An Occupational Health Nurse will be available at The Vanderbilt University Hospital from 7 a.m. to 8:15 a.m. to provide Flu & TB vaccines to Vanderbilt faculty and staff. They will also provide services to hospital volunteers.

An Occupational Health Nurse will be available at the VCH/TVC Skybridge from 8:30 am. to 11:30 a.m. to provide Flu & TB vaccines to Vanderbilt faculty and staff. They will also provide services to hospital volunteers.

Topic: Assessment of organizational readiness for change

Speaker: Deonni Stolldorf, PhD, RN, Assistant Professor, Nursing

Location: 2525 West End Ave, Grand Conference Room, 12^th floor Room 1232

Vanderbilt University Medical Center designates this live activity for 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)ΤΜ  and 1.0 APA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)ΤΜ

The Center for Clinical Quality and Implementation Research (CCQIR) Scholarly Series provides a platform for dissemination and scholarly discussion of cutting edge methods, innovative research initiatives, and current literature related to Implementation Science.

If you have any questions, please contact us at implementation@vanderbilt.edu or 615-936-7231

An Occupational Health Nurse will be available at the TVC-Nutrition Services from 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. to provide Flu & TB vaccines to Vanderbilt faculty and staff. They will also provide services to hospital volunteers.

Hey VMS! Looking for a fun way to end a long week? Social Rounds are FREE gatherings hosted on campus where you can hang out with your classmates, catch up with friends throughout all years of medical school, meet faculty/staff from different departments, hang out with student organizations, and enjoy refreshments at the end of a long week. Social Rounds take place on one Friday a month from 5-6pm. Drop by anytime from 5-6pm for appetizers and drinks in the student lounge. Here’s to the good life!

Join Medical Students for Choice as we attend a talk sponsored by Planned Parenthood!

****Registration with Planned Parenthood of Middle and East TN is required.  Please go to: http://www.ppaction.org/site/Calendar?id=131829&view=Detail

 “Who says that the religious right have the moral high ground in the discussion on abortion?  For years, Dr. Willie Parker has challenged this question by providing abortions in the deep South.  In his new book, Life's Work: A Moral Argument for Choice, Dr. Parker, an outspoken (read his interview with Rolling Stone Magazine), Christian reproductive justice advocate and abortion provider, pulls from his personal and professional journeys as well as the scientific training he received as a doctor to reveal how he came to believe unequivocally that helping women in need, without judgment, is precisely the Christian thing to do.

Join Best Buddies Vandy Med on Sunday, September 24th for some bowling! This will be a great opportunity to get to know our buddies and medical student members. 

Topic:"Resident/SRNA/Fellow Conference: Welcome and Orientation"                          

Instructor: Dr. Sara Walls

Location: VCH 4512

Reading: N/A

Topic: Orientation

Presenter: Dr. Michael Richardson

Location: 4108 VUH

Reading: review orientation materials, incl. familiarity with course website. Get a head start on Chapters

Gallery Hours: Monday - Friday 11am - 4pm, Weekends 1-5pm 

(closed October 12-15 for Fall Break and November 18-26 for Thanksgiving Break)

An exhibition of contemporary photographic portraits opens the fall exhibition season at the Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery on September 11, 2017. WHO ARE WE? IDENTITY AND THE CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT examines how, in our image-saturated world, photographs have increasingly played a primary role in shaping identity.An opening reception will be held on Friday, September 15 from 5 to 7 pm in conjunction with Vanderbilt Parents’ and Family Weekend and Fall for the Arts. The exhibition will be on view through December 7, 2017.

As noted by Joseph Mella, director and curator, “Portraits, in all their diversity, serve not only the needs of the sitter and artist, but also those of the viewer. Portraits give us clues to who we are as humans and the possibilities of what we could become.” Instagram and other forms of social media dominate the cultural landscape while the reliance on photography in our own lives increasingly presents questions about representation and identity that artists continue to navigate in surprising ways. Who are we, indeed, and what do we wish to become, and just how easy can it be to craft our own identities?

The first in a three-part series on portraiture, WHO ARE WE? IDENTITY AND THE CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT is organized by the Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery and curated by Joseph S. Mella, director, with support provided by The Ingram Commons and Leslie Cecil and Creighton Michael, MA’76.

Image

Image credit: 

Andres Serrano (American, b. 1950)

Jewel-Joy Stevens, America’s Little Yankee Miss, from “America Now + Here,” 2003

Digital chromogenic print

24” x 20”

Gift of Melissa and Scott Tannen, both BA’99

Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery Collection

Courtesy Andres Serrano

Topic:"Resident/SRNA/Fellow Conference: Pediatric Resuscitation/PALS"                      

Instructor: Dr. Matt Kynes

Location: VCH 4512

Reading: N/A

Topic: "Maternal Physiologic Changes & Anesthetic Implications"

Presenter: Dr. Chestnut

Location: 4203 VUH

Reading: Chapter 2

An Occupational Health Nurse will be available at the VUPD building from 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. to provide Flu & TB vaccines to Vanderbilt faculty and staff. They will also provide services to hospital volunteers.

Topic:"Fellow Conference: Anesthetic Pharmacology for Infants & Children:                                  

Instructor: Dr. Brian Emerson

Location: VCH 5009

Reading: N/A

The newly formed CiM Sports Medicine Interest Group would like to invite you to our first introductory meeting on Tuesday September 26th, 2017. An informal talk on our group's goals and aims will be followed by a lecture given by our group mentor Dr. Alex Diamond on an overview of Sports Medicine. Sports medicine encompasses many different specialties. Whether you are interested in Orthopaedics, Emergency Medicine, and/or Pediatrics, we hope to see you there!

What: CiM Sports Medicine Interest Group Introductory Meeting

When: Tuesday, September 26th, 2017

Time: 6:00pm - 7:00pm

Where: LH407

Flulapalooza is a Vanderbilt University & VUMC annual event, providing FREE flu vaccinations to students, staff and faculty in the large white tent behind Light Hall.

It is a fun and efficient way to obtain one's annual flu shot.  With cheerful volunteers & a festive atmosphere, Flulapalooza is a great place to experience Vanderbilt's sense of community.

For maximum efficiency, wear short sleeves and bring your ID badge.

Topic: "ORAL BOARDS / CASE PRESENTATION"

Presenter: Dr. Roy Neeley and Dr. Alex Hughes

Location 419 A-B Light Hall

Reading: N/A

Presenter:  Steve Doherty

VCH Boardroom, #2220

 Speaker:       Brandyn Lau, MPH, CPH

                     Assistant Professor of Radiology & Radiological Science and

                     Health Sciences Informatics

                     Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

                     Baltimore, MD

 Topic:           Patient-Centered Approaches to Collecting Sexual Orientation and

                     Gender Identity: The EQUALITY Study       

This will serve as an introductory meeting for the Emergency Medicine Interest Group! It will be primarily aimed at first and second years, and we will discuss the scope of emergency medicine and ways to get involved. Faculty will be in attendance. Pizza will be provided. Please RSVP!

Come join Couples in Medicine as we enjoy Table 3 $5 Burger night and then head to Regal Theaters Green Hills to see Kinsmen: The Golden Circle.  All are welcome, including significant others who are not Vanderbilt students!  You do not need to be a couple to attend! 

We are hoping to obtain CCO funding to cover the cost of movie tickets.  Students will need to cover the cost of dinner.  

Topic: Problem-Based Learning Discussion - Pituitary

Presenter: Dr. Jane Easdown

Location: 3161 MCE

Reading: Chapters 11 & 12

An Occupational Health Nurse will be available at One Hundred Oaks Every Thursday from 8:00 to 11:30 am to provide Hep-B, MMR, TDAP, and TB vaccines to Vanderbilt faculty and staff. They will also provide services to hospital volunteers, as well.

Date: 9/28/2017

Time: 12:00pm - 1:00pm

Location: LH 306 A-B

Ever wonder what it is like to be a Child Neurologist? Didn't realize you could become a pediatric sub-specialist in 5 years with one combined residency program?

Come hear Vanderbilt's amazing Child Neurology faculty and residents share what this specialty is all about! Our panel members will discuss why they chose this field, the interesting cases they diagnose and treat, and the different ways you can tailor a Child Neurology career to your own interests. 

Pizza will be served!

This will be a meeting with Dr. Lola Chambless with all prospective neurosurgery applicants for next match cycle to discuss immersion planning strategies and away rotations. If you will be entering the match next cycle and have decided on neurosurgery or are still considering it please come to this event. 

Any student regardless of year in school is welcome to audit, but the main event including Q&A is geared for students entering the match next cycle only. 

Topic: "Neuraxial Analgesia B - Side Effects and Complications, Labor Progress"

Presenter: Dr. Boyle

Location: 4202

Reading: Ch 12 [253-256]; Ch 23 [p480-505]

The Occupational Health Nurses will be available at the Vanderbilt Recreation and Wellness Center from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. in the front lobby to provide Flu vaccines to Vanderbilt faculty, staff, and volunteers.

Participate in Know Your Numbers to measure blood pressure, weight and body mass index. These numbers can be used on your yearly Compass Health Assessment and Wellness Actions Log for the Go for the Gold program. It’s a convenient way to track your changes.

You can view your Know Your Numbers measurements, as well as your participation history in Health Plus activities, in the Health and Wellness Information Portal.

The Occupational Health Nurses will be available at the VUPD building from 2 p.m. 3:30 p.m. to provide Flu & TB vaccines to Vanderbilt faculty, staff, and volunteers.

Gallery Hours: Monday - Friday 11am - 4pm, Weekends 1-5pm 

(closed October 12-15 for Fall Break and November 18-26 for Thanksgiving Break)

An exhibition of contemporary photographic portraits opens the fall exhibition season at the Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery on September 11, 2017. WHO ARE WE? IDENTITY AND THE CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT examines how, in our image-saturated world, photographs have increasingly played a primary role in shaping identity.An opening reception will be held on Friday, September 15 from 5 to 7 pm in conjunction with Vanderbilt Parents’ and Family Weekend and Fall for the Arts. The exhibition will be on view through December 7, 2017.

As noted by Joseph Mella, director and curator, “Portraits, in all their diversity, serve not only the needs of the sitter and artist, but also those of the viewer. Portraits give us clues to who we are as humans and the possibilities of what we could become.” Instagram and other forms of social media dominate the cultural landscape while the reliance on photography in our own lives increasingly presents questions about representation and identity that artists continue to navigate in surprising ways. Who are we, indeed, and what do we wish to become, and just how easy can it be to craft our own identities?

The first in a three-part series on portraiture, WHO ARE WE? IDENTITY AND THE CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT is organized by the Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery and curated by Joseph S. Mella, director, with support provided by The Ingram Commons and Leslie Cecil and Creighton Michael, MA’76.

Image

Image credit: 

Andres Serrano (American, b. 1950)

Jewel-Joy Stevens, America’s Little Yankee Miss, from “America Now + Here,” 2003

Digital chromogenic print

24” x 20”

Gift of Melissa and Scott Tannen, both BA’99

Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery Collection

Courtesy Andres Serrano

Topic: "TEE Conference"

Presenter: Dr. Robert Deegan

Location: MCE-NT 5053

Reading: N/A

Topic:"Fellow Conference: Anesthetic Considerations for Endocrine Disease                    

Instructor: Dr. Christy Crockett

Location: VCH 3349

Reading: N/A

Gallery Hours: Monday - Friday 11am - 4pm, Weekends 1-5pm 

(closed October 12-15 for Fall Break and November 18-26 for Thanksgiving Break)

An exhibition of contemporary photographic portraits opens the fall exhibition season at the Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery on September 11, 2017. WHO ARE WE? IDENTITY AND THE CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT examines how, in our image-saturated world, photographs have increasingly played a primary role in shaping identity.An opening reception will be held on Friday, September 15 from 5 to 7 pm in conjunction with Vanderbilt Parents’ and Family Weekend and Fall for the Arts. The exhibition will be on view through December 7, 2017.

