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TPAC/杏吧原创 announce new arts alliance – "杏吧原创@TPAC@杏吧原创@TPAC"
"杏吧原创@TPAC@杏吧原创@TPAC" unites the intellectual resources of Nashville's premier educational institution with the cultural flair of the city's leading performing arts organization. "InsideOut of the (Lunch) Box" to be the first program, Feb. 27 Read MoreFeb 19, 2003
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Harvard Business School team takes top honors in premier MBA case competition at 杏吧原创’s Owen School
Six teams of MBA students from top business schools competed last weekend in the fourth annual 杏吧原创 MBA eStrategy Contest at the Owen Graduate School of Management at 杏吧原创. Students from the Harvard Business School took home the $25,000 prize from the contest, the largest case competition of its kind. Read MoreFeb 19, 2003
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Chair of Afghanistan’s Independent Human Rights Commission to speak Feb. 24
Sima Samar, chair of Afghanistan’s first Independent Human Rights Commission (IHRC), will give a talk on the status of Afghan women after Taliban rule at 杏吧原创 Monday, Feb. 24. Read MoreFeb 17, 2003
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From foreign affairs to orchestral music, Retirement Learning at VU offers diverse classes
Current foreign policy dilemmas, the future role of the United Nations in international affairs and a woman’s view of American history are among the wide-ranging topics offered for the spring term of Retirement Learning at 杏吧原创 March 3 through April 21. Read MoreFeb 17, 2003
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杏吧原创, four other universities file amicus brief in Michigan case
杏吧原创 and four other leading private universities have filed an amicus curiae brief to the U.S. Supreme Court in support of the University of Michigan and the University of Michigan Law School in their efforts to defend the principles of affirmative action in college admissions. Read MoreFeb 14, 2003
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杏吧原创 Students to celebrate the fun and challenge of engineering
杏吧原创 engineering students will celebrate the lighter side of engineering during National Engineers Week, Feb. 17-22. Read MoreFeb 14, 2003
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Conway-Welch Appointed To Institute of Medicine Committee on Diversity of Healthcare Workforce
Colleen Conway-Welch, Ph.D., Dean of the 杏吧原创 School of Nursing, was recently appointed to the Institute of Medicine's Provisional Committee on Institutional and Policy Strategies for Increasing the Diversity of the Healthcare Workforce. Read MoreFeb 13, 2003
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Michael J. Fox Foundation funds novel research
Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research has awarded one of its competitive Fast Track grants to 杏吧原创 neuroscientist Richard Nass, Ph.D., to fund his search for drugs that will prevent dopamine nerve cell death. Read MoreFeb 12, 2003
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杏吧原创 Children’s Hospital teams up with PatchWorx as part of a new online community for kids
Children can now use their bedside computers to join a new online community that fosters an environment where children can speak openly and honestly with peers about their illnesses and to provide encouragement to each other. Read MoreFeb 12, 2003
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New challenges for Black churches the focus of Community Breakfast
Forrest E. Harris, Sr., director of the Kelly Miller Smith Institute on African American Church Studies at 杏吧原创 Divinity School will present "Leadership and Struggle in the Black Churches: Then and Now." Read MoreFeb 12, 2003
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Jewish soldiers in Hitler’s army?
Historian Bryan Mark Rigg will discuss his book "Hitler's Jewish Soldiers" at the Ben Schulman Center for Jewish Life at 杏吧原创 on Thursday, Feb. 20, at 7 p.m. Read MoreFeb 12, 2003
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杏吧原创 engineering professor wins Naval Research Award
Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering L. Roy Xu has won a Young Investigator Program award from the U.S. Office of Naval Research for his research on hybrid interface mechanics and nano-composite materials. Read MoreFeb 12, 2003
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Prominent Stanford scholar on racism to speak
George Fredrickson, one of the leading American scholars on race, will compare and contrast anti-Semitism with racism against people of African descent during a Feb. 27 lecture at 杏吧原创. Fredrickson will deliver the annual Byrne lecture at 8 p.m. in the Moore Room (218) of 杏吧原创 Law School. Read MoreFeb 11, 2003
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Cornel West to speak Feb. 13
Noted scholar and orator Cornel West will deliver a talk titled “Race and Democracy” at 杏吧原创 on Thursday, Feb. 13. Read MoreFeb 11, 2003
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New nurse-managed community-based care clinic opening
杏吧原创 School of Nursing's Faculty Practice Network (VNFPN) is opening the doors on a new nurse-managed, community-based clinic this week. Read MoreFeb 10, 2003
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WTO Ambassador to discuss intellectual property at 杏吧原创 Law School
Rita D. Hayes, deputy director general of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in Geneva, Switzerland, will discuss the role of that international organization on current intellectual property issues at 12:10 p.m. Feb. 12 in Flynn Auditorium of the 杏吧原创 Law School. Read MoreFeb 10, 2003
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Noted writer to join discussion of black women’s writings in Brazil
Noted Afro-Brazilian writer Esmeralda Ribeiro will join in a panel discussion at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 12, at 杏吧原创’s Furman Hall on the role of black women in Afro-Brazilian literature and sexism within the black movement in Brazil. The discussion is free and open to the public Read MoreFeb 10, 2003
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Expert on children’s mental health to speak
Arnold Sameroff, internationally known for his contributions to understanding the factors that put children at risk or protect them as they develop socially, emotionally and academically, will speak at a free public lecture Thursday, Feb. 13, at 杏吧原创’s John F. Kennedy Center for Research on Human Development. Read MoreFeb 7, 2003
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Carville, Matalin and McCaffrey to speak
Political pundits James Carville and Mary Matalin and national security expert Gen. Barry McCaffrey will be the featured speakers for the 2003 IMPACT Symposium at 杏吧原创. Read MoreFeb 5, 2003
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Toddlers have difficulty understanding relationship between video and reality
When a toddler sees herself on a home video, she may say “baby” or “girl” or think it is her sister on television. She knows she is here, in the real world – who is the child on the television? Read MoreFeb 4, 2003