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11/20/2009
Birthday quote for Nov. 23
11/20/2009
New express bus available for employees in Clarksville
11/20/2009
All forms must be ordered via eProcurement effective Dec. 1
11/20/2009
USAC blood drive Nov. 30 needs you
11/19/2009
Donate to help sick children at Blockbuster
11/19/2009
Murry named to board
- Timothy Caboni and Craig Anne Heflinger will add new leadership roles to their teaching duties at Vanderbilt’s Peabody College of education and human development.
Research fellow Annie Blobaum’s relationship with her horse speaks to the unique bonds we share with our pets – how we appreciate their most human qualities, and how they show us affection for being stewards of their care.
A significant expansion of Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt is in the works. The eight-story, 340,000-square-foot addition would include a newborn nursery, up to 20 labor and delivery rooms and 10 operating rooms.
A new lecture series focusing on art begins at Vanderbilt Monday with the appearance of artist Emma Amos at Wilson Hall.
Vice Chancellor David Williams delivers his “hands-on” demonstration of America’s most popular sport.- Buttrick Hall will ring with the sounds of poetry on Monday night, courtesy of Robin Becker, author of Domain of Perfect Affection and six other books.
- Rocky Alvey, superintendent of Vanderbilt Dyer Observatory, and Pamela Martin, lab manager, cancer biology, received the 2007 Commodore Award at a special ceremony Wednesday celebrating staff with 20 - 45 years of service.
Live theatre offers some of the most intense entertainment out there, especially when a talented playwright tackles a serious issue. The Vanderbilt theatre season opens with just such a production, Keely and Du by Jane Martin. It opens Friday, Sept. 28 in Neely Auditorium.
The continuing work of the groundbreaking Center for the Study of Religion and Culture at Vanderbilt was celebrated at an open house on Tuesday afternoon at Buttrick Hall.
A professor from Vanderbilt University told Congress on Tuesday that she found American culture “deeply gratifying and simultaneously disturbing” during a Washington hearing about stereotypes and degrading images in popular culture.
Local businesses show their support of the Vanderbilt community each year with a Show Your Gold contest for decorating storefronts and windows in black and gold.
German professor Dieter Sevin was awarded Monday the Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, the only order awarded by the president of that nation.
Dancers fold, turn and roll ingeniously in human origami in this unique and stunning display that kicks off the United States tour for BalletLab. Faculty and staff tickets are $14.- Vanderbilt theologian Ellen Armour will address the topic of homosexuality and the Christian church Thursday in a lecture that is part of her installation as the E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Associate Professor of Feminist Theology.
An expert on the American Revolution will help Vanderbilt mark Constitution Day with a lecture Thursday on “The Origins of American Constitutionalism.”
Mel Ziegler, an acclaimed artist, is settling in Nashville as the new chair of Vanderbilt’s studio arts department. He says the adjustment is an easy one, helped along by a welcoming city and evidence that public art is becoming a priority here.
Some of Vanderbilt Dyer Observatory’s best friends in the country music business will perform a benefit concert there on Friday, Sept. 28.
The Vanderbilt University Library has been working on a new tool, currently called AlphaSearch, which will be a primary point of reference for as many of the library resources – print, digital and electronic – as possible.
Tee up on the green with some co-workers, take a hot air balloon ride, get a discount at the bookstore and, of course, party at Tailgate 2007 during this week’s Employee Celebration. For a full listing of Employee Appreciation Month activities, click here.