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Join Health Plus for National Walking Day, be entered for prizes
Join Health Plus and Vanderbilt leaders for a 20-minute group walk starting at Eskind Biomedical Library and ending on Library Lawn. Light snacks will be served at this celebration of Vanderbilt’s commitment to a culture of wellness. Read MoreMar 19, 2015
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Health Plus brings CORE Nutrition to your department
Health Plus' CORE Nutrition offers practical recipes, healthy samples and reliable nutrition information in a fun, come-and-go atmosphere. Read MoreMar 19, 2015
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Wellcast: What is secondary trauma?
In the latest Wellcast, Janet McCutchen with Work/Life Connections speaks with Rosemary Cope, a licensed professional counselor, about secondary trauma, its symptoms, and how to cope with the effects of stress. Read MoreMar 19, 2015
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Nashville Chalk Fest, benefiting Vanderbilt Bill Wilkerson Center, is April 11-12
Nashville Chalk Fest, a free two-day street festival benefiting the Vanderbilt Bill Wilkerson Center's Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences, is scheduled for April 11-12. Read MoreMar 18, 2015
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Chaplain’s Speaker Series presents Barbara Brown Taylor March 31
The Chaplain’s Speaker Series will welcome Barbara Brown Taylor for a special engagement on Tuesday, March 31, at 7 p.m. in Benton Chapel. Read MoreMar 18, 2015
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Football gets early start on practice; Spring Game this Saturday
Vanderbilt will open its earliest spring practices in memory on Monday, Feb. 16, less than two weeks removed from National Signing Day. In addition, the Black and Gold Spring Game is scheduled to kick off at 1 p.m. Saturday, March 21, at Vanderbilt Stadium. Admission is free. Read MoreMar 16, 2015
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Little Big Town singer to sign cookbook at Barnes & Noble
Little Big Town's Kimberly Schlapman will sign her latest cookbook at Barnes & Noble Vanderbilt Wednesday, April 29, at 7 p.m. Read MoreMar 13, 2015
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Our favorite #vandygram photos of the week
(Photo: Seattle Children's Hospital) Eight-year-old Colton has mom and dad, Captain America, Star Lord and all of us at Vanderbilt to power him through his leukemia treatment at Seattle Children’s Hospital. See more of our favorite photos of the week » Share your photos with the Vanderbilt community… Read MoreMar 13, 2015
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‘The WTO: Purpose, Design and Challenges’ March 24
Bagwell will discuss “The WTO: Purposes, Design, and Challenges” for this annual series hosted by the Economics Department. Read MoreMar 13, 2015
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Occupational Health comes to VUH, OHO, Williamson County
Occupational health nurses will be available at several onsite locations over the next week to provide immunizations and TB skin tests. Read MoreMar 12, 2015
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Health Plus offers tips for mindful walking
This week try mindful walking, a highly effective way to bring the mental calmness of sitting meditation into activity. Read MoreMar 12, 2015
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Babies and You: ‘Eating for Two’
Melinda Jones, RD, LD, will lead the March 19 discussion on healthy eating while pregnant. Read MoreMar 12, 2015
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Wellcast: ‘The health benefits of coffee consumption’
Peter Martin, professor of psychiatry and pharmacology and director of the Vanderbilt Addiction Center and the Vanderbilt Institute for Coffee Studies, talks about how coffee can positively affect your health. … Read MoreMar 12, 2015
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U.S. ambassador to discuss global AIDS relief March 13
U.S. Ambassador-at-Large Deborah L. Birx will give an update on Friday, March 13, at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine on the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), a government-funded program that over the past 12 years has had a dramatic impact on the global HIV/AIDS epidemic. Read MoreMar 11, 2015
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Five questions with entrepreneur Jonn Kim, to give engineering lecture March 16
Jonn Kim, founder and CEO of Geeks and Nerds Corporation in Huntsville, Alabama, will deliver the School of Engineering’s spring 2015 Chambers Family Entrepreneurial Lecture March 16. Read MoreMar 11, 2015
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Join Health Plus for National Walking Day
Vanderbilt will celebrate National Walking Day 2015 on Wednesday, April 1, from noon to 12:45 p.m. with a 20-minute group walk starting at Eskind Biomedical Library and ending at Library Lawn. Read MoreMar 11, 2015
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Our favorite #vandygram photos of the week
Mother Nature didn’t seem to notice that we were on Spring Break this week. Another snowfall, another round of beautiful campus photos. See more on the Get Social website, and share your campus photos by tagging them #vandygram. Photo by @morganl82 … Read MoreMar 6, 2015
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Alumnus and science prodigy takes on payment industry
After building a nuclear fusion reactor in his basement at 17, Thiago Olson, BE’11, is now the founding CEO of Stratus, which is ready to launch a smart credit card that just might change your purchasing habits. Read MoreMar 6, 2015
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Dermatologist gives tips for protecting your skin from lingering winter weather
Months of cold and sometimes icy and snowy weather can take a toll on our skin—but a Vanderbilt dermatologist says there are ways to protect it from the ravages of a lingering winter. Read MoreMar 6, 2015
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Find out what’s next for Midtown at quarterly Chamber meeting
Join us for a panel discussion on what’s next for Midtown at the Chamber Midtown Quarterly Meeting. Vanderbilt's Chief Human Resources Officer, Traci Nordberg, is among the panelists. Read MoreMar 4, 2015