MyVU News
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Eleven diverse schools collaborate in entertainment-focused Curb summit
Members of the Nashville music and entertainment industry will collaborate with students from 11 diverse higher education institutions, including Vanderbilt, thanks to a summit made possible by the Mike Curb Family Foundation. Read MoreNov 5, 2014
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International Education Week is Nov. 11-20
Learn about teaching English abroad, the Tennessee Foreign Language Institute, job searching for international students and more during Vanderbilt's 2014 International Education Week. Read MoreNov 4, 2014
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Chancellor launches Trans-institutional Programs initiative; pre-proposals due Dec. 2
Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos formally launched the new $50 million Trans-institutional Programs initiative outlined in the Academic Strategic Plan in an email to the Vanderbilt community earlier today. Read MoreNov 3, 2014
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OAK to move to Blackboard off-campus managed hosting in December
Later this year, Vanderbilt’s localized version of Blackboard’s course management system, OAK, will move from on-campus Vanderbilt servers to off-campus Blackboard servers. Read MoreNov 3, 2014
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Ambassadors visit Vanderbilt, review research
Ambassadors from 26 nations visited Vanderbilt Oct. 31 and heard from Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos and two researchers about their work. Read MoreOct 31, 2014
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Pioneering photojournalism topic of Goldberg Lecture
Patricia Leighten will address "The Secret Life of Henri Cartier-Bresson" at the Goldberg Lecture in Art History on Nov. 6. Read MoreOct 31, 2014
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Hemmeter receives McEvoy Award for special education research
Mary Louise “M.L.” Hemmeter has received the Mary McEvoy Service to the Field Award from the Division for Early Childhood of the Council for Exceptional Children. Read MoreOct 30, 2014
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Ten from Vanderbilt receive SEC faculty travel grants
Now in its third year, the SEC Faculty Travel Grant Program provides support for selected faculty members to collaborate with colleagues at other Southeastern Conference member institutions. Read MoreOct 30, 2014
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Green to direct Vanderbilt’s state government relations
Tennessee government affairs veteran Nathan Green will join Vanderbilt University’s public affairs team Dec. 1 in the newly created position of assistant vice chancellor for state government relations. Read MoreOct 29, 2014
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Vanderbilt Theatre production to focus on career women and success
Vanderbilt Theatre opens "Top Girls," a play written in the 1980s about the impact of career choices on ambitious women, at Neely Auditorium Oct. 31. Read MoreOct 29, 2014
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Bush talks politics during Chancellor’s Lecture
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush joined Vanderbilt Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos and Distinguished Visiting Professor Jon Meacham for a conversation Oct. 28 in Ingram Hall. Read MoreOct 29, 2014
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Open Enrollment ends Friday
Open Enrollment for 2015 benefits ends this Friday. Skipping Open Enrollment could cost you -- find out how. Read MoreOct 28, 2014
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Vanderbilt researchers isolate Ebola-fighting human antibodies for possible treatment
Vanderbilt University researchers have isolated Ebola-fighting human antibodies – the first of their kind – that could lead to a new treatment for the deadly virus. Read MoreOct 28, 2014
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Halloween safety tips for pedestrians and drivers
Safety experts at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt know Halloween can be scary, but for different reasons than you might think. On average, twice as many children are killed while walking on Halloween than on any other day of the year. Read MoreOct 28, 2014
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Vanderbilt students travel to Washington, D.C., for science policy event
Vanderbilt students explored the opportunities and challenges of setting policy on federal issues and advocacy related to science, technology, engineering and math during a two-day immersion event last week in Washington, D.C. Read MoreOct 27, 2014
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Former astronaut meets with Zeppos during campus visit
Kevin P. Chilton, a retired four-star U.S. Air Force general, visited Vanderbilt Oct. 24. Read MoreOct 27, 2014
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Members named to Academic Strategic Plan committees
Two committees tasked with fleshing out key initiatives in Vanderbilt’s Academic Strategic Plan are now staffed and ready to begin work. Read MoreOct 27, 2014
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Center for Latin American Studies receives $1.8 million federal grant
The U.S. Department of Education has awarded a $1.8 million grant to the Center for Latin American Studies for interdisciplinary projects. Read MoreOct 23, 2014
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Vanderbilt doctoral thesis helps protect rare domestic sunflower
The doctoral thesis of former Vanderbilt graduate student Jennifer Ellis Mandel played a key role in protecting a rare domestic sunflower. Read MoreOct 23, 2014
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Chancellor Zeppos appoints search committee for next SEC commissioner
Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos, current chair of the Southeastern Conference’s presidents and chancellors, has appointed a committee to search for the eighth commissioner of the SEC. Read MoreOct 23, 2014