Monthly Archives: February 2019
“Hope”: On their way: Young adults forge new paths after cancer diagnoses
Christmas break during her second year of college should have been a happy and relaxing time for Brittany Burns of Brentwood, Tennessee. She was looking forward to a month off with her close-knit family and hometown friends before returning to the Univ… Continue reading
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Outdated VUMC logos to be removed by 2020
With the help of more than 100 submissions from colleagues across Vanderbilt University Medical Center, the Strategic Marketing team has concluded its campaign in search of outdated VUMC logos, with a goal to have them removed by 2020. Continue reading
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Allstate grant bolsters Children’s Hospital teen driver safety efforts
Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt kicked off its yearlong campaign to empower teens to “Be in the Zone — Turn off Your Phone” during the first of three hospital-focused seminars. Continue reading
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“My Southern Health”: Got the flu? Here’s why you should stay home
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VUMC offers employees discounted CSA memberships
CSA stands for community supported agriculture and works like a subscription program for vegetables and fruits, and participants receive a share of the harvest from local farms. Continue reading
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VUMC’s Jeff Hileman helps take CPR training to the masses
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Interstate 440 reconstruction project to snarl traffic beginning March 1
Work on the Interstate-440 reconstruction project will bring about lane closures and travel disruption through its scheduled completion in August 2020, with the major disruption beginning this weekend. Continue reading
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Register for March 7 and 8 “Celebrate the Difference WE Make Every Day!” event
Attendees are registered for a chance to win Predators tickets, and everybody gets a T-shirt. Continue reading
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A personal approach to cochlear implant programming
Because the pitches that come through cochlear implants are not as finely resolved as the ones received through a normal-hearing ear, children are using an impoverished signal and a less-than-full pitch range as their sole auditory source to develop sp… Continue reading
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Medical Center Staff Advisory Council accepting grant applications through March 31
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