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VU In the News
 
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Some of New York's biggest companies, including Wall Street giants Goldman Sachs and Citigroup, received doses of swine flu vaccine for at-risk employees, drawing criticism that the hard-to-find vaccine is going first to the privileged. William Schaffner, chair of preventive medicine, is quoted.
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Controversial new European working laws mean all doctors, including surgeons, are allowed to work only 48 hours a week, raising fears that physicians will suffer from lack of training and be unable to properly follow through on complicated cases. John Tarpley, program director of surgery, and Gretchen Jackson, assistant professor of pediatric surgery, are quoted.
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John W. Mashek, 77, a political reporter who covered presidential campaigns and conventions spanning four decades and was a panelist on televised presidential and vice presidential debates, died Nov. 3 in Olney, Md. In retirement, Mr. Mashek was a fellow at Harvard University's Institute of Politics and was a scholar at the Vanderbilt University's First Amendment Center.
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James Guthrie, director of the Peabody Center for Education Policy, wrote this opinion piece about the state of education funding in the nation. The article was referenced in the Nashville Post’s “Post Business” blog.
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With a patient growth rate of about 4 percent each year, Vanderbilt University Medical Center opened the doors Thursday to a new building that will allow it to serve more critical-care patients. The new building, an 11-story, $169 million project, is the largest expansion in adult patient care on the hospital campus since the 1980s. C. Wright Pinson, chief executive officer, and Jeff Balser, vice chancellor for health affairs, are quoted. The story was also covered by the Nashville Business Journal.
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Five Nashville venture capital firms were selected to take part in a $120 million state program to invest in start-up, early and mid-stage companies, and, in the process, perhaps discover a business that will become the next FedEx or HCA. The selected venture capital firms include a companies run by Harry Jacobson, former vice chancellor for health affairs at Vanderbilt University; and Vanderbilt trustee Dennis Bottorff.
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CVS Caremark stock dropped 20 percent in value to $28.87 per share after it disclosed more multi-billion dollar contract losses in its pharmacy benefits management business and said the head of the unit will depart later this month. Nashville-area contract losses include the end of a Caremark contract with thousands of Vanderbilt University employees for their pharmacy benefits.
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A series of announcements about budget shortfalls has plagued Metro Parks Director Roy Wilson, raising questions about his future in the job. A proposal by the Vanderbilt Bridge Education Association, which currently uses space on Vanderbilt’s campus, to buy a piece of Metro land near Centennial Park to construct its own building, is mentioned.
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The journal’s online newsletter reports on a recent statement issued by the Southern Poverty Law Center criticizing Carol Swain, professor of law and political science, for endorsing a controversial film about race for use as a classroom discussion topic.
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