Week ending Friday, June 28, 2013:

• Science (AAAS): How long can the United States stay on top?
• ABC News: Aspirin recalled over acetaminophen mix-up
• The Tennessean: Opinion: Public needs voice in judicial process
• The Tennessean: Opinion: Tennessee still must improve on child well-being
• The Tennessean: Sens. Lamar Alexander and Bob Corker stir Tea Party anger on immigration, other issues
• All Access Music: Opry to host ‘Crossroads Celebrity Concert’
• Washington Post: Will the DOMA decision kill gay marriage bans?
• New York Times: Laughing all the way to the bank
• Smithsonian Magazine: The scientist comes to the classroom
• U.S. News and World Report: New study rates U.S. News business school rankings
• Wall Street Journal: Healthcare’s weighty issue
• The Verge: As global warming heats waterways, brain-eating amoebas thrive in U.S. lakes
• Science Daily: Language intervention levels playing field for English language learners
• Publisher’s Weekly: AAUP: Bridging Worlds
• Directions Magazine: What I learned as a student in my first MOOC
• Nooga.com: Tennessee residents divided on DOMA, Prop 8 rulings
• The Tennessean: Nashville attorney expects to move quickly on gay rights in TN after ruling
• The Tennessean: Brain exercises—even video games—can increase mental longevity
• The Tennessean: Opinion: Oasis Center supports work of schools by helping children
• The Tennessean: Toy expo donates thousands to VU children’s hospital
• City Paper: Vanderbilt football coach remains under consideration for Food Network appearance
• Washington Post: Opinion: The Supreme Court’s Voting Rights Act decision
• CNN: Opinion: What Zimmerman’s all-female jury says
• USA Today: Some blacks willing to forgive Paula Deen’s gaffe
• Futurity: Dyslexia: Not the only reading disorder
• R&D: Researchers strike gold with nanotech vaccine
• Neshoba (Miss.) Democrat: Three Choctaw students attend Vanderbilt program
• WMOT (Middle Tennessee Public Radio): Vandy professor: Affirmative action alive and well
• Columbia (Tenn.) Daily Herald: Opinion: Core problem: Education not a business
• The Tennessean: TN seniors are least fit in nation, report shows
• NBC News: Real-life super-powered ‘exosuit’: Better, faster, stronger … softer
• Houston Chronicle: Analysis: Supreme Court delays a final showdown over affirmative action
• USA Today: Drugs can’t cure multiple sclerosis but can slow it
• Denver Post: Drug addiction helped by running, other exercise, study shows
• Guyana Times: Ambulance authority to be established soon
• The Tennessean: More education in computer programming will put students on path to success, advocates say
• The Tennessean: Preschool efforts in TN, nation need work
• The Tennessean: Testing for HIV urgent as infections continue
• The Tennessean: Vanderbilt-Maury Regional cancer center debuts Tuesday in Spring Hill
• The Tennessean: Vanderbilt nurse honored for cave rescue in Maury
• New York Times: As a season drags on, batters chase more bad pitches
• U.S. News and World Report: Match your personality with a B-school teaching style
• Inside Higher Ed: MOOC-skeptical provosts
• ABC News: Girl, 6, struggling after heart transplant, cardiac arrest
• New York Times: Letter to the Editor: On treating obesity, the disease
• TruthOut: Citizens without obligations?
• National Catholic Reporter: Bernard Cooke remembered as visionary educator, inspiring theologian
• The Tennessean: Nashville Predators remain hot draw for Midstate hockey fans
• The Tennessean: Large investment firm scoops up houses to be rentals
• The Tennessean: MS drugs on market show rapid medical progress
• Music Row Magazine: 4th annual ACM Lifting Lives music camp coming to Nashville

Week ending Friday, June 21, 2013:

• ABC News: Leg lengthening patient hopes to grow by more than three inches with painful procedure
• NPR: Supreme Court: A ruling on arbitration by small businesses
• Prevention Magazine: Smart health rules NOT to follow
• Business Daily Africa: Take online courses to improve, acquire skills
• Science Daily: Not all reading disabilities are dyslexia: lesser-known reading disorder can be easily missed
• Washington Post: Fiat judge seen leaving Marchionne in lurch over Chrysler
• Science (AAAS): Why naked mole rats don’t get cancer
• Chronicle of Higher Education: Sandusky scandal shapes higher-education legal and governance policies
• The Tennessean: Vanderbilt’s new indoor facility nears completion
• Nashville Business Journal: Blog: Selling Obamacare in Tennessee: Enroll America brings campaign to Nashville
• Bloomberg Business Week: Making the most of B-school
• U.S. News and World Report: 10 national universities where most students live on campus
• Reuters: Opinion: The Great Debate: What does Apple really owe taxpayers? A lot, actually
• Newsweek and The Daily Beast: Nostalgia act: The great Sarah Palin revival tour of 2013
• The Atlantic: America’s teacher training programs aren’t good enough
• Chemical and Engineering News: Small molecule turns on ion channels and controls seizures in mice
• Cherokee One Feather: Three EBCI students attending Aspirnaut Program at Vandy
• Yahoo! Finance: Ten items whose prices have jumped the most in the past 10 years
• New York Times: The heart perils of pain relievers
• CNN: CNN poll: Obama numbers plunge into generation gap
• Wall Street Journal: Rail safety and the value of life
• U.S. News and World Report: U.S. News releases NCTQ teacher prep ratings
• Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel: Reports question benefit of Medtronic’s spine surgery product
• Murfreesboro Post: Vanderbilt: Don’t leave your child in hot car
• Associated Press: TN GOP supermajority struggles to find footing
• Nashville Business Journal: Vanderbilt wins $1M from American Medical Association
• The Hindu (India): Sensitive predators
• The Tennessean: TN payday lender grows at breakneck speed amid industry
• The Tennessean: Health-care plan predictions vary widely among TN leaders
• The Tennessean: Rule change to help some get health care
• The Tennessean: TN attorney general’s power makes him a target
• Nashville Parent: Dad dilemma: When the baby prefers Mommy

 

Week ending Friday, June 14, 2013:

• CNN: MERS deaths at 33; researchers claim progress
• Knoxville News Sentinel: Editorial: Governor should consider study in decision on pre-K funds
• NCN (Guyana): The Ministry of Health is collaborating with the Vanderbilt University to establish a new ambulance authority
• Music Row: Warner Music Nashville teams with Vanderbilt for Accelerator Summer Business Institute
• The Tennessean: Rise in government surveillance raises questions about how much is enough
• The Tennessean: Idea that college is unnecessary is not smart
• Nashville Ledger: BRT plan would worsen West End traffic
• Chicago Tribune: Exercise: Alternative reward for those battling addiction
• Huffington Post: If you could only give one piece of sleep advice, what would it be?
• Voice of America: Simple theory may explain dark matter
• Business Insider: Professor: There’s one MBA ranking that matters the most
• Digital Music News: Warner Music Nashville teams up with Vanderbilt Accelerator Summer Business Institute
• Nashville Post: Predators gift total to Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt reaches $700K.
• Nashville Scene: A remarkable new oral-history project documents LGBT life before Stonewall in Middle Tennessee
• Nashville Scene: With marriage equality in Tennessee, a change is gonna come — but sloooowly
• USA Today: Health care providers speak up for immigrants
• USA Today: Opinion: Where was Snowden in 2006?
• Reuters: Mom’s obesity tied to higher risk of preemies
• National Public Radio: Backstory: States of Mind: Mental Illness in America
• The Tennessean: Vanderbilt children’s hospital makes best list
• The Tennessean: Nashville Predators donate to children’s hospital
• Associated Press: Transplant group rejects lung rule changes
  
• New York Times: College-bound advocate finds a voice beyond his disability
• NBC News: Hospitals aim to reduce kids’ radiation exposure
• United Press International: New theory of dark matter zeroes in on unique subatomic particles
• Wired: New algorithms force scientists to revise the tree of life
• ABC News: Gonorrhea tops list of scary superbugs
• Sojourners: ‘Here is the steeple:’ Church leaders take on sexual violence within their walls
• Knoxville News-Sentinel: Kentucky report sheds light on Pilot Flying J ownership
• Nashville Post: Vanderbilt names nursing school dean
• Miami Herald: Many parents turn to private psychologists for kids’ ‘gifted’ tests
• The Atlantic: In autism, the importance of the gut
• Australian Broadcast Corporation: Geza Vermes: the man who created the modern face of Jesus
• Slate Magazine: The Geneva suspension
• Associated Press: Tennessee higher education leaders push for immigration reform
• The Tennessean: Vanderbilt picks Linda Norman to head nursing school
• The Tennessean: Vanderbilt research developing new chemical against mosquitoes to eradicate malaria
• The Tennessean: Politics complicates TennCare discussion
• Tullahoma News: First Amendment violations determined on ‘case-by-case basis’

Week ending Friday, June 7, 2013:

