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Screenings of Game Plan for Your Health video planned for Sept. 30
(Vanderbilt University) The Game Plan for Your Health video, “Resilience: Turning Challenges Into Success,” will be shown at Health Plus every half-hour from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday, Sept. 30. Come and watch the 23-minute video and take a short quiz to complete this step of… Read MoreSep 25, 2013
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School of Nursing to host blood drive Sept. 30
(Vanderbilt University) Vanderbilt University School of Nursing will host an American Red Cross blood drive from noon to 4 p.m. Monday, Sept. 30. The event will be held in the Frist Hall Atrium at the School of Nursing. Every two seconds in the United States, someone needs… Read MoreSep 25, 2013
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Open Enrollment is coming: Do you know your VUnetID and ePassword?
Open Enrollment for 2014 benefits is Oct. 16-31. When you enroll, you will need your VUnetID and ePassword. Read MoreSep 25, 2013
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Twelfth annual Vanderbilt Research Retreat set for Oct. 4
The Vanderbilt community is invited to attend the 12th annual Research Retreat, a showcase of cutting-edge biomedical science by Vanderbilt faculty members and trainees. Read MoreSep 24, 2013
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Kolditz to discuss leadership in the War on Terror at National Security Symposium
Retired Brig. Gen. Thomas A. Kolditz will discuss “Leadership Lessons from the War on Terror” Oct. 4 in Sarratt Cinema. His talk marks the annual National Security Symposium at Vanderbilt hosted by the Vanderbilt NROTC Alumni Association. Read MoreSep 24, 2013
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Patterson wins competitive young scholar fellowship
Evelyn Patterson, assistant professor of sociology, is a recipient of a 2013-2014 Woodrow Wilson Foundation Career Enhancement Fellowship for Junior Faculty. Read MoreSep 24, 2013
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Watershed Event — Vanderbilt ties to ‘worst submarine tragedy’ 50 years ago
Alumnus Pat Garner perished aboard nuclear submarine USS Thresher, which was lost with all 129 hands 50 years ago during deep dive tests 200 miles off the coast of Maine. Steve Krahn, professor of the practice of nuclear environmental engineering, is dedicated to keeping the memory of the Thresher alive. Read MoreSep 24, 2013
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Listen: Marionette show at Vanderbilt brings ancient Maya tales to life
The adventures of ancient Maya mythical heroes will be dramatized in a free marionette show that premieres Sept. 26 at Vanderbilt University's Central Library. Read MoreSep 20, 2013
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‘It’s Your Time to Choose’: Benefits Open Enrollment is Oct. 16-31
Open Enrollment is your once-a-year opportunity to sign up for or waive benefits. Read MoreSep 20, 2013
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Gerstle featured in PBS documentary series ‘Latino Americans’
Vanderbilt history and political science professor Gary Gerstle was interviewed extensively for a landmark PBS documentary series on the experience of Latino Americans in the United States. Read MoreSep 20, 2013
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Live Facebook chat on hereditary cancer risk
Join an upcoming live Facebook Chat in which Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center experts will answer your questions about hereditary cancer risk on Sept. 24 at 6 p.m. Read MoreSep 20, 2013
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Go for the Gold Deadline is Oct. 31
As the Go for the Gold deadline of Oct. 31 approaches, Health Plus reminds all faculty and staff to complete the Health Risk Assessment. Read MoreSep 20, 2013
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A call for photos from the VU community, including staff, patients
The 21st Century Memory and Longing Project, a Curb Creative Campus Initiative and public art project exploring the relationship between memory and longing, invites members of the Vanderbilt community to submit photos. Read MoreSep 20, 2013
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Check out our favorite Vandygrams
[View the story "Our favorite images of the week" on Storify]… Read MoreSep 20, 2013
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‘Orange is the New Black’ actress to be featured at LGBTQI event
Laverne Cox, who plays Sophia Burset, an incarcerated transgender woman of color on the Netflix original series Orange is the New Black, will be the featured speaker as part of this year’s National Coming Out Week events at Vanderbilt University. Cox will speak at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 16, in… Read MoreSep 20, 2013
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Center for Teaching is host for new international journal
The first two issues of "Teaching & Learning Inquiry," the official publication of the International Society of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, are now available online and in print. Nancy Chick, assistant director of the Center for Teaching at Vanderbilt, serves as co-editor. Read MoreSep 19, 2013
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Meet the new dean at Vanderbilt Divinity Community Breakfast
The divinity school's first community breakfast for the new school year will be a Sept. 24 open forum with its new dean, the Rev. Emilie M. Townes. Read MoreSep 19, 2013
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CLAS partners with Hillsboro High to share expertise, develop unique curriculum
The relationship between Vanderbilt's Center for Latin American Studies and Nashville's Hillsboro High School has evolved from providing professional development workshops to an active exchange of expertise and curriculum. Read MoreSep 19, 2013
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Free online course on data management for clinical research now underway
Vanderbilt University's latest offering on the online learning platform Coursera, "Data Management for Clinical Research," went live this week. More than 33,000 number of students have registered for the massive open online course or MOOC. Read MoreSep 18, 2013
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Prosecutor in 16th Street Baptist Church bombing case to speak
Donald Cochran (photo courtesy of Belmont University) Donald Cochran, professor of law at Belmont University, will discuss the prosecution of Bobby Frank Cherry, who was convicted in 2002 for his involvement in the 1963 bombing of Birmingham’s 16th Street Baptist Church that resulted in the death of… Read MoreSep 18, 2013