Releases
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VUMC Flu Expert Urges Middle Tennesseans to Get a Flu Shot
Unlike the two previous winters, when flu vaccine was in short supply or its delivery was significantly delayed, there should be an adequate supply of vaccine on hand this year to combat Middle Tennessee‘s oncoming flu season. Read MoreOct 17, 2006
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Gene variant carries increased risk of autism
Researchers have identified a common gene variant that more than doubles the risk of autism. The research, led by investigators at the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center for Research on Human Development, provides new insights into the genetic basis of the complex disorder. Read MoreOct 17, 2006
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MEDIA ADVISORY: Vanderbilt University‘s homecoming activities Oct. 18-21
A number of activities are planned at Vanderbilt University for Homecoming 2006 leading up to the Vanderbilt Commodores football match-up against the South Carolina Gamecocks on Saturday, Oct. 21, at 2 p.m. central time. Read MoreOct 16, 2006
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MEDIA ADVISORY – Nashville youth to discuss leadership, community isues in forum at Vanderbilt Law School
Youth leaders from across Nashville will converge at the Vanderbilt Law School Sunday, Oct. 15, for the forum, "Youth Engagement as a Strategy for Youth Development and Community Change." Read MoreOct 12, 2006
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Brazilian elections and President Lula focus of political science talk
The recent presidential election in Brazil is the focus of a Vanderbilt University lead-off lecture in a series that examines Latin American politics. Read MoreOct 11, 2006
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Three elected to Institute of Medicine
Vanderbilt University Medical Center faculty members Ellen Wright Clayton, M.D., J.D., and Randolph (Randy) Miller, M.D., and professor emeritus of Medicine Alastair J.J. Wood, M.B., Ch.B., have been elected to the prestigious Institute of Medicine (IOM) of the National Academies, the organization announced this week. Read MoreOct 10, 2006
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Vanderbilt jumps to No. 53 in The Times of London rankings; University improves 61 places from 2005 ranking
Vanderbilt University leaped 61 places in the most comprehensive and respected worldwide rankings of universities, moving to No. 53 on the 2006 World University Rankings by The Times of London. Read MoreOct 9, 2006
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Vanderbilt Marching Band to host high school invitational
Twenty-nine high school bands from as far as New York state will converge on Vanderbilt University's Dudley Field Saturday, Oct. 7, for the 18th annual Vanderbilt Marching Invitational. Read MoreOct 6, 2006
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Award-winning cosmologist and author of Physics of Star Trek is spending the year on campus as a visiting professor
Lawrence Krauss is a theoretical physicist. But Google his name and you don't get a list of scientific publications. Read MoreOct 6, 2006
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Psychotherapy research pioneer Hans Strupp dies
Internationally renowned psychologist Hans H. Strupp, who helped psychotherapy gain legitimacy as a scientific discipline, died Thursday, Oct. 5, at Alive Hospice. Read MoreOct 6, 2006
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Vanderbilt to host major college art conference Oct. 25-28
Hundreds of artists, art historians, critics and art educators will converge in Nashville Oct. 25-28 to network, exhibit their creative work, present their scholarship and talk about the future of art. The joint meeting of the Southeastern College Art Conference and the Mid-America College Art Association will be held at Vanderbilt University, with more than 100 events planned. Read MoreOct 5, 2006
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New ‘network of networks’ to study impact of time on learning
A multidisciplinary exploration of the impact of time and timing on how we learn is the focus of a new National Science Foundation-funded center partially based at Vanderbilt University. The Temporal Dynamics of Learning Center was created with a five-year, $15.5 million Science of Learning Center grant from NSF. Read MoreOct 5, 2006
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Jewish life flourishes on Vanderbilt campus
On a recent Monday morning, the halls of the Student Life Center at Vanderbilt University rang out with the sound of the Jewish community marking the end of Yom Kippur. Read MoreOct 5, 2006
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Analysis of Brazil’s election highlight of upcoming international conference
A panel of eminent Brazilian scholars analyzing Brazil's most recent elections will be among the highlights of an international conference hosted by Vanderbilt University Oct. 13-16. Read MoreOct 4, 2006
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“Still Black at Yale” documentary film to be shown at Vanderbilt University Oct. 12
"Still Black at Yale," a 2004 documentary film that looks at issues of race on the campus of one of the world's leading higher education institutions, will be shown at Vanderbilt University's Bishop Joseph Johnson Black Cultural Center on Thursday, Oct. 12, at 6:30 p.m. Read MoreOct 3, 2006
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Vanderbilt celebrates opening of new fitness facility
HEALTHPlus, Vanderbilt University's faculty and staff wellness program, will celebrate its 15th anniversary Wednesday, Oct. 4, by opening the doors of a brand new 23,000-square-foot facility atop Kensington Garage. The new space more than doubles the 10,000-square-feet of the former location in Memorial Gym. Read MoreOct 3, 2006
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VU ranks fourth in ‘Best Places to Work in Academia’ survey
Vanderbilt ranks fourth among the "Best Places to Work in Academia," according to a new survey by The Scientist, a magazine catering to the life sciences. Read MoreOct 3, 2006
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Writer Deborah Eisenberg to read at Vanderbilt on Nov. 2; Author of critically lauded collection Twilight of the Superheroes
Deborah Eisenberg, called "one of the most important fiction writers now at work" by The New York Times, will read from her work on Nov. 2 at Vanderbilt University. Read MoreOct 3, 2006
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Vanderbilt Ranks Fourth as ‘Best Places to Work in Academia 2006’
Vanderbilt University ranks fourth among the "Best Places to Work in Academia," according to a new survey done by The Scientist, a magazine catering to the life sciences. Read MoreOct 3, 2006
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TIPSHEET: Vanderbilt experts available to comment on school shootings
Two experts on school violence and aggression are available to offer commentary on school shootings in Lancaster County, Pa., Wisconsin and Colorado and the school lockdowns in response to a gunman at two Las Vegas schools. Read MoreOct 2, 2006