Year: 2015
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New videos on copyright law will help users balance fair-use considerations
Three educational videos on copyright law and policy that will help guide faculty, staff and students in using Blackboard and related technologies are now available. Read MoreSep 23, 2015
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Neuroscience research center symposium and poster session is Oct. 9
The Eighth Annual Symposium and Poster Session for the Silvio O. Conte Neuroscience Research Center at Vanderbilt University will be Friday, Oct. 9, from noon to 5:30 p.m. in 1220 Medical Research Building III. Read MoreSep 23, 2015
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Poet Wyatt Prunty featured at next installment of Lyrical Brew
Wyatt Prunty, the Ogden P. Carlton Professor of Literature at Sewanee: The University of the South and founder and director of the Sewanee Writers’ Conference, will read from his latest collection of poems "Couldn’t Prove, Had to Promise" beginning at 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 25, at Barnes & Noble at Vanderbilt. Read MoreSep 23, 2015
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Can I change my Open Enrollment elections?
Open Enrollment is right around the corner. Today’s tip is a reminder that you can make changes to your benefit elections at any time during the Open Enrollment period as long as you complete them by 11:59 p.m. on Oct. 30. Read MoreSep 23, 2015
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Vanderbilt Special Education researchers to speak on behavior disorders
Peabody College researchers will present the latest research on addressing students’ behavioral issues at the Council for Children with Behavioral Disorders International Conference. Read MoreSep 23, 2015
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Obituary: Jacob T. Brewer, BS’04, ‘Simply One of the Best’
Jacob “Jake” Brewer, a White House senior policy adviser to the Office of Science and Technology Policy, died Sept. 19 in a collision with a car in Mount Airy, Maryland, while participating in a charity bicycle ride for cancer treatment programs. He was 34. Read MoreSep 23, 2015
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Religion in the Arts and Contemporary Culture: Gallery Talk with artist, Samuel L. Dunson, Jr.
Religion in the Arts and Contemporary Culture presents: Gallery Talk with artist, Samuel L. Dunson, Jr. September 23, 2015 In an exhibition of new works to be shown at Vanderbilt Divinity School, Samuel L. Dunson, Jr. presents a unique visual commentary on the problems that have arisen in communities affected… Read MoreSep 23, 2015
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Kudos: Read about the latest faculty and student awards and achievements
Read about the latest faculty and student awards and achievements. Read MoreSep 23, 2015
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Data diving for health
To most effectively use electronic health records for research, investigators should query multiple components of the record to identify patients with specific diseases. Read MoreSep 23, 2015
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Obituary: Jacob T. Brewer, BS’04, ‘Simply One of the Best’
Jacob “Jake” Brewer, a White House senior policy adviser to the Office of Science and Technology Policy, died Sept. 19 in a collision with a car in Mount Airy, Maryland, while participating in a charity bicycle ride for cancer treatment programs. He was 34. Read MoreSep 22, 2015
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Media Advisory: Pre-K panel is Sept. 24
A panel discussion will continue the discourse on prekindergarten issues facing policymakers. Read MoreSep 22, 2015
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U.S.-Cuban relations topic of Williamson County Library talk
The history of U.S.-Cuban relations will be the focus of Frank Robinson's talk at the Williamson County Public Library Sept. 25. Read MoreSep 22, 2015
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Life Phase Series: ‘Composting and Need to Know for Successful Gardening’
The Vanderbilt Recreation and Wellness Center presents the next installment in its Life Phase Series on Thursday, Oct. 8. “Composting and Need to Know for Successful Gardening” is scheduled from noon to 1 p.m. at the VRWC. Read MoreSep 22, 2015
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First circularly polarized light detector on a silicon chip
Invention of the first integrated circularly polarized light detector on a silicon chip opens the door for development of small, portable sensors that could expand the use of polarized light for drug screening, surveillance, etc. Read MoreSep 22, 2015
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Keep your coat on, virus!
A compound acting on serotonin receptors delays a critical step during reovirus cell entry, reducing viral infectivity. Read MoreSep 22, 2015
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Metzl assumes post in gun violence prevention organization
Jonathan Metzl of the Center Medicine, Health and Society has signed up with The Safe Tennessee Project as director of research. Read MoreSep 21, 2015
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Does knowing high-status people help or hurt?
How depressed you are may have something to do with who you know—and where you come from. Read MoreSep 21, 2015
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Diane Neighbors, champion of child care at Vanderbilt, to retire
Under Diane Neighbors’ guidance over the past 25-plus years, Vanderbilt’s child care program has grown to five centers currently accommodating 577 children of faculty, staff and students. Neighbors will retire Sept. 30. Read MoreSep 21, 2015
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Vanderbilt MFA student wins top poetry prize
Tiana Clark, a first-year poetry student in Vanderbilt’s MFA Program in Creative Writing, has won first place and $10,000 in a leading poetry journal’s annual competition. Read MoreSep 21, 2015
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All benefits-eligible employees should complete Open Enrollment
Open Enrollment is right around the corner. To help you prepare, Vanderbilt’s HR team is sharing the top 10 things you need to know. Read MoreSep 21, 2015