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January 29, 2015

Event honors new holders of endowed chairs at VU

Six Vanderbilt University faculty members named to endowed chairs were honored for their academic achievements during a celebration Jan. 28 at the Student Life Center.

By Bill Snyder
January 29, 2015

Vice chancellor shares next steps in VU-VUMC transition

Vanderbilt department heads gathered for a meeting Jan. 22 were given more information on the plan to establish Vanderbilt University and Vanderbilt University Medical Center as separate legal and financial entities.

By VUMC News and Communications
January 28, 2015

TIPS, Chancellor Faculty Fellow applications under review

Submissions and nominations for two new programs launched under the Academic Strategic Plan—Trans-institutional Programs, or TIPS, and the Chancellor’s Faculty Fellows Program—are in the midst of review by faculty from across the university.

By VUMC News and Communications
January 20, 2015

Protect yourself against phishing attacks

In light of a nationwide warning against phishing attacks on human resource systems, the recent Sony security breach, and a number of on-campus accounts being compromised in November, Vanderbilt IT has compiled some useful information about phishing.

By VUMC News and Communications
Melinda Buntin, chair of the Department of Health Policy at Vanderbilt. (John Russell/Vanderbilt)
January 15, 2015

Legislators, stakeholders briefed on health care status of Tennessee

Tennessee must improve the health of its citizens if it wants to offer an attractive workforce to businesses, Vanderbilt Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos said during a Nashville Community Health Forum attended by state legislators and other stakeholders.

By VUMC News and Communications
Kennedy Center exterior
January 12, 2015

Vanderbilt Kennedy Center celebrates 50 years in 2015

The Vanderbilt Kennedy Center will celebrate 50 years of transforming lives in 2015 with lectures by AUCD Executive Director Andrew Imparato and Special Olympics Chairman and CEO Timothy Shriver.

By VUMC News and Communications
January 6, 2015

Area leaders host community forum on poor health and effects on quality of life, economy

Leading business, health care and civic officials will hold a Nashville Community Health Forum at Vanderbilt on Jan. 14 focused on the chronically poor health condition of Davidson County and Tennessee residents.
By VUMC News and Communications
January 6, 2015

Vanderbilt allergist offers tips to deal with suddenly changing temperatures

John Fahrenholz, assistant professor of medicine who practices at the Vanderbilt Asthma, Sinus and Allergy Program, says that whipsawing temperatures can be a real challenge for people with allergies—and for the rest of us, too.
By Wayne Wood
January 4, 2015

IT Support: Contact information for VU and VUMC Help Desks

To ensure that Vanderbilt faculty and staff receive the best IT support possible, Vanderbilt IT wants to make the community aware of how to access the designated support teams for the university and Medical Center.
By VUMC News and Communications
December 26, 2014

The most popular research news stories of 2014

Electricity, learning, marijuana, outer space and planet Earth were the hot topics of 2014.
By VUMC News and Communications
December 19, 2014

‘Between Hallmark and heartache’: Vanderbilt psychiatrist offers tips for how to avoid holiday stress

Vanderbilt psychiatrist Judith Akin urges people to set a course “between Hallmark and heartache” and aim to have a “pretty good little Christmas.” In other words, don’t strive for the perfect, and deal head-on with the stressors of the season.
By Wayne Wood
December 18, 2014

2014: The Year in Review

From the discovery of a new class of stars to a star-making play at the College World Series, 2014 was a remarkable year at Vanderbilt University and Medical Center.
By Doug Campbell
December 11, 2014

Cochlear implants focus of symposium

More than 1,200 attendees from more than 40 countries are in Nashville this week for the 14th Symposium on Cochlear Implants in Children.
By Matt Batcheldor
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