Year: 2016
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Growth rings on rocks provide new insights into past climates
Application of new micro-analytical techniques have transformed rocks and gravel buried in a special type of soil into a rich source of data about past climates that can help scientists understand how the climate will change in the future. Read MoreJan 15, 2016
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Register now for studio art and dance classes
Online registration is now available to the Vanderbilt community for noncredit visual and performing art classes offered through Sarratt Art Studios and the Vanderbilt Dance Program. Read MoreJan 15, 2016
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Imagination Grants nurture Divinity students’ social justice passion
Vanderbilt Divinity students can enhance their global education while learning leadership skills through creative, self-directed projects funded by Imaginations Grants. Read MoreJan 15, 2016
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Alcohol addiction recovery support group meets weekly
An alcohol addiction recovery group currently meets weekly on Tuesdays. Read MoreJan 14, 2016
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Vanderbilt Engineering research project on Cubesat
A satellite carrying a Vanderbilt research project is now flying in space. The research payload, built by a Vanderbilt engineering team, is the first of its kind. Barb Cramer reports the lift-off was spectacular. Read MoreJan 14, 2016
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When Commodores talk, we listen
Vanderbilt alumni care deeply about their university. They are loyal and willing advocates, and are excited to be “Vanderbilt for Life.” They want to hear about the latest faculty research and Vanderbilt events in their city, as well as connect with networking and career resources offered by the university. Those are just some of the findings from the Vanderbilt University Alumni Association’s recent, expansive alumni satisfaction survey. Read MoreJan 14, 2016
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Alumni: Reach your career goals through Vanderbilt
Take the next steps on your career path with help from the Alumni Career Services program. Whether you are just getting started, looking to make a transition or want to build skills in your current role, we offer valuable resources that will help you along the way. Read MoreJan 14, 2016
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Walk-in clinic set to make debut in Belle Meade
Vanderbilt Health is opening a new Walk-In Clinic in Nashville’s Belle Meade neighborhood on Wednesday, Jan. 20. Read MoreJan 14, 2016
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Major grants bolster VUMC diabetes research
Researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center have received more than $11 million in new grant support aimed at slowing the growing burden of diabetes. Read MoreJan 14, 2016
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Knollmann to direct new arrhythmia research center
Björn Knollmann, M.D., Ph.D., has been named director of the newly formed Vanderbilt Center for Arrhythmia Research and Therapeutics (VanCART). Read MoreJan 14, 2016
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Take notice: Update to My VU Benefits access beginning Feb. 1
Ensure your Internet Explorer version is updated in order to view My VU Benefits. Read MoreJan 14, 2016
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Psychiatric Hospital CNO Cirpili takes role in Houston
Avni Cirpili, DNP, R.N., is leaving after five years as Chief Nursing Officer for Vanderbilt Psychiatric Hospital (VPH) to become senior vice president and Chief Nursing Officer at the Menninger Clinic in Houston. Read MoreJan 14, 2016
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Program helps faculty researchers dealing with personal challenges
Because researchers early in their careers have fewer resources at their disposal than their more established colleagues, their projects are all the more vulnerable to disruption when they are called away to attend to the health care needs of a child, spouse, partner or parent, or when they themselves become ill or face a complicated pregnancy. Read MoreJan 14, 2016
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Discovery Lecture
Vanderbilt Genetics Institute director Nancy Cox, Ph.D., left, poses with Nancy Brown, M.D., chair of the Department of Medicine, before Cox’s recent Flexner Discovery Lecture. Read MoreJan 14, 2016
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Project seeks to enhance timeliness of documentation
A few years ago, Kate Carlson, M.D., assistant professor of Pediatrics and assistant medical director of the Vanderbilt Pediatric Primary Care Clinic, noticed a high incidence of delayed documentation among the group of residents assigned to the clinic at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt. Read MoreJan 14, 2016
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‘Science diplomacy’ focus of Nobel laureate Agre’s Discovery Lecture
Peter Agre, M.D., a Nobel laureate who advocates the use of medical science to advance international diplomacy, will deliver the next Flexner Discovery Lecture at 4 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 21, in room 208 Light Hall. Read MoreJan 14, 2016
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Distinguished visitor from Indiana
Jerome Adams, M.D., Indiana State Commissioner of Health, recently visited Vanderbilt’s Department of Anesthesiology and spoke with residents about diversity and leadership development. Read MoreJan 14, 2016
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March of Dimes Tennessee Chapter honors VUMC nurses
Five Vanderbilt nurses received top honors at the March of Dimes Tennessee Chapter Nurse of the Year Awards, held last month at the Franklin Marriott Cool Springs. Read MoreJan 14, 2016
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VICC helps expand cancer patient’s treatment options
Edward (Ned) Wikle recently celebrated the Christmas holidays with his wife and three young children, a celebration the Jackson, Mississippi-based endodontist, U.S. Navy veteran and cancer patient wasn’t sure he would have. Read MoreJan 14, 2016
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New method aids heart disease studies, drug discovery efforts
A team of Vanderbilt investigators developed a new method for rapidly generating heart muscle cells from stem cells. Read MoreJan 14, 2016