More Pets of Vanderbilt 2012
Feb. 1, 2012—These pets aren’t on the ballot, but there are some great-looking dogs, cats, and other friends here, submitted by Vanderbilt staff and faculty. This is an exhibition, not a competition, so please…enjoy.
Search and rescue dogs fill valuable role
Feb. 1, 2012—Dogs experience the world through their noses. With an average of 200 million scent receptors (compared to a 5 million in humans), dogs can pick up a scent from a mere handshake and follow trails that are years old.
Big love
Feb. 1, 2012—Walk into Scott Hoffman, M.D.’s office, and it’s clear you are in the domain of a dog lover. There are photographs of dogs framed and displayed on shelves, and hanging on the wall. There is other dog artwork: some drawings, a woodcarving, even a dog’s image rendered in copper. Hoffman has known the heights of...
Extra! Videos of Vanderbilt Pets
Feb. 1, 2012—For those of you for whom it’s not enough to see still photographs of Pets of Vanderbilt, several people also submitted links to YouTube videos of pets.
Thirty years of honors
Jan. 10, 2012—Here’s a list of the national, regional and state awards won by House Organ in its first three decades. 2008—Prism Award in Writing to Wayne Wood for “Alex and His Father,” the story of Tom and Alex Cook, which ran in the December 2007-January 2008 issue. The Prisms are conducted by the Tennessee Society for Healthcare...
Winners
Jan. 10, 2012—The House Organ Photography Contest began in 1982, with the 12 winners from the first contest published in the first House Organ Calendar in January 1983. The House Organ Writing Contest began in 1985, with the winners published in the Summer Reading Issue each July. There have been—this is hard to believe, but it’s literally true—more...
HO app
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A personal history of House Organ
Dec. 1, 2011—The first issue of House Organ came out in January 1982. This issue is the December 2011–January 2012 issue. House Organ is 30. A lot has changed around VUMC since 1982. At that time, there was no Preston Building, no Robinson Building, no Eskind Biomedical Library, no Frist Building at the School of Nursing, no Medical...
Turkey giveaway slated for Friday, Dec. 16
Nov. 28, 2011—This year’s Vanderbilt Holiday Turkey Giveaway for full-time and part-time faculty and staff will take place on Friday, Dec. 16, at three locations: Langford Auditorium, One Hundred Oaks, and in Williamson County. At Langford the hours of the giveaway are from 6 a.m. to midnight, while at One Hundred Oaks the giveaway will be held from...
House Organ Photography Contest Winners 2012
Nov. 18, 2011—The House Organ Photography Contest is a Vanderbilt tradition, having been held every year since 1982. This year, more than 1,000 entries from Vanderbilt staff, faculty, students and volunteers were received, and Division of Public Affairs photography staff judged the entries, resulting in the extraordinary 12 images you see in the 2012 House Organ Calendar....