Seminar on understanding new FDA guidelines for medical software, apps and devices Nov. 19

Posted On Saturday, November 16, 2013 By . Under TENNESSEE  Tags: , , , , ,   
Vanderbilt’s Center for Technology Transfer and Commercialization will host a special seminar, “When Does a Medical Software/App Become a Medical Device?: Practical Considerations and FDA Guidance,” from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m.  Tuesday, Nov. 19, at Jacobs Believed in Me Auditorium, 134 Featheringill Hall. Seth Mailhot, an attorney with Michael Best ...

Involuntary teacher transfers put better teachers with neediest students

Posted On Friday, November 8, 2013 By . Under TENNESSEE  Tags: , , ,   
Allowing principals to involuntarily transfer teachers within a district resulted in more productive teachers replacing lower performing teachers in mostly disadvantaged schools, according to a study in Journal of Policy Analysis and Management. Moving better teachers into needy schools was a positive step toward increasing equity among schools in the district, ...

Safety experts at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital urge caution to keep children safe this Halloween

Posted On Thursday, October 31, 2013 By . Under TENNESSEE  Tags: , ,   
Safety experts at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital urge caution to keep children safe this Halloween Safety experts at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt want Halloween horrors to be caused by ghosts and goblins, not accidents and injuries. On average, twice as many children are killed while walking on Halloween than on any other day of the year, according to Safe Kids, an organization dedicated ...

World on Wednesdays Seeking Presenters for Spring Semester

Posted On Thursday, October 24, 2013 By . Under TENNESSEE  Tags: , , , , ,   
World on Wednesdays Seeking Presenters for Spring Semester International Student and Scholar Services is seeking presenters for its World on Wednesdays series for spring 2014. WOW features a different topic of global interest each week, with presentations by students, staff, faculty and community members. ISSS seeks to promote international awareness throughout the Vanderbilt community. Past WOW events have featured ...

VSVS Puts Science in the Hands of Metro Schools Students

Posted On Thursday, October 17, 2013 By . Under TENNESSEE  Tags: , , , ,   
Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools has joined with the Vanderbilt Center for Nashville Studies and Peabody College to create a platform to provide detailed, reliable and recurring information about the commitment of major employers to the public school system. This is the latest installment in a series that tells the story ...

Anchor down and tackle recycling at 2013 Game Day Recycling Challenge

Posted On Thursday, October 10, 2013 By . Under TENNESSEE  Tags: , , ,   
During the month of October, dozens of universities across the country will participate in the 2013 Game Day Recycling Challenge. In 2012, 79 participating schools with 5.4 million collective fans diverted more than 1 million pounds of waste from landfills. For the fourth consecutive year, Vanderbilt will participate in the Game Day Recycling ...

VC for Student Life Candidate Visits Campus

Posted On Tuesday, October 1, 2013 By . Under TENNESSEE  Tags: , , ,   
VC for Student Life Candidate Visits CampusC. Renee Romano, the third of four candidates for vice chancellor for student life, will hold a public forum from 2:30 to 3:45 p.m. on Tuesday, October 1, in the Ray Mears Room of Thompson-Boling Arena. Romano is vice chancellor for student affairs at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Prior ...

Marionette Show at Vanderbilt Brings Ancient Maya Tales to Life

Posted On Monday, September 23, 2013 By . Under TENNESSEE  Tags: , , , ,   
The adventures of ancient Maya mythical heroes will be dramatized in a free marionette show that premieres Sept. 26 at Vanderbilt University’s Central Library. “The Amazing Twins: Ancient Maya Tales from the Popol Wuj” was created by Vanderbilt’s Center for Latin American Studies and the renowned puppeteers of the Nashville Public ...

Medical Tourism is One of the Growing Trends Across the World

Posted On Friday, September 20, 2013 By . Under ARKANSAS, DELAWARE, FEATURED, FLORIDA, GEORGIA, HAWAII, INDIANA, LOUISIANA, MARYLAND, MASSACHUSETTS, MINNESOTA, MISSISSIPPI, MISSOURI, NEBRASKA, NEW JERSEY, NEW MEXICO, NEW YORK, NORTH CAROLINA, NORTH DAKOTA, PUERTO RICO, SOUTH CAROLINA, SOUTH DAKOTA, TENNESSEE, TEXAS, VERMONT, WASHINGTON, WASHINGTON DC, WEST VIRGINIA  Tags: , , , , , , ,   
Medical Tourism is One of the Growing Trends Across the World Medical tourism is one of the growing trends across the world. Due to high increase in the cost of health care facility, individual as well as companies are providing incentives to travel across the countries to get the surgeries they need. While travelling other countries for the medical tourists not ...