• Associated Press: Educators push for immigration reform
• The Free Press Journal (PTI-India): Saturn-like planet discovered in another solar system
• The Tennessean: Baby Andrew bounces back from virus
• The City Paper: Flying high halfway through term, Haslam stays above fray, political land mines
• The Murfreesboro Post: Vanderbilt offers safety tips for CMA Music Festival
• NBC.com: Saturn-like alien planet found by little telescopes
• L’Espresso (Italy): Il futuro? Ce lo insegnano i bambini
• Associated Press: New NRA-backed Kansas law seeks to limit lobbying
• Knoxville News-Sentinel: Haslam to review federal pre-K funding plan
• The Tennessean: Nashville’s Entrepreneur Center caught in legal battle over name
• The Tennessean: Nashville Alzheimer’s center aims to model standards for care
• The Tennessean: Nashville’s Brandt Snedeker upbeat after diagnosis of rare bone condition
• WPLN: Vanderbilt seeks advice from visiting students on football attendance
• Nashville Business Journal: What Major League Baseball can learn from Vanderbilt
• USA Today: Nashville civil rights minister Will Campbell dies
• ABC News: Wine, beer and spirits could get nutrition labels
• Science Daily: Saturn’s metal-poor ‘cousin’ discovered with little telescope
• New Statesman: Blog: Primaries aren’t about reducing safe seats: they’re about increasing credible candidates
• The Tennessean: Muslim group’s TN forum with feds disrupted by heckling
• The Tennessean: Nashville business leaders share views on equal pay issue
• New York Times: Growing left, growing right
• Reuters: Daily sunscreen may prevent skin aging
• U.S. News and World Report: Women who attend elite schools less likely to work, study finds
• Science Daily: Salt gets under your skin
• The Tennessean: TN law enforcement officials welcome DNA samples in arrests
• The Tennessean: Opinion: The Amp will cause congestion
• The Tennessean: Assaulting health care workers about to draw steeper fines in TN
• Nashville Business Journal: The Pitch: InvisionHeart lets docs view EKGs on tablets
• Nashville Post: VU investigation team lands $1.1M federal grant
• Bloomberg: In Tennessee, gay marriage has young doubting Republicans
• Time: The dirtiest low-down campaign in America: Cuccinelli vs. McAuliffe
• Talking Points Memo: What SCOTUS might do in the big affirmative action case
• Journal of Blacks in Higher Education: Three African American women in new faculty roles
• NBC.com: The Grio: When it comes to infidelity, ‘the Devil made me do it’?
• Kinetics Live: Empowering Voices speaks with Dr. Emilie Townes, 16th dean of the Vanderbilt University Divinity School
• Wisconsin State Journal: UW spine surgeon’s career, life marked by controversy, tragedy
• Knoxville News Sentinel: New law doesn’t solve problem of treating undocumented immigrants
• The Tennessean: Opinion: John Rich’s faith in Vanderbilt is rewarded

Week ending Friday, May 31, 2013:

• Slate: The director of the theater of horror
• Boston Globe: Cambridge firm’s autism drug fails test, families upset
• New York Times: Colleges report 2013 admission yields and wait-list offers
• Wired (U.K.): Study: mutant mosquitoes lose sense of smell (and lust for human flesh)
• Fast Company: A robot for autistic kids, now in schools
• Associated Press: Billy Joel surprises New York high school
• Science Codex: Studies link fatigue and sleep to MLB performance and career longevity
• The Tennessean: Metro Nashville tries to reduce school hopping
• Nashville Scene: Gun owners want background checks
• Associated Press: Decontaminating patients cuts hospital infections
• HealthDay News: High doses of common painkillers may raise risk for heart trouble
• Bloomberg Businessweek: Ibuprofen at high dose raises heart risk, review shows.
• CNN.com: Should I be concerned about the new virus?
• Yahoo!: Five women busting through the tech industry’s glass ceiling
• U.S. News and World Report: Start a business in B-school
• Nature: Mutant mosquitoes lose lust for human scent
• Columbus Dispatch: Can you stop a mosquito by shutting down its kidneys?
• Harvard Business Review: Opinion: Why men work so many hours
• Catholic News Service: Program founded by Catholic priest gives lifeline to former prisoners
• Governing: Minnesota’s recovery high schools struggle with funding, enrollment issues
• The Tennessean: Longtime TN nurse has insurance but not enough for new liver
• Nashville Post: VU course targets health industry, Latino community
• Wall Street Journal: Accounting fraud targeted
• NPR: Ring Nebula is more like a jelly doughnut, NASA says
• Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Medical pot lighting up debate in Michigan and Ohio
• Investor’s Business Daily: Opinion: Is Gang of Eight’s $3,000 bonus to hire new immigrants constitutional?
• The Tennessean: Colleen Conway-Welch led Vanderbilt nursing school to prominence
• Boston Globe: Many women with top degrees stay home
• USA Today: Conservative group’s sex talk at high school questioned
• PBS NewsHour: How do low-skilled workers fit into equation of immigration reform?
• Washington Post: ‘The Faithful Executioner: Life and Death, Honor and Shame in the Turbulent Sixteenth Century’ by Joel F. Harrington
• La Nacion (Argentina): ¿Indignados o resignados?: convivir con la corrupción
• NBC.com: The Grio: Despite natural disasters like Moore, black pastors tread lightly on climate change
• Psychology Today: Does early academic prowess predict later success?
• WAMC: Academic Minute: Human migration into the Americas
• CNet: The true shape of the Ring Nebula
• Knoxville News Sentinel: Tom Humphrey: Governor, majority of citizens together in muddled middle
• Chattanooga Times-Free Press: Poll finds same-sex marriage more accepted
• Chattanooga Times-Free Press: 2010 study found problems with state sex predator program
• The Tennessean: Nashville living expenses are too high for many
• City Paper: Haslam: We’ll know by summer whether alternative Medicaid expansion will work
• City Paper: Tiny, tiny, tiny, tiny, tiny, tiny, TINY droplets
• Nashville Post: Valor, Metro partner with Vanderbilt for charter school initiative
• The Tennessean: Ms. Cheap’s Guide to Summer: Culture and education
• Reuters: Surgery probably better than hormone therapy for most boys with cryptorchidism
• Associated Press: Opinion: Freedom to report the news requires the freedom to gather it
• Futurity: This quick visual test predicts IQ
• She Knows Parenting: Divorce: Does “Down syndrome advantage” exist?
• Nashville Business Journal: 2013 Best of the Bar honorees announced
• The Tennessean: Top Vanderbilt officials see pay dip

Week ending Friday, May 24, 2013:

• Yahoo! News: College is expensive. And thanks to Washington, you might soon be paying more
• Reuters: Pfizer takes its shot at a vaccine for evasive superbug
• USA Today: Scientists worry about bird flu’s potential to mutate
• Associated Press: Kansas lawmakers pass bill on gun lobbying
• The Hill: Poll: Alexander positioned to stave off primary challenger
• Scientific American: Google CEO’s condition spotlights vocal cord paralysis and its treatment
• Detroit News: Dodd-Frank reform giving investors a voice on executive pay
• Chattanooga Times-Free Press: More Tennesseans supporting same-sex marriage
  Knoxville News Sentinel: Northwestern seeks to join legal fight over Knoxville teen’s confession
• The Tennessean: Opinion: Common Core will help provide boost to students
• Nashville Business Journal: Former CBO official to lead Vandy’s new Department of Health Policy
• Nashville Post: Vanderbilt seeks local kids with autism symptoms for national study
• NBC News: TennCare expansion backed by most voters
• Psychology Today: Who’s smarter: The selfish or the generous?
• The Tennessean: Nashville teen to get $100,000 for startup but must quit college
• The Tennessean: Vanderbilt affiliates with Jackson cancer center
• The Nashville Business Journal: Health insurance in jeopardy for millions without checking accounts
• BBC News: How religions change their minds
• Associated Press: Making mentally ill defendants ready for trial
• Yahoo! News: Despite Rubio’s wooing, radio hosts protest immigration reform bill
• Reuters: Does prostate cancer treatment help older, sick men?
• Popular Science: FYI: Do parasites get parasites?
• Business Insider: Charitable people may be smarter than the rest of us
• Futurity: Big data sets create ‘tree of life’ confusion
• Chronicle of Higher Education: Scholars in bondage
• Futurity: Tiny droplets ‘flow’ like quark-gluon plasma
• The Tennessean: Opinion: Stigma of mental illness must be erased
• The Nashville Examiner: Opinion: The real lesson behind Angelina Jolie’s announcement
• Six months before Dallas, JFK got up close with Nashville
• Five things to know about dangerous, SARS-like virus
• Wall Street Journal: The new science of giving
• R&D Magazine: Physicists create world’s smallest drops
• Nashville City Paper: Vanderbilt program aims to turn public school students into scientists
• USA Today: USC tax return reports $2.2 million for AD Pat Haden
• The Tennessean: Williamson developer sues Spring Hill woman over Facebook comments

Week ending Friday, May 17, 2013:

• ABC News: Five reasons you’re lucky you didn’t have winning powerball numbers
• Inside Higher Ed: Three out of 2U
• The Tennessean: Doc, nurse turf wars could impede health overhaul
• Nashville Scene: Remembering Don Evans, artist, professor and creative catalyst, for whom the big bang was not a theory
• Nashville Ledger: 3-D ‘printing’ offers new dimension in product visualization
• Nashville Ledger: Using video glasses in health care applications
• National Geographic: The mystery of risk
• Bloomberg: Wall Street internships offer NFL Players option when game ends
• Education Week: MOOCs provider in higher education targets K-12 teacher professional development
• The Atlanta Journal-Constitution: For many lottery winners, losing is just as big
• Deseret News (Salt Lake City, Utah): Are the poor represented in government?
• The Oregonian: Sherwood High School pulled controversial article from school newspaper
• Psychology Today: Our unconscious mind catches grammatical errors
• Phys.org: Untangling the tree of life
• Nashville Business Journal: Slideshow: Vanderbilt’s Blessing of Hands
• CBS News: Two new viruses threaten global outbreaks
• New York Times: Another college search outside the familiar, this time for a roommate
• NBC News: Angelina Jolie mastectomy has some women considering same
• Time: Hard choices Angelina Jolie faces about testing her kids for breast cancer genes
• Scientific American: Too many children go unvaccinated
• The Tennessean: More women with rare gene make same decision as Jolie
• The Tennessean: Poems and Pancakes stirs creative pot
• The Tennessean: TN women’s health improves to grade of C
• The Tennessean: Drug consultant to St. Thomas clinic in meningitis outbreak works for Vanderbilt
• Nashville Post: JumpStart names 2013 class
• Bloomberg Businessweek: B-school commencement 2013: U.S. Airways’ Doug Parker
• MedPage Today: Clusters of new coronavirus add to concern
• Futurity: Salt adds to stomach bug’s cancer risk
• The Tennessean: Nashville schools cast wider net for gifted children
• Nashville Post: VUMC names director for two new cancer research efforts
• New York Times: In the name of a legacy 
• CNN.com: Opinion: Ariel Castro’s alleged abuse, sadism is all too common
• National Public Radio: Kids with autism quick to detect motion
• New York Times: A strong response to paying board nominees
• ABC News: Girl with tics bucks doctors, blames Lyme disease
• CNN.com: Second case of challenging virus reported in France
• National Journal: How Goldman Sachs can help save the safety net
• Washington Times: No rush: Obama historically slow in stocking his second-term Cabinet
• Financial Times: Opinion: Online learning: The ghost in the machine
• Greatist.com: The 25 healthiest colleges in the U.S.
• The Tennessean: Opinion: Partners help city fight child obesity