As noted by Joseph Mella, director and curator, “Portraits, in all their diversity, serve not only the needs of the sitter and artist, but also those of the viewer. Portraits give us clues to who we are as humans and the possibilities of what we could become.” Instagram and other forms of social media dominate the cultural landscape while the reliance on photography in our own lives increasingly presents questions about representation and identity that artists continue to navigate in surprising ways. Who are we, indeed, and what do we wish to become, and just how easy can it be to craft our own identities?

The first in a three-part series on portraiture, WHO ARE WE? IDENTITY AND THE CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT is organized by the Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery and curated by Joseph S. Mella, director, with support provided by The Ingram Commons and Leslie Cecil and Creighton Michael, MA’76.

Image

Image credit: 

Andres Serrano (American, b. 1950)

Jewel-Joy Stevens, America’s Little Yankee Miss, from “America Now + Here,” 2003

Digital chromogenic print

24” x 20”

Gift of Melissa and Scott Tannen, both BA’99

Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery Collection

Courtesy Andres Serrano

Topic: Case of the Month 

Presenter: Samiya Saklayen MD

MCE-NT 5053

Readings: N/A

Topic: Problem-Based Learning Discussion - Spine

Presenter: Dr. Jesse Ehrenfeld

Location: 3161 MCE

Reading: Chapter 17

Astronomers offer tours of Vanderbilt's Dyer Observatory including the Seyfert Telescope. Weather permitting, visitors will also venture outside to see the Star Chamber, sundial garden, and view the Sun through the solar telescope. Tours prior to August 21, 2017 will feature information about the total solar eclipse which will pass over Nashville on that date.

You may arrive and depart any time during the Open House, but guided tours start at approximately 9:00 am, 10:00 am, and 11:00 am. You must make a FREE reservation online, but you may attend any tour. No tickets sold at door. All weather event. Recommended for ages 8 and up.

Please note:

• The Seyfert Telescope is located on the second floor of the observatory. There are twenty steps leading to the second floor.
• For the safety of all observatory guests, closed-toe footwear must be worn.
• Vehicles larger than a standard-size school bus will not fit through the gate.
• Please alert us if you are booking a large group that will be arriving at once (to allow for adequate staffing).
• You do not need to bring a printed ticket; there will be a guest list at the gate.
• Notify the gate attendant if you have special parking needs.
• If your plans change and you can not attend, please let us know so we may release the space to someone else.        

Address: 1000 Oman Drive, Brentwood TN 37027 (NOT the main Vanderbilt campus)
Time:        You may arrive and depart any time between 9:00 am - noon
Cost:         FREE (but ticket required)

TICKETS: https://www.eventbrite.com/o/vanderbilt-university-dyer-observatory-2143130631

The Occupational Health Nurses will be available at the Oxford House from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. to provide Flu, TDaP, & TB vaccines to Vanderbilt faculty, staff, and volunteers.

The Occupational Health Nurses will be available at the Psychiatry Hospital from 2:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. to provide Flu & TB vaccines to Vanderbilt faculty, staff, and volunteers.

Join the General Surgery Interest Group for our first meeting of the year! We will be discussing events that we have planned for the year and resources for those interested in general surgery as a career. Pizza will be provided. We hope to see you there!

ADM James Stavridis joins Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos and Vanderbilt Distinguished Visiting Professor Jon Meacham to share his thoughts, considerable expertise, and informed perspective on world security and the fate of America’s decades-old leadership role on the international stage. 

The Occupational Health Nurses will be available in the Vanderbilt Children's Hospital lobby from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. to provide Flu & TB vaccines to Vanderbilt faculty, staff, and volunteers.

Gallery Hours: Monday - Friday 11am - 4pm, Weekends 1-5pm 

(closed October 12-15 for Fall Break and November 18-26 for Thanksgiving Break)

An exhibition of contemporary photographic portraits opens the fall exhibition season at the Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery on September 11, 2017. WHO ARE WE? IDENTITY AND THE CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT examines how, in our image-saturated world, photographs have increasingly played a primary role in shaping identity.An opening reception will be held on Friday, September 15 from 5 to 7 pm in conjunction with Vanderbilt Parents’ and Family Weekend and Fall for the Arts. The exhibition will be on view through December 7, 2017.

As noted by Joseph Mella, director and curator, “Portraits, in all their diversity, serve not only the needs of the sitter and artist, but also those of the viewer. Portraits give us clues to who we are as humans and the possibilities of what we could become.” Instagram and other forms of social media dominate the cultural landscape while the reliance on photography in our own lives increasingly presents questions about representation and identity that artists continue to navigate in surprising ways. Who are we, indeed, and what do we wish to become, and just how easy can it be to craft our own identities?

The first in a three-part series on portraiture, WHO ARE WE? IDENTITY AND THE CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT is organized by the Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery and curated by Joseph S. Mella, director, with support provided by The Ingram Commons and Leslie Cecil and Creighton Michael, MA’76.

Image

Image credit: 

Andres Serrano (American, b. 1950)

Jewel-Joy Stevens, America’s Little Yankee Miss, from “America Now + Here,” 2003

Digital chromogenic print

24” x 20”

Gift of Melissa and Scott Tannen, both BA’99

Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery Collection

Courtesy Andres Serrano

Shade Tree Lefkowitz Hour is an opportunity for students and faculty to learn more about the care provided at the Shade Tree Clinic, Vanderbilt's free, student-run clinic.  A student and faculty member will discuss a specific patient case.

Topic: Oral Boards - #2

Presenter: Dr. Letha Mathews

Location: 3161 MCE

Reading: Chapter 9

The Occupational Health Nurses will be available in the Vanderbilt Children's Hospital Lobby from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. to provide Flu & TB vaccines to Vanderbilt faculty, staff, and volunteers.

The Occupational Health Nurses will be available at 2135 Blakmore from 8:30 a.m. to 9;30 a.m. to provide Flu & TB vaccines to Vanderbilt faculty, staff, and volunteers.

Date: 10/5/2017

Time: 12:00pm - 1:00pm

Location: LH 415 C-D

The Occupational Health Nurses will be available at Godchaux Hall from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. to provide Flu & TB vaccines to Vanderbilt faculty, staff, and volunteers.

 The Discovery Science Emerging Scholars Lecture series presents Dr. Sade Spencer, Department of Neuroscience, Medical University of South Carolina: "Dopaminergic Regulation of Relapse-Dependent Glutamatergic Plasticity"

Dr. Spencer will present her modified cue-cocaine relapse model and the alterations in transient synaptic plasticity associated with relapse observed in the nucleus accumbens.

This lecture series features the most promising young scientists who are making notable discoveries as postdoctoral fellows or early career faculty.

Sponsored by the Vanderbilt Center for Addition Research and the Vanderbilt School of Medicine.

The Nashville FTD Caregivers Support Group, alongside the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Neurology will be bringing Dr. Bruce Miller for a Q&A event. Caregivers, facilities, and general community are welcome!

Dr. Miller holds a distinguished professorship in Neurology at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). He directs the busy UCSF dementia center clinical evaluations and oversees the clinical and research programs at the Memory and Aging Center. Dr. Miller is a behavioral neurologist and is the principal investigator of the NIH- sponsored Alzheimer's Disease Research Program (ADRC) and program project on FTD.

Date: 10/6/2017

Time: 8:30am - 12:30pm

Location: MCE 8323

Patricia Townsend Meador Lecture and Continuing Education Program 

The Opioid Epidemic: A Call to Action for Nurses 

Panelists:
Wesley Geminn, Pharm.D., Chief Pharmacist, Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services
 
Monty Burks, Ph.D., Director of Faith Based Initiatives, Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services
 
Cindy Sneed, NCC, LPC-MHSP, Chief Clinical Officer, The Next Door
 
Facilitator: Susie Adams, Ph.D., R.N., PMHNP, FAANP, FAAN, Professor of Nursing, Faculty Scholar for Community Engaged Behavioral Health, and Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Vanderbilt University

Class is complimentary for VUSN alumni, faculty and staff; $150 per guest. It is part of the overall VUSN Reunion 2017 schedule. For information, please emailbetsey.usher@vanderbilt.edu or call 615-322-4836. 

3.0 CEU credits

 RSVP by September 29

An Occupational Health Nurse will be available with the Late Night Cart from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. on 10/6/2017 to provide Flu, Hep-B, MMR, TDAP, and TB vaccines to Vanderbilt faculty and staff. They will also provide services to hospital volunteers, as well.

VUH 3, 4N, 4S, 5N, 5S

Gallery Hours: Monday - Friday 11am - 4pm, Weekends 1-5pm 

(closed October 12-15 for Fall Break and November 18-26 for Thanksgiving Break)

An exhibition of contemporary photographic portraits opens the fall exhibition season at the Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery on September 11, 2017. WHO ARE WE? IDENTITY AND THE CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT examines how, in our image-saturated world, photographs have increasingly played a primary role in shaping identity.An opening reception will be held on Friday, September 15 from 5 to 7 pm in conjunction with Vanderbilt Parents’ and Family Weekend and Fall for the Arts. The exhibition will be on view through December 7, 2017.

As noted by Joseph Mella, director and curator, “Portraits, in all their diversity, serve not only the needs of the sitter and artist, but also those of the viewer. Portraits give us clues to who we are as humans and the possibilities of what we could become.” Instagram and other forms of social media dominate the cultural landscape while the reliance on photography in our own lives increasingly presents questions about representation and identity that artists continue to navigate in surprising ways. Who are we, indeed, and what do we wish to become, and just how easy can it be to craft our own identities?

The first in a three-part series on portraiture, WHO ARE WE? IDENTITY AND THE CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT is organized by the Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery and curated by Joseph S. Mella, director, with support provided by The Ingram Commons and Leslie Cecil and Creighton Michael, MA’76.

Image

Image credit: 

Andres Serrano (American, b. 1950)

Jewel-Joy Stevens, America’s Little Yankee Miss, from “America Now + Here,” 2003

Digital chromogenic print

24” x 20”

Gift of Melissa and Scott Tannen, both BA’99

Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery Collection

Courtesy Andres Serrano

Topic: "TEE Conference"

Presenter: Dr. Robert Deegan

Location: MCE-NT 5053

Reading: N/A

Topic: Postpartum Assessment – Emphasis on Neurologic Complications (Pain, Deficits, Headaches)

Presenter: Dr. Ende

Location: VUH 4203

Reading: Camaan 2017; Ch 31 (you may skim risk factor section, p684-7) Ch 32 [p701-7; 720-1] (you may skim/read selective portions of rare CNS complications, emphasis on prevention p707-720)

Gallery Hours: Monday - Friday 11am - 4pm, Weekends 1-5pm 

(closed October 12-15 for Fall Break and November 18-26 for Thanksgiving Break)

An exhibition of contemporary photographic portraits opens the fall exhibition season at the Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery on September 11, 2017. WHO ARE WE? IDENTITY AND THE CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT examines how, in our image-saturated world, photographs have increasingly played a primary role in shaping identity.An opening reception will be held on Friday, September 15 from 5 to 7 pm in conjunction with Vanderbilt Parents’ and Family Weekend and Fall for the Arts. The exhibition will be on view through December 7, 2017.

As noted by Joseph Mella, director and curator, “Portraits, in all their diversity, serve not only the needs of the sitter and artist, but also those of the viewer. Portraits give us clues to who we are as humans and the possibilities of what we could become.” Instagram and other forms of social media dominate the cultural landscape while the reliance on photography in our own lives increasingly presents questions about representation and identity that artists continue to navigate in surprising ways. Who are we, indeed, and what do we wish to become, and just how easy can it be to craft our own identities?

