Spring 2014
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Letter Perfect
On April 16 more than 100 sixth graders from Wright Middle School—one of the most diverse schools in Nashville—met the Vanderbilt Graduate School student pen pals with whom they have corresponded for the entire school year and got a tour of Vanderbilt University Medical Center facilities. Read MoreJun 18, 2014
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A Beautiful Sight
Vanderbilt’s emergency medicine residency program in Guyana graduated its first resident last November, capping a decade-long effort to establish the country’s very first emergency medicine program and department at Georgetown Public Hospital Corp. Read MoreJun 18, 2014
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Seeds of Our Destruction
The installation “How to Build a Forest”—built during the course of two days in March in Neely Auditorium by a group of artists, students and anyone who wanted to join in—was a reminder about the world’s interconnectedness. Read MoreJun 18, 2014
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Broadway Melody
Blair School alumna Madeline Myers' song “I Could Be a Hero”—from a musical called Legends & Lore that she is writing with librettist Jacob Combs—was recently announced as the winner of the Ken Davenport Songwriting Contest in New York City. Read MoreJun 18, 2014
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Age-Appropriate
Connection is what playwriting is about for Sheri Wilner, two-time recipient of the prestigious Heideman Award from the Actors Theatre of Louisville—connection between writer and material, between material and performer, and between play and audience. Read MoreJun 18, 2014
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Dream Boogie
A biography of singer–songwriter Sam Cooke will be the fourth book by Peter Guralnick to be declared “a classic in blues literature” by the Blues Hall of Fame. Read MoreJun 18, 2014
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Foggie Selected in WNBA Draft
Christina Foggie, BS’14, was selected in the second round of the WNBA draft by the Minnesota Lynx. Read MoreJun 18, 2014
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Brain Zaps
Vanderbilt psychologists Robert Reinhart and Geoffrey Woodman show that selectively manipulating one’s ability to learn through the application of a mild electrical current to the brain is possible, and that this effect can be enhanced or depressed depending on the direction of the current. Read MoreJun 18, 2014
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Double Dippers
“Doctor shopping,” or going to multiple doctors for narcotic prescriptions, is prevalent among more than 20 percent of orthopedic trauma patients, according to a new Vanderbilt study. Read MoreJun 18, 2014
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Fast Track
An ultrafast, ultrasmall optical switch could advance the day when photons replace electrons in the innards of consumer products ranging from cellphones to automobiles. Read MoreJun 18, 2014
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Research Roundup
Marijuana's effects on the brain | Income inequality's impact on Americans' health | Evolutionary mismatch between humans, microbes | Music therapy for premature babies Read MoreJun 18, 2014
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Titans Turf
Vanderbilt football’s SEC home opener against the Ole Miss Rebels will be Sept. 6 at Nashville’s LP Field. Read MoreJun 18, 2014
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Dr. Robert Mahley, MD’70, PhD’70
Dr. Robert Mahley recently received a $2.5 million grant from the Wellcome Trust to fast-track a drug that could neutralize the protein researchers believe is the genetic cause of Alzheimer’s disease—the apolipoprotein E4, or ApoE4. Read MoreJun 18, 2014
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Time-Honored Events Put the ‘Fun’ in Fundraising
Four of the longest-running fundraisers for Vanderbilt University Medical Center are also local Nashville traditions. Iroquois Steeplechase, the Music City Tennis Invitational (MCTI), Eve of Janus and Christmas Village collectively have contributed more than $20 million to VUMC. Read MoreJun 18, 2014
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Amy Christine Ellis, BA’96
Recently, Amy Christine Ellis was named a master of wine by the Institute of Masters of Wine—one of only 312 people to hold that title worldwide, and one of only 10 women in the United States. Read MoreJun 18, 2014
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Piper Hendricks, BS’99
Piper Hendricks is founder and president of p.h. balanced films, a nonprofit organization that makes awareness-raising documentary films. Read MoreJun 18, 2014
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Alternative Spring Break: The Sequel
Five years ago Washington, D.C., alumni began hosting Alternative Spring Break students for a potluck dinner while the students were in town for their projects. The gatherings—simply intended to connect similarly service-minded students and alumni—have spread nationally in popularity, as 13 chapters welcomed students for potlucks or game-watching parties in 2014. Read MoreJun 18, 2014
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Passages: Wendell G. Anderson, BA’49
Fourth-generation engineer Wendell G. Anderson of Medford, N.J., died Dec. 22, 2013, at the age of 96. Read MoreJun 18, 2014
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Passages: Roger Richman, JD’68
Roger Richman, a celebrity agent who represented the heirs of Marilyn Monroe, Albert Einstein, Mae West, Sigmund Freud, the Marx Brothers and many others, died Oct. 9, 2013, in Los Angeles. Read MoreJun 18, 2014