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VU In the News
 
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Some of the nation's leading research institutions, including Vanderbilt University and Meharry Medical College, have teamed up to create the first national research study recruitment registry. Gordon Bernard, associate vice chancellor for research, is quoted.
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Vanderbilt students recently participated in a poverty simulation at Vanderbilt’s Hillel Center in order to better understand the economic and organizational challenges faced by those with extremely few resources. Student Brad Sterling is quoted.
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The newsweekly’s roundup of the week’s live music includes a review of the Jay-Z concert at Memorial Gym.
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Reginald Coopwood, CEO of the Metropolitan Nashville Hospital Authority and assistant clinical professor of surgery at Vanderbilt, confirmed that he is a finalist for the job heading up the troubled Regional Medical Center in Memphis.
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D. Brent Polk, who has a division named after him at Vanderbilt University’s School of Medicine, is leaving the university to become chairman of the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Southern California’s Keck School of Medicine. Jeffrey Balser, vice chancellor for health affairs and dean of the School of Medicine, is quoted.
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The animal rights group PETA has called for a full audit of Vanderbilt’s animal experimentation protocols after a government report found that a former associate professor of neurological surgery and cancer biology, Nagendra Ningaraj, falsified study results to obtain a federal grant. John Howser, deputy director of news and public affairs at VUMC, is quoted.
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The newspaper’s “Reverb” blog interviews Emmylou Harris, who mentions Vanderbilt’s WRVU radio station.
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Tennessee's fledgling biotechnology industry and those who seek careers within it may get a boost Dec. 7, when the Tennessee Biotechnology Association's Graduate Alliance will convene to explore the intersection of science and the business priorities and practices that shape the commercialization of intellectual property that flows from research and development. Doctoral candidates Judsen Schneider and Mark Harris are quoted.
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WKRN, Channel 2, reported on World Toilet Day at Vanderbilt, which highlighted water-saving, environmentally friendly advances in plumbing, including technologies used at Vanderbilt. Kendra Abkowitz, sustainability specialist with Vanderbilt Environmental Health and Safety, was interviewed.
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