The first in a three-part series on portraiture, WHO ARE WE? IDENTITY AND THE CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT is organized by the Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery and curated by Joseph S. Mella, director, with support provided by The Ingram Commons and Leslie Cecil and Creighton Michael, MA’76.

Image

Image credit: 

Andres Serrano (American, b. 1950)

Jewel-Joy Stevens, America’s Little Yankee Miss, from “America Now + Here,” 2003

Digital chromogenic print

24” x 20”

Gift of Melissa and Scott Tannen, both BA’99

Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery Collection

Courtesy Andres Serrano

Each year, the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine invites national and international leaders to speak for the monthly Flexner Deans’ Lecture Series. The Flexner Deans’ Lecture Series was endowed by members of Abraham Flexner's family in honor of the contributions he made to medical education, and specifically to medical education at Vanderbilt. 

Topic:"ITP/TTP"                                   

Instructor: Dr. Kat Modes

Location: VCH 4512

Reading: N/A

The Occupational Health Nurses will be available at the Branscomb Quad on 10/10/2017 from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. to provide Flu vaccines to Vanderbilt faculty and staff.

Gallery Hours: Monday - Friday 11am - 4pm, Weekends 1-5pm 

(closed October 12-15 for Fall Break and November 18-26 for Thanksgiving Break)

An exhibition of contemporary photographic portraits opens the fall exhibition season at the Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery on September 11, 2017. WHO ARE WE? IDENTITY AND THE CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT examines how, in our image-saturated world, photographs have increasingly played a primary role in shaping identity.An opening reception will be held on Friday, September 15 from 5 to 7 pm in conjunction with Vanderbilt Parents’ and Family Weekend and Fall for the Arts. The exhibition will be on view through December 7, 2017.

As noted by Joseph Mella, director and curator, “Portraits, in all their diversity, serve not only the needs of the sitter and artist, but also those of the viewer. Portraits give us clues to who we are as humans and the possibilities of what we could become.” Instagram and other forms of social media dominate the cultural landscape while the reliance on photography in our own lives increasingly presents questions about representation and identity that artists continue to navigate in surprising ways. Who are we, indeed, and what do we wish to become, and just how easy can it be to craft our own identities?

The first in a three-part series on portraiture, WHO ARE WE? IDENTITY AND THE CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT is organized by the Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery and curated by Joseph S. Mella, director, with support provided by The Ingram Commons and Leslie Cecil and Creighton Michael, MA’76.

Image

Image credit: 

Andres Serrano (American, b. 1950)

Jewel-Joy Stevens, America’s Little Yankee Miss, from “America Now + Here,” 2003

Digital chromogenic print

24” x 20”

Gift of Melissa and Scott Tannen, both BA’99

Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery Collection

Courtesy Andres Serrano

Topic:"Anesthesia for Thoracic Procedures in Children"                                  

Instructor: Dr. Liz Hughes

Location: VCH 5009

Reading: N/A

The Occupational Health Nurses will be available at the TVC Lobby on 10/11/2017 at 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. to provide TB and Flu vaccines to Vanderbilt faculty and staff.

The Occupational Health Nurses will be available at Light Hall Lobby on 10/11/2017 at 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. to provide TB and Flu vaccines to Vanderbilt faculty and staff.

Participate in Know Your Numbers to measure blood pressure, weight and body mass index. These numbers can be used on your yearly Compass Health Assessment and Wellness Actions Log for the Go for the Gold program. It’s a convenient way to track your changes.

You can view your Know Your Numbers measurements, as well as your participation history in Health Plus activities, in the Health and Wellness Information Portal.

Topic:  PBLD- THoracic Anesthesia/Lung Transplant

Presenter:  Dr. Robert Deegan

Location:  MCE-NT 5053

Readings:  N/A

Topic:  PBLD-Bronchopleural Fistula

Presenter:  Dr. Yafen Liang

Location:  MCE-NT 5053

Readings: N/A

Topic: Oral Boards - #3

Presenter: Dr. Jane Easdown

Location: 3161 MCE

Reading: Chapters 13, 15, & 16

An Occupational Health Nurse will be available at One Hundred Oaks Every Thursday from 8:00 to 11:30 am to provide Hep-B, MMR, TDAP, and TB vaccines to Vanderbilt faculty and staff. They will also provide services to hospital volunteers, as well.

Gallery Hours: Monday - Friday 11am - 4pm, Weekends 1-5pm 

(closed October 12-15 for Fall Break and November 18-26 for Thanksgiving Break)

An exhibition of contemporary photographic portraits opens the fall exhibition season at the Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery on September 11, 2017. WHO ARE WE? IDENTITY AND THE CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT examines how, in our image-saturated world, photographs have increasingly played a primary role in shaping identity.An opening reception will be held on Friday, September 15 from 5 to 7 pm in conjunction with Vanderbilt Parents’ and Family Weekend and Fall for the Arts. The exhibition will be on view through December 7, 2017.

As noted by Joseph Mella, director and curator, “Portraits, in all their diversity, serve not only the needs of the sitter and artist, but also those of the viewer. Portraits give us clues to who we are as humans and the possibilities of what we could become.” Instagram and other forms of social media dominate the cultural landscape while the reliance on photography in our own lives increasingly presents questions about representation and identity that artists continue to navigate in surprising ways. Who are we, indeed, and what do we wish to become, and just how easy can it be to craft our own identities?

The first in a three-part series on portraiture, WHO ARE WE? IDENTITY AND THE CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT is organized by the Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery and curated by Joseph S. Mella, director, with support provided by The Ingram Commons and Leslie Cecil and Creighton Michael, MA’76.

Image

Image credit: 

Andres Serrano (American, b. 1950)

Jewel-Joy Stevens, America’s Little Yankee Miss, from “America Now + Here,” 2003

Digital chromogenic print

24” x 20”

Gift of Melissa and Scott Tannen, both BA’99

Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery Collection

Courtesy Andres Serrano

topic: “Moving Away from Preoperative Testing to the Practice of Perioperative Medicine”

Presenter: Dr. BobbieJean Sweitzer

Location: 208 Light Hall

Reading: N/A

Participate in Know Your Numbers to measure blood pressure, weight and body mass index. These numbers can be used on your yearly Compass Health Assessment and Wellness Actions Log for the Go for the Gold program. It’s a convenient way to track your changes.

You can view your Know Your Numbers measurements, as well as your participation history in Health Plus activities, in the Health and Wellness Information Portal.

Let's Walk!

Time: Festivities start at 8 a.m. 

Location: Vanderbilt University Sport Field at the Corner of Natchez Trace and Blakemore Avenue

Team Vanderbilt Registration: http://www.vanderbilthealth.com/teamvanderbilt/

Registration: 8 a.m.
Run/Walk Begins: 10 a.m.

The 2017 Greater Nashville Heart Walk will take place on Vanderbilt's campus on Saturday, Oct. 14.

The fun gets under way with activities beginning at 8 a.m., at the Vanderbilt University campus sports field at the corner of Natchez Trace and Blakemore Avenue. The 5k walk begins at 10 a.m.

Parking is available for participants in the Shuttle Lot off Natchez Trace, Lot N.

Gallery Hours: Monday - Friday 11am - 4pm, Weekends 1-5pm 

(closed October 12-15 for Fall Break and November 18-26 for Thanksgiving Break)

An exhibition of contemporary photographic portraits opens the fall exhibition season at the Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery on September 11, 2017. WHO ARE WE? IDENTITY AND THE CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT examines how, in our image-saturated world, photographs have increasingly played a primary role in shaping identity.An opening reception will be held on Friday, September 15 from 5 to 7 pm in conjunction with Vanderbilt Parents’ and Family Weekend and Fall for the Arts. The exhibition will be on view through December 7, 2017.

As noted by Joseph Mella, director and curator, “Portraits, in all their diversity, serve not only the needs of the sitter and artist, but also those of the viewer. Portraits give us clues to who we are as humans and the possibilities of what we could become.” Instagram and other forms of social media dominate the cultural landscape while the reliance on photography in our own lives increasingly presents questions about representation and identity that artists continue to navigate in surprising ways. Who are we, indeed, and what do we wish to become, and just how easy can it be to craft our own identities?

The first in a three-part series on portraiture, WHO ARE WE? IDENTITY AND THE CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT is organized by the Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery and curated by Joseph S. Mella, director, with support provided by The Ingram Commons and Leslie Cecil and Creighton Michael, MA’76.

Image

Image credit: 

Andres Serrano (American, b. 1950)

Jewel-Joy Stevens, America’s Little Yankee Miss, from “America Now + Here,” 2003

Digital chromogenic print

24” x 20”

Gift of Melissa and Scott Tannen, both BA’99

Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery Collection

Courtesy Andres Serrano

Topic:"Muscular Dystrophies"                                  

Instructor: Dr. Camila Walters

Location: VCH 4512

Reading: N/A

Gallery Hours: Monday - Friday 11am - 4pm, Weekends 1-5pm 

(closed October 12-15 for Fall Break and November 18-26 for Thanksgiving Break)

An exhibition of contemporary photographic portraits opens the fall exhibition season at the Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery on September 11, 2017. WHO ARE WE? IDENTITY AND THE CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT examines how, in our image-saturated world, photographs have increasingly played a primary role in shaping identity.An opening reception will be held on Friday, September 15 from 5 to 7 pm in conjunction with Vanderbilt Parents’ and Family Weekend and Fall for the Arts. The exhibition will be on view through December 7, 2017.

As noted by Joseph Mella, director and curator, “Portraits, in all their diversity, serve not only the needs of the sitter and artist, but also those of the viewer. Portraits give us clues to who we are as humans and the possibilities of what we could become.” Instagram and other forms of social media dominate the cultural landscape while the reliance on photography in our own lives increasingly presents questions about representation and identity that artists continue to navigate in surprising ways. Who are we, indeed, and what do we wish to become, and just how easy can it be to craft our own identities?

The first in a three-part series on portraiture, WHO ARE WE? IDENTITY AND THE CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT is organized by the Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery and curated by Joseph S. Mella, director, with support provided by The Ingram Commons and Leslie Cecil and Creighton Michael, MA’76.

Image

Image credit: 

Andres Serrano (American, b. 1950)

Jewel-Joy Stevens, America’s Little Yankee Miss, from “America Now + Here,” 2003

Digital chromogenic print

24” x 20”

Gift of Melissa and Scott Tannen, both BA’99

Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery Collection

Courtesy Andres Serrano

The Vanderbilt Master of Public Health (MPH) Program is a two-year interdisciplinary program offered through the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine and accredited by the Council on Education for Public Health. Since 1996, the program has been training future research scientists and public health professionals to be leaders and innovators dedicated to improving public health in a program environment rich in learning, discovery, and service. We offer three tracks: Epidemiology, Global Health, and Health Policy.

We are currently accepting applications for Fall 2018. Individuals with a bachelor’s, master’s, or doctoral degree are eligible to apply.

Learn more about the Vanderbilt MPH Program from current faculty members, students, and admissions staff at this campus information session. Free and open to the public; no registration required.

Topic:"Shock in the Pediatric Patient"                                   

Instructor: Dr. Jason Pollack

Location: VCH 4512

Reading: N/A

Vanderbilt Gives Back!

The American Red Cross will conduct a blood drive from 8 a.m.- 2 p.m. in Light Hall, North Lobby.

Visit www.redcrossblood.org and enter Vandy19 and click to schedule a donation appointment. 

Reminder: a donor card or photo ID is required to donate blood.

