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Homecoming game will be televised on Fox Sports Network
Vanderbilt’s homecoming match-up with Massachusetts on Oct. 27 will be televised on the Fox Sports Network. Kickoff is at 6 p.m. The game will be the first ever between the schools. Read MoreOct 16, 2012
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Concussion summit hosted Oct. 24
(iStock photo) The Vanderbilt Sports Concussion Center is hosting a summit Oct. 24 for Vanderbilt clinicians and researchers involved in concussion care or research within the University or Medical Center. Read MoreOct 12, 2012
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THATCamp to focus on humanities, technology Nov. 2-3
The Center for Second Language Studies, the Center for Teaching, the Curb Center for Art, Enterprise & Public Policy, and Warren Center’s Digital Humanities Seminar are pleased to announce the inaugural THATCamp Vanderbilt University on Nov. 2-3, 2012. Read MoreOct 12, 2012
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National Coming Out Week events scheduled Oct. 11-18
Every year the LGBTQI Life staff plans and coordinates National Coming Out Week, a week-long celebration of LGBTQI individuals and history. This event helps to show our LGBTQI students, faculty, and staff the acceptance and support that we know is part of our Vanderbilt Community. This year National Coming Out… Read MoreOct 10, 2012
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Services for adults and seniors with physical disabilities topic of lecture
Home and community-based services for adults and seniors with physical disabilities will be the topic of a Geriatrics and Gerontology Interest Group lecture from noon to 1 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 16. The lecture will be held in Medical Center East, South Tower, Room 8380B. Read MoreOct 10, 2012
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Family Night at Dyer Observatory is Oct. 23
Vanderbilt faculty, staff and their families are invited to a special night at Vanderbilt Dyer Observatory from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 23. Read MoreOct 8, 2012
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Undergrads virtually manipulate model car for fast design changes
The goal of the Adaptive Vehicle Make program is to develop software to test vehicle designs before they are built. Read MoreOct 5, 2012
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Flulapalooza set for Oct. 17-18
Vanderbilt University and Medical Center faculty, staff, students and volunteers will once again have the opportunity to be part of a mass flu vaccination plan that last year more than doubled the then-world record for the total number of vaccinations given in an eight-hour period. Read MoreOct 3, 2012
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‘Post’ reporter to speak on energy and environmental policy
“Energy and Environmental Policy at a Crossroads: The 2012 Election,” a talk by Washington Post reporter Juliet Eilperin, will take place Oct. 8 at 12:05 p.m. at the Law School’s Hyatt Room. … Read MoreSep 28, 2012
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ISIS software project receives $17.2M contract from DARPA
The Vanderbilt Institute for Software Integrated Systems has been awarded a $17.2 million contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to accelerate the Android Mobile Middleware Objects (AMMO2) project. The contract was announced Sept. 19. Read MoreSep 28, 2012
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LifeFlight goes pink for breast cancer awareness
Vanderbilt LifeFlight is going pink during October to show its support for breast cancer awareness. LifeFlight medical crews will wear a special pink name badge on their flight suits and other staff will wear pink golf shirts. Read MoreSep 26, 2012
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Kleinman to discuss ‘Stigma and Human Rights’ Oct. 2
Harvard physician and anthropologist Arthur Kleinman will discuss “Stigma and Human Rights: Their Role in Global Health” from noon to 1 p.m. Oct. 2 in Light Hall, Room 208. Kleinman’s talk is the annual Felts Lecture and part of the Flexner Deans Lecture Series at Vanderbilt School of Medicine. Read MoreSep 24, 2012
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Gerontology Continuing Education Series hosts events in October
The Gerontology Continuing Education series will host events on Oct. 5, 12 and 19 at Meharry Medical College. Read MoreSep 24, 2012
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‘Heart Risk in Southern African Americans’ subject of lecture series
Herman Taylor (image courtesy of Vanderbilt School of Medicine) Dr. Herman A. Taylor leads the largest community-based study of cardiovascular disease in African Americans ever launched by the NIH. Hear his lecture, “Profiling Heart Health and Heart Risk in a Southern African American Population,” at noon on Sept. 26,… Read MoreSep 21, 2012
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Mechanical engineering team wins Wyss-IEEE award for robotic leg prosthesis
Two mechanical engineering graduate students and their professor have received the Wyss Institute-IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society Award for Translational Research for their work on a robotic leg prosthesis, selected from submissions by biomedical engineers and scientists from academic institutions worldwide. Read MoreSep 20, 2012
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Online education pioneer to deliver Hall Lecture Oct. 2
Daphne Koller will present her ground-breaking work in free, universally accessible college education as the first guest speaker in the 2012-13 John R. and Donna S. Hall Engineering Lecture Series. Read MoreSep 19, 2012
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Nursing School event gives sneak peek into PBS’ ‘Midwife’
(Photo courtesy of PBS) “Call the Midwife,” a British drama about the lives of midwives working in the East End of London in the 1950s, will have a free preview showing of an episode at Vanderbilt’s Sarratt Cinema on Thursday, Sept. 27 at 7 p.m. Read MoreSep 14, 2012
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Carmaker’s gift boosts childhood cancer research
Patrick Grohar, M.D., Ph.D., was awarded a $250,000 Hyundai Hope on Wheels grant last week for his research into potential drug therapies for Ewing sarcoma, a cancer of the bone. Hyundai’s most recent donation to the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt is the largest one-time grant the company… Read MoreSep 13, 2012
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Geriatrics and Gerontology Interest Group presents ‘Transitions of Care’
Gretchen Geagan of Life-Links Geriatric Care Management will present “Transitions of Care” on Tuesday, Sept. 18. Read MoreSep 11, 2012
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‘Duties of Care, Rights of Conscience’ subject of medical lecture
R. Alta Charo, the Warren P. Knowles Professor of Law and Bioethics at the University of Wisconsin Law School and a member of the Institute of Medicine, will discuss “Duties of Care, Rights of Conscience” at noon Friday, Sept. 21, in Light Hall, Room 208. Read MoreSep 11, 2012