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Credit Union to relocate during renovation
The Vanderbilt Employees’ Credit Union offices at 107 Oxford House will undergo a major renovation beginning next week and will relocate temporarily. … Read MoreMay 29, 2012
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Baseball heads to Raleigh Regional as No. 2 seed
Watch interviews with Coach Tim Corbin at the Vanderbilt Athletics website. The Vanderbilt Commodores will open NCAA Tournament play in the Raleigh Regional against Colonial Athletic Conference champ UNC-Wilmington this Friday, June 1. Read MoreMay 29, 2012
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Memorial Day weekend one of LifeFlight’s busiest ever
LifeFlight helicopter (Vanderbilt University) Vanderbilt University Medical Center saw perhaps its busiest weekend ever this Memorial Day holiday, with more than triple the volume of patients treated during a typical weekend. LifeFlight, Vanderbilt’s air trauma unit, responded to more than 70 of the area’s most critical… Read MoreMay 29, 2012
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Dramatic expansion at Vanderbilt’s Center for Medicine, Health and Society
Five new faculty members are joining the Center for Medicine, Health and Society as part of a dramatic expansion of the multidisciplinary center that links the social sciences and humanities to Vanderbilt's academic medical center. Read MoreMay 29, 2012
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Research: Kids’ activity levels depend on friends
Vanderbilt research shows that children adjust their activity levels to match their peers'. Read MoreMay 29, 2012
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Compostable to-go containers offered at Rand
Photo courtesy of Vanderbilt Dining Vanderbilt Dining will offer compostable, earth-friendly to-go containers at Rand Dining Center and Chef James Bistro. The biocompostable containers are made from sugarcane and wheat straw stalks – both renewable resources – and will biodegrade in 30… Read MoreMay 29, 2012
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Student-athletes honored at special graduation ceremony
Vanderbilt held a special graduation ceremony for student athletes who were competing with their teams on May 11, Commencement day. (John Russell/Vanderbit) Because a number of teams were on the road competing during Vanderbilt’s Commencement on May 11, university administration held a special graduation ceremony… Read MoreMay 25, 2012
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Puppet truck, mayor visit child care center
Mayor Karl Dean spoke to the preschool children at Vanderbilt's child care center on Edgehill Ave. (Steve Green/Vanderbilt) Dean is a longtime advocate of books, reading and libraries. (Steve Green/Vanderbilt) Nashville Mayor Karl Dean visited Vanderbilt’s child care center on Edgehill Avenue May 24 to… Read MoreMay 25, 2012
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Vanderbilt’s Galloway named Distinguished Professor of Engineering
Vanderbilt School of Engineering Dean Kenneth F. Galloway was honored at a dinner May 23. Read MoreMay 25, 2012
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Founding Director Bill Ivey to step down from Vanderbilt’s Curb Center; Jay Clayton named successor
Carolyn Dever announces Bill Ivey will step down as director of the Curb Center for Art, Enterprise and Public policy after 10 years. Jay Clayton will succeed him. Read MoreMay 25, 2012
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Get a DQ treat and support Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt
Stop by any participating Middle Tennessee Dairy Queen June 1-July 26 to support the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, your local Children’s Miracle Network hospital, by purchasing a balloon icon during checkout. All proceeds will benefit the Children’s Hospital. Contact: Shara Davidson, (615) 322-4932… Read MoreMay 24, 2012
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‘Protecting Intellectual Property of Medical Devices’ seminar is June 12
Various medical devices in the laboratory of Professor of Mechanical Engineering Michael Goldfarb. (Photo by John Russell/Vanderbilt University) Vanderbilt’s Center for Technology Transfer and Commercialization, in collaboration with the School of Engineering, will host a seminar, “Strategies for Intellectual Property Protection of Medical Devices,” presented by attorney… Read MoreMay 24, 2012
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Grins Vegetarian Café offers catering over the summer
Grins Vegetarian Kosher Cafe may be closed over the summer, but executive chef Rusty Johnston is taking catering orders throughout the summer months. Contact: Rusty Johnston rustyjohnston123@gmail.com… Read MoreMay 24, 2012
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Practice sun safety awareness on ‘Don’t Fry Day’ this Friday
The Friday before Memorial Day has been designated "Don't Fry Day." (iStockphoto) To help reduce the rising rates of skin cancer from overexposure to UV sun rays, the National Council on Skin Cancer Prevention has designated the Friday before Memorial Day as “Don’t Fry Day” to encourage sun safety… Read MoreMay 23, 2012
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Hear free music for the whole family at Dragon Music Sundays
The dragon at Fannie Mae Dees Park. Vanderbilt is among the sponsors of the Fifth Annual Dragon Music Sundays concert series. Every Sunday through June 24, hear free music at Fannie Mae Dees Park, also known as “Dragon Park.” The music starts at 4 p.m. Performers include: May 27… Read MoreMay 23, 2012
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Engineering team earns NASA award for aircraft maintenance computer design
Two computer science professors and a doctoral student in computer science in the School of Engineering are members of a technical team that has received a 2011 Associate Administrator Award from the Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Gautam Biswas, professor of computer science and… Read MoreMay 23, 2012
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Clarke receives inaugural environmental scientist certification
Jim Clarke, professor of the practice of civil and environmental engineering, has been approved for membership in American Academy of Environmental Engineers and Scientists (AAEES) and for Certification by Eminence as a Board Certified Environmental Scientist (BCES) in the April 2012 inaugural class. Read MoreMay 23, 2012
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VU News and Communications wins five awards at state conference
Vanderbilt Public Affairs Officer Ann Marie Deer Owens with TCPRA President Julia Wood at the 2012 TCPRA conference at MTSU. Image courtesy of MTSU News. Vanderbilt News and Communications received five communication awards from the Tennessee College Public Relations Association at its spring meeting May 17-18. Read MoreMay 22, 2012
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Vanderbilt lands significant patient-centered research grant
Patients and their families will have a more active role and voice in research designed to improve the quality and safety of patient care, thanks to a federal grant received by Vanderbilt University Medical Center researchers. Read MoreMay 22, 2012
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Sophisticated Talk: Robust preschool experience offers lasting effects on language and literacy
New research from Peabody finds that preschool teachers’ use of sophisticated vocabulary and analytic talk about books, combined with early support for literacy in the home, can predict fourth-grade reading comprehension and word recognition. Read MoreMay 22, 2012