myVU Take Note
Celebrate Cancer Survivors Day Nov. 1
Oct. 8, 2015—Vanderbilt Cancer Survivors Day is Nov. 1 and features musical guest Soul Incision.
Annual Needles and Pins Craft Fair Oct. 8 and 9
Sep. 29, 2015—The Vanderbilt University Medical Center Staff Advisory Council will host the Needles and Pins Craft Fair Oct. 8 and 9 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the breezeway between Light Hall and the Robinson Research Building.
VUMC outpatient pharmacy hours expand beginning Oct. 5
Sep. 17, 2015—Beginning Monday, Oct. 5, the Medical Center East and Vanderbilt Clinic pharmacies will be open from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday.
VUSN’s Jamie Pope unveils new book
Sep. 16, 2015—Vanderbilt University School of Nursing instructor Jamie Pope has published a new book, "Nutrition for a Changing World." The book represents an accumulation of more than three years of research and was developed for non-nutrition majors in introductory nutrition courses.
Pilot and feasibility grants for diabetes and obesity research announced
Sep. 15, 2015—The application deadline for all three types of pilot and feasibility grants is Jan.15, 2016.
Vanderbilt community qualifies for Dell savings in September
Sep. 15, 2015—Vanderbilt employees qualify for savings through the Dell University program in September.
VICC offers creative writing course for cancer caregivers
Sep. 2, 2015—Health care professionals who care for cancer patients can experience strong emotions with limited opportunities to cope with or express those emotions. During September, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center and its partners are offering a series of free writing seminars for those health care professionals.
Children’s Hospital event leads to traffic changes Sept. 1–2
Aug. 27, 2015—Vanderbilt University Medical Center and the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt will kick off the construction phase of the “Growing to New Heights” campaign to expand the Children’s Hospital on Wednesday, Sept. 2. Please make note of the following road closures and changes to traffic.
Sprint to perform maintenance Aug. 31
Aug. 27, 2015—Sprint will perform maintenance on its 3G and LTE networks in the Nashville area on Aug. 31 from 1 to 5 a.m. During this timeframe, service will be interrupted in each cell one at a time. As a result, Sprint voice and data services may be degraded or unavailable intermittently during maintenance.
New Vanderbilt Eye Institute member to lecture Aug. 31
Aug. 21, 2015—Sabine Fuhrmann kicks off the CDB Monday Seminar Series on Aug. 31.
Mini-retreat will explore microbiome research at VU Aug. 29
Aug. 21, 2015—Vanderbilt's Department of Medicine will host a mini-research retreat, on Aug. 29, at 202 Light Hall.
Nominations sought for Levi Watkins Jr. faculty and student awards
Aug. 14, 2015—Time to nominate faculty and students who foster a more diverse environment at Vanderbilt.