Gallery Hours: Monday - Friday 11am - 4pm, Weekends 1-5pm 

(closed October 12-15 for Fall Break and November 18-26 for Thanksgiving Break)

An exhibition of contemporary photographic portraits opens the fall exhibition season at the Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery on September 11, 2017. WHO ARE WE? IDENTITY AND THE CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT examines how, in our image-saturated world, photographs have increasingly played a primary role in shaping identity.An opening reception will be held on Friday, September 15 from 5 to 7 pm in conjunction with Vanderbilt Parents’ and Family Weekend and Fall for the Arts. The exhibition will be on view through December 7, 2017.

As noted by Joseph Mella, director and curator, “Portraits, in all their diversity, serve not only the needs of the sitter and artist, but also those of the viewer. Portraits give us clues to who we are as humans and the possibilities of what we could become.” Instagram and other forms of social media dominate the cultural landscape while the reliance on photography in our own lives increasingly presents questions about representation and identity that artists continue to navigate in surprising ways. Who are we, indeed, and what do we wish to become, and just how easy can it be to craft our own identities?

The first in a three-part series on portraiture, WHO ARE WE? IDENTITY AND THE CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT is organized by the Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery and curated by Joseph S. Mella, director, with support provided by The Ingram Commons and Leslie Cecil and Creighton Michael, MA’76.

Image

Image credit: 

Andres Serrano (American, b. 1950)

Jewel-Joy Stevens, America’s Little Yankee Miss, from “America Now + Here,” 2003

Digital chromogenic print

24” x 20”

Gift of Melissa and Scott Tannen, both BA’99

Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery Collection

Courtesy Andres Serrano

Date: 10/17/2017

Time: 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Location: LH 412

Topic: "Anesthesia for Surgical Subspecialties - Cardiac Surgery"

Presenter: Dr. Kara Seigrist and Dr. Kelly Kohorst

Location 415 A-B Light Hall

Reading: N/A

Gallery Hours: Monday - Friday 11am - 4pm, Weekends 1-5pm 

(closed October 12-15 for Fall Break and November 18-26 for Thanksgiving Break)

An exhibition of contemporary photographic portraits opens the fall exhibition season at the Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery on September 11, 2017. WHO ARE WE? IDENTITY AND THE CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT examines how, in our image-saturated world, photographs have increasingly played a primary role in shaping identity.An opening reception will be held on Friday, September 15 from 5 to 7 pm in conjunction with Vanderbilt Parents’ and Family Weekend and Fall for the Arts. The exhibition will be on view through December 7, 2017.

As noted by Joseph Mella, director and curator, “Portraits, in all their diversity, serve not only the needs of the sitter and artist, but also those of the viewer. Portraits give us clues to who we are as humans and the possibilities of what we could become.” Instagram and other forms of social media dominate the cultural landscape while the reliance on photography in our own lives increasingly presents questions about representation and identity that artists continue to navigate in surprising ways. Who are we, indeed, and what do we wish to become, and just how easy can it be to craft our own identities?

The first in a three-part series on portraiture, WHO ARE WE? IDENTITY AND THE CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT is organized by the Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery and curated by Joseph S. Mella, director, with support provided by The Ingram Commons and Leslie Cecil and Creighton Michael, MA’76.

Image

Image credit: 

Andres Serrano (American, b. 1950)

Jewel-Joy Stevens, America’s Little Yankee Miss, from “America Now + Here,” 2003

Digital chromogenic print

24” x 20”

Gift of Melissa and Scott Tannen, both BA’99

Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery Collection

Courtesy Andres Serrano

The Neuroscience of Major Depression: Focus on Anhedonia

Diego A. Pizzagalli, Ph.D.
Director, Center for Depression, Anxiety and Stress Research
Director, McLean Imaging Center
Director, Laboratory for Affective and Translational Neuroscience
Professor of Psychiatry
Harvard Medical School

Participate in Know Your Numbers to measure blood pressure, weight and body mass index. These numbers can be used on your yearly Compass Health Assessment and Wellness Actions Log for the Go for the Gold program. It’s a convenient way to track your changes.

You can view your Know Your Numbers measurements, as well as your participation history in Health Plus activities, in the Health and Wellness Information Portal.

Topic: Oral Boards - #4

Presenter: Dr. Douglas Hester

Location: 3161 MCE

Reading: Chapters 7 & 20

Gallery Hours: Monday - Friday 11am - 4pm, Weekends 1-5pm 

(closed October 12-15 for Fall Break and November 18-26 for Thanksgiving Break)

An exhibition of contemporary photographic portraits opens the fall exhibition season at the Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery on September 11, 2017. WHO ARE WE? IDENTITY AND THE CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT examines how, in our image-saturated world, photographs have increasingly played a primary role in shaping identity.An opening reception will be held on Friday, September 15 from 5 to 7 pm in conjunction with Vanderbilt Parents’ and Family Weekend and Fall for the Arts. The exhibition will be on view through December 7, 2017.

As noted by Joseph Mella, director and curator, “Portraits, in all their diversity, serve not only the needs of the sitter and artist, but also those of the viewer. Portraits give us clues to who we are as humans and the possibilities of what we could become.” Instagram and other forms of social media dominate the cultural landscape while the reliance on photography in our own lives increasingly presents questions about representation and identity that artists continue to navigate in surprising ways. Who are we, indeed, and what do we wish to become, and just how easy can it be to craft our own identities?

The first in a three-part series on portraiture, WHO ARE WE? IDENTITY AND THE CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT is organized by the Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery and curated by Joseph S. Mella, director, with support provided by The Ingram Commons and Leslie Cecil and Creighton Michael, MA’76.

Image

Image credit: 

Andres Serrano (American, b. 1950)

Jewel-Joy Stevens, America’s Little Yankee Miss, from “America Now + Here,” 2003

Digital chromogenic print

24” x 20”

Gift of Melissa and Scott Tannen, both BA’99

Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery Collection

Courtesy Andres Serrano

Lecture with Dr. Michael de Riesthal; Assistant Professor of Vanderbilt Hearing and Speech Sciences and Director of Pi Beta Phi Rehabilitation Center, and Dr. Melissa Duff; Associate Professor of Vanderbilt Hearing and Speech Sciences and Director of the Communication and Memory Laboratory. In this lecture, we will discuss many aspects of Traumatic Brain Injury, such as causes, the course of treatment at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, the prevalence of it, and what it is like to live with Traumatic Brain Injury.

Participate in Know Your Numbers to measure blood pressure, weight and body mass index. These numbers can be used on your yearly Compass Health Assessment and Wellness Actions Log for the Go for the Gold program. It’s a convenient way to track your changes.

You can view your Know Your Numbers measurements, as well as your participation history in Health Plus activities, in the Health and Wellness Information Portal.

Participate in Know Your Numbers to measure blood pressure, weight and body mass index. These numbers can be used on your yearly Compass Health Assessment and Wellness Actions Log for the Go for the Gold program. It’s a convenient way to track your changes.

You can view your Know Your Numbers measurements, as well as your participation history in Health Plus activities, in the Health and Wellness Information Portal.

In conjunction with the Vanderbilt Initiative for Maximizing Student Diversity, the Biochemistry Department welcomes our esteemed guest speaker for the upcoming  Frontiers in Biochemistry lecture series. Dr. Enrique De La Cruz will speak on October 20, 2017, at noon in 214 LH.

Attendance is OPEN to all, in the interest of collaborative sharing and disseminating discovery science across our institution of learning. Please plan to attend the “Frontiers in Biochemistry” seminar series for this academic year.

The complete list of “Frontiers” seminars is available at https://medschool.vanderbilt.edu/biochemistry/events; feel free to enter these speaking engagements into your calendar. Frontiers in Biochemistry Seminars are held on select Fridays at noon in 214 Light Hall, unless otherwise noted. Background info and a flyer for our guest speaker are also attached for your perusal.

Dr. Enrique De La Cruz

Yale/NSF

“How Cells Use Chemistry & Physics to Break the Bones that Power Their Movement"

"Dr. De La Cruz has published extensively in the areas of actin and myosin regulation, RNA helicases, and signaling enzymes, for which he has received a number of awards and honors. Among them are the American Heart Association Established Investigator Award, NSF CAREER award, Keith R. Porter Symposium Award from the Society for General Physiologists, and a Hellman Family Fellowship. He was the Abbott Distinguished Lecturer at Purdue University, Plenary Lecturer at the Ibero-American Congress of Biophysics Meeting held in Brazil, Plenary Lecturer of the 44th Annual Meeting of the Biophysical Society of Japan, and has delivered Keynote and named lectureships at Washington University in St. Louis, Johns Hopkins, University of Pennsylvania, Duke University, Notre Dame, University of North Carolina, Rutgers University, and the University of Illinois.”

The Biochemistry Student Association sets up a post-seminar lunch with our guest speakers, to encourage greater discussion with invited graduate students and post-doctoral fellows; contact BSA Committee Representatives (Katie Rothamel, Olivia Oviatt, Esha Dalvie) regarding lunch inclusion.

Please note that this visit is sponsored by the Department of Biochemistry, in conjunction with the IMSD, with Adrian Olivares as acting host.

Gallery Hours: Monday - Friday 11am - 4pm, Weekends 1-5pm 

(closed October 12-15 for Fall Break and November 18-26 for Thanksgiving Break)

An exhibition of contemporary photographic portraits opens the fall exhibition season at the Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery on September 11, 2017. WHO ARE WE? IDENTITY AND THE CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT examines how, in our image-saturated world, photographs have increasingly played a primary role in shaping identity.An opening reception will be held on Friday, September 15 from 5 to 7 pm in conjunction with Vanderbilt Parents’ and Family Weekend and Fall for the Arts. The exhibition will be on view through December 7, 2017.

As noted by Joseph Mella, director and curator, “Portraits, in all their diversity, serve not only the needs of the sitter and artist, but also those of the viewer. Portraits give us clues to who we are as humans and the possibilities of what we could become.” Instagram and other forms of social media dominate the cultural landscape while the reliance on photography in our own lives increasingly presents questions about representation and identity that artists continue to navigate in surprising ways. Who are we, indeed, and what do we wish to become, and just how easy can it be to craft our own identities?

The first in a three-part series on portraiture, WHO ARE WE? IDENTITY AND THE CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT is organized by the Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery and curated by Joseph S. Mella, director, with support provided by The Ingram Commons and Leslie Cecil and Creighton Michael, MA’76.

Image

Image credit: 

Andres Serrano (American, b. 1950)

Jewel-Joy Stevens, America’s Little Yankee Miss, from “America Now + Here,” 2003

Digital chromogenic print

24” x 20”

Gift of Melissa and Scott Tannen, both BA’99

Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery Collection

Courtesy Andres Serrano

Enjoy your time off from classes!

Topic: Left Atrial Occlusion Devices 

Presenter: Chris Ellis 

Location: MCE-NT 5053

Readings: N/A

Department of Psychology

Colloquium Series

Presents

Jeremy M. Wolfe, Ph.D.

Professor of Ophthalmology & Radiology,

Harvard Medical School

Visual Attention Lab

Department of Surgery

Brigham & Women's Hospital

 http://search.bwh.harvard.edu/new/index.html

The Incidental Gorilla: What can the science of visual attention tell us about the art of radiology?

We cannot simultaneously recognize every object in our field of view. As a result, we deploy attention from object to object or place to place, searching for what we need. This is true whether we are looking for the cat in the bedroom or nodules in a lung CT. We do not search at random. Our attention is guided by the features of the targets we seek and the structure of the scenes in which those targets are embedded. Again, this is true whether that scene is a bedroom or a lung. Unfortunately, our search engine does not work perfectly and we sometimes fail to find what we seek. When those missed targets are such things as tumors or bombs, these errors are socially significant, worth understanding and, if possible, correcting. In this talk, I will illustrate some of the basic principles of human visual attention and I will present data showing how those principles play out in the realm of medical image perception.

