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Vanderbilt Diabetes Day set for Nov. 2
"Vanderbilt Diabetes: Molecules to People" is set for Friday, Nov. 2, at the Student Life Center. The event is sponsored by the Vanderbilt Diabetes Research and Training Center (DRTC) and the Vanderbilt Center for Diabetes Translation Research (CDTR). Read MoreOct 7, 2018
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Vanderbilt Magazine: Consider the Martians
Scientists need to confirm whether life exists on Mars before sending humans, according to Professor of Astronomy David Weintraub. Read MoreOct 7, 2018
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Fat tissue’s “iron sink”
New research by Alyssa Hasty and colleagues shows that a certain immune cell can absorb excess iron that can compromise healthy fat tissue. Read MoreOct 4, 2018
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Stretch, inflammation and hypertension
New research by David Harrison and colleagues sheds light on how changes in mechanical forces in the aorta enhance immune cell activation thus promoting hypertension. Read MoreOct 4, 2018
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Cytokine-cognition connection
Erin Calipari and colleagues have shown that peripheral administration of a neuroprotective cytokine may improve dopamine signaling problems associated with certain psychiatric disorders. Read MoreOct 4, 2018
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Gordon receives $2.3 million NIH Director’s New Innovator Award
Reyna Gordon has received a NIH Director’s New Innovator Award of $2.3 million for her project, “Biomarkers of Rhythmic Communication: Integrating Foundational and Translational Approaches.” Read MoreOct 4, 2018
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Probing the genetics of fibroids
Digna Velez Edwards and colleagues have now conducted the first genome-wide association study to search for genetic loci associated with differences in fibroid size and number. Read MoreOct 4, 2018
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New study looks at brain networks involved in free will
Using lesion network mapping, a recently developed technique for analyzing how the brain works, Ryan Darby studied free will perception related to movement decisions. Read MoreOct 4, 2018
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Study reveals new targets to inhibit pulmonary fibrosis
An international team led by researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center sheds new light on the cause of pulmonary fibrosis and demonstrates a way to impede the disease. Read MoreOct 4, 2018
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Gordon receives NIH award for music and speech research
Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology Reyna Gordon has received a National Institutes of Health Director’s New Innovator Award of $2.3 million for her project, “Biomarkers of Rhythmic Communication: Integrating Foundational and Translational Approaches.” Read MoreOct 3, 2018
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Sarah Byrn Evans Rickman, BA’58, Ferrying History
During World War II the Women Airforce Service Pilots—known as the WASP—flew and delivered aircraft across the U.S. to docks for shipment to the war zone. Sarah Byrn Evans Rickman is making sure these flyers’ contributions aren’t forgotten. She’s written eight books about them, most recently BJ Erickson:… Read MoreOct 2, 2018
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Dorothy Gunther Pugh, BA’72: Dance with a different P.O.V.
Ballet Memphis is no ordinary performing arts space. Its glass exteriors invite passersby to gaze at rehearsals within. Abundant greenery and a courtyard café further entice community members to sit a while. The $21 million, 38,000-square-foot venue opened in August 2018 in the city’s fashionable Overton Square, precisely… Read MoreOct 2, 2018
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Team’s potential lung cancer therapy lands award from SBIR
A potential cancer drug aimed at enhancing the effectiveness of ionizing radiation in lung cancer patients is a step closer to development with funding support from the Small Business Innovation Research program. Read MoreSep 27, 2018
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Cancer Moonshot award to help map tumor progression
A trans-institutional team of researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Vanderbilt University has received an $11 million Cancer Moonshot grant to build a single-cell resolution atlas to map out the routes that benign colonic polyps take to progress to colorectal cancer, the third most common cancer among both men and women in the United States. Read MoreSep 27, 2018
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Graduate Program Administrators and Coordinators Regional Conference
For information visit: https://vanderbilt.irisregistration.com/Home/Site?code=GPAC2018 Read MoreSep 27, 2018
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Nursing launches redesigned MSN programs in informatics, leadership
Vanderbilt School of Nursing has redesigned two of its master of science in nursing specialty programs and relaunched them with revised curricula, educational formats and degree requirements. Read MoreSep 26, 2018
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Vanderbilt Magazine: VU ‘bytes’ into data science
Learn how new programs in a revolutionary field are fostering discovery, collaboration and learning across campus. Read MoreSep 26, 2018
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VU soccer seeks record 11th straight win; help ‘Pack the Plex’ Sunday
Vanderbilt Athletics is seeking to break a soccer attendance record this Sunday, Sept. 30, when the SEC-leading Commodores face Georgia while also looking to match the longest win streak in program history. Read MoreSep 25, 2018
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Nursing taps Rolanda Johnson as new assistant dean for diversity, inclusion
Rolanda Johnson, assistant dean for academics and associate professor of nursing, has been named assistant dean for diversity and inclusion for the School of Nursing. Read MoreSep 24, 2018
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September issue of provost’s ‘Open Dore’ newsletter now available
Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Susan R. Wente discusses the recently launched Faculty Gateway and Shared Governance at Vanderbilt websites, designed to make searching for information easier and more intuitive, in this month's newsletter. Read MoreSep 24, 2018