myVU Take Note

The Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt’s Holiday Project features one-of-a-kind holiday items designed by children whose lives have been touched by the hospital. All proceeds directly benefit Children’s Hospital patients.

1,165 budding programmers are participating in the university’s first MOOC capstone project – one that will result in a certificate for graduates and better pain management for patients at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

Beginning Oct. 15 at 7 a.m., the Vanderbilt IT Network Security team will implement a change that imports a new certificate and will result in cost savings and improve support.

Mac and Linux users should be on the lookout for any software updates sent in the coming days from Apple to address the Shellshock security bug.

Vanderbilt IT, the Vanderbilt Institute for Digital Learning and Vanderbilt School of Medicine will host the 2014 EDUCAUSE Annual Conference’s Virtual Conference Sept. 30 through Oct. 2 at several locations across campus and the medical center.

Life-changing lessons learned from seniors in the Wisdom of the Elders program will be on display at Sarratt Student Center Sept. 26.

The Vanderbilt University Hospital/Light Hall plaza restoration project, which began in March, is progressing on schedule.