Year: 2014

Don’t panic over Ebola. But don’t ignore it, either. That was the take-home message for U.S. citizens from a “mini-hearing” held by U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., at Vanderbilt University Medical Center on Wednesday with researchers and health officials from Vanderbilt and the State of Tennessee. Read More

The Vanderbilt Child and Family Center is hosting its Fifth Annual Elder Care Fair from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday, Oct. 3, in the Light Hall North Lobby. The fair is a great opportunity for staff and faculty to obtain helpful information about resources and services available in the community for seniors and adult caregivers. Read More

Alternative work methods and communication styles can sometimes be hard for individuals to see on their own. In the latest wellcast, Stephanie Dean of Work/Life Connections and psychologist Chad Buck discuss ways in which Work/Life Connection’s workplace coaching improves performance. Read More

Rocky Alvey, director of Vanderbilt’s Dyer Observatory, will be honored Friday with a 2014 Partnership Award by the Friends of Radnor Lake. Read More

The Women’s Running Nashville Half-Marathon and 5K benefitting the Edith Sanford Breast Cancer Foundation is scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 27. Read More

The Natchez Trace Parkway Association is celebrating its 80th birthday with an event on the Vanderbilt campus that will feature free bike repairs by staff from Cumberland Transit and free food samples from FitFood Revolution. Read More

A new analysis of published studies found that FDG-PET technology is less accurate in diagnosing lung cancer versus benign disease in regions where infections like histoplasmosis or tuberculosis are common. Read More

The Office of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and Intersex Life invites all Vanderbilt faculty and staff for its next monthly Happy Hour. Read More

Vanderbilt's Center for Technology Transfer and Commercialization is hosting a Medical Device Regulatory Affairs Program (MDRAP) town hall forum on Wednesday, Oct. 15, from 1 to 3 p.m. Read More

Support for Common Core has declined among Tennessee teachers over the past year, according to the results of a new Vanderbilt study. Read More

Today's tip: You can make changes to your benefits selections at any time during the Open Enrollment period as long you complete your selections by 11:59 p.m. Oct. 31. Read More

An arrest warrant for attempted aggravated kidnapping has been issued for Scott Douglas Wallace in an incident involving a Tennessee State University student on the Vanderbilt University campus early Sunday morning. Read More

Mechanical engineering professor Pietro Valdastri and colleagues will continue to develop a capsule endoscope for colonoscopy in patients with inflammatory bowel disease with the support of a 4-year, $1.5 million NIH grant. Read More

The Mables will perform a special concert under the stars at Vanderbilt Dyer Observatory on Saturday, Sept. 27, to benefit scholarship students attending the Dyer Observers Summer Science Camps. Read More

Cary Pint, assistant professor of mechanical engineering and director of the Nanomaterials and Energy Devices Laboratory at Vanderbilt University, was named to the American Society for Engineering Education’s Top 20 Under 40 last week. Read More

National Coming Out Week is scheduled from Wednesday, Oct. 1, through Saturday, Oct. 11. This year’s theme is “You Do You.” The theme was selected to encourage everyone to feel empowered and proud of the identities they hold. Read More

Vanderbilt observed Constitution and Citizenship Day with an exhibition of pottery from the Catawba Indian Nation, a panel discussion on Indian sovereignty, and a powwow dance performance on Currey Field. Read More

Oscar Ayala, a doctoral student in biomedical engineering at Vanderbilt, has been awarded a National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship. The NDSEG Fellowship is sponsored and funded by the Department of Defense. Read More

The Curb Center for Art, Enterprise and Public Policy presents “On the Edges: Works from Vanderbilt Department of Art Faculty and Staff.” Read More

A new full-length documentary marking the 20th anniversary of the Ingram Scholarship Program at Vanderbilt University will be screened Oct. 11 in Sarratt Cinema. Read More