Week ending Friday, May 10, 2013:

• ABC News: Cleveland kidnap victims could have died during birth, miscarriages
• The Nation: Adventures in neurohumanities
• Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel: Seeing life at twice the speed, new insights on autism
• St. Louis Public Radio: New group seeks to help prostitutes, victims and drug addicts in St. Louis
• Nashville Business Journal: Vanderbilt launches development competition for health apps
• ESPN.com: Undaunted
• Associated Press: Wearable robots becoming lighter, more portable
• CNN: Dangerous virus newly found in humans diagnosed in France
• Washington Post: Opinion: Why I disobeyed the United Methodist Church’s unjust teaching on same-sex marriage
• MyHealthNewsDaily: Spiraling esophagus: Strange condition found in elderly woman
• The Tennessean: Vanderbilt University offers wealth of fine arts, for free
• The Tennessean: Black vote gaining power in Tennessee, U.S.
• USA Today: Country artists help patients sing their stories
• The Tennessean: Camilla Benbow: Summer of fun need not preclude learning
• The Tennessean: Opinion: Put aside medical ‘turf wars’
• The Tennessean: Release of Medicare data shows wide range of hospital prices
• Nashville Business Journal: Nine Nashville hospitals receive A’s on patient safety
• Wall Street Journal: Prostate test could cut need for surgery
• Boston Globe: Sucking on your baby’s pacifier may cut allergies
• Washington Post: Survey shows cursive, on the decline, is taught in many classrooms nationwide
• Scientific American: Streams of consciousness blog: Can doctors diagnose MS from blood?
• NBC News: New Tim McGraw video shows dangers of distracted driving
• Inside Higher Ed: Merit consideration
• The Fiscal Times: 10 smart ways to cut college costs
• Nashville Business Journal: NashvilleBiz Blog: What presidential campaigns and health insurance exchanges have in common
• Nashville Scene: Don Evans, 1939-2013
• Clarksville Leaf-Chronicle (TN): Kenwood High School students visit Vanderbilt lab
• Washington Post: Wonkblog: A new study says politicians don’t favor the rich. That’s debatable.
• AOL Jobs: America’s new boomtown city is … Nashville
• Knoxville News-Sentinel: Congressmen back Alexander on campaign trail, not on Internet tax trail
• City Paper: Pulitzer Prize-winning Toni Morrison to deliver Vanderbilt Senior Day address
• New York Times: Corporations find a friend in the Supreme Court
• New York Times: Sucking your child’s pacifier clean may have benefits
• USA Today: Al Jazeera to open 12 U.S. bureaus
• ABC News: Experts shoot down speculation that spider bite led to Jeff Hannemen’s death
• Greensboro (N.C.) News and Record: Opinion: Small memorial a milestone in reconciliation
• Bristol (Tenn./Va.) Herald Courier: Mountain States Health Alliance announces affiliation with Vanderbilt University Medical Center
• Chattanooga Times-Free Press: Sen. Lamar Alexander out on limb by advocating an Internet sales tax in Tennessee
• The Tennessean: Take a closer look at Common Core, TN’s new classroom standards
• The Tennessean: Nashville nonprofits pack big economic punch

Week ending Friday, May 3, 2013:

• Scientific American: An app that locates the source of shots
• CNN: Discover your inner scientist: Wolbachia in Nashville 2013 trailer
• Healthcare IT News: Vanderbilt kicks off mHealth contest
• Daily Mail (United Kingdom): They’re coming! First sighting of cicadas on the East Coast as the buzzing insect invasion begins
• The Tennessean: Colleges to kick off graduation season
• Nashville Post: Vanderbilt to offer free online teacher courses
• Associated Press: Coursera to offer new MOOC options for teachers
• UPI: Parents should not hold child on lap on a playground slide
• ABC News: Number of Boston University student deaths ‘staggering’
• CBS News: Catherine Zeta-Jones enters rehab: What’s the difference between bipolar I and II?
• New York Times: Attention-deficit drugs face new campus rules
• The Tennessean: Teacher uses shaved head as learning tool
• USA Today: Ex-rock singer gives up stage for pulpit
• Popular Science: New smartphone app locates the source of gunfire
• The Tennessean: Opinion: Physicians should take lead role in patients’ care
• Clarksville Leaf-Chronicle (Tenn.): STEM Academy students study cattle health problems
• Reuters: Your child’s brain on math: Don’t bother?
• HealthDay News: New guidelines suggest HIV screening for all adults
• ABC News: Professor asks if eating boogers boosts immunity
• Al Jazeera: Autistic boy responds to his robot
• Sun News (Canada): Need to find a sniper? There’s an app for that
• Forbes: Why older minds make better decisions
• Discover: Opinion: Why GMO supporters should embrace labels
• The Tennessean: New conservatorship law comes too late for some wards
• The Tennessean: Tennessee investments in startups, innovation on the rise
• Discovery News: Android phones pinpoint snipers
• Associated Press: Leftist priests: Francis can fix church ‘in ruins’
• USA Today: Many questions, few answers in Pilot Flying J case
• Fast Company: The best teachers for autistic children: robots
• Bloomberg Businessweek: Female MBAs from elite schools are more likely to opt out
• Education Week: AERA: Instructional leadership is about quality time, not quantity
• Diverse: Turner laid foundation for African-American studies
• ABC News: Tenn. family sues after seeing altered, ‘offensive’ images of son with Down syndrome
• FoxNews.com: Opinion: Christians, we must love our Muslim neighbors, too
• Miami Herald: Opinion: What the Beyoncé and Jay-Z Cuba uproar teaches us
• The Tennessean: Vanderbilt professor teams up with Nashville Symphony
• The Tennessean: Local social entrepreneurs double Kickstarter goal for drink mix company
• Chapter16.org: Death becomes him

Week ending Friday, April 26, 2013:

• Wall Street Journal: Legal pot use in Colorado could still get you fired
• FoxNews.com: Could you design the next marine amphibious assault vehicle?
• Philly.com: Opinion: Obama dedicates Bush library; will he disclose donors to his own?
• Associated Press: TN GOP says infighting typical of supermajority
• Science Daily: Tracking gunfire with a smartphone
• The Tennessean: H-1B visa program fills early
• The Tennessean: Federal HIV vaccine trial that included Vanderbilt is halted after poor results
• MSNBC: Opinion: Let’s talk about guns, but stop stereotyping the mentally ill
• Discovery News: Why we don’t see ourselves as others do
• Yahoo! Finance (Canada): Riches to rags: Why most lottery winners end up broke
• New York Daily News: Breakthrough drug gives girl born without bones a new chance at life
• Poets and Quants: Bringing Tuck’s culture to Vanderbilt
• Ars Technica: Tankcraft: Building a DARPA tank online for fun and profit
• AI CIO: Forty under 40
• The Tennessean: Pilot Flying J mess could hurt Bill Haslam’s political ambitions
• The Tennessean: Camilla Benbow: Touch screens offer learning potential, parental challenges
• Bloomberg Businessweek: Tuck’s M. Eric Johnson named dean of business at Vanderbilt
• CBS News: Boston Marathon amputees face challenges relearning how to walk
• HealthDay News: Deadly meningitis cases worry gay community
• NBC Latino: Girl born with no bones improving with new treatment
• Wall Street Journal: Column: To serve woman
• The Mountain Press (Sevier County, Tenn.): Editorial: The harm of patronage
• Daily News Journal (Murfreesboro, Tenn.): MTSU selects former USA Today Editor Ken Paulson as Mass Communication Dean
• Financial Times: Vanderbilt appoints Tuck professor as next dean
• USA Today: Children hurt by lawn mowers: predictable, preventable
• Associated Press: Nashville girl improving after experimental drug helps her grow bones
• ABC News: Alleged bomber’s neck wound missed vital arteries
• ABC News: PTSD may strike Bostonians in bombing, lockdown aftermath
• National Public Radio: Journey of a specialty coffee bean, from cherry to cup
• USA Today: Princeton Review names Green Honor Roll
• The New York Times: In questions at first, no Miranda for suspect
• Country Weekly: Artists record songs written by Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital Patients
• The Tennessean: Scientists try to unravel breast cancer mysteries
• Nashville Post: Vanderbilt to convert coal plant to natural gas
• USA Today: Professors embrace pop culture to teach economics.
• USA Today: New drug gives growth to girl born with no bones
• USA Today: When doctors are bullies, patient safety may suffer
• United Press International: A high-salt diet and ulcer bug may increase cancer risk
• Minneapolis Star-Tribune: Republicans make U.S. Rep. Collin Peterson an early target
• Salt Lake Tribune: Split emerges among Mormon scholars
• The Coloradoan: Fort Collins startup company looks to cure ‘sitting disease’ one sole at a time
• Science Daily: Middle schoolers discover novel chemical bond
• The Tennessean: TN ramps up efforts to increase exports
• The Tennessean: Nashville toxicologist testifies drug reaction impossible
• Nashville Post: New cardiovascular chief at VU

Week ending Friday, April 19, 2013:

