Save the date for Entrepreneur Boot Camp
(image courtesy of Vanderbilt CTTC) The Center for Technology Transfer and Commercialization, in partnership with the Cool Springs Life Sciences Center and… Read More
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Celebrated poet of religion topic of Vanderbilt Divinity class
Vanderbilt University Divinity School will offer a community class on Jesuit priest and poet Gerard Manley Hopkins March 16 as part of its continuing Relevant Religion series. Read More
Slovis, Washington speak on behalf of VUPD at Legislative Plaza
Police Chief August Washington and Corey Slovis, chairman of emergency medicine, headed to Legislative Plaza to voice opposition to a bill in the Tennessee State Legislature that threatens the ability of the Vanderbilt Police Department to protect the campus. Read More
USA Today: Gunshot wounds drive up government health care costs
As advocates and politicians debate gun control issues, economists say gun injuries and deaths have cost billions in court proceedings, insurance costs and hospitalizations. Manish Sethi, assistant professor of orthopaedic surgery and rehabilitation, has studied healthcare costs associated with gun violence and is quoted. Read More
Scientific American: Putting tests to the test
The overuse of many medical tests and interventions wastes money and can actually harm patients, say more than two dozen medical societies. Daniel Barocas, assistant professor of urology, is quoted. Read More
The Tennessean: Vanderbilt sophomore is science student by day, CEO by night
Sophomore Param Jaggi was recently named one of Forbes’ 30 Under 30 for his invention of a tailpipe filter that uses algae to convert carbon dioxide to oxygen. Last summer the 18-year-old founded a company to license the technology. Read More
Christian Science Monitor: Latin America’s second-largest economy lags in digital accessibility
Barely 17 percent have Internet access at home, according to the latest figures of the Americas Barometer, a survey by Vanderbilt University’s Latin American Public Opinion Project. Although the digital divide – the gap between those who can afford access and those who can’t – has narrowed in recent years, progress has been slow and Mexico still finds itself well below its peers. Read More
Vanderbilt Health Plan members may be selected for audit
Each year, Vanderbilt conducts benefits audits regarding covered dependents (spouse, partner or child). These audits ensure that the Health Plan is covering only eligible family… Read More
Vanderbilt Student Inventions Could Save The Enviroment
One Vanderbilt student is inventing new ways to clean the air and rescue the environment–and he’s receiving national recognition in the process! Meet 18-year old… Read More
Message from Vice Chancellor Balser: Federal expense reductions and VUMC
Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs Jeff Balser writes about the effects that immediate federal expense reductions, known as sequestration, will have on the mission and services of Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Read More
Tick-tock – predicting menopause
An ultrasound count of potentially egg-producing follicles could predict the timing of menopause. Read More
CSI: Milky Way
Two astronomers from Vanderbilt and Georgia Tech, sharing a car after a snowstorm canceled their flights home from a conference, put together everything they had learned at the conference during that snowy drive and worked out that a collision between two black holes could explain most of what is known of a violent episode in the Milky Way's past. Read More
Share your photos and be featured in ‘Vanderbilt Magazine’
"Bubble," submitted by Vanderbilt senior Kate Leisy, was featured on the back cover of the Winter 2013 issue of "Vanderbilt Magazine." Each quarterly issue… Read More
Dr. Jeffrey R. Balser: Stop the Sequester
The vital partnership between NIH and Vanderbilt – reproduced at universities all around the country – supports thousands of brilliant minds from all around the world. Sequestration will discourage a generation of young people from even considering a career in research. Read More
High Fidelity: Cochlear implant users report dramatically better hearing with new Vanderbilt process
Longtime cochlear implant users are reporting such dramatic improvements in their hearing, thanks to new image-guided programming methods developed by Vanderbilt University researchers. Read More
Vanderbilt Americas MBA for Executives to co-host learning events in Atlanta, Houston
The Vanderbilt Americas MBA for Executives program at Vanderbilt Owen Graduate School of Management is co-hosting learning events March 6 in Atlanta and March 7 in Houston. Both events will introduce local executives to Vanderbilt’s Executive MBA programs and feature a panel discussion and reception. Read More
Study finds maternal diet may predict RSV severity
An important predictor of the severity of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in infants may be what their mothers ate during pregnancy. Read More
Listen: Join philosophical conversation at Vanderbilt Berry Lectures
Thought-provoking questions about the morality of war, treatment of others and obligations toward the dead will be explored during the 2013 Berry Lectures in Public Philosophy at Vanderbilt University. Read More
Local meetup organized for Coursera software course
A meetup has been organized in Nashville for individuals taking Professor of Computer Science Doug Schmidt’s first course on the Coursera platform, Pattern-Oriented Software Architectures for Concurrent and Networked Software, which goes live March 4. Read More
Gene ‘dose’ may be key to autism
Individuals with overexpression of the gene MECP2 have core features of autism spectrum disorder. Read More
