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Technology and learning theorist to deliver engineering school’s Schmidt Lecture April 13
A leading theorist and researcher on how technology impacts learning, George Siemens thinks digitization of content and interaction has profound implications on teaching and learning and the organization of universities in general. Read MoreApr 5, 2016
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CapABILITY Career Expo is May 25
TennesseeWorks and the Middle Tennessee Society for Human Resource Management are hosting a CapABILITY Career Expo on May 25. There, employers will share career information and recruit job candidates with disabilities. Read MoreApr 5, 2016
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Wilson receives National Science Foundation CAREER Award
John T. Wilson, assistant professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering, has received an NSF Faculty Early Career Development award. The five-year, $500,000 grant will allow him to develop new synthetic materials for “encoding” immunological messages and tightly regulating their delivery to the organs, cells and pathways of the immune system. Read MoreApr 4, 2016
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Senior Design team uses lasers to cut waste in credit card production
Vanderbilt seniors have designed a new method that improves the accuracy of magnetic strip placement during the manufacture of payment cards. Read MoreApr 4, 2016
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Biomedical engineering undergrads retrofit toy car for toddler’s special needs
Undergraduates taking Amanda Lowery’s Material Manipulations course have redesigned a toy car so a two-year-old with cerebral palsy can drive it. Read MoreApr 4, 2016
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Our favorite #vandygram photos of the week
On April 1, news of "Vanderbilt's biggest discovery yet" was shared on social media; this image from the Alumni Lawn dig site is one our favorite #vandygram photos of the week. Read MoreApr 3, 2016
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Owen School’s Master of Management in Health Care accepting applications for 2016-17
Health care managers, practitioners and executives looking to advance their careers and become robust organizational managers are invited to apply to the Vanderbilt Master of Management in Health Care. Read MoreApr 1, 2016
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Music is Medicine fundraiser April 7 features winner of ‘The Voice,’ benefits Children’s Hospital
The annual Music is Medicine fundraiser benefiting Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt is April 7 at the Loveless Barn, featuring the winner of Season 4 of The Voice, Danielle Bradbery. Read MoreMar 31, 2016
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March issue of provost’s ‘Open Dore’ newsletter now available
Read the March issue of "The Open Dore," Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Susan Wente's newsletter, now available online. Read MoreMar 31, 2016
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Vivé Griffith, BS’89: Free Minds
Vivé Griffith says her Vanderbilt years tie directly to her present leadership of the Austin, Texas-based Free Minds Project, which offers under-resourced adults a free, yearlong, college-level course in subjects ranging from history to Shakespeare, along with free books, child care and dinners. Its mission is to give adults who… Read MoreMar 28, 2016
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Cold Case: Jim Emison, BA’65, Is Determined to Solve a 75-Year-Old Hate Crime and Bring Justice to Tragedy
Jim Emison wants answers. A man was killed in a brutal racial incident in 1940, and his case was forgotten. The murdered man, Elbert Williams, was a member of the NAACP who organized meetings of African Americans in West Tennessee’s Haywood County. He was found in a river and buried… Read MoreMar 28, 2016
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Williams comments on Stallings’ departure
Read the statement from Vanderbilt Athletics Director David Williams on former men's head basketball coach Kevin Stallings. Read MoreMar 28, 2016
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Chancellor Zeppos comments on the deaths of Vanderbilt alumni in Brussels
Read Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos' statement regarding the deaths of Vanderbilt alumni Justin and Stephanie Shults as the result of a March 22 terrorist bombing in Brussels, Belgium. Read MoreMar 28, 2016
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Join Health Plus for National Walking Day April 6
Vanderbilt and Health Plus will celebrate National Walking Day with a 20-minute group walk April 6, concluding with light snacks and a chance to win prizes. Read MoreMar 24, 2016
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Dr. Annabelle de St. Maurice, MPH’15: Disease Detective
Dr. Annabelle de St. Maurice rapidly is ascending to the cutting edge of addressing the practical problems of world-impacting diseases. After earning her master’s degree in public health at Vanderbilt, in July 2015 she began work in Atlanta at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as an Epidemic… Read MoreMar 24, 2016
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No Biz Like Show Biz: Vanderbilt Alumni Are Ubiquitous in New York Theater
Vanderbilt alumni are making a splash on Broadway, as evidenced by several recent graduates currently working both behind the scenes and in front of the lights in New York City productions. Many of them worked together as members of Original Cast, Vanderbilt on Broadway and Vanderbilt University Theatre. Some are… Read MoreMar 21, 2016
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James H. Hill is one of the youngest African Americans to become a tenured professor in computer science
James Hill, an associate professor of computer and information science at Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis, is one of the youngest African Americans to become a tenured professor in computer science at a research university in the United States. He gained the distinction last August, when his tenure appointment in the… Read MoreMar 20, 2016
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Our favorite #vandygram photos of the week
Spring has arrived on the Vanderbilt campus. Take a look at some of our favorite photos of the week, and share yours with us on social media by tagging them #vandygram. Read MoreMar 18, 2016
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10 Questions with Jeremy Price, English major, tour guide and premier “tricker”
Meet Jeremy Price: the senior English major, Tour Guide exec member, and premier “tricker” who (when not in a cast) can be seen doing backflips on Alumni Lawn. The Hustler sat down with Jeremy to hear about his unique amalgamation of majors, what exactly tricking is, tour guide escapades, his… Read MoreMar 18, 2016
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Marissa Shrum, BA’03, named to Business Insider 30 most creative women in advertising
Marissa Shrum, strategy director at Mother New York, is one of the 30 most creative women in advertising according to Business Insider. The business website considered “recognition within the industry, seniority in their respective agencies, size of the shop, and standout creative work that’s garnered attention outside of the advertising… Read MoreMar 18, 2016