• Associated Press: Pilot Flying J raid focuses on incentive practices
• Reuters: Panel divided over safety of Endo’s testosterone drug
• The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education: Honors for three African American scholars
• Graduate Management Admission Council: Diversity Blog: Fear Not: Easing diverse candidates’ anxiety related to B-School applications and enrollment
• Science Daily: High-salt diet and ulcer bug combine to increase risk of cancer
• Everyday Health: Let’s hope it is just gas
• The Tennessean: Tennessee to vote on merit pay for teachers
• Nashville Post: Vanderbilt focus on recruitment in California, West yields positive results
• The Tennessean:  Elizabeth Cook to headline Appalachian celebration
• Nashville Post: Engineering problem to solve? Check Vanderbilt University’s Senior Design Day
• Nashville Ledger: Vanderbilt’s Kinch to lead Tennessee Nurses Association
• ABC News: In shrapnel, doctors gather evidence after Boston bombing
• CBS News: 25 private colleges with the happiest freshmen
• Hechinger Report: Mississippi develops new teacher evaluation system
• USA Today: Opinion: ‘Ag-gag’ bills harm free speech
• Des Moines Register: Opinion: DMACC policy undermines free speech
• The Tennessean: Suburbs siphon off Nashville jobs
• The Tennessean: Lawmakers amend conservatorship bill after concern from hospitals
• Wall Street Journal: Can new building toys for girls improve math and science skills?
• ABC News: Boston Marathon bomber wanted to kill ‘as many people as possible’
• Bloomberg: Will your bank die of cancer or a heart attack?
• The Street: Car title loans onerous, not dangerous
• Inc.: Who works the least? (hint: it’s not who you’d expect)
• The Scientist: Lab-grown kidneys work in rats
• Qatar Tribune: Need to bridge technological gap between teachers, students: Expert
• Above the Law: Comparing the law schools of the South
• The Tennessean: Opinion: It is vital that we monitor antibiotic use in livestock
• The Tennessean: Medicare sees drop in readmission costs
• NPR: While Congress slumbers, laws pass elsewhere
• Los Angeles Times: Nanosponge soaks up toxins in blood
• CNBC: Why businesses prefer a liberal arts education
• New York Daily News: Moms from nation’s top universities less likely to return to work
• The Tennessean: Nashville voices take concerns about antibiotic resistance to Washington
• Nashville Scene: Three Vanderbilt professors named Guggenheim Fellows
• Nashville Post: VU students honored at Social Venture Challenge
• ;Bloomberg: Parties switch roles over possible U.S. sale of new deal TVA
  • NBC News: Ivy-League education makes moms more likely to stay home
  • ProPublica: Everything we know about what’s happened under sequestration
  • Perfil (Argentina): Opinion: La verdadera madre de todas las batallas
  • The National (U.A.E.): Gifted pupils: young and bright but lost in the system
  • Journal of Blacks in Higher Education: Honors for three African American scholars
  • Washington Monthly: The law school jobs problem is worse than we thought
  • Christian Post: White Americans most unhappy with President Obama’s performance
  • The Tennessean: Vanderbilt surgeon takes aim at teen gun violence
  • The Tennessean: GOP supermajority winds down 2013 session

Week ending Friday, April 12, 2013:

• NBC News: Best-educated moms are also more likely to ‘opt out,’ research finds
• The Oklahoman: Blackmail vs. political speech: A gray area, Oklahoma legal experts say
• U.S. News and World Report: Which law schools’ grads get the most judicial clerkships?
• The Tennessean: Ms. Cheap: Celebrate Vandy’s Black & Gold weekend
• PhysBizTech: Healthcare continues to struggle when hiring for health IT
• The Tennessean: Proposed sale of TVA raises complex issues
• Nashville Ledger: Moses honored as AACR fellow
• New York Times: Moving to a place where strangers on the street say hello
• Chronicle of Higher Education: International-education programs face challenges in president’s budget
• Washington Times: Pioneering Bible scholar retires
• HealthDay News: Calcium may cut risk for precancerous colon lesions in some people
• PhysOrg: Humanities, medicine combine to reveal secrets of scurvy
• The Tennessean: South Africa’s Justice Cameron speaks in Nashville
• The Tennessean: Meals 2 Heal supports cancer patients with nourishing meals, education
• The Tennessean: Camilla Benbow: Atlanta test-score scandal illustrates difficulties of education reform
• The Tennessean: Drinking coffee may increase longevity
• Associated Press: Vanderbilt divinity dean sees church changes
• National Public Radio: ‘Accidental Racist’: The controversy and the conversation
• Reuters: Judge singles out Ohio firm in trimming fee award in Bank of America case
• Washington Post: Squirrel Week
• Cosmopolitan: Why are the most educated women more likely to ditch their careers?
• Education Week: Powering lifelong learning relationships
• The Atlantic: The jobs crisis at our best law schools is much, much worse than you think
• The Tennessean: YWCA names 2013 Academy for Women of Achievement co-chairs
• The Tennessean: DCA students get jolt from blackberry
• Nashville Scene: Vanderbilt is training our next generations of home cooks
• Nashville Post: VU sets $1.25M goal with annual faculty-staff campaign
• CBS News: United States officials monitoring China’s bird flu
• Real Clear Politics: Will Hillary Clinton’s media honeymoon last?
• Science Daily: Women with elite education opting out of full-time careers: women with MBAs are most likely to work less
• USA Today: Colleges cut ties with Adidas amid labor violations
• Psychology Today: Emotionally polarized
• RIA Novosti (Russia): Obama opens window for Russians to contest Magnitsky Sanctions
• Inc.: How to find a celebrity mentor
• Fox News: Two infants contract herpes following circumcision
• WPLN News: Law schools shrink amid slump in applications, job market
• The Tennessean: Vanderbilt team to compete in Rice business plan competition
• The Tennessean: Gun tragedy hit in unguarded moment in home
• Nashville Post: Vanderbilt’s Kinch to oversee Tennessee Nurses Association
• Nibletz: Nashville: It takes a village, or a startup community to build an entrepreneur center
• Wall Street Journal: Some women lean out more than others.
• ABC News: Caffeine gum rattles nerves of health experts
• New York Times: Think Like a Doctor: ‘The Baby Who Won’t Eat’ solved!
• ABC News: Herpes strikes two more infants after ritual circumcision
• USA Today: U.S. public health officials watching bird flu outbreak in China
• Wall Street Journal: A final sentence
• Orlando Sentinel: Push is on to expand gifted education to more minorities, poor
• Knoxville News-Sentinel: Tennessee GOP ‘supermajority’ eases up on silly bills
• The Tennessean: Israel, Palestinian people need two-state solution, Ehud Barak says at Vanderbilt
• The Tennessean: Alexander critical of Obama policies
• The Tennessean: Three Spring Hill teens used nude photos to blackmail girls, police say
• 365 Nashville: Dyer Observatory
• Murfreesboro Post: Robot helps those with autism learn

Week ending Friday, April 5, 2013:

• ABC News: Roger Ebert’s candidness with cancer made him a ‘role model’ for patients
• The Wall Street Journal: Opinion: Find a man today, graduate tomorrow
• USA Today: College students go gourmet
• Think Progress: What is the real threat from North Korea?
• China Daily: China seen favorably in Latin America
• Science News: Dream contents deciphered by computer
• The Guardian (United Kingdom): Kicking McDonald’s out: the hospitals getting serious about food
• Medical News Today: Specialized telerobotic system designed to treat bladder cancer
• Wicked Local: Restaurants brought into union’s spat with South Shore YMCA
• The Tennessean: Tennessee payday lender grows at breakneck speed amid industry criticism
• The Tennessean: Vena Stuart students learn about constellations
• Nashville Ledger: College 2.0: Four years, a diploma and employment
• Nashville Scene: Blair Percussion VORTEX revives George Antheil’s ahead-of-the-curveBallet mécanique with robotic pianos 
• Nashville Business Journal: Saint Thomas, Vanderbilt named to Becker’s 100 Great Hospitals
• Associated Press: China bird flu mutates, might infect mammals
• HealthDay News: Monkey research gives insights into new SARS-like virus
• Globe and Mail (Canada): Former Goldman Sachs exec in line to be next U.S. envoy to Canada
• Fast Company: A $40 baby-saving device and other highlights from the Clinton Global Initiative University
• The Australian: Teaching, dancing robot unveiled in UK
• Futurity: Better robotics to treat bladder cancer
• ABA Journal: More states see tort limits challenged as unconstitutional
• New York Times: In Mexican villages, few left to dream of U.S.
• MSN Money: Swan song for U.S. symphonies?
• Foreign Policy: Questions you never thought to ask: Are shark attacks bad for democracy?
• Chicago Tribune: Special needs for special siblings
• New York Times: Crucible of change in Memphis as state takes on failing schools
• Futurity: Interactive robot trains kids with autism
• Futurity: Title loans are pricey, but most keep their cars
• Science Daily: Telerobotic system designed to treat bladder cancer better
• St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Clinton initiative seeks to help students make global impact
• The Tennessean: VUMC freezes pay raises, vacations amid sequestration
• The Tennessean: Ms. Cheap: ‘Juggleville’ offers a little something for everyone
• U.S. News and World Report: What graduate students should know about the sequester
• USA Today College: Bridge programs aim to fill liberal arts gap
• American Prospect: What do wealthy “super citizens” want from government?
• Men’s Health: Seven pains you should never ignore
• The Scientist: Text mining in the clinic
• Environmental Leader: Opinion: Six reasons your sustainability innovation is failing
• Christian Post: Opinion: Forces of cultural change: explaining the shift in public attitude on same-sex marriage
• The Tennessean: 1954 title shocked Peabody golfer Nancy Reed
• CBS Sunday Morning: Who was Mary?
• ABC News: Woman who contracted encephalitis on school trip awarded $41.7m
• USA Today: Fallout from fungal meningitis crisis continues
• El Pais: América Latina, el nuevo campo de batalla económico entre China y EE UU
• Associated Press: TN lawmakers seek power to select U.S. Senate nominees
• NBC 5 (Chicago): Study reveals thoughts of Chicago millionaires
• Journal and Courier (Lafayette, Ind.): Catholic Church sees lowered interest in a higher calling
• The Tennessean: Opinion: Together, hospitals can avoid deadly consequences
• The Tennessean: Easter services on Saturday appeal to many
• The Tennessean: Vanderbilt group performs impossible ‘Ballet mécanique’
• The Tennessean: Haslam thrives on avoiding confrontation
• The Tennessean: ‘C!RCA’ is a new kind of circus
• Nashville Ledger: ‘Take these towers down’
• Nashville Post: Vanderbilt lands $9.3M U.S. Defense Department tech grant

Week ending Friday, March 29, 2013:

