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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 MoreMar 6, 2013
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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 MoreMar 6, 2013
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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 MoreMar 5, 2013
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Galloway receives Distinguished Service Award
Kenneth F. Galloway, former dean of the Vanderbilt University School of Engineering, has been honored with a Distinguished Service Award by the Nashville Chapter of the Tennessee Society of Professional Engineers. Read MoreFeb 28, 2013
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Science Daily: NASA announces new CubeSat space mission candidates
NASA has selected a miniature satellite designed by a team led by Robert Reed, professor of electrical engineering, to fly as an auxiliary payload aboard a rocket launching in the next three years. Read MoreFeb 28, 2013
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Your Universe Today podcast: Supermassive Black Holes (Part 3)
Kelly Holley-Bockelmann, assistant professor of astronomy and physics, wraps up this three-part podcast series with an interview about her specialty, supermassive black holes. Read MoreFeb 27, 2013
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‘Four Hundred Years of British Art’ to open at Fine Arts Gallery
"Glow Worms" by Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827), etching with watercolor. (Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery) British art constitutes an important part of the Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery’s collections. This comprehensive survey will be the first of its kind in over two decades to draw on the nearly 300 British… Read MoreFeb 27, 2013
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Roster: The Walk On
Four years ago Marc Panu walked on to Vanderbilt’s football team. He sweated through the sweltering summer training camp. He spent grueling hours lifting weights. He studied game plans and watched endless film. His reward was slow in coming. In 2009 he didn’t play at all. By 2010, though, the… Read MoreFeb 26, 2013
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WPLN: Researcher turns spotlight on effect of state authorizer
New research by Ron Zimmer may shed some light on the debate among state lawmakers over whether to create a state-level charter authorizer, which could open the door to more charter schools in Nashville and Memphis. Read MoreFeb 26, 2013
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Academic Minute: Larisa DeSantis on “Megafauna diets and extinction”
In today’s Academic Minute, Dr. Larisa DeSantis of Vanderbilt University reveals what North America’s largest predators were eating just before they died out. Read MoreFeb 18, 2013
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Vanderbilt alumnus Wyatt Smith makes a deal with his students: Learn Chinese. Go to China.
It’s 7 p.m. on a Wednesday evening, and Wyatt Smith is still in his classroom. The day started 12 hours ago, back when his green tie was firmly in place and his khakis were neatly pressed – before the classes, parent phone calls, and the three-hour Mandarin lesson for 13… Read MoreFeb 18, 2013
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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 MoreFeb 15, 2013
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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 MoreFeb 14, 2013
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Bayuzick, chemical engineer who had experiments on space shuttle, dies
Robert Bayuzick, who had experiments conducted on three separate flights of the space shuttle Columbia while he was a professor of chemical engineering and director of materials science at Vanderbilt University, died Feb. 8 in Nashville. Read MoreFeb 12, 2013
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Watch: Bruce Morrill discusses what issues the papal conclave will consider when choosing next leader (Fox News)
Watch: Bruce Morrill discusses what issues the papal conclave will consider when choosing its next leader on Fox News. Read MoreFeb 12, 2013
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Diverse Issues in Education: College students poorly served by current financial aid system
A recently released policy brief by Will Doyle, associate professor of higher education, lays out a detailed proposal to reform what is widely considered to be a broken financial aid system. Read MoreFeb 11, 2013
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Vanderbilt Business: Q&A with financial markets expert Hans Stoll
In May 2012 Vanderbilt’s Financial Markets Research Center hosted its 25th annual spring conference. In honor of the anniversary, Professor Hans Stoll shared some thoughts with Vanderbilt Business about the FMRC’s past quarter century and where it goes from here. Read MoreFeb 11, 2013
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The Language of Survival: A Peabody alumna establishes ESL to Go program to help Nashville area refugees
In 2011, Tennessee welcomed 1,236 refugees from 17 different countries, most of them settling in Nashville. As is true for the entire nation, the largest groups came from Bhutan, Burma and Iraq. All of them had in common, as the United Nations puts it, having fled their country and being… Read MoreFeb 11, 2013
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A Life Changed: A Vanderbilt nurse recounts the tragic night that would change her life forever
Mia Sharp Bransford, R.N., EMT, works as a nurse at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, helping injured and sick children in the Emergency Department. Usually, her work and dedication to treat children and patients is performed in the hospital. But the soft-spoken, friendly nurse unselfishly rose to the… Read MoreFeb 11, 2013
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Register for Run for Our Veterans 5K
Vanderbilt's Naval ROTC will co-sponsor the Run for Our Veterans 5K on March 23. The run starts and ends on the Vanderbilt campus. Read MoreFeb 8, 2013