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• Performance Pay, Desegregation, No Child Left Behind Made Education Headlines in 2007; Vanderbilt University Experts Available to Comment.

  - 2007-12-12

  Byline: Vanderbilt University NASHVILLE, Tenn., Dec. 12 AScribe Newswire -- Experts from Vanderbilt University's Peabody College of education and human development are available to discuss 2007's top education stories and what to expect in 2008. PERFORMANCE PAY FOR TEACHERS ...

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• Brain Research: Neurons That Play Truth or Consequences.

  - 2003-10-02

  Byline: Vanderbilt University NASHVILLE, Tenn., Oct. 2 AScribe Newswire -- The "CEO" in your brain appears to be concerned more about the consequences of your actions than how hard they are to produce. That is the implication of a detailed study of the neuronal...

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• Congressional Expert Prepared To Comment On Thompson's Retirement

  - 2002-03-08

  News Advisory: In the wake of the surprise announcement by U.S. Sen. Fred Thompson (R-Tenn.) that he will not run for re-election, congressional expert Bruce Oppenheimer is available to comment on what this could mean for the balance of power in Washington, D.C., now that four Republican senators have announced...

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• Maya palace suddenly expands - Cancuen exploration - Brief Article

  - 2000-09-16

  Last year, an archaeological team led by Arthur Demarest of Vanderbilt University in Nashville explored Cancuen, an ancient Maya city that investigators have long characterized as physically small and unimportant in Maya history. As Demarest walked atop a jungle-covered hill holding the remains of Cancuen's presumably modest palace, he suddenly...

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• Celera Genomics to Provide First Academic Subscription to Vanderbilt University; First Subscriber to Use Web-Based Celera Discovery System

  - 2000-05-07

  Business Editors & Medical Writers ROCKVILLE, Md.--BUSINESS WIRE--May 7, 2000 Celera Genomics (NYSE:CRA), a PE Corporation business, announced today it signed an agreement with Vanderbilt University that provides a five-year, comprehensive subscription to certain Celera database products. Vanderbilt will become the first subscriber to access Celera's database information...

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• Minority Baccalaureate Engineering Degrees, 1998

  - 1999-09-02

  The following charts are meant to clarify or correct data that appeared in our July Top 100 editors: The Minority Baccalaureate Engineering Degree chart on page 54 of the July 8 edition and the Total Minority Master's Degree chart on page 48 of the July 22 edition. We apologize for...

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• Drug That Blocks New Blood Vessel Formation Helps Mice Walk Again After Spinal Cord Injury

  - 1998-10-26

  BRENTWOOD, Tenn.--BW HealthWire--Oct. 26, 1998--Mice paralyzed by spinal injury and then treated with CM101, a compound that blocks the formation of new blood vessels, show dramatic recovery of walking ability within two to twelve days, according to a study conducted by a team of Vanderbilt University researchers and published in...

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• Math software improves 'drudgery to insight' ratio. (Vanderbilt University uses Wolfram Research Inc's Mathematica software to boost mathematics studies)

  - 1992-11-01

  Vanderbilt Univ in Alabama is using Wolfram Research Inc's Mathematica 1.2 mathematical software to revitalize its approach to the teaching of mathematics. The Mathematica program offers a combination of programming tools, graphical, symbolic and numerical capabilities. To alter the perceived 'drudgery to insight ratio' in the direction of student insight...

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