Year: 2015
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Uncle Sam: WWI Posters Explore the Role of Propaganda
Forging Identity—Imagining the Enemy: American Propaganda and the Great War at the Vanderbilt Fine Arts Gallery draws on a large number of World War I posters from the Peabody College Collection that focus on the need for troops, money, medical personnel and supplies, and a spirit of public unity. Read MoreOct 23, 2015
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A Tale of Two Operas: Blair Stages Fall Operas at Opposite Ends of the Scale
This fall the Blair School of Music presents two operas diametrically opposed in style, scale and staging. Read MoreOct 23, 2015
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Impression: VUT Presents Metamorphoses
Vanderbilt University Theatre opened its 2015–16 season in early October with Metamorphoses, a theatrical adaptation by Mary Zimmerman of Ovid’s classical Greek stories. Read MoreOct 23, 2015
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Mazel Tov! Zimmerman Judaica Collection Reaches Milestone
An exhibition commemorating the 70th anniversary of the Mary and Harry Zimmerman Judaica Collection is on view at the Vanderbilt University Divinity Library through March 2016. Read MoreOct 23, 2015
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Alum Q&A: OptioLabs’ director of research talks software, Vandy life, fun office space
Hamilton Turner didn’t require much assistance while recruiting at the fall Engineering & IT Industry Career Day – the 2010 computer engineering alumnus knows his way around just fine. But his ties to Vanderbilt University run deeper than that. As a Ph.D. candidate at Virginia Tech, his doctoral adviser was… Read MoreOct 23, 2015
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Provost serves up family favorites to students at Rand
For the second year, Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Susan Wente served up some of her family’s favorite dishes to students during the dinner service at Rand Hall on Oct. 20. Read MoreOct 22, 2015
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10 Questions with Professor Jungmoo Woo
Unbeknownst to many, Professor Jungmoo Woo, a political science professor, served as an intelligence officer in the South Korean Air Force from 2005-2008. He immigrated to the United States to pursue his Ph.D. at the University of Kentucky, and joins Vanderbilt faculty after teaching for four years at Western Kentucky… Read MoreOct 22, 2015
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VUMC and Incyte Corp. form new scientific alliance
Vanderbilt University Medical Center investigators have joined forces with scientists at Incyte Corp. to explore new therapies for the treatment of various types of cancer, as well as other diseases. The company has agreed to help fund basic and translational science research by VUMC investigators. Read MoreOct 22, 2015
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Chazin honored with international biophysics award
Walter Chazin, Ph.D., director of the Vanderbilt Center for Structural Biology, is a recipient of a 2016 Fellow of the Biophysical Society award. Read MoreOct 22, 2015
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Guillamondegui: One standard needed to track concussions
Data in sports concussion studies will continue to be disputed as long as the injuries are diagnosed by differing standards instead of universal guidelines, a Vanderbilt investigator concludes in a recent review. Read MoreOct 22, 2015
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Elam steps down as Osher Center medical director
Roy Elam, M.D., will step down as medical director of the Osher Center for Integrative Medicine at Vanderbilt University following a search for a new director. Read MoreOct 22, 2015
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VU-invented wireless ECG system receives FDA approval
A wireless electrocardiogram (ECG) system invented at Vanderbilt University and marketed by a Nashville company, InvisionHeart, has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval. Read MoreOct 22, 2015
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Revised regulations proposed for human subject research
Eighteen departments and agencies of the federal government have joined to propose revised regulations for scientific research involving human subjects. Read MoreOct 22, 2015
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Cancer Survivorship Celebration set for Nov. 1
Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, in partnership with Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, is hosting the 2015 Cancer Survivorship Celebration Sunday, Nov. 1, from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Vanderbilt Student Life Center. Read MoreOct 22, 2015
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Myers delivers annual lecture inspired by Watkins’ legacy
Woodrow Myers, M.D., MBA, CEO of Corizon Health, delivered the 14th annual Levi Watkins Jr. M.D. Lecture. Read MoreOct 22, 2015
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Eskind Library receives Southern consortium award
Eskind Biomedical Library has won the Consortium of Southern Biomedical Libraries Distinguished Library Award. Read MoreOct 22, 2015
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Vanderbilt’s MPH program adds health policy track
Vanderbilt’s Master of Public Health program has added a health policy track, with four new MPH students (class of 2017) joining the track in this initial semester. Read MoreOct 22, 2015
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CMA pledges $3 million to boost Children’s expansion
The Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt is receiving significant philanthropic support through a $3 million gift from the Country Music Association (CMA), Vanderbilt University Medical Center leaders, event host Kix Brooks and Hillary Scott of Lady Antebellum announced this week. Read MoreOct 22, 2015
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Study sheds light on side effects of COX-2 drugs
A team of Vanderbilt University Medical Center scientists are closer to understanding why COX-2 inhibitors — drugs that relieve arthritis pain and inflammation without the gastrointestinal side effects of other painkillers — cause heart problems in some patients. Now Read MoreOct 22, 2015
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Neimat: Emotional disturbance is an overlooked symptom of Parkinson’s
Despite benefiting from dramatic improvements in movement after deep brain stimulation surgery, patients with Parkinson’s disease can be inadequately served when physicians and researchers focus only on its motor manifestations, says a Vanderbilt neurosurgeon. Read MoreOct 22, 2015