Year: 2015
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Vandy’s three-time national rocketry champs are off to a strong start defending their title
A student team hosted by the Vanderbilt Aerospace Design Lab is off to a strong start defending its national rocketry title in the 2015-16 NASA University Student Launch Challenge competing against a field of 39 other university teams. Read MoreNov 20, 2015
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Vanderbilt community honors terror victims
Members of the Vanderbilt community gathered on Alumni Lawn Nov. 19 for a vigil to remember the victims of recent terror attacks in France, Lebanon and Iraq. Read MoreNov 20, 2015
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Vanderbilt named to list of most affordable colleges for low-income students
Vanderbilt is No. 10 on a list of schools where "students from families earning less than $48,000 can typically graduate debt-free," according to "Money" magazine. Read MoreNov 20, 2015
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Vanderbilt receives six regional Emmy nominations
Vanderbilt University received six Mid-South Regional Emmy nominations for excellence in television, the industry’s highest honor, on Nov. 19. Read MoreNov 20, 2015
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New detector perfect for asteroid mining
A new generation of gamma-ray spectrometer being developed by researchers and students in the Fisk-Vanderbilt Master's-to-Ph.D. Bridge program is perfectly suited for detecting valuable minerals hidden within the asteroids, comets, moons and minor planets in the solar system. Read MoreNov 19, 2015
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Make note of modified hours over Thanksgiving holiday
Most Vanderbilt schools are observing a break from classes Nov. 21-29 for the Thanksgiving holiday. Read MoreNov 19, 2015
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Growth, collaboration key to VUMC’s future: Balser
Discovery, education and clinical care will continue to be the core of Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s (VUMC) mission as the date of the legal separation for Vanderbilt University and VUMC nears, Jeff Balser, M.D., Ph.D., vice chancellor for Health Affairs and dean of the School of Medicine, said to a capacity crowd at last week’s Fall Clinical Enterprise Leadership Assembly. Read MoreNov 19, 2015
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Many groups, one mission: caring for children, families
At 6 feet 4 inches, Shea Weber towers over the tiny tots he visits at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, yet it is he who looks up to them. Read MoreNov 19, 2015
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Colombo named CEO of Vanderbilt Stallworth Rehabilitation Hospital
Armando Colombo, president and chief executive officer of InterMedical Hospital of South Carolina, has been named chief executive officer of Vanderbilt Stallworth Rehabilitation Hospital. Read MoreNov 19, 2015
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Levy named to new VICC informatics leadership role
Mia Levy, M.D., Ph.D., Ingram Assistant Professor of Cancer Research and director of Cancer Clinical Informatics at Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center (VICC), has been named director of Cancer Health Information and Strategy, a new management post that will expand her leadership role. Read MoreNov 19, 2015
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Harris honored by American Medical Informatics Association
Paul Harris, Ph.D., MS, professor of Biomedical Informatics and Engineering, has received the Donald A.B. Lindberg Award for Innovation in Informatics from the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA). Read MoreNov 19, 2015
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VICC’s Horn lands Team Leadership Award from NCI
Leora Horn, M.D., M.Sc., associate professor of Medicine and clinical director of the Thoracic Oncology Program at Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center (VICC), has received a 2015 Cancer Clinical Investigator Team Leadership Award (CCITLA) from the National Cancer Institute (NCI). Read MoreNov 19, 2015
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Banovac named section chief of Interventional Radiology at VUMC
Filip Banovac, M.D., chief of Vascular and Interventional Radiology at Georgetown University, has been named section chief of Interventional Radiology within the Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Read MoreNov 19, 2015
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VUMC named among top cardiovascular hospitals in U.S.
Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) has been named one of the nation’s top 50 hospitals in cardiovascular services by Truven Health Analytics. Read MoreNov 19, 2015
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New VUSM faculty awards recognize clinical excellence
For more than a decade, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine has honored faculty members for outstanding accomplishments and contributions in teaching and research during its annual Spring Faculty Meeting. Read MoreNov 19, 2015
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Study links opioids, infection risk for patients with rheumatoid arthritis
Use of opioid analgesics is associated with an increased risk of hospitalization for serious infections among patients with rheumatoid arthritis, according to a Vanderbilt study published in Arthritis & Rheumatology. Read MoreNov 19, 2015
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Science, compassion can prevent violence: Sandy Hook father
What do you do when your only child is murdered in a brutal, sensationalized act of violence? Read MoreNov 19, 2015
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Awards honor commitment to service excellence
The most recent Credo Award and Five Pillar Leader Award winners were announced at the Nov. 11 Clinical Enterprise Leadership Assembly at Langford Auditorium, along with the Team Award, a new honor given out for the first time. Read MoreNov 19, 2015
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Vanderbilt appoints George C. Hill as chief diversity officer and vice chancellor for equity, diversity and inclusion
Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos has named a pre-eminent biomedical researcher and diversity advocate to serve as Vanderbilt University’s first chief diversity officer and vice chancellor for equity, diversity and inclusion. Read MoreNov 19, 2015
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AlertVU: All clear; no robbery at East Garage
Nov. 18 11:36 p.m.: After further investigation, and review of video evidence, VUPD has determined that the alleged robbery in Medical Center East Garage did not occur. Resume normal activity but stay vigilant and use standard safety precautions. Nov. 18 10:28 p.m.: Officers are on scene. They are actively investigating the possible… Read MoreNov 18, 2015