Communications And Marketing
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VUCast Extra: Move In 2014 – It’s anything but common
Vanderbilt's first-year students came from all over the country and the world to move into The Martha Rivers Ingram Commons. Relive the magic of Move In 2014. Read MoreAug 16, 2014
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Alumnus and brother running orphanage in South Africa
Alumnus and brother running orphanage in South Africa Read MoreAug 15, 2014
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Engineering graduate’s app catches Apple’s eye
An engineering graduate’s app catches Apple’s eye Read MoreAug 15, 2014
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Rounds: A message from the Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs
The rapid change in the economics of health care delivery has challenged us all — financially, operationally and culturally. But through it all, our organization of 20,000 people is not just reacting. We are also learning. Read MoreAug 14, 2014
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Happy anniversary OHC
The Vanderbilt Occupational Health Clinic (OHC) observed its 40th anniversary last week with a reception and party. Read MoreAug 14, 2014
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Sign up for annual lead shielding inspections
Vanderbilt’s Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences will provide annual lead shielding inspections of lead-lined aprons, vests, skirts/kilts, thyroid collars, gonadal shields, gloves and vinyl-type mobile shields every Thursday from Oct. 2 to Dec. 11, from 3:30 to 9 p.m. Read MoreAug 14, 2014
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Photo: Strategic innovations
Vanderbilt’s Ken Holroyd, M.D., MBA, assistant vice chancellor for Research, recently served on a panel discussing the Global Action Platform/Cumberland Center’s 2014 Global Action Report at the Meridian International Center in Washington, D.C. Read MoreAug 14, 2014
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Frontiers in Biochemistry lecture series starts Aug. 22
The Vanderbilt University community is invited to attend “Frontiers in Biochemistry,” a new seminar series that will be held at noon on Fridays in 214 Light Hall beginning this month. Read MoreAug 7, 2014
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Wilkerson Center opens Lebanon clinic
Vanderbilt Bill Wilkerson Center opened a Hearing and Speech Clinic last week at 1670 Main St., Suite 130, in Lebanon, Tennessee. Read MoreAug 7, 2014
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Low selenium and lung cancer
Vanderbilt researchers have found that selenium deficiency may contribute to the racial disparity in lung cancer incidence. Read MoreAug 6, 2014
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Broadway Melody: Composer turns story into song
Perseverance is a trait ingrained in Madeline Myers. In January the 2011 graduate of the Blair School of Music won the first Ken Davenport Songwriting Contest in New York City. The contest, sponsored by Davenport, who produced the 2013 Tony Award winner for Best Musical, Kinky Boots, served as a showcase… Read MoreAug 1, 2014
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Internship program helps Vanderbilt athletes
Internship program helps Vanderbilt athletes Read MoreAug 1, 2014
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Anti-inflammatory protein “rheostat” sheds light on leaky blood vessels
Vanderbilt researchers have discovered that the protein CRADD counteracts inflammatory injury to endothelial cells, which could assist the development of new therapies for inflammatory vascular disorders. Read MoreAug 1, 2014
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Tweaking Alzheimer’s gene: Dr. Robert Mahley, MD’70, PhD’70
During the next 15 years, as the baby boomer generation ages, the number of people affected by Alzheimer’s disease is expected to double. But there is new hope if promising research by Robert Mahley bears fruit. Mahley is senior investigator and founder of the Gladstone Institutes, a nonprofit biomedical-research organization… Read MoreJul 31, 2014
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Grant bolsters biomedical ethics efforts in Mozambique
Vanderbilt University researchers have received a five-year, $1.2 million grant from the Fogarty International Center of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to strengthen research ethics capacity in Mozambique. Read MoreJul 31, 2014
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Photo: McCreery moment
Country music singer and “American Idol” champ Scotty McCreery performed for patients and families at the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt on Tuesday. Read MoreJul 31, 2014
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Sanders named TRIAD’s new medical director
Kevin Sanders, M.D., assistant professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics, has been named medical director for the Treatment and Research Institute for Autism Spectrum Disorders (TRIAD). Read MoreJul 31, 2014
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Photo: Summer research conference
Undergraduates from across the country attended a summer research conference at Vanderbilt this week sponsored by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. Read MoreJul 31, 2014
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Lost and Found: When my dad died just weeks into my freshman year, he left me a priceless legacy
By Sidney DeLair, BA’75 It was my first hello and my last goodbye. As I stood by the green dumpster overflowing with boxes discarded by freshmen moving into the Kissam Quadrangle, I waved goodbye to my dad and mom while their blue 1965 Buick LeSabre slowly inched onto West End… Read MoreJul 30, 2014
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Perfect Taste: Amy Christine Ellis, BA’96
Like the vineyards that produce the classic vintages she adores, Amy Christine Ellis’ palate has been carefully cultivated for years. Recently, she was named a master of wine by the Institute of Masters of Wine—one of only 312 people to hold that title worldwide, and one of only 10 women… Read MoreJul 29, 2014