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A holiday shopping tip you need to remember. We know it’s early but, you will thank us. It’s VUCast time. (5:51)
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Woodrow “Woody” Lucas, a doctoral student at Vanderbilt University’s Owen Graduate School of Management, was one of only two recipients of a Ph.D. Trailblazer Award for 2009 from the National Black MBA Association at the annual meeting in New Orleans.
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Bruce Cooil, The Dean Samuel B. and Evelyn R. Richmond Professor of Management, is co-author of a paper that won the Best Practitioner Presentation Award at the 2009 Frontiers in Service Conference held recently in Honolulu.
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Camilla Benbow, dean of Vanderbilt University’s Peabody College, received the National Association for Gifted Children’s 2009 Presidential Award at the group’s annual convention in St. Louis, which was held Nov. 5-8.
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Khaled Hosseini, author of bestselling books The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns, will receive Vanderbilt University’s prestigious Nichols-Chancellor’s Medal in May 2010 when he will address graduating seniors and their families during Senior Day.
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The recent vote in Congress on health care reform – with only one Republican lawmaker voting yes – provides more evidence of the growing polarization between the parties and the fundamentally different understandings of right and wrong that continue to pull the two major political parties further apart, according to Vanderbilt University political scientist Marc Hetherington.
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First, it was the soccer-ball-shaped molecules dubbed buckyballs. Then it was the cylindrically shaped nanotubes. Now, the hottest new material in physics and nanotechnology is graphene: a remarkably flat molecule made of carbon atoms arranged in hexagonal rings much like molecular chicken wire.
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Marketing experts at Vanderbilt University’s Owen Graduate School of Management are available as sources for holiday shopping stories on a range of topics from the impact of social networking on consumer decision-making to marketing radically new products.
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Watch video of a Nov. 13 talk by Rachel Dwyer - School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London - part of ISSS International Education Week.
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Ward Cammack, a Nashville businessman, is the third in a series of Tennessee gubernatorial candidates to address students in Vanderbilt University’s “Introduction to American Government and Politics” class.
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Surveillance doesn’t necessarily make schools safer;can negatively impact students. But are students any safer as a result? What is the cost of these measures in terms of student well-being?
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The Center for Latin American Studies (CLAS) provided educational support for an exhibit at Cheekwood that highlights a disappearing folk art traditionally found on Latin American drivers' trucks and buses. "Dichos: Words to Live, Love and Laugh by in Latin America" is on display to the public through Jan. 17.
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Learning Sciences Institute Director Stephen Elliott was recently appointed to two senior, external research positions. The first is a three-year, renewable appointment to the Education Testing Services Visiting Research Panel. In this role, Elliott and six other leading researchers will be reviewing ETS’ major research initiatives and advising them on needed new initiatives.
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Robert Talisse publishes Democracy and Moral Conflict
A little respect could go a long way to preserving democracy in America, says Vanderbilt professor Bob Talisse in his new book.
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Peabody faculty member David Dickinson will be a featured guest speaker at an international conference on child development in Porto Alegre, Brazil, Nov. 24-25.
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Chris Carroll, director of student media for Vanderbilt Student Communications, has been awarded the 2009 John A. Boyd Hall of Fame Award by the College Media Advisers organization.
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VUCast News Network: Are you yelling at me? The politics of it all, a big whopping check, and a chat with Mr. Commodore. It’s VUCast time.
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Watch video of a Nov. 11 talk "The Living Dead: Ancient Ancestors and Mummies in the Pre-Incan Andes, " by Dr. Tiffiny Tung, Assistant Professor of Anthropology.
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With the Obama administration highlighting school choice as a likely reform strategy, interest in how parents choose a school is more intense than ever. What are the primary motivations of families for switching schools? How good is their information? And what are the broader – and often unintended – consequences of these kitchen-table decisions about education?
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Former Tennessee senator and Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist will give a free, public talk Tuesday, Dec. 1, at Vanderbilt University to mark World AIDS Day.
