Year: 2014
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Learn to ‘Center your Spirit’ in Game Plan video
In the 2014 Game Plan for your Health video, Divinity Dean Emilie Townes tells us that spiritual energy is about finding ways to slow down and get in touch with our center. Read MoreSep 12, 2014
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When will Open Enrollment selections take effect?
Open Enrollment is right around the corner. Are you ready? To help you prepare, Vanderbilt’s HR team is sharing the top 10 things you need to know. Read MoreSep 12, 2014
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Vandy Walk & Talk: ‘Safety 101 with VUPD’
Lieutenant Rochelle Berrios will lead the next installment of Vandy Walk & Talk on Thursday, Sept. 25. Read MoreSep 12, 2014
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Kindermusik Family Time begins Sept. 23
Kindermusik opens up a new world of music to small children. Read MoreSep 12, 2014
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Occupational Health offers back-to-school physicals
Vanderbilt's Occupational Health Clinic provides school physicals and completion of health forms for faculty and staff. Read MoreSep 12, 2014
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Michael Yudin, Karl Dean visit Susan Gray School
Acting assistant secretary for the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services Michael Yudin and Nashville Mayor Karl Dean visited Vanderbilt Sept. 11 as part of the “Partners in Progress” Back-to-School Bus Tour. Read MoreSep 12, 2014
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Mark your calendar: Watkins lecture Oct. 14
Hear Michael R. DeBaun,professor of pediatrics and medicine at Vanderbilt School of Medicine. Read MoreSep 12, 2014
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Schizophrenia ‘switches’ discovered
Drugs developed at Vanderbilt could provide a new way to treat schizophrenia in a personalized way. Read MoreSep 12, 2014
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Help plan for Nashville’s future
Nashville is changing rapidly, with new housing and retail areas, lively conversations about transit and unprecedented growth. NashvilleNext—a plan for the future of Nashville—wants your input on how Nashville should grow in the future. Read MoreSep 11, 2014
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Bone healing therapy for NF1 fractures
A combination treatment delivered to the site of fractures may improve bone healing in patients with the genetic disease neurofibromatosis type-1. Read MoreSep 11, 2014
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North African archaeological excavations topic of talk at Parthenon
Lea Stirling discusses findings from her North African excavations in a Sept. 18 lecture co-sponsored by the Classical Studies Department. Read MoreSep 11, 2014
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Get ready for Heart Walk Oct. 4
Everyone who registers with a Vanderbilt team gets a Team Vanderbilt t-shirt. Read MoreSep 11, 2014
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Mayor shares insights with public policy studies class
Nashville Mayor Karl Dean was the guest speaker Sept. 8 for an undergraduate public policy studies class taught by former Mayor Bill Purcell, an adjunct professor of public policy at Vanderbilt. Read MoreSep 11, 2014
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World on Wednesdays to discuss Chinese philosophers, religion
Learn more about the religions and philosophy of China. Read MoreSep 11, 2014
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Babies and You: ‘Men Have Babies, Too’
This session will help men know how they can help during pregnancy, and how to bond with baby. Read MoreSep 11, 2014
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Scientific risk assessments may result in more equitable sentences
Vanderbilt law professor Chris Slobogin says recent criticism of using scientific risk assessments during sentencing is misguided. Read MoreSep 11, 2014
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Meeting explores VUMC’s cultural renaissance
During presentations that were filled with messages about Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s purpose, addressing the “why” rather than detailing facts and figures, Jeff Balser, M.D., Ph.D., vice chancellor for Health Affairs and dean of the School of Medicine, and C. Wright Pinson, MBA, M.D., deputy vice chancellor for Health Affairs and CEO of the Vanderbilt Health System, led the audience at Wednesday’s Fall Leadership Assembly through candid dialogue about VUMC’s way forward. Read MoreSep 11, 2014
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Elevate town hall presentations debut Sept. 30
Beginning Tuesday, Sept. 30, members of Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s leadership team will hold a series of town hall presentations that all faculty and staff are encouraged to attend. The town halls are a component of the renewed focus on Elevate, a Medical Center cultural touchstone. Read MoreSep 11, 2014
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Engelhardt lands stem cell transplant research grant
Up to 60 percent of patients who receive a stem cell transplant using cells from another donor will develop post-transplant diabetes mellitus, which can increase the rate of complications and death after the procedure. Read MoreSep 11, 2014
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Study tracks new way to fight HIV infection in women
Vanderbilt University’s Richard Caprioli, Ph.D., is participating in a national, federally funded collaboration to develop an intravaginal ring capable of delivering antiretroviral drugs to women at risk for HIV infection. Read MoreSep 11, 2014