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Kabrien Watts recently became the 100th employee hired through the Project SEARCH program.
February 10, 2022

Project SEARCH program hits employment milestone

Vanderbilt’s Project SEARCH for young adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities recently marked a milestone when it hired its 100th employee.

By Jessica Pasley
Composite image showing the White House with an American flag and fountain, alongside a portrait of an unidentified man in a collared shirt.
November 24, 2015

Vanderbilt researcher speaks to White House on ending segregation for people with intellectual disabilities

Erik Carter spoke about ending segregation in education and beyond during an invited presentation at a gathering of the President’s Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities.

By Vanderbilt Health News
Kennedy Center exterior
September 17, 2015

Vanderbilt Kennedy Center to continue as national Developmental Disabilities Research Center

The Vanderbilt Kennedy Center (VKC) has been awarded a $6.5 million, five-year grant to continue as a national Eunice Kennedy Shriver Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center (IDDRC).

By Vanderbilt Health News
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 Vanderbilt Health News
Country singer-songwriter with an acoustic guitar performs at a microphone alongside several music campers on a brightly lit stage; a sign in front reads “WSM” and “GRAND OLE.”
July 12, 2013

ACM, Vanderbilt Kennedy Center camp culminates in Grand Ole Opry performance

By Vanderbilt Health News
Smiling woman in a red polka-dot shirt plays a hand drum at an outdoor gathering, with other participants and percussion instruments behind her.
June 20, 2013

ACM, Vanderbilt Kennedy Center hold annual ‘Lifting Lives’ music camp

By Vanderbilt Health News