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VUCast: Life-Changing Internship
In the latest VUCast: One Vanderbilt student plans to help the world's poor; take a tour inside the new Recreation and Wellness Center; and learn how Vanderbilt experts are reaching millions. All this and more in the latest VUCast, Vanderbilt's online newscast. Watch now. Read MoreJan 31, 2014
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The Decade When the World at Home and Abroad Began to Change: 1910-20
Published on Jan 21, 2014 Jan. 16 class: Haley’s Comet; Nashville’s first skyscraper; Prohibition in Tennessee; city reservoir on 8th Avenue; East Nashville fire; the Dutchman’s Bend train collision; Spanish flu and more. “The Decade When the World at Home & Abroad Began to Change: 1910-1920” with Carole Bucy,… Read MoreJan 21, 2014
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Heroes as Defined by the Arts
Published on Jan 15, 2014 Watch video of the most recent presentation in the Food for Thought lunchtime series – Heroes as Defined by the Arts – which took place on January 14. In partnership with the Frist Center for the Visual Arts, the Vanderbilt University Office of Community,… Read MoreJan 15, 2014
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Groundbreaking study finds children with autism hear and see out of sync
It’s like a poorly dubbed film – the words heard don’t match up with the video seen. Vanderbilt researchers report (Journal of Neuroscience) that this out-of-sync issue then cascades into additional problems for children with autism spectrum disorder. Reseachers believe this new finding will help develop treatments for children with… Read MoreJan 15, 2014
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VUCast: Don’t think, type! Why your fingers know more than your brain
In this week’s VUcast: Why your fingers sometimes know more than your brain; Vanderbilt athletes participate in a life-changing trip; and see the top five most-watched Vanderbilt videos. Watch now. Read MoreDec 18, 2013
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QuickVU Trending: Top 5 Vanderbilt videos of 2013
Beth Fox gives us a QuickVU of the must-see videos on Vandy’s Youtube channel. Take a look back at other top hits from Vanderbilt’s social media this year >> [vucastblurb]… Read MoreDec 17, 2013
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Joshua DuBois: The President’s Devotional
Joshua DuBois, author of The President’s Devotional and a spiritual adviser to President Barack Obama, spoke at Vanderbilt University Divinity School Dec. 4. Read more >>… Read MoreDec 6, 2013
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Student from South Africa remembers Nelson Mandela
Nelson Mandela, who became the symbol of freedom in a country torn by segregation, died Dec. 5 at 95. Meet an Arts and Science student from South Africa, and watch as she remembers this human rights leader. [vucastblurb]… Read MoreDec 6, 2013
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Brave Genius: A Scientist, a Philosopher and Their Daring Adventures from the French Resistance to the Nobel Prize
Award-winning scientist, author and educator Sean B. Carroll illuminates the never-before-told account of the intersection of two of the most insightful minds of the 20th century, biologist Jacques Monod and writer and philosopher Albert Camus, during a Nov. 19 Chancellor’s Lecture at Vanderbilt University. Carroll discusses his book Brave Genius:… Read MoreNov 30, 2013
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VUCast: Same-sex marriage and the Supreme Court—What’s next?
Will a definitive same-sex marriage lawsuit wind up in the Supreme Court? Also, finding what goes "boom" might get safer; and it’s time to slow down and smell the roses, Vandy-style. Watch these stories and more in VUCast, Vanderbilt’s online newscast. Read MoreNov 22, 2013
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Watch and remember JFK’s visit to Vanderbilt
In remembrance of President John F. Kennedy’s death 50 years ago, watch this video of JFK’s visit to Vanderbilt just months before his assassination. Read more about President Kennedy’s visit to Vanderbilt for our 90th anniversary convocation in 1963 » Read Rob Hammond’s 1993 article about JFK’s… Read MoreNov 20, 2013
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Watch Vandy Beat Kentucky and Make History
Vanderbilt becomes bowl eligible for the third year in a row—a first in Vanderbilt football history—with a win over Kentucky. Watch this VUCast Extra and get excited all over again. Go Dores!… Read MoreNov 19, 2013
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VUCast: Want to know what’s trending? Watch QuickVU
Vanderbilt's Campus Rec Center gets national recognition; Vanderbilt-themed weddings are all the rage; and the VU community shares their snapshots. See what's trending on QuickVU -- watch now! Read MoreNov 13, 2013
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VUCast: A wireless capsule and hallucinating without drugs
See how a wireless capsule could help during minimally invasive surgeries Why magnesium and vitamin D are a match made in heaven And do you really see the S in the USA network logo? Watch this QuickVU roundup of research stories. [vucastblurb]… Read MoreOct 30, 2013
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VUCast Extra: Blackberries, electricity and high school students
How do you get students excited about science? Try mixing blackberries and a lesson in nanotechnology with some eager Tennessee high school students in a Vanderbilt lab. Watch the results on VUCast Extra now. Read MoreOct 23, 2013
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Video: Justice and Identity in a Bioengineered Society
Watch “Justice and Identity in a Bioengineered Society,” by Michael Bess, Chancellor’s Professor of History. One of the earliest biomedical engineering programs in the United States, Vanderbilt’s Department of Biomedical Engineering is celebrating its 45th anniversary as a program and its 25th anniversary as a department in the School of… Read MoreOct 21, 2013
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VUCast: Startling brain-related study on critically ill patients
In the latest VUCast: ICU patients are leaving hospitals with a dementia-like disease; What’s the fate of the Republican Party?; Hear from Pulitzer Prize-winning author and Distinguished Visiting Professor Jon Meacham; and It's time to celebrate -- the Rate My Professor 2013 rankings are in. All this and more in Vanderbilt’s online newscast. Watch now. Read MoreOct 16, 2013
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Globalization and Diaspora
Moderator Paul Freedman, Chester D. Tripp Professor of History, Yale University; Director of the Warren Center 1993-1997 Deborah Cohn, Spanish, Indiana University; Warren Center Fellow 2000-2001 Nihad Farooq, English, Georgia Tech University; Warren Center Fellow 2013-2013 Sharryn Kasmir, Anthropology, Hofstra University; Warren Center Fellow 1998-1999 Jemima… Read MoreOct 8, 2013
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Media and Technology
Moderator Helmut W. Smith, Martha Rivers Ingram Professor of History and Professor of European Studies; Director of the Warren Center, 2005-2008 Leo Coleman, Comparative Studies, Ohio State University; Warren Center Fellow 2011-2012 Cara Finnegan, Communication Studies, University of Illinois; Warren Center Fellow 2006-2007 Richard Grusin, English, University… Read MoreOct 8, 2013
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Gender, Sexuality and Race
Moderator Charles E. Scott, Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, Emeritus; Director of the Warren Center, 1987-1993 Jean Feerick, English, John Carroll University; Warren Center Fellow, 2005-2006 Gilbert Herdt, Sexuality Studies, San Francisco State University; Warren Center Fellow 1997-1998 Richard King, History, University of Nottingham; Warren Center Fellow 2001-2002… Read MoreOct 8, 2013