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Elder Care Fair offers help in navigating the caregiver maze March 14
The Vanderbilt Child and Family Center hosts its ninth annual Elder Care Fair on Wednesday, March 14, providing an excellent opportunity to obtain helpful information about available community resources and services for seniors and adult caregivers. Read MoreMar 1, 2018
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Research participants needed for neurofibromatosis study focused on reading difficulties
The Vanderbilt Education and Brain Sciences Research Lab is seeking participants age 8 to 20 for a research study focusing on reading difficulties and neurofibromatosis. Read MoreMar 1, 2018
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Get discount on Nashville House Concerts, ‘Black Violin’ at TPAC
Vanderbilt University faculty and staff are eligible for a discount on tickets to select performances of the following upcoming shows at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center. Read MoreFeb 28, 2018
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Caregiver support group to meet March 7
The Vanderbilt Family Resource Center’s Caregiver Support Group will meet from noon to 1 p.m. Wednesday, March 7, in Light Hall, Room 419D. Read MoreFeb 27, 2018
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Limited submission opportunity: Pathway to Stop Diabetes Awards
Vanderbilt University may submit one nomination to the American Diabetes Association for its Pathway to Stop Diabetes Awards. The award amount is up to $1.625 million, and the single nomination may be for one of three award types: Initiator Award for researchers in postdoctoral training; Accelerator Award for early-career diabetes investigators; and the Visionary Award for established investigators new to diabetes. Read MoreFeb 27, 2018
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High school cheer and college/pro dance team workshops offered April 14
Vanderbilt Cheerleading and the Vanderbilt Dance Team will host workshops at the Vanderbilt Recreation Center April 14. Read MoreFeb 27, 2018
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‘Lady Macbeth and Her Pal, Megan’ performed Feb. 28
Comedian Megan Gogerty is having a midlife crisis. When a friend suggests that she - a sunny, nerdy, cornfed comic - can’t play Lady Macbeth, that tragic figure of darkness and power, Megan launches on a quest to prove otherwise, only to discover Lady M isn’t all that she’s cracked up to be. Read MoreFeb 23, 2018
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‘You Are My Sunshine’ at Neely Auditorium Feb. 27
Terry Galloway spent years living in silence until technology, in the form of a cochlear implant, caught up with her. "You Are My Sunshine" is Terry's comic, sometimes moving, sometimes profane, exploration of what happened after she literally regained her senses. Read MoreFeb 23, 2018
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SECURITY NOTICE: Sexual assault on campus
On Feb. 23, 2018, VUPD received a report from a Campus Security Authority that a female student was sexually assaulted by a male student in a campus residence hall on Feb. 22, 2018. Read MoreFeb 23, 2018
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Limited submission opportunity: 2019 Takeda Innovators in Science Award—Regenerative Medicine
Vanderbilt University may nominate one early career scientist and one senior scientist in a field of Regenerative Medicine for the 2019 Innovators in Science Award, sponsored by Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited and administered by the New York Academy of Sciences. Read MoreFeb 23, 2018
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Competition announcement: 2018 NIH S10 Shared and High-End Instrumentation Grants
The National Institutes of Health has posted information for the 2018 S10 Shared and High-End Instrumentation Grants programs. These programs and links to their program announcements are: Shared Instrumentation Grant Program (SIG) (link is external): The SIG Program funds grant awards in… Read MoreFeb 22, 2018
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School of Medicine presents three upcoming Flexner Dean’s Lectures
The School of Medicine invites the Vanderbilt community to three upcoming lectures. Read MoreFeb 22, 2018
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Research staff with eConsent experience sought for survey
The Institute for Medicine and Public Health is looking for research staff who have actively recruited participants for research studies to give feedback on the use of electronic consent. Read MoreFeb 20, 2018
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Duke’s Gustavo Silva to give Discovery Science Emerging Scholars Lecture March 1
Gustavo Silva, assistant professor of biology at Duke University, will discuss “K63 Ubiquitin and the Regulation of Translation in Response to Oxidative Stress” beginning at 4 p.m. Thursday, March 1, in Preston Research Building, Room 206. The talk is part of the Discovery Science Emerging Scholars Lecture series. Read MoreFeb 20, 2018
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Kindergarteners needed for developmental study on numbers learning
Vanderbilt researchers are looking for children who are in kindergarten this year to take part in a study about how children learn to process numbers and what parts of the brain change as they do so. Read MoreFeb 16, 2018
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SENSE Theatre presents ‘HATS’ March 9-10
SENSE Theatre and the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center will present the play "HATS" at 7 p.m. March 9 and 10 at the Troutt/Black Box Theatre Complex on Compton Avenue, near Belmont Boulevard. SENSE Theatre includes youth with autism spectrum disorder and trained peer actors from the University School of Nashville. Read MoreFeb 16, 2018
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Vanderbilt-wide LSO: 2018 V Foundation V Scholar Awards – all cancer research
Vanderbilt (VU and VUMC, collaboratively) may choose one nominee for the V Foundation V Scholar Award program, which is open to research in all cancer types. The V Foundation aims to “achieve victory over cancer” in part by funding cancer research grants. Read MoreFeb 15, 2018
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Limited submission opportunity: Breast Cancer Research Alliance Exceptional Project Grants
Vanderbilt University may submit three letters of intent for the Breast Cancer Alliance Exceptional Project Grant. The mission of the Breast Cancer Alliance is to improve survival rates and quality of life for those impacted by breast cancer through better prevention, early detection, treatment and cure. Read MoreFeb 15, 2018
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SECURITY NOTICE: Aggravated robbery off campus
On Feb. 14 at 8:18 p.m., the Metro Nashville Police Department and VUPD responded to a report of an aggravated robbery at 18th Avenue South and Horton Avenue. Read MoreFeb 15, 2018
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Celebrate Recreational Sports & Fitness Day with VandyRec
Join us for a weeklong celebration of Recreational Sports & Fitness Day, as we highlight Vanderbilt Recreation and Wellness Center programs and Vanderbilt University’s healthy and active lifestyles. Read MoreFeb 14, 2018