Year: 2014
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Commodores play in College World Series today
Commodores are within a win of next week's championship round. Read MoreJun 17, 2014
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Consumers like a ‘partner in crime’ whether they indulge or resist temptation
People are natural accomplices who like to conspire together to enjoy a small indulgence, and conversely to resist temptation together when the stakes are higher, finds Associate Professor of Marketing Kelly L. Haws in a new study. Read MoreJun 17, 2014
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My VU Benefits website will experience outage June 21-22
Due to planned upgrades, Vanderbilt’s benefits enrollment website, My VU Benefits, will be unavailable June 21-22. Read MoreJun 16, 2014
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Sarratt Art Studios announces new classes, instructors for fall 2014
Sarratt Art Studios has hired new instructors, designed new classes and revamped its schedule for the fall 2014 semester. Read MoreJun 16, 2014
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Flexner Dean’s Lecture Series presents Steven A. Lieberman
The Flexner Dean’s Lecture Series presents Steven A. Lieberman, senior dean for administration and the John P. McGovern Distinguished Chair in Oslerian Medicine at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, at noon Thursday, June 26, in Light Hall, Room 208. Read MoreJun 16, 2014
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Young alumni rise to GOLD Challenge 2.0 and help secure another $100,000 gift to Opportunity Vanderbilt
Members of the classes of 2004 through 2013 have once again made Vanderbilt history by rising to the university’s challenge specifically for graduates of the last decade—the GOLD Challenge 2.0—and helping to secure another $100,000 gift to Opportunity Vanderbilt. Opportunity Vanderbilt is the university’s initiative to replace all need-based undergraduate… Read MoreJun 16, 2014
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Check out our favorite Father’s Day stories and photos
Check out our favorite Father’s Day stories and photos from Vanderbilt’s social media channels. Share yours with us on our Facebook page, or on Twitter and Instagram by tagging them #vandygram. Read MoreJun 16, 2014
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Open houses set for Warren and Moore Colleges
Vanderbilt faculty, staff and students will have the opportunity to get a firsthand look at Warren and Moore colleges at a series of open houses scheduled in June and July. Read MoreJun 16, 2014
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Vanderbilt communications honored by Tennessee higher ed alliance
Vanderbilt University was honored with six awards from the Tennessee College Public Relations Association at its spring meeting June 12-13. VUCast, Vanderbilt’s video newscast, received the gold (first place) award for “Autism communication breakthrough” in the category of Radio/TV Show or Newscast. MyVU was honored… Read MoreJun 16, 2014
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Commodores win opener at College World Series
Vanderbilt advanced to the winner's bracket at the College World Series Saturday with a 5-3 win over Louisville. Read MoreJun 16, 2014
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Factor impacts bone toughness
The factor ATF4 has a role in the toughness of bone and its resistance to fracture, suggesting new therapeutic targets. Read MoreJun 16, 2014
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Flight Path: A highflying merger has put Doug Parker, MBA’86, at the controls of the world’s largest airline
Doug Parker, MBA'86, ascended to the top spot of the world’s largest airline following a 2013 merger between American Airlines and US Airways. His journey has been anything but a direct flight. Read MoreJun 15, 2014
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Where Aspirnauts Soar
Domonique Bragg and Cody Stothers were the first Vanderbilt students to participate in the university’s Aspirnaut educational outreach program. They’re also now the first students from that program to graduate. Read MoreJun 14, 2014
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Free retirement investment workshop geared toward women June 24
Attend a free retirement workshop June 24 geared toward women who are 10 to 15 years away from retirement. Read MoreJun 13, 2014
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‘First Friends’ needed for international students
The office of International Student & Scholar Services seeks individuals to help new International students adjust to campus life and American culture. Read MoreJun 13, 2014
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How ABC transporters move molecules
New views of how transporters move molecules across cell membranes are key to understanding how these proteins impact tumor cell drug resistance and inherited diseases such as cystic fibrosis. Read MoreJun 13, 2014
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Occupational Health offers Express Care for minor illnesses
Express Care at the Occupational Health Clinic (Vanderbilt University) Feeling under the weather? The Faculty/Staff Express Care can help employees stay at work and conserve their flexPTO time. If you have a minor illness while you’re at work, you can get an appointment at Express Care by… Read MoreJun 12, 2014
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Wellcast: Mom’s Milk Club – a support group for breastfeeding mothers
(Vanderbilt University) Stacy Bonner of the Vanderbilt Child and Family Center speaks with Betty McDaniel-Thomas, a certified lactation consultant at the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, about Mom’s Milk Club, a support group for breastfeeding mothers. If you have questions about breastfeeding or need support from other mothers,… Read MoreJun 12, 2014
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When home is no longer an option for the elderly
(iStockphoto) Do you know your options when your loved one can no longer safely stay at home? Dana Hentschel, community relations director for Elmcroft of Hendersonville, will discuss the difference between independent living, assisted living and a skilled nursing home. She also will address home health, in-home care and respite… Read MoreJun 12, 2014
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Grit better than GRE for predicting grad student success
New findings suggest interviews are better predictors of graduate STEM program completion than test scores and would increase participation by women and minorities. Read MoreJun 12, 2014