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September 11 , 2000

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Arthur A. Demarest, the Ingram Professor of Anthropology (left), and George Higginbotham, a graduate student at Vanderbilt (right) are excavating the three-story, 170-room palace at Cancuén, Guatemala. Alejandro Seijas (center) is an undergraduate student at the Universidad del Valle in Guatemala.

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Vanderbilt archaeological team unearths 170-room Maya palace

by David F. Salisbury

A team of archaeologists from the United States and Guatemala recently determined that a structure previously identified as a minor palace is not only one of the largest and most elaborate residences of ancient Maya kings discovered, but also one of the best preserved.

"With more than 170 rooms built around 11 courtyards in three stories, this eighth century royal palace is about the same size as the central acropolis in Tikal [Guatemala]," said Arthur A. Demarest, the Ingram Professor of Anthropology at Vanderbilt. "But what is most incredible about this site is that most of the palace is buried virtually intact. No one has found anything like this since the turn of the century."

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Survey: Faculty champion research, reputation

by Skip Anderson

IAccording to a recent survey, Vanderbilt faculty place a premium on enhancing its capacity to conduct state-of-the-art research and scholarship, enhancing the reputation of degrees offered by the University and ensuring that salaries of continuing faculty are competitive.

The Faculty Senate conducted the survey in April as a way of identifying the faculty's perspectives on issues important to the University's future for Chancellor E. Gordon Gee.

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VUMC's Dubois is lone American accepted into prestigious Royal College of Physicians

 

Dr. Raymond N. DuBois Jr., associate director for cancer prevention at the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, has been selected for membership into the Royal College of Physicians, the oldest medical association in the United Kingdom and one of the oldest in the world.
DuBois

DuBois, the Mina Cobb Wallace Professor of Cancer Research, will be formally admitted to the college during a ceremony Nov. 29 in London. He was selected for "admission without examination," which is restricted to a select number of individuals in recognition of their "exceptionally distinguished contributions in the field of medicine," said Professor Ian Gilmore, registrar of the Royal College.

Only nine members have been elected to the Royal College this year, and DuBois is the only American among them.

 

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