Vanderbilt Register On line
October 13 - 19, 1997   Volume XVIII, No. 6

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Students gather on Alumni Lawn for a Candlelight Reflection ceremony Oct. 8 as part of Alcohol Awareness Week. Songs, poetry and remembrances of friends and family who died in alcohol-related incidents were shared.

Holocaust lectures educate for two decades

Midnight Madness features shades, celebrities, scrimmage

Security offers lessons in self-defense

Vanderbilt joins effort dedicated to improving quality of life in Nashville


NSF funds establish center for innovative learning technologies

by Jean Moore

Researchers at Vanderbilt's Learning Technology Center and three partner institutions have been awarded a series of grants from the National Science Foundation to create a "virtual" Center for Innovative Learning Technologies (CILT). The new center will serve as a national resource for stimulating the development and broad implementation of technology-enabled solutions for K-14 science, math, engineering and technology learning, according to LTC Co-Director John Bransford.

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Renowned heart surgeon Shumway honored as Distinguished Alumnus

by Staff

Dr. Norman E. Shumway, renowned heart transplant surgeon and a 1949 graduate of the Vanderbilt School of Medicine, will be honored with the Alumni Association Distinguished Alumnus Award Friday, Oct. 17, as part of the annual Homecoming celebration.

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VUMC researchers join in new area of study of heart disease prevention

Alive Hospice gives tireless support in time of need

Law School hosts panels on Gender, Race and Ethnic Fairness

Peabody inaugurates new lecture series as part of Homecoming

Divinity faculty emeriti to deliver Cole, Norton lectures

Anthropologist to discuss New Age channeling

Vanderbilt employees honored for service Oct. 15


 Vice Chancellor for Media Relations:
Michael J. Schoenfeld

Director, News and Public Affairs:
Elizabeth P. Latt

Editor:
Jamie Lawson Reeves

Calendar Editor:
Ronda Blackman

Coordinator, Visual Imaging and Online Services:
Billy Kingsley

Contributors:
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Lew Harris
Jean P. Moore
Ann Marie Deer Owens
Staci I. Shipp

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