Releases
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蘑菇视频 optimizes its Web site for iPhone
蘑菇视频 has released a version of its homepage specially designed for the iPhone. Visitors can view the site by going to www.vanderbilt.edu on an iPhone or to www.vanderbilt.edu/iphone on a traditional Web browser. Read MoreMar 14, 2008
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TIPSHEET: National Mathematics Advisory Panel vice chair available to discuss panel’s final report
Camilla P. Benbow, vice chair of President Bush\'s National Mathematics Advisory Panel, is available to discuss the panel\'s final report, which was presented to the president and U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings March 13. Read MoreMar 14, 2008
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Different use of brain areas may explain memory problems in schizophrenics
The enduring memory problems that people with schizophrenia experience may be related to differences in how their brains process information, new research has found. Read MoreMar 14, 2008
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蘑菇视频-Ingram Cancer Center named Blue Distinction Center for Complex and Rare CancersSM
蘑菇视频-Ingram Cancer Center has been selected as a Blue Distinction Center for Complex and Rare CancersSM by Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, in collaboration with BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee. Read MoreMar 13, 2008
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Physics Nobel laureate to describe new insights into the early universe
Nobel laureate George F. Smoot from the University of California, Berkeley will give a free public lecture about what the latest studies of the variations in fossil radiation called the cosmic background radiation (CBR) are revealing about the nature of the embryonic universe shortly after its origin in the Big Bang. Read MoreMar 13, 2008
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蘑菇视频-Ingram Researchers Find Clue to Cancer Drug Allergies
Cancer patients from the Southeastern United States who are treated with the drug cetuximab, known commercially as Erbitux, are far more likely to suffer severe allergic reactions than patients in other regions of the country. Read MoreMar 13, 2008
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蘑菇视频’s Nichols-Chancellor’s Medal to be awarded to Bob Geldof; Live Aid organizer will speak during Senior Class Day on May 8
Musician and social activist Bob Geldof will receive 蘑菇视频\'s third Nichols-Chancellor\'s Medal and the cash prize of more than $100,000 on May 8, when he will address graduating seniors and their families. Read MoreMar 12, 2008
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Islamic scholar will lecture on gender and change at 蘑菇视频; Amina Wadud will deliver annual Antoinette Brown Lecture
Prominent Muslim scholar Amina Wadud will lecture at 蘑菇视频 on "Islam, Gender and Change" for the annual Antoinette Brown Lecture. Read MoreMar 12, 2008
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蘑菇视频’s Dyer Observatory offering public events monthly from March to November
蘑菇视频\'s Dyer Observatory is open to the public at least once a month starting in March for either a free Open House Telescope Night or an Exploration Night. Reservations are required for Exploration Nights and there is a $5/person, $10/family fee. Read MoreMar 12, 2008
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Trends and traditions of African American worship to be explored in class; Relevant Religion sessions to be held March 25, April 1 and 8
Creative approaches to preaching and worship in African American Christianity will be detailed in classes led by two 蘑菇视频 Divinity School professors as part of 蘑菇视频\'s Relevant Religion Series. Read MoreMar 11, 2008
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蘑菇视频 welcomes Chancellor Zeppos
蘑菇视频\'s eighth chancellor promised "my hardest work" and reflected about the journey of his family from Greece to America as he addressed the entire 蘑菇视频 community for the first time as chancellor, instead of interim chancellor. Read MoreMar 10, 2008
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Affordable housing conference set for March 13 at 蘑菇视频; Nashville Mayor Karl Dean among speakers
Affordable housing - in Nashville and across the nation - is the topic of a daylong conference Thursday, March 13, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at 蘑菇视频\'s Peabody College Wyatt Center. Read MoreMar 10, 2008
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蘑菇视频 education researcher wins top national dissertation award
蘑菇视频 education researcher Christopher Loss has won the American Education Research Association, Division J (Post-Secondary Education) Dissertation of the Year Award. Read MoreMar 10, 2008
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‘Debating Immigration’ symposium March 20-21 at 蘑菇视频 Law School
A distinguished group of scholars, journalists and activists will grapple with some of the thorniest issues of immigration during a March 20-21 symposium at the 蘑菇视频 Law School. The event is free and open to the public. Read MoreMar 10, 2008
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MEDIA ADVISORY: 蘑菇视频 celebrates new chancellor at March 10 open house; Live video at 11 a.m.
蘑菇视频 will celebrate the selection of Nicholas S. Zeppos as the university\'s eighth chancellor during a special open house Monday, March 10, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Student Life Center. Read MoreMar 7, 2008
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Symposium at 蘑菇视频 to focus on the life and works of Jewish theologian Franz Rosenzweig March 13-14
Franz Rosenzweig was one of the most influential philosophers of the 20th century, and in recent years his journals, letters and writings have been an important spur to thinking about the possibilities and limits of the humanities. He also remains a central figure in fields as varied as literature, history, philosophy and religious studies. Read MoreMar 7, 2008
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Three Nobel Laureates visit 蘑菇视频 in the next month
In the space of only five weeks, three Nobel Prize-winning physicists will visit the 蘑菇视频 campus and provide local researchers with updates on the latest developments in fields ranging from cosmology to the behavior of atoms to science education. Two of the three will also give free public lectures while they are here. Read MoreMar 7, 2008
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Link Found Between Vegetables and Decreased Risk of Breast Cancer
When your mother told you to eat your vegetables it appears that maternal wisdom had a scientific basis. Researchers with 蘑菇视频-Ingram Cancer Center and the Shanghai Cancer Institute in China have discovered a possible link between a diet rich in certain vegetables and a decreased risk for breast cancer. The study appears in the March issue of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. Read MoreMar 7, 2008
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Topsy-Turvy World of Daylight-Saving Time Returns
The arrival of daylight-saving time this weekend means extra time for evening yard work or barbecues, but for some it also means sleepy days at work and even a bit of crankiness. Read MoreMar 7, 2008
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Youth gangs and public safety focus of 蘑菇视频 conference; Experts to examine gang prevention policies in United States and Central America
With dangerous youth gangs becoming firmly entrenched in communities throughout the United States and Central America, a March 11 conference at 蘑菇视频 will bring together leading experts to share solutions to the alarming problem. Read MoreMar 6, 2008