Faculty recognized for extraordinary achievement at fall assembly

Faculty members exhibiting extraordinary service to Vanderbilt were recognized as part of the annual Fall Faculty Assembly on Aug. 30.
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June grants ... from the Division of Sponsored Research

Each month the Register publishes grants in excess of $25,000 awarded the previous month.
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April grants ... from the Division of Sponsored Research

Each month the "Register" publishes grants in excess of $25,000 awarded the previous month. The Division of Sponsored Research received notification in April that the following grants had been awarded.
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Dyer to offer astronomy workshops for teachers

Vanderbilt Dyer Observatory is offering two opportunities this summer for fifth- through 12th-grade teachers to attend professional development workshops about astronomy.
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Spring Faculty Assembly Address

Read the text of Chancellor Gordon Gee's Spring Faculty Assembly address as delivered on April 5 at the Student Life Center.
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Partnership formed with University of Cape Town

Faculty from Vanderbilt and South Africa's University of Cape Town are working together to recruit and train more black scientists in South Africa.
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Portable planetarium puts stars in young students' eyes

David James has an unusual but effective way of putting stars in children's eyes.
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Faculty and Staff Notes - Aug. 28-Sept. 10, 2006

Jon H. Kaas, Centennial Professor of Psychology, has received the 2006 Karl Spencer Lashley Award from the American Philosophical Society in recognition of his pioneering work in the field of neurobiology.
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Gee discusses 'one university' at Fall Faculty Assembly

The start of the academic year is a time for renewal, and this fall Vanderbilt finds itself on the path to becoming a more selective, more unified university, Chancellor Gordon Gee said during his annual address to the Fall Faculty Assembly.
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July grants … from the Division of Sponsored Research

Each month the "Register" publishes grants in excess of $25,000 awarded the previous month. The Division of Sponsored Research received notification in July that the following grants had been awarded.
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June grants . . . from the Division of Sponsored Research

Each month the Register publishes grants in excess of $25,000 awarded the previous month. The Division of Sponsored Research received notification in June that the following grants had been awarded:
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Stassun named Cottrell Scholar

A Vanderbilt physics professor is one of 13 young scientists named a 2006 Cottrell Scholar, a $100,000 fellowship designed to encourage early-career science researchers who show promise.
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Astronomer’s journey takes him from Mexico to the stars

Keivan Stassun is a man on the move and on a mission. A person can’t be around the 33-year-old astronomer very long without discovering his passions for finding and exploring other worlds, for making a difference in this one, or his conviction that science can accomplish both.
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May grants . . . from the Division of Sponsored Research

Each month the Register publishes grants in excess of $25,000 awarded the previous month. The Division of Sponsored Research received notification in May that the following grants had been awarded:
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Brown dwarfs provide key to star formation

Pity the brown dwarf. It’s too large to be a planet, but too small to be a star. However, many astronomers think information about brown dwarfs can provide valuable new insights into the dynamic processes that produce stars out of collapsing whirlpools of interstellar dust and gas.
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Spring Faculty Assembly address

The following is the text of Chancellor Gordon Gee's Spring Faculty Assembly address as delivered on April 6, 2006.
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Eclipsing brown dwarfs provide key to star formation process

Pity the brown dwarf. It’s too large to be a planet, but too small to be a star. Although these "failed stars" are neither fish nor fowl, many astronomers think they may actually be the most common product of the stellar formation process.
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December 2005 Grants

Each month the Register publishes grants in excess of $25,000 awarded the previous month.
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Faculty, staff, students honored with diversity awards

Affirmative Action and Diversity Initiatives awards were handed out during a ceremony Oct. 18 at the Student Life Center.
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Opportunity Development Center recognizes champions of campus diversity

The Opportunity Development Center recognized groups and individuals from across the university for their efforts to actively support and promote diversity in campus life during the 19th Annual Affirmative Action and Diversity Initiatives Awards.
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Doctoral candidate explores passions for art and physics

For someone who took up painting only six years ago, Stephen Babalola has made quite an impression on the local art community while opening a window onto his homeland and culture.
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Vanderbilt and Fisk build bridge to increase minority science Ph.D.s

Thompson LeBlanc was drawn from his home in Puerto Rico to Nashville by a chance to reach for the stars, literally. After completing a summer research project in 2003 with Vanderbilt Assistant Professor of Astronomy Keivan Stassun, LeBlanc decided to take advantage of a program offered by Fisk and Vanderbilt universities to further pursue his interest in astronomy and physics.
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July Grants . . . from the Division of Sponsored Research

In the final issue each month, the "Register" publishes grants in excess of $25,000 that were awarded the previous month. The Division of Sponsored Research received notification in July that the following grants had been awarded.
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Earth, Wind and Fire

A team of astronomers including Keivan Stassun, assistant professor of physics and astronomy at Vanderbilt, released a new image of the Carina nebula that dramatically illustrates the processes of birth and death at the cosmic scale.
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Shining Stars

Keivan Stassun, assistant professor of physics and astronomy, is a member of an international team of scientists who are studying young sun-like stars in the Orion nebula using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory.
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Center creates links to disciplines, promotes teaching as a scholarly process

Vanderbilt and Fisk astronomers use the stars to interest minority students in science careers

Junior faculty win competitive federal grants to support new talent

Three junior faculty win competitive federal grants to support new talent

Celestial Celebration: Keivan Stassun discusses the transit of Venus

In-depth profiles of 10 new professors

New Faculty

Stassun unlocking the mysteries of star formation

Distinguished Service Professor works to support Hispanic physicists



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