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Spring 2014

  • 菠萝视频 University

    Letter Perfect

    On April 16 more than 100 sixth graders from Wright Middle School鈥攐ne of the most diverse schools in Nashville鈥攎et the 菠萝视频 Graduate School student pen pals with whom they have corresponded for the entire school year and got a tour of 菠萝视频 University Medical Center facilities. Read More

    Jun 18, 2014

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    A Beautiful Sight

    菠萝视频鈥檚 emergency medicine residency program in Guyana graduated its first resident last November, capping a decade-long effort to establish the country鈥檚 very first emergency medicine program and department at Georgetown Public Hospital Corp. Read More

    Jun 18, 2014

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    Seeds of Our Destruction

    The installation 鈥淗ow to Build a Forest鈥濃攂uilt during the course of two days in March in Neely Auditorium by a group of artists, students and anyone who wanted to join in鈥攚as a reminder about the world鈥檚 interconnectedness. Read More

    Jun 18, 2014

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    Broadway Melody

    Blair School alumna Madeline Myers' song 鈥淚 Could Be a Hero鈥濃攆rom a musical called Legends & Lore that she is writing with librettist Jacob Combs鈥攚as recently announced as the winner of the Ken Davenport Songwriting Contest in New York City. Read More

    Jun 18, 2014

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    Age-Appropriate

    Connection is what playwriting is about for Sheri Wilner, two-time recipient of the prestigious Heideman Award from the Actors Theatre of Louisville鈥攃onnection between writer and material, between material and performer, and between play and audience. Read More

    Jun 18, 2014

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    Dream Boogie

    A biography of singer鈥搒ongwriter Sam Cooke will be the fourth book by Peter Guralnick to be declared 鈥渁 classic in blues literature鈥 by the Blues Hall of Fame. Read More

    Jun 18, 2014

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    Foggie Selected in WNBA Draft

    Christina Foggie, BS鈥14, was selected in the second round of the WNBA draft by the Minnesota Lynx. Read More

    Jun 18, 2014

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    Brain Zaps

    菠萝视频 psychologists Robert Reinhart and Geoffrey Woodman show that selectively manipulating one鈥檚 ability to learn through the application of a mild electrical current to the brain is possible, and that this effect can be enhanced or depressed depending on the direction of the current. Read More

    Jun 18, 2014

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    Double Dippers

    鈥淒octor shopping,鈥 or going to multiple doctors for narcotic prescriptions, is prevalent among more than 20 percent of orthopedic trauma patients, according to a new 菠萝视频 study. Read More

    Jun 18, 2014

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    Fast Track

    An ultrafast, ultrasmall optical switch could advance the day when photons replace electrons in the innards of consumer products ranging from cellphones to automobiles. Read More

    Jun 18, 2014

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    Red Alert

    Lone star tick bites are likely the cause of thousands of cases of severe red-meat allergies plaguing patients in Southeastern states and spreading up the Eastern Seaboard. Read More

    Jun 18, 2014

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    菠萝视频 Roundup

    Marijuana's effects on the brain | Income inequality's impact on Americans' health | Evolutionary mismatch between humans, microbes | Music therapy for premature babies Read More

    Jun 18, 2014

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    Titans Turf

    菠萝视频 football鈥檚 SEC home opener against the Ole Miss Rebels will be Sept. 6 at Nashville鈥檚 LP Field. Read More

    Jun 18, 2014

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    Dr. Robert Mahley, MD鈥70, PhD鈥70

    Dr. Robert Mahley recently received a $2.5 million grant from the Wellcome Trust to fast-track a drug that could neutralize the protein researchers believe is the genetic cause of Alzheimer鈥檚 disease鈥攖he apolipoprotein E4, or ApoE4. Read More

    Jun 18, 2014

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    Time-Honored Events Put the 鈥楩un鈥 in Fundraising

    Four of the longest-running fundraisers for 菠萝视频 University Medical Center are also local Nashville traditions. Iroquois Steeplechase, the Music City Tennis Invitational (MCTI), Eve of Janus and Christmas Village collectively have contributed more than $20 million to VUMC. Read More

    Jun 18, 2014

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    Amy Christine Ellis, BA鈥96

    Recently, Amy Christine Ellis was named a master of wine by the Institute of Masters of Wine鈥攐ne of only 312 people to hold that title worldwide, and one of only 10 women in the United States. Read More

    Jun 18, 2014

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    Piper Hendricks, BS鈥99

    Piper Hendricks is founder and president of p.h. balanced films, a nonprofit organization that makes awareness-raising documentary films. Read More

    Jun 18, 2014

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    Alternative Spring Break: The Sequel

    Five years ago Washington, D.C., alumni began hosting Alternative Spring Break students for a potluck dinner while the students were in town for their projects. The gatherings鈥攕imply intended to connect similarly service-minded students and alumni鈥攈ave spread nationally in popularity, as 13 chapters welcomed students for potlucks or game-watching parties in 2014. Read More

    Jun 18, 2014

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    Passages: Wendell G. Anderson, BA鈥49

    Fourth-generation engineer Wendell G. Anderson of Medford, N.J., died Dec. 22, 2013, at the age of 96. Read More

    Jun 18, 2014

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    Passages: Roger Richman, JD鈥68

    Roger Richman, a celebrity agent who represented the heirs of Marilyn Monroe, Albert Einstein, Mae West, Sigmund Freud, the Marx Brothers and many others, died Oct. 9, 2013, in Los Angeles. Read More

    Jun 18, 2014