myVU

June 6, 2013

Vanderbilt offers safety tips for CMA Music Festival

As Nashville welcomes visitors from around the world to the CMA Music Festival this week, Vanderbilt LifeFlight officials are urging fans to take necessary precautions to avoid illness and injury.

By VUMC News and Communications
baseball
June 4, 2013

Vanderbilt study indicates fatigue and loss of sleep take predictable toll on baseball players over season

Strike zone judgment grows worse over the course of a Major League Baseball season in a predictable way, possibly due to the effect of grueling travel schedules, disrupted sleep patterns and fatigue, a Vanderbilt University Medical Center sleep researcher has found.

By Wayne Wood
June 4, 2013

Vanderbilt Emergency Medicine physician offers spring cleaning ladder safety tips

Spring cleaning sometimes takes intrepid householders to new heights. Unfortunately, ladders can be among the most hazardous of common household devices, says Corey Slovis, chair of emergency medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

By Wayne Wood
May 29, 2013

Cartoons help ease anxiety for young patients

The Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt has created two new cartoon videos to ease children’s anxiety when visiting a hospital or clinic.

By VUMC News and Communications
May 28, 2013

Travel system to debut in July

Vanderbilt’s new travel system, which will offer faculty and staff traveling on university business a better, faster way to book and manage travel and handle expenses for trips, is slated for rollout on July 30.

By VUMC News and Communications
Family at the doctor
May 28, 2013

Health care workers can improve communication with Latino patients with new Vanderbilt course

A new course at Vanderbilt University that can help healthcare workers be more effective in treating the growing population of Spanish-speaking patients.

By VUMC News and Communications
May 28, 2013

Vanderbilt physician says ugly plants worse for allergy patients

As allergy season rolls in for Middle Tennessee residents, a largely unknown adage rings true: the uglier a flower or weed, the more allergy-inducing its pollen tends to be.
By VUMC News and Communications
May 24, 2013

Retiring Vanderbilt University School of Nursing dean honored for her service

Friends, supporters and colleagues gathered to honor retiring dean Colleen Conway-Welch for her visionary leadership of the Vanderbilt School of Nursing.
By VUMC News and Communications
May 21, 2013

West Tennessee Healthcare and Vanderbilt University Medical Center announce academic affiliation agreement

By VUMC News and Communications
May 20, 2013

Desktop alerts added to AlertVU

By VUMC News and Communications
May 13, 2013

‘Everybody has a Story’ CD launches with free song download

By VUMC News and Communications
May 10, 2013

Vanderbilt University honors 36 as emeriti faculty

Thirty-six retiring faculty members were recognized during Vanderbilt’s Commencement ceremony May 10, when the university honored their years of service and bestowed on them the title of emeritus or emerita faculty.
By VUMC News and Communications
May 10, 2013

Vanderbilt honors top graduates during Commencement

Vanderbilt University Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos presented Founder’s Medals to the university’s top scholars during Commencement on May 10.
By VUMC News and Communications
1 … 57 58 59 60 61 … 93