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My Southern Health: What to ask your doctor about prostate cancer screening
In 2012, the United States Preventive Services Task Force recommended that men of all ages should not be routinely screened for levels of prostate-specific antigen (PSA). That group now recommends that men ages 55 to 69 should talk with their doctors and make well-informed individual decisions about the potential harms and benefits of PSA screening, and treatment if cancer is found. Read MoreMay 19, 2017
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My Southern Health: Why young adults should pay more attention to heart health
Here’s what you need to know to boost your heart health and reduce heart attack risk. Read MoreMay 19, 2017
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Save the date: Second School of Medicine Research Enterprise Forum is May 30
The second School of Medicine Research Enterprise Forum is scheduled from 3 to 5 p.m. Tuesday, May 30, in Light Hall, Room 208. Jennifer Pietenpol, Vanderbilt University Medical Center executive vice president for research, will host the event. Read MoreMay 19, 2017
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Vanderbilt-sponsored Dragon Music Sundays series continues
The 2017 Dragon Music Sundays series, sponsored by Vanderbilt University, runs May 21–June 11 at Fannie Mae Dees Park. Read MoreMay 19, 2017
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Vanderbilt community invited to June 22 open house for Aertson Midtown
Aertson Midtown, the newly opened mixed-use development across from campus at the corner of Broadway and 21st Avenue, invites the Vanderbilt community to a June 22 open house and tour, including lunch prepared by James Beard Award-winning chef RJ Cooper. Read MoreMay 18, 2017
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May issue of provost’s ‘Open Dore’ newsletter now available
Read the May issue of "The Open Dore," Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Susan R. Wente’s newsletter, which is now available online. Read MoreMay 18, 2017
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Campus Dining offers faculty and staff meal-plan discounts for limited time
Vanderbilt Campus Dining is offering employees a discounted meal plan: 15 meals for the price of 10. Read MoreMay 18, 2017
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Keeping up with the Commodores in Jamaica
Vanderbilt student-athletes are in Jamaica this week for a service trip In partnership with Soles4Souls. The students and Vanderbilt staffers are visiting schools and distributing shoes and other items to local children. Read MoreMay 18, 2017
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Alternative graduation recognizes VU student-athletes
On Tuesday, Vanderbilt hosted an "alternative graduation" for a dozen student-athletes who missed last week's Commencement ceremonies due to athletic obligations. Read MoreMay 18, 2017
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School for Science and Math students graduate; new cohort named
The program graduated its 2017 class and named the new cohort for this fall. Read MoreMay 17, 2017
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Thousands celebrate at Employee Appreciation Picnic
Thousands of Vanderbilt University and Vanderbilt University Medical Center employees celebrated at the annual Employee Appreciation Picnic Tuesday on Library Lawn. Read MoreMay 17, 2017
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Discounts available for university employees
Have you visited the employee discounts page lately? There are tons of great deals for you and your family. Read MoreMay 17, 2017
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24th Avenue South to close for paving
24th Avenue South is scheduled to close the week of May 21 for a paving project. Read MoreMay 17, 2017
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Vanderbilt Equestrian Team member wins IHSA National Championship
Caroline Biggs, a rising junior from Knoxville, Tennessee, studying human and organizational development, won the 2017 National Championship for Individual Novice Flat at the Intercollegiate Horse Show Association competition in Lexington, Kentucky. Read MoreMay 17, 2017
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2017 Youth Sports Safety Gala and Conference set for July 13-14
Participants will learn strategies to help prevent youth sports-related injuries, protect the health of pediatric athletes, and improve their physical literacy. Health professionals, coaches, teachers and parents are invited to attend. Read MoreMay 17, 2017
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Steps 1 and 2 of Go for the Gold are ready
Vanderbilt's award-winning three-step Go for the Gold program can help you achieve a healthier and more productive life by identifying health risks and taking action to reduce those risks. Complete all three Go for the Gold steps by Oct. 31 by logging in to your Health Plus Health Guide. Read MoreMay 17, 2017
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Online workouts available from Health Plus
From desk-side yoga poses to 5K training for beginners, find the online workout that's right for you, or try them all. Read MoreMay 17, 2017
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Remembering Floyd Dennis, disability civil rights advocate
H. Floyd Dennis, professor of special education, emeritus, died April 17 in Chattanooga, Tennessee. He was 89. As a Vanderbilt Kennedy Center researcher, Dennis was founding director of the Kennedy Center Institute on Youth and Social Development. Read MoreMay 17, 2017
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Latinx graduates honored at Sí Se Pudo ceremony
The Office for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, Latino and Latina Studies and the Vanderbilt Association of Hispanic Students presented Sí Se Pudo 2017, Vanderbilt’s inaugural Latinx graduation ceremony, on May 11 in the Central Library Community Room. Read MoreMay 17, 2017
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First cohort of Academic Pathways Fellows chosen
The innovative program addresses the acute need for greater diversity in the professoriate by offering a specialized postdoctoral program for scholars from underrepresented backgrounds. Read MoreMay 17, 2017