Year: 2002
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What is the difference between a violin and a fiddle?
What is the difference between a violin and a fiddle? Find out as Crystal Plohman, protégé of Mark OConnor and director of the fiddle program at Vanderbilts Blair School of Music, leads a team featuring Vassar Clements and other acclaimed fiddle masters in a series of workshops and concerts at the Summer Fiddle Camp at Vanderbilt July 28-August 3. Read MoreJul 24, 2002
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Vanderbilt University professors are available for comment
The following Vanderbilt University professors are available for comment and analysis concerning the August 1 Tennessee primary: Read MoreJul 15, 2002
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Alternate Visions on display at Kennedy Center
.Alternate Visions, an exhibit by the artists of Minds Wide Open, a program of The Arc of the Bluegrass, Inc., is on display in the foyer of the John F. Kennedy Center/MRL Building on Vanderbilts Peabody College campus through Sept. 30. Read MoreJul 11, 2002
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Candidates to have a public forum
Metropolitan Nashville candidates for vice mayor, sheriff and school board (Hillsboro Cluster) will take part in a July 22 public forum for residents of the 18th Council District. Read MoreJul 10, 2002
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Vanderbilt names Frist Distinguished Alumni
The Alumni Association of Vanderbilt University has named as its 2002 Distinguished Alumnus Dr. Thomas F. Frist Jr., a 1961 graduate of the College of Arts and Science who helped found what became the worlds largest hospital management corporation. The award will be presented Oct. 24 during the Universitys reunion weekend. Read MoreJul 4, 2002
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Vanderbilt Professor appointed by President Bush
Vanderbilt Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering Mark D. Abkowitz has been appointed by President Bush to a four-year term on the Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board to provide advice on transportation issues. Read MoreJul 2, 2002
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Tennessee battleground state for control of U.S. Senate, says Vanderbilt professor
The increasingly negative tone of the U.S. Senate race in Tennessee underscores the importance of the state as a battleground between Republicans and Democrats to control the Senate, according to John Geer, a Vanderbilt University expert on attack politics. The political scientist points to the recent attack ads by GOP Senate primary foes Lamar Alexander and Ed Bryant as a reflection of an increasingly bitter campaign, a trend that is not likely to end soon. Read MoreJun 28, 2002
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National Instruments donates industry-leading LabVIEW software for Vanderbilt engineering education
National Instruments of Austin, Texas, has announced plans to donate its LabVIEW graphical development software to Vanderbilt engineering students. Each fall the company will provide copies of its software with an estimated annual market value of $750,000 to incoming freshmen. Read MoreJun 20, 2002
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Owen Entrepreneurship Center enters alliance with Huntsville-based technology incubator
Vanderbilt Universitys Owen Graduate School of Management Entrepreneurship Center has entered into an alliance with BizTech, the five-year-old technology incubator based in Huntsville, Ala. The first project on which the organizations will collaborate is The Olin B. King Entrepreneurial Workshop Series, a nine-part series of workshops that begins in July. Read MoreJun 13, 2002
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Scaling up smart structures
A new approach may finally make smart structures scalable. Read MoreJun 4, 2002
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Barge appointed to newly created assistant vice chancellor for academic affairs position at Vanderbilt
Susan Barge, former associate dean of undergraduate admissions at Vanderbilt University, has been appointed to the new position of assistant vice chancellor for academic affairs. Read MoreMay 31, 2002
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First Seigenthaler Scholar named at Vanderbilt
A Little Rock, Ark., student is the first recipient of the John Seigenthaler Scholarship at Vanderbilt University. The scholarship was established last summer through a gift from the Freedom Forum in honor of the founder of the organizations First Amendment Center at Vanderbilt. Read MoreMay 30, 2002
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Ivey honored by national arts group
Bill Ivey, Harvie Branscomb Distiguished Visiting Scholar at Vanderbilt, has received a Special Award for leadership and advocacy in the arts from Arts Management News Service in recognition of his work as chair of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) from 1998-2001. Read MoreMay 23, 2002
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National traveling exhibit on history of 14th Amendment opens to the public May 18
A national traveling exhibit highlighting the history of African Americans quest for equality under American law will open at Nashvilles downtown public library May 18. Read MoreMay 18, 2002
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Special Fulbright awarded to Vanderbilt ethnomusicologist
The United States Fulbright Scholar Program has awarded a special field research award to Greg Barz, assistant professor of musicology (ethnomusicology) and professor of religious music at Vanderbilt, to continue his research documenting the links between a recent decline in Ugandas HIV infection rate and the efforts of womens performance groups in poor villages. Read MoreMay 16, 2002
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Vanderbilt University honors top scholars during Commencement
Vanderbilt Universitys top scholars in nine undergraduate and professional schools received Founders Medals during todays Commencement exercises. Read MoreMay 10, 2002
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Gee calls for graduates to ‘repair the world’
Chancellor Gordon Gee today encouraged the Class of 2002 to use their knowledge and experiences at Vanderbilt to shape and to repair a world still reeling from the terrorist attacks Sept. 11, 2001. Read MoreMay 10, 2002
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Audio from Commencement available on web
Approximately 2,700 students will receive diplomas at Vanderbilt Universitys graduation exercises Friday, May 10, starting at 9 a.m. on Alumni Lawn, near West End Avenue and 23rd Avenue North. Chancellor Gordon Gee will give the Commencement address to the graduates. The full written text of the Chancellors speech, a release summarizing the highlights and audio from his address will be available shortly after his remarks. An audio report with sound from the speech can be heard on the Vanderbilt radio actuality line by calling (615) 343-NEWS (6397). Read MoreMay 10, 2002