Tuesday, October 24^th, 2017

3:00pm

126 Wilson Hall

Date: 10/25/2017

Time: 12:00pm - 1:00pm

Location: TBD

An Occupational Health Nurse will be available at One Hundred Oaks Every Thursday from 8:00 to 11:30 am to provide Hep-B, MMR, TDAP, and TB vaccines to Vanderbilt faculty and staff. They will also provide services to hospital volunteers, as well.

Date: 10/26/2017

Time: 12:00pm - 1:00pm

Location: LH 306 A-B

The Vanderbilt Master of Public Health (MPH) Program is a two-year interdisciplinary program offered through the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine and accredited by the Council on Education for Public Health. Since 1996, the program has been training future research scientists and public health professionals to be leaders and innovators dedicated to improving public health in a program environment rich in learning, discovery, and service. We offer three tracks: Epidemiology, Global Health, and Health Policy.

We are currently accepting applications for Fall 2018. Individuals with a bachelor’s, master’s, or doctoral degree are eligible to apply.

Learn more about the Vanderbilt MPH Program from current faculty members, students, and admissions staff at this campus information session. Free and open to the public; no registration required.

Gallery Hours: Monday - Friday 11am - 4pm, Weekends 1-5pm 

(closed October 12-15 for Fall Break and November 18-26 for Thanksgiving Break)

An exhibition of contemporary photographic portraits opens the fall exhibition season at the Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery on September 11, 2017. WHO ARE WE? IDENTITY AND THE CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT examines how, in our image-saturated world, photographs have increasingly played a primary role in shaping identity.An opening reception will be held on Friday, September 15 from 5 to 7 pm in conjunction with Vanderbilt Parents’ and Family Weekend and Fall for the Arts. The exhibition will be on view through December 7, 2017.

As noted by Joseph Mella, director and curator, “Portraits, in all their diversity, serve not only the needs of the sitter and artist, but also those of the viewer. Portraits give us clues to who we are as humans and the possibilities of what we could become.” Instagram and other forms of social media dominate the cultural landscape while the reliance on photography in our own lives increasingly presents questions about representation and identity that artists continue to navigate in surprising ways. Who are we, indeed, and what do we wish to become, and just how easy can it be to craft our own identities?

The first in a three-part series on portraiture, WHO ARE WE? IDENTITY AND THE CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT is organized by the Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery and curated by Joseph S. Mella, director, with support provided by The Ingram Commons and Leslie Cecil and Creighton Michael, MA’76.

Image

Image credit: 

Andres Serrano (American, b. 1950)

Jewel-Joy Stevens, America’s Little Yankee Miss, from “America Now + Here,” 2003

Digital chromogenic print

24” x 20”

Gift of Melissa and Scott Tannen, both BA’99

Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery Collection

Courtesy Andres Serrano

Gallery Hours: Monday - Friday 11am - 4pm, Weekends 1-5pm 

(closed October 12-15 for Fall Break and November 18-26 for Thanksgiving Break)

An exhibition of contemporary photographic portraits opens the fall exhibition season at the Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery on September 11, 2017. WHO ARE WE? IDENTITY AND THE CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT examines how, in our image-saturated world, photographs have increasingly played a primary role in shaping identity.An opening reception will be held on Friday, September 15 from 5 to 7 pm in conjunction with Vanderbilt Parents’ and Family Weekend and Fall for the Arts. The exhibition will be on view through December 7, 2017.

As noted by Joseph Mella, director and curator, “Portraits, in all their diversity, serve not only the needs of the sitter and artist, but also those of the viewer. Portraits give us clues to who we are as humans and the possibilities of what we could become.” Instagram and other forms of social media dominate the cultural landscape while the reliance on photography in our own lives increasingly presents questions about representation and identity that artists continue to navigate in surprising ways. Who are we, indeed, and what do we wish to become, and just how easy can it be to craft our own identities?

The first in a three-part series on portraiture, WHO ARE WE? IDENTITY AND THE CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT is organized by the Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery and curated by Joseph S. Mella, director, with support provided by The Ingram Commons and Leslie Cecil and Creighton Michael, MA’76.

Image

Image credit: 

Andres Serrano (American, b. 1950)

Jewel-Joy Stevens, America’s Little Yankee Miss, from “America Now + Here,” 2003

Digital chromogenic print

24” x 20”

Gift of Melissa and Scott Tannen, both BA’99

Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery Collection

Courtesy Andres Serrano

Gallery Hours: Monday - Friday 11am - 4pm, Weekends 1-5pm 

(closed October 12-15 for Fall Break and November 18-26 for Thanksgiving Break)

An exhibition of contemporary photographic portraits opens the fall exhibition season at the Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery on September 11, 2017. WHO ARE WE? IDENTITY AND THE CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT examines how, in our image-saturated world, photographs have increasingly played a primary role in shaping identity.An opening reception will be held on Friday, September 15 from 5 to 7 pm in conjunction with Vanderbilt Parents’ and Family Weekend and Fall for the Arts. The exhibition will be on view through December 7, 2017.

As noted by Joseph Mella, director and curator, “Portraits, in all their diversity, serve not only the needs of the sitter and artist, but also those of the viewer. Portraits give us clues to who we are as humans and the possibilities of what we could become.” Instagram and other forms of social media dominate the cultural landscape while the reliance on photography in our own lives increasingly presents questions about representation and identity that artists continue to navigate in surprising ways. Who are we, indeed, and what do we wish to become, and just how easy can it be to craft our own identities?

The first in a three-part series on portraiture, WHO ARE WE? IDENTITY AND THE CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT is organized by the Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery and curated by Joseph S. Mella, director, with support provided by The Ingram Commons and Leslie Cecil and Creighton Michael, MA’76.

Image

Image credit: 

Andres Serrano (American, b. 1950)

Jewel-Joy Stevens, America’s Little Yankee Miss, from “America Now + Here,” 2003

Digital chromogenic print

24” x 20”

Gift of Melissa and Scott Tannen, both BA’99

Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery Collection

Courtesy Andres Serrano

This is an announcement for the annual Gerald S. Gotterer Health Professionals Education Research Day. It is also being held in conjunction with the OHSE Grand Rounds with Tracy Fulton, PhD, from University of California San Francisco.

Please register to attend with this link:

Register/add to calendar>>

Come hear from second years about how to succeed during Homeostasis! We know the first 12-week block can seem intimidating, so this is a great opportunity to ask any questions and get some tips (while eating ice cream). Hope to see you there!

Gallery Hours: Monday - Friday 11am - 4pm, Weekends 1-5pm 

(closed October 12-15 for Fall Break and November 18-26 for Thanksgiving Break)

An exhibition of contemporary photographic portraits opens the fall exhibition season at the Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery on September 11, 2017. WHO ARE WE? IDENTITY AND THE CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT examines how, in our image-saturated world, photographs have increasingly played a primary role in shaping identity.An opening reception will be held on Friday, September 15 from 5 to 7 pm in conjunction with Vanderbilt Parents’ and Family Weekend and Fall for the Arts. The exhibition will be on view through December 7, 2017.

As noted by Joseph Mella, director and curator, “Portraits, in all their diversity, serve not only the needs of the sitter and artist, but also those of the viewer. Portraits give us clues to who we are as humans and the possibilities of what we could become.” Instagram and other forms of social media dominate the cultural landscape while the reliance on photography in our own lives increasingly presents questions about representation and identity that artists continue to navigate in surprising ways. Who are we, indeed, and what do we wish to become, and just how easy can it be to craft our own identities?

The first in a three-part series on portraiture, WHO ARE WE? IDENTITY AND THE CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT is organized by the Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery and curated by Joseph S. Mella, director, with support provided by The Ingram Commons and Leslie Cecil and Creighton Michael, MA’76.

Image

Image credit: 

Andres Serrano (American, b. 1950)

Jewel-Joy Stevens, America’s Little Yankee Miss, from “America Now + Here,” 2003

Digital chromogenic print

24” x 20”

Gift of Melissa and Scott Tannen, both BA’99

Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery Collection

Courtesy Andres Serrano

Presenter:  Steve Doherty

VCH Boardroom, #2220

Topic: "Project Development (cont.)"

Presenter: TBA

Location: 2301-A VUH

Reading: PS 202; PS 203; PS 204

Gallery Hours: Monday - Friday 11am - 4pm, Weekends 1-5pm 

(closed October 12-15 for Fall Break and November 18-26 for Thanksgiving Break)

An exhibition of contemporary photographic portraits opens the fall exhibition season at the Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery on September 11, 2017. WHO ARE WE? IDENTITY AND THE CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT examines how, in our image-saturated world, photographs have increasingly played a primary role in shaping identity.An opening reception will be held on Friday, September 15 from 5 to 7 pm in conjunction with Vanderbilt Parents’ and Family Weekend and Fall for the Arts. The exhibition will be on view through December 7, 2017.

As noted by Joseph Mella, director and curator, “Portraits, in all their diversity, serve not only the needs of the sitter and artist, but also those of the viewer. Portraits give us clues to who we are as humans and the possibilities of what we could become.” Instagram and other forms of social media dominate the cultural landscape while the reliance on photography in our own lives increasingly presents questions about representation and identity that artists continue to navigate in surprising ways. Who are we, indeed, and what do we wish to become, and just how easy can it be to craft our own identities?

The first in a three-part series on portraiture, WHO ARE WE? IDENTITY AND THE CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT is organized by the Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery and curated by Joseph S. Mella, director, with support provided by The Ingram Commons and Leslie Cecil and Creighton Michael, MA’76.

Image

Image credit: 

Andres Serrano (American, b. 1950)

Jewel-Joy Stevens, America’s Little Yankee Miss, from “America Now + Here,” 2003

Digital chromogenic print

24” x 20”

Gift of Melissa and Scott Tannen, both BA’99

Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery Collection

Courtesy Andres Serrano

An Occupational Health Nurse will be available during the VCH Monthly Visit from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. on 11/2/2017 to provide Flu, Hep-B, MMR, TDAP, and TB vaccines to Vanderbilt faculty and staff. They will also provide services to hospital volunteers, as well.

Topic: “Using Enhanced Recovery Programs to Change Perioperative Culture”

Presenter:  Dr. Liane S Feldman 

Location: 2301-A VUH

Reading: N/A

Date: 11/3/2017

Time: 8:30am - 12:30pm

Location: MCE 8323

Topic: ERIC implementation strategies

Speaker :  Beth Prusaczyk, PhD Post-doc, CCQIR

Time: 11:45am - 12:45pm

Location: 2525 West End Ave, Grand Conference Room, 12th floor Room 1232

Vanderbilt University Medical Center designates this live activity for 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)ΤΜ  and 1.0 APA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)ΤΜ

The Center for Clinical Quality and Implementation Research (CCQIR) Scholarly Series provides a platform for dissemination and scholarly discussion of cutting edge methods, innovative research initiatives, and current literature related to Implementation Science.

If you have any questions, please contact us at implementation@vanderbilt.edu or 615-936-7231

An Occupational Health Nurse will be available with the Late Night Cart from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. on 11/3/2017 to provide Flu, Hep-B, MMR, TDAP, and TB vaccines to Vanderbilt faculty and staff. They will also provide services to hospital volunteers, as well.

VUH 6N, 6S, 7N, & 7S

Gallery Hours: Monday - Friday 11am - 4pm, Weekends 1-5pm 

(closed October 12-15 for Fall Break and November 18-26 for Thanksgiving Break)

An exhibition of contemporary photographic portraits opens the fall exhibition season at the Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery on September 11, 2017. WHO ARE WE? IDENTITY AND THE CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT examines how, in our image-saturated world, photographs have increasingly played a primary role in shaping identity.An opening reception will be held on Friday, September 15 from 5 to 7 pm in conjunction with Vanderbilt Parents’ and Family Weekend and Fall for the Arts. The exhibition will be on view through December 7, 2017.