• National Public Radio: Number of early childhood vaccines not linked to autism
• USA Today: Column: Judicial selection should return to its roots
• U.S. News and World Report: How does operating efficiency affect rank of national universities?
• Fast Company: Is an MFA the new MBA?
• ChinaDaily: China seen favorably in Latin America
• The Tennessean: Opinion: Together, hospitals can avoid deadly consequences
• The Tennessean: After year in and out of hospital, White House baby returns to family
• The Tennessean: Ms. Cheap: Week brings free concerts, fossil fun, cheap pet vaccinations
• The Daily Herald: Domestic violence outpaces programs, funds
• Chicago Tribune: Opinion: Is privacy going to the dogs?
• LiveScience: ‘Mind-blowing’ bacteria reveal inner workings of some infectious diseases
• ABC News: SARS-like virus kills two more people in Germany and Britain
• Christian Post: Opinion: Can we trust public opinion polls that show majority support for same-sex marriages?
• Nashville Post: VU prof study shows wealthy Americans averse to supporting national health care programs
• The Tennessean: Got kids with behavior problems? Help is within reach
• The Tennessean: Camilla P. Benbow: Preschool effects greatest for those who need it most
• Nashville Post: VU grad student wins ‘Business for Good’ contest
• Associated Press: College nondiscrimination ban headed to governor
• Detroit News: High court to rule on affirmative action ban
• The Hill: Remembering the chemical attacks against the Kurds
• El Nuevo Siglo (Colombia): ¿Qué tan católicos son los latinoamericanos?
• MSN Money: Why it seems your income is treading water
• Forbes: Opinion: Who voted for those taxes on gays and seniors?
• Education Week: Opinion: Can’t we pay our best teachers more?
• ABC News: Child who needs corrective hearing surgery gets wish
• Lebanon Democrat: Pody pulls Vanderbilt bill
• The Tennessean: Ms. Cheap: Event will highlight spectacular fossils
• Inside Higher Ed: Fund-raising the bar
• The Atlantic: The touch-screen generation
• ABC News: Daredevil dies in rope swing stunt popular on YouTube
• ABC News: Texas biolab loses deadly Guanarito virus
• NBC News: Cold sores may be tied to memory loss, study suggests
• Philadelphia Inquirer: A new frontier in ICU research: Postintensive care syndrome
• National Journal: Are the 1% driving the economic debate?
• Digital Journal: New fronts in heart disease: perspectives from a heart surgeon
• The Tennessean: Bill stripping Vanderbilt police powers over ‘all-comers’ policy is dropped
• Associated Press: Black church’s challenges discussed at conference
• The Tennessean: Vanderbilt study: Soy diet improves lung cancer survival odds in women
• The Tennessean: Vanderbilt opens evening children’s clinic in Mt. Juliet
• Associated Press: CDC: 105 children died from flu this season
• Reuters: Menthol cigarettes no more risky, study suggests
• Red Orbit: Robotic therapist helps train kids with autism disorder
• American Medical News: Study calls for preventive health guidelines for young adults
• The Tennessean: A movement emerges in Nashville: Nash refused to give
• her power away
• The Tennessean: Dr. Charlene Dewey named Nashville ATHENA Awards winner
• The Tennessean: Votes on school vouchers, TennCare draw near
• The Tennessean: Vanderbilt to host symposium on Russian punk protest group
• The Tennessean: Ms. Cheap: Franklin family takes a break from modern conveniences
• The Tennessean: Douglas Hall, famed astronomer and Dyer director, dead at 72
• Tennessee Register: Jesuits surprised that first of their brethren is elected pope

Week ending Friday, March 22, 2013:

• Los Angeles Times: Op-Ed: The one percent are not like the rest of us
• The New York Times: Once few, women hold more power in Senate
• Time: When warriors have to battle cancer, too
• Futurity: Genes tied to severe autism may play bigger role
• Mashable: Robot helps teach kids with autism
• Associated Press: Senate panel OKs college nondiscrimination ban
• CNN.com: GOP looks to red states’ successes for answers
• CNN: CDC: Number of children with autism higher than previously thought
• ANI (India): Now, humanoid robot to help train kids with autism
• U.S. News and World Report: New medical school programs help students battle burnout
• ABC News: Two more compounding pharmacies recall drugs over infection fears
• Bloomberg: Intuitive robosurgery training seen lacking in lawsuits
• Science News: Disrupted brain chatter produces schizophrenia-like symptoms in mice
• Archaeology Online: When did people reach South America?
• Alabama Online: Adam Graham’s sermon title becomes title for collection from 2012 Festival of Preachers
• The Tennessean: Sycamore students explore science at Vanderbilt
• Nashville Scene: You likely haven’t seen Robert Beavers’ legendary films — and you likely won’t get another chance
• U.S. News and World Report: Study: Double majors are more creative, dynamic thinkers
• Wall Street Journal: Hispanics extend reach beyond enclaves
• Foreign Policy: The Iraq War: 10 years in 10 numbers
• Campus Technology: Devices to spur interaction
• RedOrbit: Black hole and red dwarf intertwined in two-hour tango of death
• The Tennessean: Eliminating Vanderbilt police would be mistake, Nashville police chief says
• The Tennessean: Opinion: Tennessee’s children need counselors to do their jobs
• The Tennessean: TN ranks third for rising hospital costs, insurers’ group says
• Tennessee Register: Pope Francis a ‘source of great joy’
• ABC News: Parental fear blocks HPV vaccination for teens
• USA Today: Opinion: Don’t marry your major
• The Tennessean: Vanderbilt’s IMPACT Symposium begins, covers Middle East
• The Tennessean: Op-ed: Expansion in TN’s best interest
• The Tennessean: Vanderbilt Health network to roll out health care programs for large companies in 2014
• Associated Press: College nondiscrimination ban passed by House
• Richmond (Va.) Times-Dispatch: Students question intent of campus bill
• Nashville Business Journal: Symphony woes not unique to Nashville as expenses weigh on the arts
• Washington Post: Sequester cuts university research funds
• NBC News: Train vs. plane: Does Amtrak’s new Acela ad do the service justice?
• ABC News: Teen dies of rabies after getting bitten by vampire bat in Mexico
• ABC News: Cold or allergies: How to tell
• Pioneer Press: If most teachers get a bonus, does Minnesota’s Q-Comp system work?
• Dallas Morning News: Book Reviews: Fort Hood, soldiers’ secrets figure prominently in new books
• Knoxville News Sentinel: Obama call for pre-k expansion gets GOP skepticism in Tennessee
• The Tennessean: Editorial: Cost-cutters exaggerate the downside of pre-k
• The Tennessean: Opinion: Tennessee legislators promote bills that support discrimination
• The Tennessean: Vanderbilt speakers will discuss peace, conflict
• The Tennessean: USC students spend their spring break serving in Nashville

Week ending Friday, March 15, 2013:

• The Chronicle of Higher Education: Double majors produce dynamic thinkers, study finds
• Associated Press: Constitutional concerns raised over Vanderbilt University police bill
• ABC News: ‘One-lung’ rabbi feels kinship with one-lung pope
• ABC News: Can homemade booze kill you?
• Forbes: What happens when the Federal Reserve stops artificially boosting the economy, and should you worry about it?
• Huffington Post: Science: Life and death decisions by cells, investigated under life-threatening conditions during WWII
• Examiner: Weapons ban could lower healthcare costs
• Real Clear Politics: For Obama, poll numbers still carry weight
• Diverse Issues in Higher Education: Star Player
• Tampa Bay Times: Riata defibrillator problems worry patients, doctors
• Tri-cities: Vanderbilt University students return to Floyd to help on Parkway
• The Tennessean: Author Rob Bell visits Nashville to talk about God
• Nashville City Paper: The City Paper interview
• Nashville Scene: The piano takes center stage in Nashville this weekend with a Craig Nies concert and Steinway birthday celebration 
• Nashville Ledger: Innovation, thrift drives nonprofit success
• PBS Newshour: Have past presidents found a winning strategy in bipartisanship?
• Associated Press: Study: Radiation for breast cancer can harm hearts
• ABC News: New pope had lung removed during childhood
• National Public Radio: Why North Korea makes everyone nervous … except Dennis Rodman
• Science News: Disputed finds put humans in South America 22,000 years ago.
• Bloomberg Businessweek: B-School bling
• Forbes: Opinion: To reduce lawyers’ drag on growth, how about a law Ph.D.?
• The Tennessean: Camilla Benbow: Success of universal preschool plan depends on quality
• The Tennessean: Opinion: Meharry, Vanderbilt grasp vital challenge
• The Tennessean: New pope’s simple lifestyle impresses Nashville Catholics
• The Tennessean: Franklin boy rebuilds body, brain
• New York Daily News: College freshman performs ‘New York State of Mind’ with childhood idol Billy Joel
• NBC’s “Today Show” featured Vanderbilt student Michael Pollack and his piano playing throughout today’s program.
• Associated Press: FDA adds heart risk warning to popular antibiotic
• CNN.com: Death toll from new SARS-like virus climbs to 9
• Philadelphia Inquirer: Spina bifida: Promise and limits of fetal surgery
• Corporate Counsel: Vanderbilt University Brings in Ex-DHS Attorney as GC 
• RedOrbit: New cosmic ray telescope hosted by space station
• WPLN News: Hospitals undermine debt reduction argument against TennCare expansion
• The Tennessean: Opinion: Republican tenacity is harming economy
• Nashville Post: Peabody earns top ranking from ‘U.S. News’
• The Tennessean: Vandy’s Rites of Spring 2013 features Needtobreathe, Rusko, more
• U.S. News and World Report: Best Graduate Schools 2014
• CNN.com: Ryan takes on Obamacare … again
• ANI (India): Vanderbilt’s new programming process lets cochlear implant users hear better
• Futurity: Follicle count could predict menopause
• The Washington Times: Bionic suit to help paraplegics walk could be ‘Obamacare’ casualty
• The Tennessean: Vanderbilt medical center’s supplier failed FDA review
• Nashville Post: VU lands LEED certification for Commons Center
• ABC News: Daylight saving 2013: On the grid, but not off the hook
• Inside Higher Ed: Opinion: Keeping the doors open
• MyHealthNewsDaily: Flu shots keep older people out of the hospital
• Associated Press: Tenn. bill would require proof of meningitis shots
• Roll Call: Opinion: Female voices boost Violence Against Women Act
• Campus Safety: Legislators threaten to cut Vanderbilt PD for ‘all comers’ policy
• Associated Press: Government lesson for teens pushing for helmet law
• Washington Post: Opinion: Bloody Sunday’s 48th anniversary: What bridges need to be crossed today?
• Chattanooga Times Free Press: In D.C., effectiveness isn’t about how many bills a legislator gets passed
• The Tennessean: Letter to the Editor: Vanderbilt police are necessary
• The Tennessean: Opinion: Nashville must make bus rapid transit work from the start
• The Tennessean: TennCare expansion urged at town hall meeting
• The Tennessean: Drug-addicted babies bring competing approaches in proposed TN legislation
• The Tennessean: Davidson County Briefs: Nashville universities receive community service honors
• The Tennessean: Music City Baroque looks back
• Nashville Business Journal: Vanderbilt anesthesia team develops patient app