Vanderbilt Libraries present ‘Thomas Jefferson and His Books’

Posted On Monday, September 16, 2013 By . Under TENNESSEE  Tags: , , , , ,   
Jon Meacham, author of Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power, and Mark Dimunation, who directed the reconstruction of Thomas Jefferson’s Collection at the Library of Congress, will come together Sept. 30 at Vanderbilt University’s Central Library for a discussion moderated by John Seigenthaler. “Thomas Jefferson and His Books” will begin at ...

Groomed for Success: High Energy Neurosurgeon Combines Love of Barns and Brains

Posted On Sunday, September 8, 2013 By . Under FEATURED, TENNESSEE  Tags: , , ,   
This is where Lola Chambless, M.D., ’05, trades her blue cotton scrubs for jeans and cowboy boots. Where she puts down the scalpel and picks up supple leather reins. Where she leaves the sterile operating room for meadows, creeks and horse trails. It’s this balance (perhaps with a common thread of ...

Marijuana Regulation may replace marijuana prohibition under new federal guidelines

Posted On Saturday, August 31, 2013 By . Under TENNESSEE  Tags: , , , , ,   
New U.S. Department of Justice guidelines regarding the enforcement of the federal government’s marijuana ban in states that allow the drug constitute a “major policy shift,” according to Robert Mikos of Vanderbilt University Law School. Mikos, an expert on the conflict between state and federal marijuana laws, is available to ...

Gore, Bernard Receive Research Awards at Faculty Senate

Posted On Saturday, August 24, 2013 By . Under TENNESSEE  Tags: , , , ,   
Bernard receive research awards at Faculty SenateJohn Gore accepted the Earl Sutherland Prize for achievement in research and Gordon Bernard won the Thomas Jefferson Award for distinguished service to Vanderbilt University at the Fall Faculty Assembly. “John’s pioneering scholarship in the field of magnetic resonance imaging and research has transformed Vanderbilt in numerous and important ways,” said ...

2013-14 Academic Year Welcome From Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos

Posted On Saturday, August 17, 2013 By . Under TENNESSEE  Tags: , , ,   
As we begin the new academic year I want to welcome everyone and thank you for your many contributions and great devotion to Vanderbilt.  These are times of amazing progress for Vanderbilt, but as recent events reflect, also times of great challenge. Construction and other activities continued apace soon after Commencement.  ...

TN Principals Selected to Partner with World’s Top Educators

Posted On Friday, August 9, 2013 By . Under TENNESSEE  Tags: , , , ,   
In a few weeks, more than a dozen high-achieving Tennessee school principals will begin a yearlong leadership development experience, which includes a one-week trip to China to collaborate with some of the top educational leaders in the world. The Tennessee-Shanghai Leadership Collaborative, developed by researchers at Vanderbilt University’s Peabody College of ...

Campus Dining Offers Special Meal Plan For Faculty and Staff

Posted On Friday, August 2, 2013 By . Under TENNESSEE  Tags: , , ,   
Vanderbilt Campus Dining is offering a special meal plan to faculty and staff to start the academic year off right. Enjoy cuisine from Vanderbilt’s award-winning chefs, all within walking distance of your office, at a special price: 15 meals for the price of 10. That’s $5.28 per meal (a “meal” ...

Vanderbilt Names Anders Hall Vice Chancellor for Investments and Chief Investment Officer

Posted On Thursday, July 25, 2013 By . Under TENNESSEE  Tags: , , , , ,   
Vanderbilt Names Anders Hall Vice Chancellor for Investments and Chief Investment Officer After a national search, Anders W. Hall has been named Vanderbilt University’s new vice chancellor for investments and chief investment officer, effective Sept. 3 and pending Board of Trust approval. Hall will join Vanderbilt from Duke University, where he currently serves as head of public securities. At Vanderbilt, Hall will oversee ...

U.S. News Again Ranks VUMC Among Nation’s Elite

Posted On Thursday, July 18, 2013 By . Under TENNESSEE  Tags: , , ,   
U.S. News again ranks VUMC among nation’s elite U.S. News and World Report’s newly released Best Hospitals edition again places Vanderbilt University Medical Center among the best in the nation, and shows that VUMC’s specialty programs continue to grow in national prominence. In the 2013-14 edition of “America’s Best Hospitals,” VUMC had four specialties ranked among the top 10 ...
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