Releases
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TIPSHEET: Conflict over Alberto Gonzales not likely to reach courts: Vanderbilt Expert
If Alberto Gonzales survives a growing loss of support on Capitol Hill, the standoff between the executive branch and Congress over whether to require sworn testimony from Bush aides is not likely to reach the courts, according to Vanderbilt University judicial expert Stefanie Lindquist. Read MoreMar 26, 2007
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Life of Coretta Scott King to be explored during Vanderbilt University’s Margaret Cuninggim Women’s Center’s annual lecture
Beverly Guy-Sheftall, an expert in women's studies with a particular interest in the lives of African American women, will give Vanderbilt University's Margaret Cuninggim Women's Center's annual lecture at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 27, in Wilson Hall, Room 103. Read MoreMar 23, 2007
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Comic strip author Jorge Cham to speak at Vanderbilt; Piled Higher and Deeper strip is Dilbert for academia
The author of the Piled Higher and Deeper comic strip, which has been called the Dilbert of academia, will speak at Vanderbilt University about "The Power of Procrastination." Read MoreMar 23, 2007
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Cold War historian puts Truman presidency under the microscope; Vanderbilt lecture sponsored by Robert Penn Warren Center for the Humanities
Historian Wilson Miscamble will explore Harry Truman's sudden transition to the presidency when Franklin Roosevelt died and its true impact on the outbreak of the Cold War in a Vanderbilt University public lecture on March 26. Read MoreMar 22, 2007
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Vanderbilt University Medical Center to Conduct Phase III Clinical Trial of Creatine for Parkinson’s Disease
Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) will participate in a large-scale national clinical trial to learn if the nutritional supplement creatine can slow the progression of Parkinson's disease. Read MoreMar 22, 2007
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Video: Harold Ford Jr. delivered third Impact Lecture March 21
Watch live streaming video of former U.S. Representative Harold Ford Jr. delivering the third of the three 2007 Impact lectures at 7:30 p.m. March 21. Read MoreMar 21, 2007
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Video: Newt Gingrich delivers Impact Lecture March 20
Watch video of former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich delivering the second of the three 2007 Impact lectures March 20 at Vanderbilt University. Read MoreMar 20, 2007
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Vanderbilt looking for families to participate in depression study
Vanderbilt University is recruiting local families to take part in a study that is examining ways to help families cope with depression. The study, named the Raising Healthy Children Project, is part of a National Institute of Mental Health-funded study designed to decrease depression among children. Read MoreMar 20, 2007
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Vanderbilt scientist reinvents one-room schoolhouse for rural students
Billy G. Hudson, Ph.D., wants to bring back the one-room schoolhouse. Read MoreMar 20, 2007
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TIPSHEET: Vanderbilt expert can talk about recent problems with airline customer dissatisfaction
"It's time to regulate the airline industry; customers need a passengers' bill of rights." A recent massive snowstorm grounded and delayed hundreds of flights across the country. While many airlines found successful ways to handle the delays, some Jet Blue customers were trapped on planes for more than nine hours, with overflowing toilets. Other passengers were forced to camp out for days at airports, with no clear solution from Jet Blue. Airline expert Michael LaprÈ believes this latest evidence of "massive miscalculations from the airlines," shows that it is time for regulation. Read MoreMar 20, 2007
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Vanderbilt Law School celebrates the 50th anniversary of racial integration; The first African American graduates will be honored
Fifty years ago, two men took a bold step for themselves and for the future of Vanderbilt University Law School. Shortly after the landmark decision, Brown v. Board of Education, in which the Supreme Court ruled that segregation in public schools was unconstitutional, and after strong encouragement from the law faculty, Vanderbilt Law School broke the color barrier and became the first privately funded law school in the South to admit African American students. Read MoreMar 19, 2007
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Vanderbilt students lead discussion on how to fight poverty; Group says it wants to change the world from the “bottom up”
More than 4 billion people around the world are considered poor, earning an average of $2 a day. A highly motivated group of Vanderbilt students want to change that statistic and is inviting fellow students to come together to share ideas. Read MoreMar 19, 2007
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VUMC Ranked Among Elite Health Facilities
Vanderbilt University Medical Center has been recognized for the eighth consecutive year as one of the top 100 hospitals in the country, in a study by Solucient Institute. Read MoreMar 19, 2007
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Patricia Pierce announces retirement after 29 years; Longtime head of Vanderbilt’s Opportunity Development Center
Patricia Pierce, who has been in a leadership role with Vanderbilt University's Opportunity Development Center almost from its inception, will retire April 30. Read MoreMar 19, 2007
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German expert on transdisciplinary studies to lecture at Vanderbilt
A distinguished German scholar who has played an important role in contemporary debates about interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary studies will speak at Vanderbilt University on March 27. Read MoreMar 15, 2007
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Symposium, lecture to celebrate James Lawson chair at Vanderbilt; Dennis C. Dickerson speaks March 23, Lawson symposium is March 24
Vanderbilt University will celebrate the establishment of the James M. Lawson Jr. Chair at Vanderbilt with a symposium on Lawson's legacy and an inaugural lecture by the first holder of the Lawson Chair. Read MoreMar 15, 2007
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MEDIA ADVISORY; Lou Dobbs, Newt Gingrich, Harold Ford Jr. available to media prior to Impact Symposium lectures March 19-21
Journalist Lou Dobbs, former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich and former U.S. Representative Harold Ford Jr. will deliver public lectures at Vanderbilt University March 19-21 as part of the university's annual Impact Symposium. Read MoreMar 15, 2007
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Founder’s Day activities to include lecture by Vanderbilt historian Anja Becker
Anja Becker, a visiting post-doctoral fellow at the Center for the Americas at Vanderbilt, will deliver the Founders Day Lecture at 4 p.m. March 15 in the Bennett-Miller Room at Vanderbilt Law School. Becker's lecture is titled "As a Man Thinketh in His Heart So He Is: The Educational Values of Vanderbilt Chancellor James H. Kirkland (1893-1937) as Expressed in His Letters and Speeches." A scholar with the German Academic Exchange Service, Becker has researched the history of Vanderbilt, Kirkland and the influence of German educators on education in the South. Members of the Vanderbilt community and the public are invited to attend. Read MoreMar 13, 2007
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107.5 Radiothon Raises Record Amount for Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital
Last week's 107.5 River of Hope Radiothon was the most successful radio-based fund-raiser in the history of Vanderbilt Children's Hospital. Read MoreMar 13, 2007
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Ray Suarez of The NewsHour to speak at Vanderbilt; Topic is The Politics of Faith in America
Ray Suarez, a senior correspondent for The NewsHour on PBS and author of a book about the relationship between religion and politics in America, will speak at Vanderbilt University on "The Politics of Faith in America." Read MoreMar 13, 2007