Week ending Friday, March 8, 2013:

• Reuters: Narcolepsy link to Glaxo vaccine poses challenge for FDA
• NBC News: Opinion: Colion Noir, the NRA’s ‘urban gun enthusiast,’ is off target
• Bloomberg: An MBA option for the music industry
• New Scientist: Giant Milky Way bubbles blown by black hole merger
• Health Day: Petroleum jelly tied to vaginal infection risk in study
• The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education: Vanderbilt University receives the papers of a civil rights icon
• Orlando Sentinel: Rollins College boots student religious group off campus
• Dothan Eagle: Tax credits, vouchers a mixed bag
• The Tennessean: Former Vanderbilt player hopes to help athletes, fans play video games together
• The Tennessean: Ms. Cheap: Get cheap ‘Cabaret’ tickets, free prom dresses
• Nashville Scene: ‘How Am I Doing?’ Director Neil Barsky, Richard Lloyd part of BelcourtKoch events
• UPI: Evidence of Milky Way ‘fireworks’ seen
• ABC News: CRE tops list of scary superbugs
• The Tennessean: Editorial: Legislators strongarm VU over policy
• The Tennessean: Vanderbilt expects $50 million loss in funds
• The Tennessean: Nashville leads nation in February job openings growth, firm says
• USA Today: Major college ADs averaging more than $500,000 in pay
• Associated Press: Senator’s traffic stop part of VU police debate
• The Daily Beast: Tennessee wants to punish Vanderbilt for a nondiscrimination policy
• The Tennessean: Worker’s refusal to perform CPR stirs outrage
• The Tennessean: Sisters enjoy life beyond 100
• Christian Science Monitor: Mexico: Latin America’s second-largest economy lags in digital accessibility
• The Tennessean: Vanderbilt sophomore is science student by day, CEO by night
• Associated Press: Critics of Vandy policy seek to strip police power
• The Tennessean: Thefts have neighborhoods on lookout
• USA Today: Gunshot wounds drive up government health care costs
• RedOrbit: Astronomers explain our galaxy’s violent past
• New York Times: Room for Debate: A trend away from silencing offensive speech
• Washington Post: Anger management courses are a new tool for dealing with out-of-control doctors
• Scientific American: Putting tests to the test: many medical procedures prove unnecessary—and risky
• The Monkey Cage: Opinion: The house that Chavez built
• LiveScience: Baby cured of HIV: What are the implications?
• Wired: Everything illuminated: New method to light up pieces of cancer puzzle
• The Atlantic Wire: The most anticipated commencement speakers of 2013
• Futurity: ‘Worry’ genes may stifle risky investments
• WFAE (Charlotte, N.C.): Inexperienced teachers a booming trend
• The Tennessean: Vanderbilt study links mother’s high-carb diet to severity of common illness among infants
• The Tennessean: Meningitis outbreak: Saint Thomas clinic blames FDA, state officials
• The Tennessean: Wine-in-grocery-stores debate: claims vs. facts
• The Tennessean: Vanderbilt renews effort to turn research ideas into cash
• Nashville Post: Vanderbilt names general counsel
• New York Times: Keeping an eye on test-takers
• Associated Press: TN Republican lawmakers seek to back away from ‘fringe’
• ABC News: Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month kicks off with giant, inflatable colon in Times Square
• WNYC (New York City): Bloomberg to offer own Sandy buy-out plan, with a twist
• The Tennessean: Clinics, researchers brace for gradual affliction
• The Tennessean: ‘Women’s Words’ get voice
• The Tennessean: The Rev. Becca Stevens shares journey to healing in new book, ‘Snake Oil’
• The Tennessean: Nashvillians keep it real on ‘Amazing Race,’ ‘American Idol’ and more reality TV shows
• Nashville Post: Dever accepts second term as VU College of Arts and Science dean

Week ending Friday, March 1, 2013:

• Science News: Video games take aim at dyslexia
• Phys.org: Sequester will have a devastating impact on America’s research enterprise
• The Tennessean: Opinion: VU gym is not fan-friendly
• Nashville Ledger: Why is it so hard for us to chill out?
• Los Angeles Times: ‘Sequester’ cuts to hit healthcare hard
• Postmedia News (Canada): Brogurt: The manly yogurt Chuck Norris would eat, probably
• ScienceDaily: NASA announces new CubeSat space mission candidates
• MedPage Today: Swine flu shot linked to sleep disorder in kids
• The Tennessean: TN Education Commissioner Kevin Huffman says charters can serve better
• The Tennessean: Opinion: Coordinated effort can help boost struggling schools
• Nashville Post: Vanderbilt University Health System names informatics chief
• Associated Press: College discrimination policy bill advancing
• National Public Radio: It’s a trap! Four possible presidential pitfalls
• RedOrbit: Supermassive black holes – with guest Dr. Kelly Holley-Bockelmann (part 3)
• Philadelphia Inquirer: KIPP students show major improvement, study finds
• Education Week: Taking a deeper look at charters’ discipline policies
• Knoxville News Sentinel: Researchers at Michigan State, Vandy win High-Performance Computing Grants for work at ORNL
• Chattanooga Times Free Press: Andy Berke shows broad fundraising reach
• The Tennessean: Where food and faith meet
• The Tennessean: Opinion: Sexual violence issue needs more attention
• CNBC: Why the 1% hate deficits (and why they may be right)
• Boston Globe: Missing inaction: The National Health Care Workforce Commission
• WBIR (Knoxville): TN bill looks to let college religious groups pick members
• The Tennessean: Supporters, foes of Tennessee wine-in-supermarkets law make last-minute pitch
• The Tennessean: Motorcycle helmet could become optional for adult riders in TN
• Chronicle of Higher Education: Yale theologian is drawn to lead a divinity school with a progressive edge
• New York Times: Panel on health care work force, lacking a budget, is left waiting
• New York Times: High debt and falling demand trap new vets
• Associated Press: New film tells story of unsung civil rights leader
• United Press International: Wealthy see deficit as most pressing problem
• Tampa Bay Times: PolitiFact: Fact-checking Marco Rubio’s immigration claims
• Boston Globe: Getting your body’s clocks to run on time
• El Mundo (Colombia): Editorial: La confianza en los partidos 
• Memphis Commercial Appeal: More ’emotional’ testimony predicted Monday in grocery store wine hearing
• Chattanooga Times Free Press: Appointed judges have edge in Hamilton County elections
• The Tennessean: Patent system set to shift from first-to-invent to first-to-file format
• The Tennessean: Tennessee universities’ sticker shock grows
• The Tennessean: A movement emerges in Nashville
• The Tennessean: Solar panels gain popularity as price drops

Week ending Friday, Feb. 22, 2013:

• Associated Press: Judges learn it’s human to have feelings on bench
• USA Today: Flu vaccine barely worked in people 65 and older
• Christian Science Monitor: Pot on the patio? Colorado’s ‘surreal’ path to legalizing marijuana.
• Ecology.com: Stereo sniffing: Evidence moles can smell in stereo
• ANI News (India): ‘Large lunch and small dinner’ key to slim body
• The Tennessean: Vanderbilt showcases student films
• Nashville Scene: Third Man Records, The Belcourt and programmer James Cathcart come to the aid of Nashville’s avant-garde and experimental film fans 
• The Tennessean: Vanderbilt’s economic impact on Tennessee tops $8.5B
• New York Times: Promises of tax cuts popular with Italians
• BBC News: London joins U.S.-based online university Coursera
• CNN Health: Experts: New SARS-like virus could show up in U.S.
• Globe and Mail (Toronto): Which animals can smell in stereo?
• CBS News: Telomeres may predict common cold risk in adults: What are they?
• Knoxville Metro Pulse: Reform school: Tennessee’s growing debate over school vouchers
• Nooga.com: Gov. Bill Haslam is “GOP star you’ve never heard of,” Politico report says
• Nashville Business Journal: State of the hospital: Vanderbilt University Medical Center
• The Tennessean: Charlotte Avenue wants boost from own bus rapid transit
• The Tennessean: Therapy pets offer happy distraction for ill children, adults
• Nashville Post: Civil rights icon Lawson donates papers to VU
• Nashville Scene: Wrongfully imprisoned death row inmate Ndume Olatushani shows how paintings can change your life
• Nashville Scene: The Nashville Print Revival will make you a believer
• Washington Post: The ‘E’ in STEM gets its moment
• USA Today: Chromosome changes may predict susceptibility to disease
• Smithsonian Magazine: Moles can smell in stereo
• ABC News: Toddler injured in Sandy now battles deadly infection
• WPLN: Civil rights leader donates historic letters to Vanderbilt
• WPLN: Researcher turns spotlight on effect of state authorizer
• Nashville Post: VU renews PBM deal
• City Paper: Symphony’s assistant concertmaster must prep for anything from classical to juggling
• Public News Service: Stepping up so people with disabilities can attend TN college
• New York Times: A mole’s nose knows, with stereo sniffing
• Fronteras: Veteran helps family of fallen Iraqi comrade get safely to U.S.
• Nashville Ledger: Voucher plan is gearing up in Tennessee Legislature
• Los Angeles Times: After 15 years in solitary, convicted terrorist pleads for contact with others
• NBC News: Group brings healing power of music to hospitals across the U.S.
• Associated Press: Persistent Parker nears top job at American
• Associated Press: Haslam’s voucher plan is gearing up in TN legislature
• USA Today: Flu trending downward, but still hitting elderly hard
• Christian Science Monitor: Wyatt Smith makes a deal with his students: Learn Chinese. Go to China.
• Miami Herald: NBA’s best player (LeBron James) isn’t best paid
• WAMC (Northeast Public Radio): Academic Minute: Megafauna diets and extinction
• Catholic News Service: Humble courage: Catholics praise retiring pope
• Knoxville News-Sentinel: States’ rights bills flooding Tennessee capitol
• The Tennessean: Nashville Ballet shows off new ‘Attitude’
• Nashville Post: VU prof wins Sloan Foundation grant