As noted by Joseph Mella, director and curator, “Portraits, in all their diversity, serve not only the needs of the sitter and artist, but also those of the viewer. Portraits give us clues to who we are as humans and the possibilities of what we could become.” Instagram and other forms of social media dominate the cultural landscape while the reliance on photography in our own lives increasingly presents questions about representation and identity that artists continue to navigate in surprising ways. Who are we, indeed, and what do we wish to become, and just how easy can it be to craft our own identities?

The first in a three-part series on portraiture, WHO ARE WE? IDENTITY AND THE CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT is organized by the Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery and curated by Joseph S. Mella, director, with support provided by The Ingram Commons and Leslie Cecil and Creighton Michael, MA’76.

Image

Image credit: 

Andres Serrano (American, b. 1950)

Jewel-Joy Stevens, America’s Little Yankee Miss, from “America Now + Here,” 2003

Digital chromogenic print

24” x 20”

Gift of Melissa and Scott Tannen, both BA’99

Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery Collection

Courtesy Andres Serrano

Topic: "TEE Conference"

Presenter: Dr. Robert Deegan

Location: MCE-NT 5053

Reading: N/A

Gallery Hours: Monday - Friday 11am - 4pm, Weekends 1-5pm 

(closed October 12-15 for Fall Break and November 18-26 for Thanksgiving Break)

An exhibition of contemporary photographic portraits opens the fall exhibition season at the Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery on September 11, 2017. WHO ARE WE? IDENTITY AND THE CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT examines how, in our image-saturated world, photographs have increasingly played a primary role in shaping identity.An opening reception will be held on Friday, September 15 from 5 to 7 pm in conjunction with Vanderbilt Parents’ and Family Weekend and Fall for the Arts. The exhibition will be on view through December 7, 2017.

As noted by Joseph Mella, director and curator, “Portraits, in all their diversity, serve not only the needs of the sitter and artist, but also those of the viewer. Portraits give us clues to who we are as humans and the possibilities of what we could become.” Instagram and other forms of social media dominate the cultural landscape while the reliance on photography in our own lives increasingly presents questions about representation and identity that artists continue to navigate in surprising ways. Who are we, indeed, and what do we wish to become, and just how easy can it be to craft our own identities?

The first in a three-part series on portraiture, WHO ARE WE? IDENTITY AND THE CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT is organized by the Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery and curated by Joseph S. Mella, director, with support provided by The Ingram Commons and Leslie Cecil and Creighton Michael, MA’76.

Image

Image credit: 

Andres Serrano (American, b. 1950)

Jewel-Joy Stevens, America’s Little Yankee Miss, from “America Now + Here,” 2003

Digital chromogenic print

24” x 20”

Gift of Melissa and Scott Tannen, both BA’99

Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery Collection

Courtesy Andres Serrano

Celebrate good health each winter holiday season with the Health Plus Hold the Stuffing Challenge. Take the holiday challenge to maintain weight from November – January and earn rewards.

How it Works: Do an initial weigh-in prior to Thanksgiving and receive healthy holiday recipes and tips to help you celebrate good health. Return for a final weigh-in after New Year’s Day.

Earn Rewards: If you maintain your weight (gain no more than 2 pounds), you will be entered into a prize drawing. 2 Grand Prize winners and 10 Runner-up Wellness Prize winners will be chosen.

An Occupational Health Nurse will be available at One Hundred Oaks Every Thursday from 8:00 to 11:30 am to provide Hep-B, MMR, TDAP, and TB vaccines to Vanderbilt faculty and staff. They will also provide services to hospital volunteers, as well.

Vanderbilt University Medical Center's Flexner Discovery Lecture Series features the world's most eminent scientists who speak on the highest-impact research and policy issues in science and medicine today.

November 9, 2017: sponsored by the Medical Scientist Training Program

Presenter: Sally Wenzel, MD

• Professor of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine (UPSOM)
• Director, University of Pittsburgh Asthma Institute, UPSOM
• UPSOM Chair in Translational Airway Biology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Subsection Chief of Allergy

Please visit our website to view archived and upcoming Flexner Discovery Lectures.

Second Friday Telescope Night. The Dyer Observatory telescopes will be set up for gazing, and the observatory will be open for viewing exhibits and speaking with astronomers. The format is "open house" so you may arrive and depart any time during the event. There will not be a formal talk/program on these nights unless otherwise noted. Suggested for ages 8 and up.

Please note:

• The Seyfert Telescope is located on the second floor of the observatory. There are twenty steps leading to the second floor.
• For the safety of all observatory guests, closed-toe footwear must be worn.
• Vehicles larger than a standard-size school bus will not fit through the gate.
• You do not need to bring a printed ticket; there will be a guest list at the gate.
• Alert the parking attendant at the gate if you have special parking needs.
• If your plans change and you can not attend, please let us know so we may release the space to someone else.        

Time:  You may arrive and depart any time during the event

Address: 1000 Oman Drive, Brentwood TN 37027 (NOT the main Vanderbilt campus)    

Cost:  $6.24 per person ($5.00 admission plus $1.24 online handling fee.) Each person must have their own reservation.

NO TICKETS SOLD AT DOOR. Tickets may be purchased up to the day of the event.

NO REFUNDS OR EXCHANGES. THIS IS A CLEAR OR CLOUDY EVENT.

TICKETS HERE: https://www.eventbrite.com/o/vanderbilt-university-dyer-observatory-2143130631

Tickets available beginning one month before event.

Gallery Hours: Monday - Friday 11am - 4pm, Weekends 1-5pm 

(closed October 12-15 for Fall Break and November 18-26 for Thanksgiving Break)

An exhibition of contemporary photographic portraits opens the fall exhibition season at the Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery on September 11, 2017. WHO ARE WE? IDENTITY AND THE CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT examines how, in our image-saturated world, photographs have increasingly played a primary role in shaping identity.An opening reception will be held on Friday, September 15 from 5 to 7 pm in conjunction with Vanderbilt Parents’ and Family Weekend and Fall for the Arts. The exhibition will be on view through December 7, 2017.

As noted by Joseph Mella, director and curator, “Portraits, in all their diversity, serve not only the needs of the sitter and artist, but also those of the viewer. Portraits give us clues to who we are as humans and the possibilities of what we could become.” Instagram and other forms of social media dominate the cultural landscape while the reliance on photography in our own lives increasingly presents questions about representation and identity that artists continue to navigate in surprising ways. Who are we, indeed, and what do we wish to become, and just how easy can it be to craft our own identities?

The first in a three-part series on portraiture, WHO ARE WE? IDENTITY AND THE CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT is organized by the Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery and curated by Joseph S. Mella, director, with support provided by The Ingram Commons and Leslie Cecil and Creighton Michael, MA’76.

Image

Image credit: 

Andres Serrano (American, b. 1950)

Jewel-Joy Stevens, America’s Little Yankee Miss, from “America Now + Here,” 2003

Digital chromogenic print

24” x 20”

Gift of Melissa and Scott Tannen, both BA’99

Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery Collection

Courtesy Andres Serrano

Gallery Hours: Monday - Friday 11am - 4pm, Weekends 1-5pm 

(closed October 12-15 for Fall Break and November 18-26 for Thanksgiving Break)

An exhibition of contemporary photographic portraits opens the fall exhibition season at the Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery on September 11, 2017. WHO ARE WE? IDENTITY AND THE CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT examines how, in our image-saturated world, photographs have increasingly played a primary role in shaping identity.An opening reception will be held on Friday, September 15 from 5 to 7 pm in conjunction with Vanderbilt Parents’ and Family Weekend and Fall for the Arts. The exhibition will be on view through December 7, 2017.

As noted by Joseph Mella, director and curator, “Portraits, in all their diversity, serve not only the needs of the sitter and artist, but also those of the viewer. Portraits give us clues to who we are as humans and the possibilities of what we could become.” Instagram and other forms of social media dominate the cultural landscape while the reliance on photography in our own lives increasingly presents questions about representation and identity that artists continue to navigate in surprising ways. Who are we, indeed, and what do we wish to become, and just how easy can it be to craft our own identities?

The first in a three-part series on portraiture, WHO ARE WE? IDENTITY AND THE CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT is organized by the Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery and curated by Joseph S. Mella, director, with support provided by The Ingram Commons and Leslie Cecil and Creighton Michael, MA’76.

Image

Image credit: 

Andres Serrano (American, b. 1950)

Jewel-Joy Stevens, America’s Little Yankee Miss, from “America Now + Here,” 2003

Digital chromogenic print

24” x 20”

Gift of Melissa and Scott Tannen, both BA’99

Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery Collection

Courtesy Andres Serrano

Participate in Know Your Numbers to measure blood pressure, weight and body mass index. These numbers can be used on your yearly Compass Health Assessment and Wellness Actions Log for the Go for the Gold program. It’s a convenient way to track your changes.

You can view your Know Your Numbers measurements, as well as your participation history in Health Plus activities, in the Health and Wellness Information Portal.

Topic: "IHI Open School Review; Thanksgiving Meal; Mid-Year Check-in"

Presenter: TBA

Location: 2301-A VUH

Reading: N/A

Participate in Know Your Numbers to measure blood pressure, weight and body mass index. These numbers can be used on your yearly Compass Health Assessment and Wellness Actions Log for the Go for the Gold program. It’s a convenient way to track your changes.

You can view your Know Your Numbers measurements, as well as your participation history in Health Plus activities, in the Health and Wellness Information Portal.

See the AGENDA on the web page for complete information regarding the event.

Sponsored by:

The Vanderbilt Diabetes Research and Training Center (DRTC) and

The Vanderbilt Center for Diabetes Translation Research (CDTR)

Gallery Hours: Monday - Friday 11am - 4pm, Weekends 1-5pm 

(closed October 12-15 for Fall Break and November 18-26 for Thanksgiving Break)

An exhibition of contemporary photographic portraits opens the fall exhibition season at the Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery on September 11, 2017. WHO ARE WE? IDENTITY AND THE CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT examines how, in our image-saturated world, photographs have increasingly played a primary role in shaping identity.An opening reception will be held on Friday, September 15 from 5 to 7 pm in conjunction with Vanderbilt Parents’ and Family Weekend and Fall for the Arts. The exhibition will be on view through December 7, 2017.

As noted by Joseph Mella, director and curator, “Portraits, in all their diversity, serve not only the needs of the sitter and artist, but also those of the viewer. Portraits give us clues to who we are as humans and the possibilities of what we could become.” Instagram and other forms of social media dominate the cultural landscape while the reliance on photography in our own lives increasingly presents questions about representation and identity that artists continue to navigate in surprising ways. Who are we, indeed, and what do we wish to become, and just how easy can it be to craft our own identities?

The first in a three-part series on portraiture, WHO ARE WE? IDENTITY AND THE CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT is organized by the Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery and curated by Joseph S. Mella, director, with support provided by The Ingram Commons and Leslie Cecil and Creighton Michael, MA’76.

Image

Image credit: 

Andres Serrano (American, b. 1950)

Jewel-Joy Stevens, America’s Little Yankee Miss, from “America Now + Here,” 2003

Digital chromogenic print

24” x 20”

Gift of Melissa and Scott Tannen, both BA’99

Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery Collection

Courtesy Andres Serrano

Date: 11/16/2017

Time: 12:00pm - 1:00pm

Location: LH 412

Participate in Know Your Numbers to measure blood pressure, weight and body mass index. These numbers can be used on your yearly Compass Health Assessment and Wellness Actions Log for the Go for the Gold program. It’s a convenient way to track your changes.

You can view your Know Your Numbers measurements, as well as your participation history in Health Plus activities, in the Health and Wellness Information Portal.

