Year: 2014
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TIPSHEET: GM has ‘tall order’ to increase safety while keeping costs down
Ranga Ramanujam of Owen Graduate School of Management says General Motors faces “a tall order" moving forward in the wake of an internal report that found a “pattern of incompetence and neglect.” Read MoreJun 6, 2014
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Vanderbilt alumni magazine wins national CASE award
"Vanderbilt Magazine" has received a Silver Award in the 2014 Council for Advancement and Support of Education’s (CASE) Circle of Excellence competition. Read MoreJun 6, 2014
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A different D-Day would have meant a different world today
The world would now be a very different place if D-Day, the Allied invasion of Normandy, France, on June 6, 1944, had gone badly, says Thomas Schwartz, professor of history. Read MoreJun 6, 2014
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Vanderbilt Health, Williamson Medical Center debut new Cool Springs clinic
Vanderbilt Health and Williamson Medical Center opened a new Walk-In Clinic in Cool Springs on Wednesday, June 4. The new clinic joins two other Vanderbilt Health and Williamson Medical Center Walk-In Clinics already open in Franklin and Spring Hill. Read MoreJun 6, 2014
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Beede picked 14th in MLB Draft – watch his teammates react
Junior Tyler Beede was selected 14th overall by San Francisco in the first round of the Major League Baseball Draft to become the 12th Commodore in history to be a first-round pick in the June draft. Read MoreJun 6, 2014
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Pet Therapy Research Aimed at Children with Cancer
It’s not unusual to see dogs in a hospital setting, but is there scientific evidence that man’s best friend help’s children? Vanderbilt researchers are working to find that answer as Barb Cramer reports. … Read MoreJun 5, 2014
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Quanta Magazine: Evolving with a little help from our friends
Seth Bordenstein, associate professor of biological sciences, and graduate student Robert Brucker, discovered that the survival of a new hybrid of wasp depended not on their genes but on the microbes that naturally lived on and inside the insects. Read MoreJun 5, 2014
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VU investigators confirm bromine’s critical role in tissue development
Twenty-seven chemical elements are considered to be essential for human life. Now there is a 28th — bromine. Read MoreJun 5, 2014
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Wellcast: Recommendations for pregnancy and birth
Students in the Vanderbilt School of Nursing Nurse-Midwifery Program. (Vanderbilt University) Michelle Collins, associate professor of nursing and director of the Vanderbilt University School of Nursing Nurse-Midwifery Program, speaks with Health Plus’ Laura Osterman about the practice of midwifery and what women can do to prepare for… Read MoreJun 5, 2014
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June is Effective Communications Month
(Steve Green/Vanderbilt) The month of June has been designated as Effective Communications Month. The foundation of any relationship, personal or professional, is communication. Being able to express oneself in a clear and understandable manner helps decrease misinterpretation, confusion and conflict. Work/Life Connections–EAP has compiled many resources for… Read MoreJun 5, 2014
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Vanderbilt offers safety tips for CMA Music Festival
LifeFlight’s mobile emergency command and communications bus will be on the scene at the CMA Music Festival as the official communications center. As Nashville welcomes visitors from around the world to the CMA Music Festival this week, Vanderbilt LifeFlight officials are urging fans… Read MoreJun 5, 2014
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Get discounts on amusement park tickets through Credit Union
The Vanderbilt University Credit Union is offering discounts on tickets to popular area amusements parks. The available parks and rates are: Nashville Shores Water Park: $22 Nashville Shores Treetop Park: $29 Holiday World: Adult $39, child $34 Beech Bend: $27 Kentucky Kingdom: $35… Read MoreJun 5, 2014
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McDowell, former Vanderbilt administrator, dies
Donald L. McDowell, a Vanderbilt University administrator during the tenure of Chancellor Alexander Heard, died May 27 in Yarmouth, Maine. Read MoreJun 5, 2014
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Vanderbilt Health and Williamson Medical Center debut new Cool Springs Walk-In Clinic
Vanderbilt Health and Williamson Medical Center opened a new Walk-In Clinic in Cool Springs on Wednesday, June 4. The new clinic joins two other Vanderbilt Health and Williamson Medical Center Walk-In Clinics already open in Franklin and Spring Hill. Read MoreJun 5, 2014
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Shaw named head of Division of Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology
Andrew Shaw, M.B. B.S., has been named chief of Vanderbilt’s Division of Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology. Read MoreJun 5, 2014
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Hamm to deliver Discovery Lecture June 12
Heidi Hamm, Ph.D., the Aileen M. Lange and Annie Mary Lyle Professor of Cardiovascular Research and an internationally known expert on G protein-mediated signaling, will deliver the next Flexner Discovery Lecture on Thursday, June 12. Read MoreJun 5, 2014
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VUMC’s Perri honored by American Liver Foundation
Roman Perri, M.D., medical director of the Liver Transplant program at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, has been named the Tennessee Hepatologist of the Year by the American Liver Foundation (ALF). Read MoreJun 5, 2014
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Human Relations Award recognizes Boehm’s advocacy efforts
Frank Boehm, M.D., professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, was honored with a 2014 Human Relations Award during the recent 43rd Annual Human Relations Award Dinner held at Loews Vanderbilt Plaza. Read MoreJun 5, 2014
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Love inducted as fellow in the National Academies of Practice
Rene Love, DNP, director of the Vanderbilt University School of Nursing Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (Family) Program, was recently inducted as a Distinguished Scholar and Fellow in the Nursing Academy of the National Academies of Practice. Read MoreJun 5, 2014
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Protection of Minors online training now available
The "Protection of Minors 101" module is now available for open enrollment in the Learning Exchange and includes policy, incident reporting, code of conduct, red flag behavior and prevention techniques for the safety and protection of minors. Read MoreJun 4, 2014