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eCatalog upgrade launches April 22; information sessions available
The eProcurement eCatalog will be upgraded Monday, affecting those assigned to the eProcurement Creator role. To help with the transition, live information sessions will be held later this week and next. Read MoreApr 15, 2013
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Watch TEDMED events April 16-21
TEDMED, a multidisciplinary community of innovators and leaders who share a common goal of creating a better future in health and medicine, will hold its 2013 event April 16-19 at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. Some 2,000 related events will… Read MoreApr 15, 2013
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Vanderbilt senior wins Genetics Society award
Samuel Friedman, a senior from Plymouth, Ma., majoring in molecular and cellular biology, recently won a Victoria Finnerty Undergraduate Travel Award from the Genetics Society of America. The award allowed Friedman to present his research at the 54th Annual Drosophila Research Conference in Washington, D.C. Read MoreApr 12, 2013
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New online system helps researchers share information
A new Web-based scientific information management system called “Labnodes” is helping Vanderbilt University investigators collaborate and get more bang for their research bucks. Read MoreApr 11, 2013
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Grad students can apply now for SoTL Scholars Programs
The Center for Teaching invites applications for the SoTL Scholars Program, designed to help graduate students cultivate a scholarly, evidence-based approach to their students’ learning and their own teaching. Read MoreApr 9, 2013
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Medical Demand Check Office moves to Baker Building
The Medical Center Demand Check Office is now located at the Baker Building, 110 21st Ave. S., consolidating all demand check and invoice processing operations. Payment requests may still be sent for financial review to the Crystal Terrace drop box located at MCN D-2107 or mailed to 3319 West… Read MoreApr 9, 2013
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Humphrey Fellows wrap year at VU
The Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program will honor 2012-13 Fellows and their network of supporters during a special closing ceremony. Read MoreApr 5, 2013
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Sports concussion seminar April 30
The Vanderbilt Sports Concussion Center is hosting a free educational seminar on sports concussion on Tuesday, April 30. Experts in neurology and sports medicine will discuss signs and symptoms of concussion, return-to-play guidelines, long term effects, the importance of baseline testing, proper equipment fittings, how to set up a school… Read MoreApr 3, 2013
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American Cancer Society Institutional Research Grant applications due May 1
Applications are being solicited for support by the American Cancer Society Institutional Research Grant (IRG). These funds are designed to provide seed money to support junior faculty members with an interest in cancer research who do not have external grant support. The ACS defines junior faculty as investigators at the… Read MoreApr 3, 2013
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Workshop featuring Coach James Franklin, others to address managing staff effectively
This workshop is the first in the Leadership, Education and Development Series (LEADS). The Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt presents “Managing the Happy, Crabby and All Those in Between,” which will bring together speakers from different entities of business to speak about what it takes to manage… Read MoreApr 3, 2013
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Department of Art Senior Show 2013
Senior Show 2013 will be on display to the public from Friday, April 12 until Friday, May 10, in Space 204, the second floor gallery in the E. Bronson Ingram Studio Art Center, 25th and Garland, on the Vanderbilt campus. Read MoreMar 29, 2013
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Wellcast: Poison Prevention in Older Adults
Family services coordinator Stacey Bonner speaks with Josephine Darwin, director of community outreach at the Tennessee Poison Center, about poisoning risks for older adults and what to do in case of a poison emergency. Listen here. Listen to interviews and tips on a variety of… Read MoreMar 27, 2013
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Healthy Bites initiative offers healthy eating options
(image courtesy of Health Plus) Vanderbilt has launched Healthy Bites, a new initiative to meet demand for healthy foods on campus. Healthy Bites, conceived by the Vanderbilt Food Advisory Committee, focuses on three primary areas for offering healthy food options: healthy eating, healthy catering and healthy… Read MoreMar 27, 2013
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VUMC job fair for nurses April 10
Vanderbilt University Medical Center is sponsoring a job fair for nurses on Wednesday, April 10. Those who apply in advance can set up a specific interview time during the fair. Read MoreMar 27, 2013
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New Wellcast: Mindful Eating
A new Wellcast, “Use Your Brain: How to Eat More Mindfully,” is now available at the Faculty and Staff Health and Wellness website. Stacy Kendrick speaks with Regine Leger and Augusta Hass about mindful eating. This Wellcast offers ideas and tips on being conscious of what… Read MoreMar 15, 2013
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Volunteers still needed for Commencement 2013
Vanderbilt is gearing up for Commencement 2013 and needs volunteers to help with the three-day celebration for graduates and their families. Read MoreMar 11, 2013
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Creative Campus exhibit to open at Sarratt
The Vanderbilt Sarratt Student Center’s newly renovated Connector Space features the work of Nashville artist and Vanderbilt Curb Creative Campus grant recipient Lori Anne Parker-Danley in an exhibition titled The Identity Sculptures Project from March 16 to June 15, 2013. Read MoreMar 8, 2013
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Black femininity in Western art topic of Goldberg Lecture
A Northwestern University professor who studies the articulation of blackness in the American visual arts will speak March 14 at Vanderbilt University. Read MoreMar 7, 2013
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University Club of Nashville offering free trial for new faculty
(image courtesy of The University Club of Nashville) Any graduate of a four-year college or university is invited to place membership at The University Club of Nashville, located at 2402 Garland Ave. on the Vanderbilt campus. The club was established in 1962 to serve staff and faculty… Read MoreMar 7, 2013
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Celebrated poet of religion topic of Vanderbilt Divinity class
Vanderbilt University Divinity School will offer a community class on Jesuit priest and poet Gerard Manley Hopkins March 16 as part of its continuing Relevant Religion series. Read MoreMar 6, 2013