Publications
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Uncommon Leadership
When Martha R. Ingram steps down June 30 after 12 years as chairman of Vanderbilt’s Board of Trust, she will leave behind a diverse and lasting legacy – including the hiring of two chancellors and the development of a residential college system at Vanderbilt, of which the newly named Martha Rivers Ingram Commons was the crucial first phase. Read MoreMay 5, 2011
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Three Stories
Graduates Shannon Hoffman, Nehal Mehta and Karen White come from different backgrounds and have different interests, but each will use their significant talents and valuable lessons learned at Vanderbilt to affect change in the world. Read MoreMay 5, 2011
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VINSE engineers and researchers explore possibilities on the nanoscale
Vanderbilt researchers working at the smallest scale celebrate a huge milestone this year. The Vanderbilt Institute of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (VINSE), seeded from a university-funded $16 million venture capital fund initiative, celebrates its 10th anniversary in December. Read MoreApr 25, 2011
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New ‘stethoscope’ to monitor critically ill patients
Vanderbilt cardiothoracic anesthesiologists and surgeons are pioneering the use of a tool that many in the cardiac field are calling the “new stethoscope” when it comes to monitoring critically ill patients. Read MoreApr 22, 2011
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At the Friends Shop, every single sale matters
Retail therapy is how many shoppers justify their bulging closets, but that new purse or coat purchased in the Friends Shop at the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt is truly part of the healing process — the source of the toy or balloon that brightens a patient’s stay,… Read MoreApr 21, 2011
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A legacy of lifesaving
Cheryl Major, R.N., may have saved more babies than anyone in the state of Tennessee. Some of them she has saved in person as a neonatal nurse. Many more she has saved by providing lifesaving skills to others who care for fragile newborns. If you spend any time at all… Read MoreApr 21, 2011
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The week that lasts a lifetime
Kristen Keely-Dinger, BS’98, remembers March snow falling on the streets of New York, the sounds of babies crying and people screaming, and the stench of urine in the housing projects as she carried hot meals up flight after flight of stairs. As a Vanderbilt sophomore who had signed up for… Read MoreApr 18, 2011
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Carl Johnson has the Last Word
If you hear a booming voice singing Beethoven’s Ninth or Verdi’s Requiem in Wesley Place Garage one morning, it’s probably Carl Johnson practicing his repertoire for the Nashville Symphony Chorus. Read MoreApr 4, 2011
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From renal nurse to renal patient
For 10 years Janice Dalton worked as a renal transplant/dialysis nurse at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. In 2003, at the age of 54, she was diagnosed with renal failure, placed on dialysis and told she would need a kidney transplant. The tables had turned. Despite years taking care of patients,… Read MoreApr 3, 2011
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An investment beyond boundaries
Blair’s involvement in training music teachers in Costa Rica brings rich rewards both in Central America and Nashville. Read MoreMar 29, 2011
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Vanderbilt Class of 2015: Better than the last class…again
Admission decisions for the class of 2015 were mailed out Wednesday to a group of about 3,825 prospective students who have the distinction of being the strongest academic class ever admitted to the university. … Read MoreMar 29, 2011
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Heart of a champion
From grade schoolers to grad students, Virginia Shepherd — a professor of pathology and medicine at the School of Medicine, professor of science education at Peabody College, and director of the Vanderbilt Center for Science Outreach — shows tenacity that has changed lives. Read MoreMar 25, 2011
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Cancer Center study snuffs out menthol myths
People who smoke mentholated cigarettes are no more likely to develop lung cancer or die from the disease than are smokers of non-mentholated brands, a new study shows. Read MoreMar 24, 2011
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Your world… and welcome to it
Jamie Pope, dietitian, School of Nursing instructor, and New York Times bestselling author, shows how to shape your living environment to make changes you want to make. Read MoreMar 18, 2011
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The Science of Sleep
Both mysterious and compelling are the signs near Memorial Gym for the Vanderbilt Sleep Disorders Center. Passers-by who struggle with sleep problems, such as snoring, sleep apnea and insomnia, might wonder if the lab can help them (Spoiler alert: It can). A curious bystander without such issues might wonder what… Read MoreMar 18, 2011
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Medicine, Nursing schools lauded in national ranking
Both the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine and Vanderbilt University School of Nursing now place among the nation’s top 15 “Best Graduate Schools” as ranked by U.S. News & World Report magazine in the publication’s 2012 rankings. Read MoreMar 18, 2011
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“Did you smoke?”
“Did you smoke?” It’s the first question lung cancer patients are asked. Is this smoking stigma choking progress in lung cancer?… Read MoreMar 7, 2011
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New drug discovery center focuses on brain disorders
Vanderbilt University Medical Center has established a new Center for Neuroscience Drug Discovery to accelerate research that may lead to new treatments for Parkinson’s disease, schizophrenia and other disorders of the brain. Read MoreMar 6, 2011
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Student profile: Rachel Hart
Why did you first become involved with VUcept? I became involved with VUcept because I believe in its mission. Being a first-year presents many challenges, and for me, my biggest challenge was losing my grandfather to leukemia only two months after coming to Vanderbilt. Read MoreMar 6, 2011
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Vanderbilt-pioneered fetal surgery procedure yields positive results
Results of a landmark, seven-year National Institutes of Health-funded trial, Management of Myelomeningocele Study (MOMS), demonstrate clear benefit for babies who undergo fetal surgery to treat spina bifida, the most common birth defect in the central nervous system. The surgical procedure, in utero repair of myelomeningocele, was pioneered at Vanderbilt… Read MoreMar 1, 2011