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Faculty/staff discount available for iD Tech Camps

Get a $125 faculty/staff discount on iD Tech Camps, where children create iPhone and Android apps, video games, websites, movies, robots and more. Read More

Shop the scrub sale for a good cause

Images used by permission of Performance Scrubs A scrub sale is planned for Feb. 27 and 28 at the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital… Read More

‘Snooze button’ on biological clocks improves cell adaptability

(iStock) The circadian clocks that control and influence dozens of basic biological processes have an unexpected “snooze button” that helps cells adapt to changes in… Read More

Registration open for Dyer summer astronomy camps

Dyer Observatory is accepting applications to its weeklong summer astronomy camps for middle-schoolers this year. Read More

Dean, Seigenthaler speak on Metro’s 50th anniversary

Vanderbilt Law School hosted a panel discussion Feb. 15 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the consolidation of Nashville City and Davidson County government in 1963. Read More

Vanderbilt supports nursing mothers on campus with new initiative

Mothers at Vanderbilt will find it more convenient to breastfeed on campus, thanks to a new initiative to increase locations where they can do so comfortably and privately. Read More

Join Team Vanderbilt for Nashville Kids Triathlon

(Vanderbilt University) Children ages 6-15 are wanted to join Team Vanderbilt and participate in the 2013 Nashville Kids Triathlon. Read More

Study: Frequent moves hinder child’s early education

The rising tide of homelessness and mobility among low-income students poses a serious challenge for educators and policy makers at every level, according to researcher Beth Shinn, a professor of Human and Organizational Development at Peabody. Read More

Our favorite Tweets and Facebook posts of the week, Feb. 8-15

Love was in the air at Vanderbilt this week. For Valentine’s Day, we asked our Twitter and Facebook friends if they fell in… Read More

Enjoy free food and drink at Aloft Hotel event Feb. 21

Aloft Nashville West End (formerly Hotel Indigo) will host a meet-and-greet event for the Vanderbilt community from 4 to 6 p.m. Feb. Read More

Cure in sight for kissing bug’s bite

It’s possible to cure Chagas disease – a deadly tropical infection transmitted by “kissing bugs” – in a mouse model. Read More

Diverse Issues in Education: Supporting underserved populations in higher education

Stella Flores, assistant professor of higher education, was interviewed about how institutions of higher learning can better support underserved populations. Read More

Zeppos urges Congress to prioritize research universities and academic medical centers

Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos spent Feb. 12 and 13 in Washington, D.C., meeting with congressional leaders and making the case for federal investments in science and engineering research and education. Read More

Meeting looks at VUMC’s financial picture

At a midyear Clinical Enterprise Town Hall meeting, those attending were updated on Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s year-to-date performance and the ongoing impact of separate pieces of federal legislation — the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 and the Budget Control Act of 2011, which has come to be known as sequestration. Read More