Week ending Friday, Feb. 15, 2013:

• USA Today: Wife gives ultimate Valentine’s Day gift – a kidney
• USA Weekend: How to make love last
• Reuters: ”High-glycemic” foods tied to diabetes risk
• The Tennessean: Kissing bug’s deadly bite studied by Vanderbilt, Meharry researchers
• Nashville Post: Vanderbilt University Children’s Hospital fares well in ‘Parent’ magazine ratings
• Nashville Ledger: Reduced Midstate role lessens impact of Dell move to buy back stock
• ABC News: SARS-like virus may be spreading through human contact
• Scientific American: Can early deep-brain stimulation surgery help more Parkinson’s patients?.
• Scientific American: Touching the light: rats get fitted with Star Trek VISORs
• HealthDay News: Little-known respiratory infection sends many kids to hospital
• Verge: Fighting dirty: Microsoft’s mean ‘Scroogled’ ads are a sign of what’s to come
• Diverse: Diverse Conversations: Supporting underserved populations in higher education
• Wired: Medicine for the rich is about to get cheap enough for regular people
• Nashville Scene: Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Tracy K. Smith talks about inspiration, personal reflection and recitation
• The Tennessean: Camilla Benbow: Scholars show little consensus on benefits of vouchers.
• The Tennessean: Opinion: Anti-paparazzi measures go too far to protect celebrities
• CNN.com: Folic acid in pregnancy may lower autism risk
• New York Times: The Indiana Jones of anthropology
• El Nuevo Siglo (Colombia): Clases altas prefieren democracia representativa a directa
• Associated Press: Pulitzer Prize-winning poet speaks at Vanderbilt
• Science News: U.S. breast-feeding rates up
• Nashville Post: VU prof who worked on space shuttle dies
• Nashville Post: VU’s Mitchell to serve as president of national engineering association
• Nashville Scene: Opinion: State Rep. Pody looking to cut Vanderbilt police jobs
• Fox News: Video: Is there a natural successor to Pope Benedict XVI?
• Time: Should colleges ban double majors?
• Rosbalt (Russia): Success stories are appearing every day
• The Tennessean: Vanderbilt inks deal for obesity drug
• The Tennessean: Opinion: Mental health care often ineffective
• The Tennessean: Vanderbilt critic at work on new bill
• WPLN: All-comers ban returns, limited to state schools
• Miami Herald: Latin America’s corruption starts at top
• Associated Press: Meningitis outbreak: Health crisis superseded privacy laws
• USA Today: Extreme winter sports keep upping ante—and risk
• USA Today: Whooping cough may be becoming resistant to vaccines
• CBS News: Worst of flu season may be over as death rates continue to fall
• Diverse: College students poorly served by current financial aid system
• Asian News International: Protein discovery offers new hope against recurrent breast cancer
• Newsday: Roslyn college student Michael Pollack, 18, performs with Billy Joel
• WHYY Newsbreak (Philadelphia): Bacterial meningitis not as easy to contract as you may think
• WPLN: Researchers eye potential voucher hot spots
• The Tennessean: Opinion: Classroom Protection Act is a bad idea
• The Tennessean: Learning curve: Siegel kids look to get jolt out of project
• The Tennessean: Vanderbilt grad discusses acclaimed novel, ‘The Family Fang’
• Nashville Scene: Peerless music biographer Peter Guralnick remembers R&B great Solomon Burke
• Shelbyville Times-Gazette: Granddaughter of Alzheimer’s victim organizes fundraiser

Week ending Friday, Feb. 8, 2013:

• Huffington Post: Opinion: A new and better way to rate Super Bowl ads
• Huffington Post: Gulf War syndrome, other illnesses among veterans may be due to toxic environments
• ABC News: Serial killer Israel Keyes’ suicide letter is creepy ode to murder
• The Nation: Podcast: Can the U.S. government assassinate you?
• Religion News Service: Fasting like an Old Testament prophet gains followers during Lent
• The Tennessean: TN school voucher issues ripple far
• Fort Campbell Courier (Clarksville, Tenn.): Green Beret speaks right language during emergency
• Yahoo! Sports: From morning to night, Vanderbilt stages a Signing Day worth celebrating
• Smithsonian Magazine: When did humans come to the Americas?
• USA Today: ‘666’ on tax form leads man to quit job
• Education Week: Opinion: Appreciating special education students’ diversity
• GCN: When cell phone technology hits a wall
• The Tennessean: Nashville investment guru ready to fill niche with universities, nonprofits
• The Tennessean: Loss of firm’s accreditation will cost patients, court told
• The Tennessean: Vanderbilt’s Blair School of Music has some great free offerings this month
• The Tennessean: Seniors safer exercising indoors in winter
• Discovery News: Moles can smell in stereo
• CNN.com: It’s your fault: How our ‘tribes’ help create gridlock in Congress
• Associated Press: Vandy study: Prison sentence reduces lifespan
• USA Today: Flu attacking elderly at historically high rates
• ABC News: Baby boomers not living healthy
• Chicago Tribune: Study finds women who undergo early menopause face increased risk for heart disease and stroke
• Chronicle of Higher Education: Transitions
• National Geographic: Ancient words: deciphering an ancient people and their language in El Salvador
• Cosmos (Australia): Killer instinct
• State Impact: Why history supports the Indianapolis mayor’s plan to manage takeover schools
• The Tennessean: Billy Joel, Vanderbilt student perform together in Nashville
• Nashville Business Journal: Why that next promotion may come sooner than you expected
• Nightly Business Report: Video: Do Celebrity Endorsements Profit Shareholders?
• USA Today: Best Value Colleges strive to cut tuition sticker shock
• Nature.com: Students with autism gravitate toward STEM majors
• USA Today: Flu attacking elderly at historically high rate
• Yahoo! News: How did ‘Little House’ sister really become blind?
• Politico: California case tests Obama pot policy
• The Daily Record: Naomi Tutu’s interview after college of Wooster workshop reveals her authenticity
• The Tennessean: Oreck Corporation adds products, revamps marketing strategy
• The Tennessean: TennCare debate simmers over possible expansion
• The Tennessean:  Vanderbilt among nation’s top 25 college endowments, down slightly from 2011
• Nashville Post: Partner, coordinate watchwords for hospital operators
• WPLN: Judges have feelings, too: Vandy law professor

Week ending Friday, Feb. 1, 2013:

• ABC News: Triaminic, Theraflu recalled after children accidentally ingested the medication
• WebMD: Study: People emit flu germs up to six feet away
• Billboard.com: Backbeat: Billy Joel dazzles Nashville audience with questions and answers session, concert
• Associated Press: Study sees prostate cancer treatment side effects
• Smithsonian.com: How the star-nosed mole “sees” with its ultra-sensitive snout
• NBCNews.com: Super Bowl’s 8 bawdiest commercials ever
• The Root: Could a bachelor win the presidency?
• ABA Journal: Supreme Court weighs whether Virginia can deny public records to noncitizens
• The Tennessean: Williamson Medical pediatric tower OK’d
  
• CNN.com: New, simpler childhood vaccine schedule
• Bloomberg Businessweek: How some students make ends meet in business school
• Financial Times: Global MBA rankings 2013
• Everyday Health: Doctors respond to gun violence
• Politico: The invisible health-care panel
• Education Week: Research-practice partnerships help districts, W.T. Grant Foundation finds
• Deseret News: With Obamacare looming, pressure grows on smokers, obese
• The Tennessean: Immigrant groups in TN gaining more hope
• The Tennessean: Opinion: Childhood memories grew around Musial’s exploits
• The Tennessean: Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet visits Music City
• Nashville Scene: Would Japan’s school lunch program work in the U.S.?
• Bioscience Technology: New tool for mining bacterial genome for novel drugs
• Health News Digest: Predicting survival among those aging with HIV infection
• Inside Higher Ed: Not rushing into MOOCs
• TopNews.in: Using calculators in math class ”ok” as long as kids possess basic skills
• WebMD: FDA panel wants more restrictions on hydrocodone
• Nashville Scene: Jean Kang and Jered Sprecher at Vanderbilt’s Space 204
• CNN.com: What’s special about nanotechnology?
• Chronicle of Higher Education: Longtime dean sees expanding role for highly trained nurses
• Washington Post: Obama’s daring liberal agenda is neither daring nor liberal. Discuss.
• NBC.com: For Super Bowl ads, it’s go viral or go home
• ABCNews.com: Mom accused of drowning girl wins with insanity defense; now, can she re-enter society?
• Yahoo! News: Would you get a flu shot made of insects?
• The Globe and Mail (Canada): If the flu shot is only 50-50, do we really need it?
• Chronicle of Higher Education: Report suggests replacing Pell grants with a federal-state matching grant
• The Scientist: Gaming with autism
• Your Universe Online: Podcast: Facts about black holes – separating myth from reality (Part 2)
• AskMen.com (Australia): What does it really mean to be a psychopath?
• Psychology Today: Handwashing myth has environmental consequences
• Knoxville News Sentinel: Editorial: Two universities tangling with issues about the First Amendment
• Chattanooga Times-Free Press: Chilling HIV undercurrent: Some want virus
• Gannett News Service: Sen. Lamar Alexander often votes with Obama, study shows
• The Tennessean: Great Performances at Vanderbilt shares madness of Rude Mechs’ ‘The Method Gun’

Week ending Friday, Jan. 25, 2013:

