. Supreme Court, than Justice Anthony Kennedy may find himself in the history books as the judge who makes gay marriage legal for good, says a Vanderbilt University law professor. Read MoreNov 5, 2013
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Vanderbilt Divinity Breakfast: Digging where Jezebel lived
A renowned expert on the Hebrew Bible and six students who took part in an archaeological excavation at Jezreel, Israel, shared their experiences at a Vanderbilt Divinity School community breakfast Oct. 29. “Jezreel, the site famously connected in the Bible with the evil King Ahab and his scheming wife, Jezebel,… Read MoreNov 1, 2013
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AVBA names new leadership
Vanderbilt’s Office of Alumni Relations and the Association of Vanderbilt Black Alumni are excited to announce the AVBA’s newest leadership team. William Wyatt, BE’95, is president, Damien Charley, BS’99, is vice president and Charity Hemphill-Frierson, BA’10, will serve as secretary. The AVBA made great strides under its previous leadership… Read MoreNov 1, 2013