Arts And Science
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Historian puts Trump and Sanders in context
Presidential candidates Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump are both riding on the anger of the working class, although their messages and intentions couldn't be more different, says a Vanderbilt historian. Read MoreMar 30, 2016
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Vanderbilt, Minpaku scholars join to study forced resettlement during Spanish Conquest
Steven Wernke, associate professor of anthropology, will team up with Akira Saito, an anthropologist with Japan's renowned Museum of Ethnology, to promote scholarly exchange on a significant but little-studied chapter in colonial South American history. Read MoreMar 30, 2016
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Second-generation space telescope will usher in new era in astronomy
An astrophysicist and an aerospace engineer who are members of the team developing NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope – the successor to the Hubble Space Telescope, scheduled for launch in 2018 – will give a free public lecture March 31. Read MoreMar 28, 2016
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Mellon Foundation awards $1.5 million to Vanderbilt for new Center for Digital Humanities
Vanderbilt University has received a $1.5 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to establish a new Center for Digital Humanities. The trans-institutional initiative will further Vanderbilt’s commitment to becoming a national hub of innovative digital humanities scholarship. Read MoreMar 28, 2016
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Goldberg Lecturer to examine Islamic gardens as fully sensory environments
Historian D. Fairchild Ruggles will deliver two lectures on the Vanderbilt campus related to her expertise on Islamic gardens and landscapes. Read MoreMar 24, 2016
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Four honored by Women’s Center
Four women from the Vanderbilt community were recognized for their leadership, mentoring and contributions to the advancement of women during the Margaret Cuninggim Women’s Center’s annual Cuninggim Lecture and awards ceremony March 22. Read MoreMar 24, 2016
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Arts and Science Dean’s Office appoints divisional deans
Dean of the College of Arts and Science Lauren Benton has announced the appointment of two senior faculty members as divisional deans in the college. The new positions will facilitate academic planning in departments and programs within the three Arts and Science divisions: humanities, social sciences and sciences. Read MoreMar 23, 2016
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‘The Women of Selma’ panel discussion at Black Cultural Center March 24
Three women who were civil rights activists during the 1960s will reflect on their roles in the movement during the March 24 panel discussion "At the Forefront of Freedom: The Women of Selma." Read MoreMar 22, 2016
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Slamming Latinos motivates many of them to register and vote
Presidential candidate Donald Trump may be inadvertently tapping into a phenomenon that is energizing U.S. Latinos against him when he talks of sending illegal immigrants home and building a wall blocking off Mexico. Read MoreMar 17, 2016
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Wernke, Frederick visit D.C. to advocate for humanities funding
Mona Frederick, director of the Robert Penn Warren Center for the Humanities, and Steve Wernke, associate professor of anthropology, recently attended the National Humanities Alliance’s annual meeting and advocacy day in Washington, D.C. and met with members of Tennessee’s congressional delegation. Read MoreMar 17, 2016
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Christie-Mizell to lead undergraduate education in Arts and Science
College of Arts and Science Dean Lauren Benton has announced that sociology professor André Christie-Mizell will join her office at the beginning of the 2016-17 academic year as the senior associate dean for undergraduate education. Read MoreMar 17, 2016
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Kudos: Colin Dayan in conversation with writer Philip Hoare during London book tour
Colin Dayan's new book "Dogs at the Edge of Life" was featured at the London Review Bookshop, where she recently held a conversation with award-winning writer Philip Hoare. Read MoreMar 17, 2016
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Three Vanderbilt faculty, staff nominated for 2016 ATHENA Award
Bonnie Dow, Michele Johnson and Kristy Sinkfield are among the nominees for the 2016 ATHENA Award from Nashville Cable. Read MoreMar 17, 2016
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Vanderbilt to host conference on historic and present-day conflicts in Colombia
To mark Colombia's historic peace accord with rebels, scholars from around the world will gather at Vanderbilt to consider the history of conflict in Colombia and its prospects for peace moving forward. Read MoreMar 16, 2016
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Nobel Prize-winning economist will deliver Steine Lecture March 22
Alvin E. Roth, who shared the 2012 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics, will discuss “Who Gets What and Why: The Economics of Matching and Market Design" March 22. Roth is responsible for re-designing the National Resident Matching Program, through which approximately 20,000 doctors a year find their first employment as residents at American hospitals. Read MoreMar 16, 2016
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‘That national park in our backyard’ topic of Williamson Library talk
A Vanderbilt alumnus who has provided strong leadership for the support and protection of the Natchez Trace Parkway will speak at the Williamson County Public Library March 22. Read MoreMar 16, 2016
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Robert Birkby, a Vanderbilt student favorite, has died
Vanderbilt is mourning the death of political science professor Robert H. Birkby, a popular teacher and respected administrator. Read MoreMar 15, 2016
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Research Internet to expand tenfold
As the result of a joint faculty and staff project, Vanderbilt’s digital pipeline to the outside world will expand tenfold in the next few months, making it much easier for campus researchers to send and receive the increasingly large data files characteristic of cutting-edge scientific and medical research. Read MoreMar 14, 2016
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Alumni Marshall and Carlson-Wee among Vanderbilt Visiting Writers
The Gertrude and Harold Vanderbilt Visiting Writers Series will host two alumni who are award-winning poets. Anders Carlson-Wee and Nate Marshall will give public readings the week of March 14-18. Read MoreMar 14, 2016
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The Conversation: Organizing a student protest? Have a look at 1970s Germany
Christoph Zeller, associate professor of German, writes: "Looking back at the protest movement in Germany reveals parallels that help to understand the present." Read MoreMar 11, 2016