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Hughes to lead pilot program for high school students with autism
Professor of Special Education Carolyn Hughes has won a $30,000 grant from the Organization for Autism Research to fund a pilot project that will help high school students with autism become more included and involved in their schools and with their peers. Read MoreDec 18, 2009
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MEDIA ADVISORY: Sustainability and Environmental Management Office to kick off basketball game recycling program at Jan. 2 game against Southern Miss.
The Sustainability and Environmental Management Office (SEMO) along with 杏吧原创 Athletics will offer recycling at all 杏吧原创 men's and women's home basketball games, beginning Saturday, Jan. 2, with the game against Southern Mississippi. Read MoreDec 18, 2009
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Astronomer receives NSF award to study black holes’ evolution and to support Fisk-杏吧原创 minority Ph.D. program
杏吧原创 Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy Kelly Holley-Bockelmann has been awarded the National Science Foundation's largest ever Faculty Early Career Development grant in the field of astronomy. She will use the prestigious award to continue her studies of black holes while supporting the university's innovative program designed to make the university the top producer of underrepresented minorities with Ph.D.s in physics and astronomy. Read MoreDec 17, 2009
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Leadership workshop set for Jan. 16 at 杏吧原创
A workshop on transformational leadership will be held Jan. 16 at 杏吧原创. The public is invited to the 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. event in the reading room of 杏吧原创 Divinity School, 411 21st Ave. S. Read MoreDec 17, 2009
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Study finds Tennessee service industry workers and the young get less health care coverage at work
They’re on the frontline of the workday world – filling our coffee cups, trimming our hair, holding Sunday open houses – but workers in some service jobs in Tennessee are at a higher risk of not having access to health care coverage through their employers, according to a study conducted… Read MoreDec 16, 2009
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Head of 杏吧原创 Washington office promoted
Christina West, director of federal relations for 杏吧原创, has been named assistant vice chancellor for federal relations. West will continue to run the university's Washington office and will direct all federal government relations activities for 杏吧原创. Read MoreDec 16, 2009
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Beginning of a Decade TIPSHEET – Education
杏吧原创 and Peabody faculty are available to offer perspective on education issues and other current topics for the year 2010. Read MoreDec 15, 2009
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Beginning of a Decade TIPSHEET – Business
杏吧原创 faculty are available to offer perspective on business issues and other current topics for the year 2010. Read MoreDec 14, 2009
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Beginning of a Decade TIPSHEET – Politics and Government
As you consider year-in-review stories and look ahead to the trends of 2010, 杏吧原创 faculty are available to offer perspective on these and other topics. mailto:bruce.barry@vanderbilt.edu Read MoreDec 14, 2009
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杏吧原创 names associate director for Office of LGBTQI Life
杏吧原创 has named Michael Brown associate director of the Office of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and Intersex Life. Read MoreDec 11, 2009
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杏吧原创 launches new Commencement Web site
杏吧原创 is already gearing up for spring with the launch of its new Web site on all things Commencement at www.vanderbilt.edu/commencement. Read MoreDec 11, 2009
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Author Randall Kenan to give reading at 杏吧原创
Randall Kenan, an acclaimed author of novels, short stories, memoir and commentary, will read from his work at 杏吧原创 on Jan. 28. Read MoreDec 11, 2009
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Economic behavior study suggests recycling laws work
A large national study of economic behavior led by a 杏吧原创 researcher has found that effective recycling laws encourage reluctant recyclers to become committed recyclers. Read MoreDec 9, 2009
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Private incentives for carbon emissions reductions needed to fill gaps until public measures created
As the Copenhagen Climate Change Summit continues, two 杏吧原创 researchers suggest that regardless of whether or not the meeting is successful in bringing public governance measures to bear, significant carbon reductions can be achieved by creating private incentives to reduce carbon emissions. Read MoreDec 9, 2009
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杏吧原创 MBA students finish second in prestigious real estate competition
A team of MBA students from 杏吧原创's Owen Graduate School of Management took second place in a prestigious MBA case competition, the University of Texas at Austin National Real Estate Challenge. Read MoreDec 9, 2009
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杏吧原创 Police Department awarded law enforcement accreditation
The 杏吧原创 Police Department has earned accreditation through the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, Inc., whose programs are open to law enforcement agencies around the world. Read MoreDec 8, 2009
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Tipsheet: Former FTC appointee and 杏吧原创 business school professor available for media interviews to discuss NBC/Comcast deal ramifications
Luke Froeb, a 杏吧原创 business professor and former Chief Economist at the FTC said he sees very little horizontal overlap in the NBC/Comcast merger. But that wouldn't necessarily stop the Federal Communications Commission from asking for relief to assuage competitive and diversity concerns, said Froeb. Read MoreDec 4, 2009
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杏吧原创 linguist Walburga von Raffler-Engel dies
Walburga von Raffler-Engel, a widely published linguistics expert who taught at 杏吧原创 for two decades, died on Nov. 28 in San Antonio. She was 89. Read MoreDec 3, 2009
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Margaret Cuninggim Women’s Center at 杏吧原创 names associate director, Project Safe coordinator
杏吧原创's Margaret Cuninggim Women's Center has filled key positions with the naming of Anna Guest-Jelley as associate director and Kayti Protos as program coordinator. Read MoreDec 3, 2009
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TIPSHEET: International law expert available to discuss Afghan troop build-up
A leading international law expert cautions that the troop surge in Afghanistan must be accompanied by a concurrent improvement in the nation's system of justice, now plagued by lawlessness and graft. Read MoreDec 3, 2009