Gallery Hours: Monday - Friday 11am - 4pm, Weekends 1-5pm 

(closed October 12-15 for Fall Break and November 18-26 for Thanksgiving Break)

An exhibition of contemporary photographic portraits opens the fall exhibition season at the Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery on September 11, 2017. WHO ARE WE? IDENTITY AND THE CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT examines how, in our image-saturated world, photographs have increasingly played a primary role in shaping identity.An opening reception will be held on Friday, September 15 from 5 to 7 pm in conjunction with Vanderbilt Parents’ and Family Weekend and Fall for the Arts. The exhibition will be on view through December 7, 2017.

As noted by Joseph Mella, director and curator, “Portraits, in all their diversity, serve not only the needs of the sitter and artist, but also those of the viewer. Portraits give us clues to who we are as humans and the possibilities of what we could become.” Instagram and other forms of social media dominate the cultural landscape while the reliance on photography in our own lives increasingly presents questions about representation and identity that artists continue to navigate in surprising ways. Who are we, indeed, and what do we wish to become, and just how easy can it be to craft our own identities?

The first in a three-part series on portraiture, WHO ARE WE? IDENTITY AND THE CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT is organized by the Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery and curated by Joseph S. Mella, director, with support provided by The Ingram Commons and Leslie Cecil and Creighton Michael, MA’76.

Image

Image credit: 

Andres Serrano (American, b. 1950)

Jewel-Joy Stevens, America’s Little Yankee Miss, from “America Now + Here,” 2003

Digital chromogenic print

24” x 20”

Gift of Melissa and Scott Tannen, both BA’99

Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery Collection

Courtesy Andres Serrano

Gallery Hours: Monday - Friday 11am - 4pm, Weekends 1-5pm 

(closed October 12-15 for Fall Break and November 18-26 for Thanksgiving Break)

An exhibition of contemporary photographic portraits opens the fall exhibition season at the Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery on September 11, 2017. WHO ARE WE? IDENTITY AND THE CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT examines how, in our image-saturated world, photographs have increasingly played a primary role in shaping identity.An opening reception will be held on Friday, September 15 from 5 to 7 pm in conjunction with Vanderbilt Parents’ and Family Weekend and Fall for the Arts. The exhibition will be on view through December 7, 2017.

As noted by Joseph Mella, director and curator, “Portraits, in all their diversity, serve not only the needs of the sitter and artist, but also those of the viewer. Portraits give us clues to who we are as humans and the possibilities of what we could become.” Instagram and other forms of social media dominate the cultural landscape while the reliance on photography in our own lives increasingly presents questions about representation and identity that artists continue to navigate in surprising ways. Who are we, indeed, and what do we wish to become, and just how easy can it be to craft our own identities?

The first in a three-part series on portraiture, WHO ARE WE? IDENTITY AND THE CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT is organized by the Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery and curated by Joseph S. Mella, director, with support provided by The Ingram Commons and Leslie Cecil and Creighton Michael, MA’76.

Image

Image credit: 

Andres Serrano (American, b. 1950)

Jewel-Joy Stevens, America’s Little Yankee Miss, from “America Now + Here,” 2003

Digital chromogenic print

24” x 20”

Gift of Melissa and Scott Tannen, both BA’99

Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery Collection

Courtesy Andres Serrano

Gallery Hours: Monday - Friday 11am - 4pm, Weekends 1-5pm 

(closed October 12-15 for Fall Break and November 18-26 for Thanksgiving Break)

An exhibition of contemporary photographic portraits opens the fall exhibition season at the Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery on September 11, 2017. WHO ARE WE? IDENTITY AND THE CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT examines how, in our image-saturated world, photographs have increasingly played a primary role in shaping identity.An opening reception will be held on Friday, September 15 from 5 to 7 pm in conjunction with Vanderbilt Parents’ and Family Weekend and Fall for the Arts. The exhibition will be on view through December 7, 2017.

As noted by Joseph Mella, director and curator, “Portraits, in all their diversity, serve not only the needs of the sitter and artist, but also those of the viewer. Portraits give us clues to who we are as humans and the possibilities of what we could become.” Instagram and other forms of social media dominate the cultural landscape while the reliance on photography in our own lives increasingly presents questions about representation and identity that artists continue to navigate in surprising ways. Who are we, indeed, and what do we wish to become, and just how easy can it be to craft our own identities?

The first in a three-part series on portraiture, WHO ARE WE? IDENTITY AND THE CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT is organized by the Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery and curated by Joseph S. Mella, director, with support provided by The Ingram Commons and Leslie Cecil and Creighton Michael, MA’76.

Image

Image credit: 

Andres Serrano (American, b. 1950)

Jewel-Joy Stevens, America’s Little Yankee Miss, from “America Now + Here,” 2003

Digital chromogenic print

24” x 20”

Gift of Melissa and Scott Tannen, both BA’99

Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery Collection

Courtesy Andres Serrano

The Medical Center Staff Advisory Council (MCSAC) represents all staff members in the Vanderbilt Medical Center. MCSAC is an advisory group to the medical center administration for issues that are important to staff, such as policies, benefits and practices.

Date: 11/21/2017

Time: 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Location: LH 412

An Occupational Health Nurse will be available at One Hundred Oaks Every Thursday from 8:00 to 11:30 am to provide Hep-B, MMR, TDAP, and TB vaccines to Vanderbilt faculty and staff. They will also provide services to hospital volunteers, as well.

Gallery Hours: Monday - Friday 11am - 4pm, Weekends 1-5pm 

(closed October 12-15 for Fall Break and November 18-26 for Thanksgiving Break)

An exhibition of contemporary photographic portraits opens the fall exhibition season at the Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery on September 11, 2017. WHO ARE WE? IDENTITY AND THE CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT examines how, in our image-saturated world, photographs have increasingly played a primary role in shaping identity.An opening reception will be held on Friday, September 15 from 5 to 7 pm in conjunction with Vanderbilt Parents’ and Family Weekend and Fall for the Arts. The exhibition will be on view through December 7, 2017.

As noted by Joseph Mella, director and curator, “Portraits, in all their diversity, serve not only the needs of the sitter and artist, but also those of the viewer. Portraits give us clues to who we are as humans and the possibilities of what we could become.” Instagram and other forms of social media dominate the cultural landscape while the reliance on photography in our own lives increasingly presents questions about representation and identity that artists continue to navigate in surprising ways. Who are we, indeed, and what do we wish to become, and just how easy can it be to craft our own identities?

The first in a three-part series on portraiture, WHO ARE WE? IDENTITY AND THE CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT is organized by the Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery and curated by Joseph S. Mella, director, with support provided by The Ingram Commons and Leslie Cecil and Creighton Michael, MA’76.

Image

Image credit: 

Andres Serrano (American, b. 1950)

Jewel-Joy Stevens, America’s Little Yankee Miss, from “America Now + Here,” 2003

Digital chromogenic print

24” x 20”

Gift of Melissa and Scott Tannen, both BA’99

Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery Collection

Courtesy Andres Serrano

Gallery Hours: Monday - Friday 11am - 4pm, Weekends 1-5pm 

(closed October 12-15 for Fall Break and November 18-26 for Thanksgiving Break)

An exhibition of contemporary photographic portraits opens the fall exhibition season at the Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery on September 11, 2017. WHO ARE WE? IDENTITY AND THE CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT examines how, in our image-saturated world, photographs have increasingly played a primary role in shaping identity.An opening reception will be held on Friday, September 15 from 5 to 7 pm in conjunction with Vanderbilt Parents’ and Family Weekend and Fall for the Arts. The exhibition will be on view through December 7, 2017.

As noted by Joseph Mella, director and curator, “Portraits, in all their diversity, serve not only the needs of the sitter and artist, but also those of the viewer. Portraits give us clues to who we are as humans and the possibilities of what we could become.” Instagram and other forms of social media dominate the cultural landscape while the reliance on photography in our own lives increasingly presents questions about representation and identity that artists continue to navigate in surprising ways. Who are we, indeed, and what do we wish to become, and just how easy can it be to craft our own identities?

The first in a three-part series on portraiture, WHO ARE WE? IDENTITY AND THE CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT is organized by the Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery and curated by Joseph S. Mella, director, with support provided by The Ingram Commons and Leslie Cecil and Creighton Michael, MA’76.

Image

Image credit: 

Andres Serrano (American, b. 1950)

Jewel-Joy Stevens, America’s Little Yankee Miss, from “America Now + Here,” 2003

Digital chromogenic print

24” x 20”

Gift of Melissa and Scott Tannen, both BA’99

Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery Collection

Courtesy Andres Serrano

Gallery Hours: Monday - Friday 11am - 4pm, Weekends 1-5pm 

(closed October 12-15 for Fall Break and November 18-26 for Thanksgiving Break)

An exhibition of contemporary photographic portraits opens the fall exhibition season at the Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery on September 11, 2017. WHO ARE WE? IDENTITY AND THE CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT examines how, in our image-saturated world, photographs have increasingly played a primary role in shaping identity.An opening reception will be held on Friday, September 15 from 5 to 7 pm in conjunction with Vanderbilt Parents’ and Family Weekend and Fall for the Arts. The exhibition will be on view through December 7, 2017.

As noted by Joseph Mella, director and curator, “Portraits, in all their diversity, serve not only the needs of the sitter and artist, but also those of the viewer. Portraits give us clues to who we are as humans and the possibilities of what we could become.” Instagram and other forms of social media dominate the cultural landscape while the reliance on photography in our own lives increasingly presents questions about representation and identity that artists continue to navigate in surprising ways. Who are we, indeed, and what do we wish to become, and just how easy can it be to craft our own identities?

The first in a three-part series on portraiture, WHO ARE WE? IDENTITY AND THE CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT is organized by the Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery and curated by Joseph S. Mella, director, with support provided by The Ingram Commons and Leslie Cecil and Creighton Michael, MA’76.

Image

Image credit: 

Andres Serrano (American, b. 1950)

Jewel-Joy Stevens, America’s Little Yankee Miss, from “America Now + Here,” 2003

Digital chromogenic print

24” x 20”

Gift of Melissa and Scott Tannen, both BA’99

Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery Collection

Courtesy Andres Serrano

Gallery Hours: Monday - Friday 11am - 4pm, Weekends 1-5pm 

(closed October 12-15 for Fall Break and November 18-26 for Thanksgiving Break)

An exhibition of contemporary photographic portraits opens the fall exhibition season at the Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery on September 11, 2017. WHO ARE WE? IDENTITY AND THE CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT examines how, in our image-saturated world, photographs have increasingly played a primary role in shaping identity.An opening reception will be held on Friday, September 15 from 5 to 7 pm in conjunction with Vanderbilt Parents’ and Family Weekend and Fall for the Arts. The exhibition will be on view through December 7, 2017.

As noted by Joseph Mella, director and curator, “Portraits, in all their diversity, serve not only the needs of the sitter and artist, but also those of the viewer. Portraits give us clues to who we are as humans and the possibilities of what we could become.” Instagram and other forms of social media dominate the cultural landscape while the reliance on photography in our own lives increasingly presents questions about representation and identity that artists continue to navigate in surprising ways. Who are we, indeed, and what do we wish to become, and just how easy can it be to craft our own identities?

The first in a three-part series on portraiture, WHO ARE WE? IDENTITY AND THE CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT is organized by the Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery and curated by Joseph S. Mella, director, with support provided by The Ingram Commons and Leslie Cecil and Creighton Michael, MA’76.