• ABC News: Study casts light on political robo-polls
• Nightly Business Report: Hard-To-Copy hedge funds are more likely to fail
• Washington Post: Banning of protester from D.C. after inauguration ignites debate on free speech
• RedOrbit: How stars die and black holes form with guest Dr. Kelly Holley-Bockelmann (Part 1): Your universe today podcasts
• Williamson Herald: Cold-weather tips for taking care of skin
• The Tennessean: DCS miscounts child deaths again, governor appoints special adviser to analyze department
• USA Today: Ads for Super Bowl ads build social-media buzz
• Smithsonian Magazine: When did humans first come to the Americas?
• Associated Press: Vanderbilt lending iPads to students
• Knoxville News-Sentinel: Opinion: What are Tennessee Democrats to do?
• The Tennessean: Young ATV rider’s near-death crash spotlights TN coalition’s safety efforts
• Chattanooga Times Free Press: Senator Bob Corker seeking review of State Department
• Nashville Scene: Ndume Olatushani at Vanderbilt’s Black Cultural Center
• Reuters: Analysis: In speech, Obama pushes activist government and takes on far right
• FoxNews.com: Video: Reaction to President Obama’s second inaugural address
• The New Republic: The equality inaugural
• Bloomberg: Opinion: Geithner’s bailouts didn’t create our mess
• ABC News: ‘Moo Man’ celebrates cow whisperer and virtues of raw milk
• The Tennessean: Vanderbilt tests water for free online courses
• The Tennessean: Landmarks retell story in Nashville’s civil rights tour
• The Tennessean: Dickson County citizen journalists report from inauguration
• The Tennessean: Food’s role in diabetes debated
• The Tennessean: Opinion: PCORI aims to help patients make better choices
• Associated Press: Obama’s inauguration day is a day for MLK Jr., too
• Associated Press: King ‘content of character’ quote inspires debate.
• CNN: Opinion: Give Lance another chance?
• CBS News: CDC: Flu deaths increase “sharply” as epidemic continues
• ABC News: Texas woman’s fingers, legs amputated after dog bite
• Baltimore Sun: Hope, cynicism run high for second Obama term
• Science Daily: Revolutionizing military manufacturing
• The Tennessean: Vandy student vies for ‘King of the Nerds’ on TBS
• The Tennessean: Middle TN celebrates King Day
• The Tennessean: Inauguration bus trip thrills Nashville group

Week ending Friday, Jan. 18, 2013:

• CNN: Flu vaccine attitudes abroad differ from U.S.
• The Scientist: Anonymity under threat
• LiveScience: Inflatable earbuds aim for Apple debut
• Dallas Morning News: Opinion: Parkland requires transformation, not quick fixes
• ArtDaily: Exhibition celebrates recent major sculpture acquisition at Vanderbilt University
• The Tennessean: Civil rights heroes return to tell stories
• The Tennessean: Human hearts open kids’ eyes about healthy choices
• Nashville Scene: An exhibition of work by death row inmates shows we’re all connected by death sentences 
• Nashville Post: VU Divinity School lands $300K grant
• Associated Press: King’s daughter: Nonviolent message vital as ever
• USA Today: Marketing experts say tough road back for Armstrong
• National Geographic: How far off is a better flu shot?
• The Hill: Conservatives shift focus away from Senate Republican incumbents
• Discover: Why GMOs are great and why they should be labeled
• Thompson Reuters Insight: Man jailed for 23 years should be released: judge
• Government Executive: How big is government? New ‘map’ shows us nobody knows
• The Tennessean: Forum with Frist addresses government’s role in funding research
• The Tennessean: AG’s opinion on ‘all-comer’s’ bill dims chances for passage this year
• The Tennessean: Opinion: Tennessee runs less red than thought
• The Tennessean: Opinion: Nashville can be ‘it’ for education
• Chapter16: Coming out of the shadows
• Nashville Post: Nashville Emerging Leaders announces 2013 class
• Nashville Post: VUMC links up with Jackson hospital
• Nashville Scene: Jose and Pilar launches ‘International Lens’ Series tonight at Sarratt
• Williamson Herald: Vanderbilt health affairs chancellor addresses healthcare environment at chamber luncheon
• CBS News: The flu vaccine: What’s stockpiled, why you should get one now
• The New York Times: Mining electronic records for revealing health data
• Forbes: A vaccine eliminated a deadly killer of infants. So why do some people fear it?
• The Tennessean: Carbon monoxide leak at Drexel alarms parents
• The Tennessean: Pharma companies partner with Vanderbilt on drug research in Franklin
• Memphis Business Journal: Nursing grads balancing bright prospects with sometimes-harsh reality
• The Tennessean: Vanderbilt to open pediatric outpatient clinic and relocate Bone and Joint clinic in Franklin
• The Tennessean: Former inmates get fresh start
• TNReport: Roundup: Vanderbilt Poll: Gov. Bill Haslam wildly popular in Tennessee
• Boston Business Journal: AstraZeneca neuroscience unit inks deal with Vanderbilt University
• The Tennessean: Drexel school alerted parents of carbon monoxide, students’ exposure
• The City Paper: Vanderbilt University wants full tax-exempt status for frat houses
• New York Times: The Choice: A dream college acceptance arrives at bedtime
• Chicago Tribune: Taking the oath for the second time
• USA Today: United States needs more effective flu shots, experts say
• CNN Money: For nursing jobs, new grads need not apply
• Harvard Political Review: The South China Sea: Flashpoints and the U.S. pivot
• WPLN: Vanderbilt researchers develop software for Defense department competition
• The Tennessean: Opinion: King’s message of love continues to resonate today
• The Tennessean: For two boys, love replaces what muscular dystrophy steals away
• The Tennessean: Vanderbilt galleries welcome new shows

Week ending Friday, Jan. 11, 2013:

• Associated Press: Flu season strikes early and, in some places, hard
• Yahoo!: Finance: TIBCO Software and Vanderbilt University Medical Center announce strategic partnership
• Psychology One: Are angry judges better than ‘robots’?
• New York Now: Blog: Experience trumps hope in Obama’s second-term cabinet selections
• The Tennessean: Opinion: State should run own exchange
• NBC Nightly News: Flu season creates public health emergency in Boston
• Wired: DARPA open source code for building your own amphibious tank
• The Tennessean: Vanderbilt Medical Center first in state to implant new heart assist device
• Nashville Scene: Alan Light will talk about ‘Hallelujah’ in Nashville, but Leonard Cohen won’t be singing it
• Nashville Post: Vanderbilt promotes pair to serve financial services unit
• Washington Post: 2012 hottest year on record in contiguous U.S., NOAA says
• National Geographic: Dental damage complicates the fate of America’s greatest fossil cats
• New York Times: Nashville’s latest hit may be the city itself
• Reuters: U.S. doctors feel pinch of early flu season, push for vaccinations
• New Scientist: Mock Mars mission reveals salty surprise
• Sacramento Observer: Vanderbilt Divinity School names black woman as next dean
• The Tennessean: Tennessee schools graded C- by reformers
• Nashville Business Journal: Vanderbilt partners with PBS’ ‘Nightly Business Report’
• PBS’ Nightly Business Report (national) interviewed Margaret Blair, Milton R. Underwood Chair in Free Enterprise
• ABC News: Medicare pays $415M annually for breast cancer screenings in women over 75
• Poets and Quants: Silly news: WSJ claims MBA pay is falling
• The Tennessean: HPV-related cancer rises despite vaccine to stop it
• New York Times: Economix: The cliff game
• CBS News: Outrage after NY newspaper publishes gun holders’ names, addresses
• PBS: Frontline: Facing a second trial, Ernie Lopez takes plea deal
• Associated Press: Mixing tattoos with the workplace requires caution
• The Tennessean: Opinion: Funded birth control will slow abortion rate
• The Tennessean: TN cancer advocates to press lawmakers on cigarette tax hike, chemo insurance
• The Tennessean: Midstate Briefs: Emilie Townes named dean of Vanderbilt Divinity School
• Nashville Scene: Nashvillian looks to Kickstarter to start his energy bar business, and help refugees in the process 

Week ending Friday, Jan. 4, 2013:

• ABC News: Nurses fired for refusing flu shot
• The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education: Emilie Townes named Dean of the Vanderbilt Divinity School
• Bloomberg Businessweek: Finding a cure for MBA senioritis
• Education Week: How can school systems continue to improve? IES to find out
• The Credits: Blog: This is your brain on movies: Neuroscientists weigh in on the brain science of cinema
• The Tennessean: Nashville Predators’ payroll in good shape for 2013-14
• Bloomberg Businessweek: MBA Rankings: Top schools for leadership.
• Times Higher Education (U.K.): Saving U.S. higher education looks a taxing proposition
• Gannett Washington Bureau: ‘No’ on cliff solution could be seen as anti-tax cut, some say
• Associated Press: American Airlines diverts plane from Brazil to Houston as passenger goes into distress, dies
• Science Daily: The science of neurosurgical practice: Experts discuss importance of quality improvement, clinical research, patient care
• More Magazine: Eight ways your body gets better with age
• Deseret News (Utah): Stealth educational choice?
• Nashville Business Journal: Bowl games aren’t money-makers, Vanderbilt athletic director says
• Scientific American: Podcast: Drones accelerate archaeological site mapping
• Boston University State House Project: Separating fact vs. fear on medical marijuana
• Boston Globe: Her hope grew within
• The Tennessean: Vanderbilt children’s hospital teacher Tina Woods excels in tough setting
• City Paper: Year in Review: Republicans use new numbers to flex political, policy muscles
• The Tennessean: Tennesseans of the Year: Dr. April Pettit and Dr. Marion Kainer
• The Tennessean: James Franklin goes full throttle to change image of Vanderbilt football
• Associated Press: Yale scholar appointed dean of Vanderbilt Divinity
• ABC News: Hillary Clinton hospitalized with blood clot
• New York Times: Dr. Rita Levi-Montalcini, Nobel winner, dies at 103
• Wall Street Journal: At long last, could the dividend revolution be here?
• ABC News: Recess ‘crucial’ for kids, pediatricians’ group says
• Boston Globe: A wish for relief, a tainted drug, a tragic outcome
• New York Times: Jane Holmes Dixon, bishop who stared down barriers, dies at 75
• Deseret News: Five steps of emotion coaching help kids grow, develop, researchers say
• The Tennessean: Key issues for TN legislature to tackle in 2013
• The Tennessean: Opinion: Rising health costs threaten our future
• The Tennessean: Tennessee organ transplant patients may have to wait longer
• The Tennessean: Music City Bowl’s Battle of the Bands sets stage for game