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“Picking Cotton,” a story of wrongful conviction and redemption, is the topic of a lecture at 6:30 p.m. Nov. 18 in the Vanderbilt Law School’s Flynn Auditorium.
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Jess Neely Drive on the Vanderbilt University campus will be closed on Friday, Nov. 13, starting at 8 a.m. The closure will be between Natchez Trace and 25th Avenue South. It will reopen on Saturday, Nov. 14, after the Vanderbilt football game is over (around 2 p.m.).
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Creativity, an increasingly valued aspect of life and work in college and beyond, is the subject of an innovative new program at Vanderbilt University offered through its Curb Center for Art, Enterprise and Public Policy.
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With the support of a $2.7 million Recovery Act grant from the National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA), an interdisciplinary team headed by Vanderbilt chemist John McLean and physicist John Wikswo will attempt to determine whether an individual’s white blood cells retain chemical memories of exposure to drugs like cocaine and alcohol that can be read reliably and unambiguously.
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Watch video of a Nov. 5 talk by Sandra Mangus, Ph.D., NASA Astronaut, Flight Engineer and Science Officer aboard the International Space Station.
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Vanderbilt students, faculty and other interested individuals came together recently for a unique improvisational art experience directed by renowned artist Oliver Herring. Participants worked with Herring to create a so-called TASK event on a Sunday afternoon in the Ingram Art Studio.
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Governments across the country are grappling with thorny legal issues as they ponder the most significant reforms to marijuana laws in decades. A Vanderbilt law professor who previously has commented on marijuana law issues in news stories is available for interviews.
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Frank Dobson, director of Vanderbilt University’s Bishop Joseph Johnson Black Cultural Center, will present a reading of his original play, Young Messiahs Fly, at 7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 16.
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Vanderbilt University’s Owen Graduate School of Management’s Armed Forces Association will host a "Salute to the Veterans" on Thursday, Nov. 12, at 5:30 p.m. at the Owen School on 21st Avenue.
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A feel good football story; gotta love the great outdoors; and move-it, move-it Vandy-style. It’s VUCast time for Nov. 6. (5:41)
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Watch video of a Nov. 4 talk by Dr. Rick Chappell, CNGR, Public Affairs, Research Professor of Physics and Lecturer in Science Communications.
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Watch the Nov. 5 ribbon cutting ceremony for Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s new 11-story, $169 million Critical Care Tower.
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Watch video of a Nov. 4 talk by Reverend James Lawson, Distinguished University Professor.
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Kiplinger’s Personal Finance ranked Vanderbilt University 17th on its list of 100 best values in private institutions, which ranked private liberal arts colleges and universities that combine outstanding economic value with exceptional education.
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Journalist and author T.R. Reid, who has become known for his in-depth look at health care systems around the world, brings his knowledge to Vanderbilt University for an 11 a.m. free public lecture on Friday, Nov. 13.
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Deloitte awards $10,000 to the winning team
A team of students from Vanderbilt’s Owen Graduate School of Management came in first place at the 2009 National MBA Human Capital Case Competition. The third annual competition, hosted by Vanderbilt Oct. 16-17, included teams from 10 of the top graduate schools nationwide.
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As the Nov. 10 execution date for beltway sniper John Allen Muhammad nears, a Vanderbilt law professor who previously has commented on capital punishment law in news stories is available for interviews.
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A death penalty debate between two leading scholars on capital punishment is set for noon Nov. 9 in Vanderbilt Law School’s Flynn Auditorium. The debate takes place the day before the scheduled Nov. 10 execution date for John Allen Muhammad, mastermind of the 2002 sniper attacks in Washington D.C. that left 10 dead.
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Museum at Cohen Memorial Hall free and open to public
The Fine Arts Gallery at Vanderbilt University has relocated to a new building on the east portion of campus, a move designed to lead to more interaction with the Vanderbilt and Nashville communities.
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The United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces will hear argument in a case at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday in Vanderbilt’s Flynn Auditorium.
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