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VUCast: Star Power?
This Week on VUCast, Vanderbilt’s online newscast: Star Power? Why ignorance is bliss when it comes to a star’s selling power. Football Fan Frenzy! We’re anchoring down with the Dores! VUCast takes you to the field Space Odyssey– How you can go on a… Read MoreAug 31, 2012
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Are you ready for a game changer?
Television commercials, billboards and more will soon be declaring Vanderbilt’s determination to be a game changer on the playing field. The “This is a Game Changer” marketing campaign begins in early September. “The Game Changer campaign celebrates – and we hope inspires – every member of the Vanderbilt community who… Read MoreAug 30, 2012
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2012 Fall Faculty Assembly
Watch video of the annual Fall Faculty Assembly that took place on Thursday, Aug. 23, at the Student Life Center. Opening remarks were provided by Faculty Senate Chair Salvatore March. David Furbish, professor of earth and environmental sciences, gave the faculty presentation, titled “The Statistical Physics of Earth’s Sediment: An… Read MoreAug 29, 2012
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Vanderbilt University 2012 Spot
Watch Vanderbilt University’s 2012-2013 institutional that is aired during televised athletic events. [vucastblurb]… Read MoreAug 29, 2012
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VUCast: Moving On Up!
This Week on VUCast, Vanderbilt’s online newscast: Moving on Up! Carry some boxes with the class of 2016! Big Dig! A special look at the latest building progress Why is Vanderbilt so happy? [vucastblurb]… Read MoreAug 22, 2012
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VUCast: Through the Wormhole
This Week on VUCast, Vanderbilt’s online newscast: Vanderbilt goes “through the wormhole” How voters are getting their say on political attack ads From the desert to the dugout… Who ya with? [vucastblurb]… Read MoreAug 10, 2012
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VUCast: Concussion Check
This Week on VUCast, Vanderbilt’s online newscast: Playing hard can lead to concussions. See a new way to keep your brain safety in check! Meet Vanderbilt’s new sports authority Commodores on the cat walk [vucastblurb]… Read MoreJul 27, 2012
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Diane Sasson: “Yearning for the New Age: Laura Holloway-Langford and Late Victorian Spirituality”
Listen to an interview with Diane Sasson, Lecturer in Theology and Women, about her new book Yearning for the New Age: Laura Holloway-Langford and Late Victorian Spirituality. Interviewed by Chris Benda, Divinity School librarian. Read MoreJul 26, 2012
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VUCast: Skull Sessions
This Week on VUCast, Vanderbilt’s online newscast: How country music stars are “lifting lives“ Vanderbilt archaeologist leads students on skull sessions See what Vanderbilt is blowing up! [vucastblurb]… Read MoreJul 13, 2012
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VUCast: Feeling the Heat?
This Week on VUCast: Hotter than hot? Using your phone to beat the heat. Campus construction: What’s new? How presidential hopeful Mitt Romney’s Mormon faith might shape Middle East policy. [vucastblurb]… Read MoreJun 29, 2012
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Federal Forum: Campaign Hype or Substantive Policy?
Watch video of the Federal Forum on “The Administration’s College Affordability & Completion Agenda: Campaign Hype or Substantive Policy?” hosted by The Office of Federal Relations. The keynote speakers were Douglas L. Christiansen, vice provost for enrollment, and dean of admissions, and Christina West, assistant vice chancellor of federal relations. Read MoreJun 26, 2012
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“The Mighty Sky” at Dyer Observatory
Watch “The Mighty Sky,” a special event at Vanderbilt Dyer Observatory featuring a presentation by Leland Melvin, NASA associate administrator for education and two-time Space Shuttle astronaut, with music from an upcoming album of the same name performed by Nashville-based singer-songwriter Beth Nielsen Chapman and Nashville-based musicians The Long Players. Read MoreJun 26, 2012
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VUCast Extra: Bridging the Gap in the Sciences
Vanderbilt is on track this year to become the number one producer of minority Ph.D. recipients in physics, astronomy and materials science, an area where minorities are grossly underrepresented. Watch the emotional journey of the latest doctoral graduates from the Fisk-Vanderbilt-Master’s-to-Ph.D. Bridge Program. [vucastblurb]… Read MoreJun 8, 2012
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The 2012 transit of Venus
At 5:04 p.m. June 5, the planet Venus passed directly in front of the sun. The transit of Venus is extremely rare, occurring twice in eight-year periods more than 100 years apart. The most recent transit of Venus was in 2004, and it will not happen again until the year… Read MoreJun 4, 2012
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VUCast Newscast: Best Books for Kids
This Week on VUCast, Vanderbilt’s online newscast: Tips for picking great children’s books Vandy rocketeers shoot for the stars and come out on top! A fresh feast for your body [vucastblurb]… Read MoreMay 25, 2012
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Early Modern Spanish Theater: “Crossing the Line: A Quixotic Adventure”
Watch video of “Crossing the Line: A Quixotic Adventure” (selected scenes), refurbished by Edward Friedman and performed as readers’ theater and presented under the auspices of the Master of Liberal Arts and Science (MLAS) Program and the Department of Spanish and Portuguese. This presentation was part of the Early Modern… Read MoreMay 23, 2012
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VUCast Extra: From Commons to Commencement
The Class of 2012 holds a special place in Vanderbilt history as the first students to share in the unique and creative living-learning experience in The Martha Rivers Ingram Commons. Take a look at their journey from Commons move-in to Commencement. [vucastblurb]… Read MoreMay 17, 2012
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Faculty Seminar: Privacy in America – Glimpses of a Modern History
Privacy has become a flashpoint of contemporary American life. But it would be a mistake to treat “privacy” as an abstraction, unmoored by time, circumstance, and place. Watch video of Sarah E. Igo’s talk which investigates one of the key terms of U.S. political culture, charting the diverse ways privacy… Read MoreMay 15, 2012
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Faculty Seminar: Re-engineering Surgery – The Rise of Robots in the Operating Room
Watch video of Robert J. Webster III’s talk which covers several examples of novel surgical robots, ranging from “tentacle-like” robots that are the diameter of needles for endonasal surgery, to swallowable endoscopic capsule robots that can accomplish surgery in the intestines and are thus making the Fantastic Voyage foreseen by… Read MoreMay 15, 2012
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Faculty Seminar: Creating Chaos in Haydn’s The Creation
Watch video of Melanie Lowe’s talk that explores the aesthetics of the impossible in Joesph Haydn’s most sublime work. In 1797 Haydn completed what was immediately hailed as his greatest work, The Creation.This enormous piece scored for solo singers, chorus, and orchestra opens with nothing short of a musical impossibility—the sound of… Read MoreMay 15, 2012