Image

Image credit: 

Andres Serrano (American, b. 1950)

Jewel-Joy Stevens, America’s Little Yankee Miss, from “America Now + Here,” 2003

Digital chromogenic print

24” x 20”

Gift of Melissa and Scott Tannen, both BA’99

Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery Collection

Courtesy Andres Serrano

Gallery Hours: Monday - Friday 11am - 4pm, Weekends 1-5pm 

(closed October 12-15 for Fall Break and November 18-26 for Thanksgiving Break)

An exhibition of contemporary photographic portraits opens the fall exhibition season at the Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery on September 11, 2017. WHO ARE WE? IDENTITY AND THE CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT examines how, in our image-saturated world, photographs have increasingly played a primary role in shaping identity.An opening reception will be held on Friday, September 15 from 5 to 7 pm in conjunction with Vanderbilt Parents’ and Family Weekend and Fall for the Arts. The exhibition will be on view through December 7, 2017.

As noted by Joseph Mella, director and curator, “Portraits, in all their diversity, serve not only the needs of the sitter and artist, but also those of the viewer. Portraits give us clues to who we are as humans and the possibilities of what we could become.” Instagram and other forms of social media dominate the cultural landscape while the reliance on photography in our own lives increasingly presents questions about representation and identity that artists continue to navigate in surprising ways. Who are we, indeed, and what do we wish to become, and just how easy can it be to craft our own identities?

The first in a three-part series on portraiture, WHO ARE WE? IDENTITY AND THE CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT is organized by the Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery and curated by Joseph S. Mella, director, with support provided by The Ingram Commons and Leslie Cecil and Creighton Michael, MA’76.

Image

Image credit: 

Andres Serrano (American, b. 1950)

Jewel-Joy Stevens, America’s Little Yankee Miss, from “America Now + Here,” 2003

Digital chromogenic print

24” x 20”

Gift of Melissa and Scott Tannen, both BA’99

Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery Collection

Courtesy Andres Serrano

Topic: “Intraoperative Ventilation Strategies to Prevent Postoperative Complications”

Presenter: Dr. Michael C. Grant

Location: 208 Light Hall

Reading: N/A

A monthly workshop series for parents of young children with an autism spectrum disorder.  Program is free of charge.  Each 3-hour workshop focuses on providing parents and caregivers with strategies to use at home, school, and in the community.  The strategies discussed are based on the principles of Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA).

Flyer

Gallery Hours: Monday - Friday 11am - 4pm, Weekends 1-5pm 

(closed October 12-15 for Fall Break and November 18-26 for Thanksgiving Break)

An exhibition of contemporary photographic portraits opens the fall exhibition season at the Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery on September 11, 2017. WHO ARE WE? IDENTITY AND THE CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT examines how, in our image-saturated world, photographs have increasingly played a primary role in shaping identity.An opening reception will be held on Friday, September 15 from 5 to 7 pm in conjunction with Vanderbilt Parents’ and Family Weekend and Fall for the Arts. The exhibition will be on view through December 7, 2017.

As noted by Joseph Mella, director and curator, “Portraits, in all their diversity, serve not only the needs of the sitter and artist, but also those of the viewer. Portraits give us clues to who we are as humans and the possibilities of what we could become.” Instagram and other forms of social media dominate the cultural landscape while the reliance on photography in our own lives increasingly presents questions about representation and identity that artists continue to navigate in surprising ways. Who are we, indeed, and what do we wish to become, and just how easy can it be to craft our own identities?

The first in a three-part series on portraiture, WHO ARE WE? IDENTITY AND THE CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT is organized by the Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery and curated by Joseph S. Mella, director, with support provided by The Ingram Commons and Leslie Cecil and Creighton Michael, MA’76.

Image

Image credit: 

Andres Serrano (American, b. 1950)

Jewel-Joy Stevens, America’s Little Yankee Miss, from “America Now + Here,” 2003

Digital chromogenic print

24” x 20”

Gift of Melissa and Scott Tannen, both BA’99

Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery Collection

Courtesy Andres Serrano

Gallery Hours: Monday - Friday 11am - 4pm, Weekends 1-5pm 

(closed October 12-15 for Fall Break and November 18-26 for Thanksgiving Break)

An exhibition of contemporary photographic portraits opens the fall exhibition season at the Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery on September 11, 2017. WHO ARE WE? IDENTITY AND THE CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT examines how, in our image-saturated world, photographs have increasingly played a primary role in shaping identity.An opening reception will be held on Friday, September 15 from 5 to 7 pm in conjunction with Vanderbilt Parents’ and Family Weekend and Fall for the Arts. The exhibition will be on view through December 7, 2017.

As noted by Joseph Mella, director and curator, “Portraits, in all their diversity, serve not only the needs of the sitter and artist, but also those of the viewer. Portraits give us clues to who we are as humans and the possibilities of what we could become.” Instagram and other forms of social media dominate the cultural landscape while the reliance on photography in our own lives increasingly presents questions about representation and identity that artists continue to navigate in surprising ways. Who are we, indeed, and what do we wish to become, and just how easy can it be to craft our own identities?

The first in a three-part series on portraiture, WHO ARE WE? IDENTITY AND THE CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT is organized by the Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery and curated by Joseph S. Mella, director, with support provided by The Ingram Commons and Leslie Cecil and Creighton Michael, MA’76.

Image

Image credit: 

Andres Serrano (American, b. 1950)

Jewel-Joy Stevens, America’s Little Yankee Miss, from “America Now + Here,” 2003

Digital chromogenic print

24” x 20”

Gift of Melissa and Scott Tannen, both BA’99

Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery Collection

Courtesy Andres Serrano

Gallery Hours: Monday - Friday 11am - 4pm, Weekends 1-5pm 

(closed October 12-15 for Fall Break and November 18-26 for Thanksgiving Break)

An exhibition of contemporary photographic portraits opens the fall exhibition season at the Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery on September 11, 2017. WHO ARE WE? IDENTITY AND THE CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT examines how, in our image-saturated world, photographs have increasingly played a primary role in shaping identity.An opening reception will be held on Friday, September 15 from 5 to 7 pm in conjunction with Vanderbilt Parents’ and Family Weekend and Fall for the Arts. The exhibition will be on view through December 7, 2017.

As noted by Joseph Mella, director and curator, “Portraits, in all their diversity, serve not only the needs of the sitter and artist, but also those of the viewer. Portraits give us clues to who we are as humans and the possibilities of what we could become.” Instagram and other forms of social media dominate the cultural landscape while the reliance on photography in our own lives increasingly presents questions about representation and identity that artists continue to navigate in surprising ways. Who are we, indeed, and what do we wish to become, and just how easy can it be to craft our own identities?

The first in a three-part series on portraiture, WHO ARE WE? IDENTITY AND THE CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT is organized by the Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery and curated by Joseph S. Mella, director, with support provided by The Ingram Commons and Leslie Cecil and Creighton Michael, MA’76.

Image

Image credit: 

Andres Serrano (American, b. 1950)

Jewel-Joy Stevens, America’s Little Yankee Miss, from “America Now + Here,” 2003

Digital chromogenic print

24” x 20”

Gift of Melissa and Scott Tannen, both BA’99

Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery Collection

Courtesy Andres Serrano

Presenter:  Warren S. Sandberg, MD, PhD

Location:  VCH Boardroom, #2220

Gallery Hours: Monday - Friday 11am - 4pm, Weekends 1-5pm 

(closed October 12-15 for Fall Break and November 18-26 for Thanksgiving Break)

An exhibition of contemporary photographic portraits opens the fall exhibition season at the Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery on September 11, 2017. WHO ARE WE? IDENTITY AND THE CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT examines how, in our image-saturated world, photographs have increasingly played a primary role in shaping identity.An opening reception will be held on Friday, September 15 from 5 to 7 pm in conjunction with Vanderbilt Parents’ and Family Weekend and Fall for the Arts. The exhibition will be on view through December 7, 2017.

As noted by Joseph Mella, director and curator, “Portraits, in all their diversity, serve not only the needs of the sitter and artist, but also those of the viewer. Portraits give us clues to who we are as humans and the possibilities of what we could become.” Instagram and other forms of social media dominate the cultural landscape while the reliance on photography in our own lives increasingly presents questions about representation and identity that artists continue to navigate in surprising ways. Who are we, indeed, and what do we wish to become, and just how easy can it be to craft our own identities?

The first in a three-part series on portraiture, WHO ARE WE? IDENTITY AND THE CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT is organized by the Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery and curated by Joseph S. Mella, director, with support provided by The Ingram Commons and Leslie Cecil and Creighton Michael, MA’76.

Image

Image credit: 

Andres Serrano (American, b. 1950)

Jewel-Joy Stevens, America’s Little Yankee Miss, from “America Now + Here,” 2003

Digital chromogenic print

24” x 20”

Gift of Melissa and Scott Tannen, both BA’99

Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery Collection

Courtesy Andres Serrano

Gallery Hours: Monday - Friday 11am - 4pm, Weekends 1-5pm 

(closed October 12-15 for Fall Break and November 18-26 for Thanksgiving Break)

An exhibition of contemporary photographic portraits opens the fall exhibition season at the Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery on September 11, 2017. WHO ARE WE? IDENTITY AND THE CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT examines how, in our image-saturated world, photographs have increasingly played a primary role in shaping identity.An opening reception will be held on Friday, September 15 from 5 to 7 pm in conjunction with Vanderbilt Parents’ and Family Weekend and Fall for the Arts. The exhibition will be on view through December 7, 2017.

As noted by Joseph Mella, director and curator, “Portraits, in all their diversity, serve not only the needs of the sitter and artist, but also those of the viewer. Portraits give us clues to who we are as humans and the possibilities of what we could become.” Instagram and other forms of social media dominate the cultural landscape while the reliance on photography in our own lives increasingly presents questions about representation and identity that artists continue to navigate in surprising ways. Who are we, indeed, and what do we wish to become, and just how easy can it be to craft our own identities?

The first in a three-part series on portraiture, WHO ARE WE? IDENTITY AND THE CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT is organized by the Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery and curated by Joseph S. Mella, director, with support provided by The Ingram Commons and Leslie Cecil and Creighton Michael, MA’76.

Image

Image credit: 

Andres Serrano (American, b. 1950)

Jewel-Joy Stevens, America’s Little Yankee Miss, from “America Now + Here,” 2003

Digital chromogenic print

24” x 20”

Gift of Melissa and Scott Tannen, both BA’99

Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery Collection

Courtesy Andres Serrano

Date: 12/8/2017

Time: 8:30am - 12:30pm

Location: MCE 8323

Date: 12/12/2017

Time: 12:00pm - 1:00pm

Location: LH 202

Topic: "TEE Conference"

Presenter: Dr. Robert Deegan

Location: MCE-NT 5053

Reading: N/A

The Medical Center Staff Advisory Council (MCSAC) represents all staff members in the Vanderbilt Medical Center. MCSAC is an advisory group to the medical center administration for issues that are important to staff, such as policies, benefits and practices.

An Occupational Health Nurse will be available at One Hundred Oaks Every Thursday from 8:00 to 11:30 am to provide Hep-B, MMR, TDAP, and TB vaccines to Vanderbilt faculty and staff. They will also provide services to hospital volunteers, as well.

Date: 12/28/2017

Time: 12:00pm - 1:00pm

Location: LH 306 A-B

Location:  VCH Boardroom, #2220

Location:  VCH Boardroom, #2220

This is a house wide skin assessment survey conducted to determine the number of patients that have pressure ulcers at a single point in time. It is a quality initiative that provides useful information of how we are doing in preventing pressure ulcers , as well as how well we are documenting when patients are admitted with pressure ulcers

Location:  VCH Boardroom, #2220

The Medical Center Staff Advisory Council (MCSAC) represents all staff members in the Vanderbilt Medical Center. MCSAC is an advisory group to the medical center administration for issues that are important to staff, such as policies, benefits and practices.

Location:  VCH Boardroom, #2220

The Medical Center Staff Advisory Council (MCSAC) represents all staff members in the Vanderbilt Medical Center. MCSAC is an advisory group to the medical center administration for issues that are important to staff, such as policies, benefits and practices.

Location:  VCH Boardroom, #2220