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Payroll deduction, discounts available for athletics season tickets
Vanderbilt employees who are interested in becoming season ticket holders in football, men’s basketball or women’s basketball can purchase season tickets now via payroll deduction. Payment for season tickets can be spread out over multiple months for full-time employees. Employees also receive a 20 percent discount on season tickets. Read MoreJul 17, 2014
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Hospital plaza will undergo major restoration
After little change since its construction in 1977, one of Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s most familiar landmarks, the plaza behind Vanderbilt University Hospital, is getting a major face lift and repair. Read MoreJul 17, 2014
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Study examines therapeutic bacteria’s ability to prevent obesity
Engineered bacteria that produce a therapeutic compound in the gut prevent obesity in mice, Vanderbilt University investigators have discovered. Read MoreJul 17, 2014
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New provost moves in
Susan Wente moved into her office in Kirkland Hall and officially assumed her duties as provost on July 1. Read MoreJul 16, 2014
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Sports medicine provided free to 28 Nashville schools
Vanderbilt is the official sports medicine provider to all 15 Metro Nashville high schools. Read MoreJul 16, 2014
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Call for proposals: National Cancer Institute Outstanding Investigator Award
The National Cancer Institute (NCI) is pleased to announce the Outstanding Investigator Award (OIA). The OIA will support investigators with outstanding records of productivity in cancer research with up to $600,000 in direct costs per year for seven years to provide funding stability. NCI anticipates making about 50 awards annually. Vanderbilt may submit more than one application to this program, provided each is scientifically distinct. The OIA will allow funded investigators the freedom to embark on long-term projects of unusual potential in cancer research; the opportunity to take greater risks and be more… Read MoreJul 15, 2014
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Barnes & Noble series to feature Nashville Ballet’s Vasterling
Nashville Ballet Executive Director Paul Vasterling Stronger Arts/Stronger Cities, a monthly series hosted by Barnes & Noble at Vanderbilt, will continue Thursday, July 17, at 7 p.m. with Nashville Ballet Executive Director Paul Vasterling. Each installment of Stronger Arts/Stronger Cities features a one-hour interview with a leader… Read MoreJul 15, 2014
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Registration for SAVY sessions begins Aug. 4
Summer Academy at Vanderbilt for the Young (Vanderbilt University) The Saturday Academy at Vanderbilt for the Young (SAVY) provides a dynamic, fast-paced curriculum experience to qualifying gifted children in kindergarten through grade 6. Vanderbilt professors, master teachers and graduate students offer accelerated SAVY courses that cover a wide variety of… Read MoreJul 15, 2014
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Sara Ezell, disabilities advocate, has died
Ezell is remembered for her fierce advocacy on behalf of the disabled. Read MoreJul 15, 2014
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VUMC tops ‘U.S. News’ rankings in Tennessee
Vanderbilt University Medical Center has once again been named among the nation’s elite providers of specialty care by "U.S. News and World Report" magazine. Read MoreJul 15, 2014
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Photos: Natural gas boilers installed at power plant
Two massive natural gas boilers were installed at the Vanderbilt Power Plant July 12 as part of the university’s ongoing effort to convert the co-generation facility completely to natural gas. Read MoreJul 15, 2014
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Vanderbilt astronomers play key role in major new sky survey
The influential Sloan Digital Sky Survey is launching a major new program called SDSS-IV this month, and Vanderbilt astronomers are directly involved. Read MoreJul 15, 2014
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Start! second quarter prize winners announced
It's not too late to participate! Log 250,000 steps in the third quarter to win a prize. Read MoreJul 11, 2014
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Vanderbilt staff win first prize at racing challenge
Team Vanderbilt on took first place in the Corporate Challenge Racing Series Division B in the Nashville Striders Firecracker 5000 Friday, July 4. Read MoreJul 11, 2014
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Free program for VU employees to lose weight
The Occupational Health Clinic at Vanderbilt and Health Plus offer a free program for VU employees who want help losing weight. Read MoreJul 11, 2014
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What is hospice?
Learn what hospice is and the benefits it may have for your loved one. Read MoreJul 11, 2014
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Seigenthaler made Vanderbilt home to First Amendment Center; university gained a legend
John Seigenthaler, eminent journalist and civil rights champion, has died. Read MoreJul 11, 2014
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New Vanderbilt joint program to produce lawyers with master’s degree in finance
Vanderbilt Law School and Owen Graduate School of Management are collaborating on an exciting new program Read MoreJul 11, 2014
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Listen: Farley’s memoir highlights pivotal era at Vanderbilt Divinity School
Retired Vanderbilt Divinity Professor Ed Farley's memoir speaks to the next generation of theologians. Read MoreJul 11, 2014