Year: 2014
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Secret Service hero Jerry Parr honored by Vanderbilt
The Secret Service agent who saved President Reagan during an assassination attempt in 1981 was honored by Peabody College. Read MoreMay 9, 2014
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Zeppos to graduates: Consider ‘the value of opening doors of opportunity’
Vanderbilt graduating seniors got some parting advice from Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos on a rainy Friday as they prepared to get their degrees. Read MoreMay 9, 2014
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Founder’s Medals awarded at Vanderbilt Commencement
Top scholars from Vanderbilt's undergraduate and professional schools were honored with Founder’s Medals May 9, 2014. Read MoreMay 9, 2014
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50 years later, Vanderbilt University graduate walks stage at Commencement
In 1964, soon-to-be Vanderbilt graduate Katherine Gorham missed Commencement because she was in the hospital, recovering from having her first child. On Friday, she walked across the platform in cap and gown after her husband and the university arranged for her to participate in Commencement with the Class of 2014. Read MoreMay 9, 2014
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Vanderbilt University honors 20 as emeriti faculty
Twenty retiring faculty members were recognized during Vanderbilt’s Commencement ceremony May 9, when the university honored their years of service and bestowed on them the title of emeritus or emerita faculty. Read MoreMay 9, 2014
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Get Macs, iPads at lowest price ever with VU discount plus bonus savings
Vanderbilt faculty, staff and students can get exclusive offers at MacAuthority through June 7. (Departmental purchases are not eligible.) Among the specials: Buy a new Mac or iPad at education pricing and receive an additional $20 off.* The first 75 customers to purchase a… Read MoreMay 9, 2014
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Bypassing DNA damage
Studies of a human polymerase that replicates DNA have provided a complete kinetic and structural framework for understanding how the enzyme accurately bypasses DNA damage. Read MoreMay 9, 2014
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Watch: Commencement
Watch video of the main Commencement ceremony. Chancellor Zeppos to graduates: Consider ‘the value of opening doors of opportunity’ View photos from the ceremony >> See all the tweets, posts, videos and photos from Commencement >> Watch video from Senior Day >>… Read MoreMay 8, 2014
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Robust job market welcomes MBA grads
The job market is strong for top tier MBA graduates, especially if they’re interested in the technology industry. Read MoreMay 8, 2014
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Change the world, former surgeon general tells Vanderbilt seniors
Former surgeon general Regina M. Benjamin told Vanderbilt graduating seniors to change the world during her Senior Class Day address in Memorial Gym. Read MoreMay 8, 2014
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Four Fulbright honorees named at Vanderbilt
Four Vanderbilt University students have been offered scholarships through Fulbright-sponsored programs for teaching and research in 2014-15. Read MoreMay 8, 2014
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Raiford named Health System chief of staff
David Raiford, M.D., associate vice chancellor for Health Affairs, senior associate dean for Faculty Affairs, professor of Medicine and Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s chief compliance officer, has been named chief of staff for the Vanderbilt Health System. His appointment becomes effective July 1. Read MoreMay 8, 2014
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HOD senior project award winners address Common Core, corporate diversity
Evaluating a student’s written work against Common Core State Standards will be made easier for teachers at Nashville Prep charter school thanks to a toolkit created by 2014 graduate Lisa Koenig, who was named winner of the 2014 Senior Project IMPACT Award. Read MoreMay 8, 2014
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New technique helps spot atrial fibrillation genetic variations
A technique called whole-exome sequencing (WES) has been used for the first time at Vanderbilt University to identify new genetic variations associated with a common disease — a heart rhythm abnormality called atrial fibrillation (AF). Read MoreMay 8, 2014
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VHVI educates airport screeners on heart devices
Thanks to advances in technology, heart patients with ventricular assist devices (VADs) are able to travel with greater frequency. Read MoreMay 8, 2014
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Academic Pediatric Association honors VUMC’s Walls
Morgan Walls, M.D., a second-year resident in Pediatrics at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, has been named an Academic Pediatric Association (APA) New Century Scholar. Read MoreMay 8, 2014
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Gift creates one home for Medical School class photos
For decades, the composite photos of Vanderbilt UniversitySchool of Medicine graduating classes could be found spread all around the Medical Center. Some were framed and hung, while others were stowed in desk drawers or archived in various locations. Read MoreMay 8, 2014
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Nighttime dialysis treatments available
Vanderbilt University Medical Center, committed to providing multiple options to patients who have kidney disease, recently began offering nocturnal in-center hemodialysis, which allows patients to receive treatment at night while they sleep. Read MoreMay 8, 2014
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Preschool program for children with autism set to open
A preschool program for children ages 18-36 months with autism or suspected autism is opening in mid-July at the Vanderbilt Bill Wilkerson Center (BWC), with plans to expand to children ages 3-5 in the near future. Read MoreMay 8, 2014
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Vanderbilt Prize winner encourages big dreams
Science and beauty are linked, for when a scientist makes a discovery, “she sees something truly beautiful for the first time and reveals that beauty to the world.” Read MoreMay 8, 2014