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Vanderbilt Divinity art exhibit explores spirituality in the human face
Vanderbilt University’s Religion in the Arts and Contemporary Culture program will host an art exhibition titled god:HEAD from Feb. 21 to April 26. Read MoreFeb 20, 2013
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Faculty/staff discount available for iD Tech Camps
Get a $125 faculty/staff discount on iD Tech Camps, where children create iPhone and Android apps, video games, websites, movies, robots and more. Read MoreFeb 17, 2013
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Shop the scrub sale for a good cause
Images used by permission of Performance Scrubs A scrub sale is planned for Feb. 27 and 28 at the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt and it’s for a good cause — a portion of sales benefit the Children’s Hospital. The sale will take place from 7 a.m. Read MoreFeb 17, 2013
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Registration open for Dyer summer astronomy camps
Dyer Observatory is accepting applications to its weeklong summer astronomy camps for middle-schoolers this year. Read MoreFeb 15, 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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Our favorite Tweets and Facebook posts of the week, Feb. 8-15
Love was in the air at Vanderbilt this week. For Valentine’s Day, we asked our Twitter and Facebook friends if they fell in love at Vanderbilt. As it turns out, Vanderbilt’s played Cupid to quite a few people! Below are some of our favorite stories. Updated Feb. 18:… Read MoreFeb 15, 2013
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Enjoy free food and drink at Aloft Hotel event Feb. 21
Aloft Nashville West End (formerly Hotel Indigo) will host a meet-and-greet event for the Vanderbilt community from 4 to 6 p.m. Feb. 21. Come see the hotel’s new look and meet the staff while enjoying delicious food and drink. Aloft is located at 1719 West End Ave. To… Read MoreFeb 15, 2013
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Commodore baseball season opens Friday
Hawkins Field (John Russell/Vanderbilt) The No. 2 Vanderbilt Commodores open the 2013 season at Hawkins Field on Friday, Feb. 15, at 4 p.m. against Long Beach State. Vanderbilt’s No. 2 national ranking is the highest preseason ranking in school history and the team’s highest ranking since being No. 1… Read MoreFeb 14, 2013
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Bogitsh Lecture: ‘Love: Does God make a difference?’
Vanderbilt University Professor of Philosophy Lenn E. Goodman will build upon his previous lectures on the commandment "Love Thy Neighbor as Thyself" when he delivers the 2013 Mafoi Carlisle Bogitsh Memorial Lecture Feb 28. Read MoreFeb 13, 2013
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Children’s Hospital nationally ranked by ‘Parents’ magazine
The Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt has earned two top spots among "Parents" magazine’s best of children’s hospital lists released last week. Read MoreFeb 12, 2013
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Vanderbilt appoints university bursar
Christopher Cook has been appointed bursar for Vanderbilt University in the Office of Student Accounts. He will play a strategic and critical role in managing student accounts as well as direct customer service operations. Read MoreFeb 12, 2013
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School vouchers discussion draws crowd
A panel discussion on school vouchers drew a standing-room-only crowd to Vanderbilt's Commons Center Feb. 7. Peabody College and The League of Women Voters of Nashville hosted the discussion. 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
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Lloyd to speak on Nashville music and neighborhoods Feb. 19
Nashville is the birthplace of country music, a major music industry center and home to a flourishing independent music scene. At a talk Feb. 19, Vanderbilt University sociologist Richard Lloyd will look at three key Nashville districts – Lower Broadway, Music Row and East Nashville –… Read MoreFeb 8, 2013
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Register now for Dyer Observatory’s Astronomy for Adults series
The series will cover a wide range of astronomy topics and each course will include a mix of discussions, experiments using observatory equipment and observations through the Seyfert Telescope. Read MoreFeb 8, 2013
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‘Tucumcari’ photography exhibit opens at Space 204
The Vanderbilt University Department of Art welcomes to Space 204 an exhibition of compelling photographs by Jeremiah Ariaz. On display from Thursday, Feb. 21, through Thursday, March 14, Tucumcari documents a once thriving and now uncertain New Mexico community. An opening reception will be held Thursday, Feb. 21, from 4 to 6 pm. Read MoreFeb 8, 2013
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Grissom selected as Frontiers in Bioengineering Workshop Young Investigator
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering William Grissom has been selected as one of the 2013 Frontiers in Bioengineering Workshop Young Investigators and will participate in the event Feb. 25-26 at Georgia Tech’s Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience. Read MoreFeb 8, 2013
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Aloft Hotel to host VU reception Feb. 21
Aloft Nashville West End (formerly Hotel Indigo) will host a Meet and Greet for the Vanderbilt community 4 to 6 p.m. Feb. 21. Come see the new look and meet the staff. Read MoreFeb 8, 2013
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Register now for Summer Academy at Vanderbilt for the Young
Registration has begun for the Summer Academy at Vanderbilt for the Young (SAVY), which provides a dynamic, fast-paced curriculum experience to qualifying gifted children in rising 1st-7th grades. Read MoreFeb 8, 2013
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Author Rob Bell talks ‘What We Talk About When We Talk About God’ March 14 at Vanderbilt University
Rob Bell (Photo provided by HarperOne) Rob Bell, author and founding pastor and pastor emeritus of Mars Hill Bible Church, will discuss his new book What We Talk About When We Talk About God Thursday, March 14, at Vanderbilt University. His talk, which is free and open to… Read MoreFeb 8, 2013