Year: 2003

The inaugural Curb Lecture sponsored by Vanderbilt's Curb Center for Art, Enterprise, and Public Policy will feature Leonard Garment, president of the National Jazz Museum planned for Harlem, who will demystify the business of the arts and call for a new model of collaboration between non-profit arts organizations and the entertainment industry. Read More

The public's view of top athletes such as Kobe Bryant, Michael Jordan and Tiger Woods is that these men are athletes first and black men second, according to Tony N. Brown, assistant professor of sociology at Vanderbilt University. Read More

Two busloads of University of Mississippi students will arrive in Nashville today to join approximately 100 Vanderbilt students in a weekend of student fellowship and volunteerism. The second "Sports and Service: A Winning Tradition" will take place today and Saturday at seven service sights around Nashville and on the Vanderbilt campus. Read More

In its annual guide to business schools, Business 2.0 magazine has included the Owen Graduate School of Management at Vanderbilt University on its list of "25 of the best business schools anywhere." Read More

When the Vanderbilt Commodores squared off on the gridiron against the University of Mississippi last September, members of both teams no doubt had on their most intimidating game faces. The scene was a contrast to just a day before, when Vanderbilt and Mississippi students congenially worked side by side at various volunteer sites around the Oxford, Miss., community. Read More

One of Vanderbilt University Medical Center LifeFlight helicopters made a precautionary landing last night at Nashville International Airport after one of the pilots heard a loud noise. Read More

A new drug being tested at Vanderbilt Children's Hospital's Neonatal Intensive Care Unit might have the power to cut the hospital stay of tiny premature babies, increase survival rates, and address the growing problem of super germs in the nation's neonatal intensive care units, all at the same time. Read More

Approximately 1,600 Vanderbilt freshmen will experience one of their most memorable college days when they move into the University dormitories on Aug. 23. Residence halls for new students will open at 8 a.m. In addition, a series of orientation events is scheduled for the next several days to help smooth the transition to college life for the new students and their parents. Here are a few of the planned activities: Read More

Vanderbilt University advanced two spots and its School of Engineering moved up six places in the latest rankings by U.S. News & World Report. Read More

Vanderbilt Dyer Observatory presents two upcoming public nights in August focused on Mars. The public night scheduled for Friday, Aug. 22 has a new start time of 9 p.m. The evening will begin with a presentation in the Dyer library entitled "Life on Mars." Read More

From an auto manufacturing plant in Spring Hill to an agricultural center in Milan, from a rural school in Decaturville to a hospital in Jackson, more than 50 Vanderbilt faculty members, senior administrators, staff and student leaders will get a chance to experience Middle and West Tennessee Aug. 20-21. Sandwiched in between will be visits in Memphis to Elvis Presley's home, the National Civil Rights Museum, Rhodes College and the Memphis Zoo.Click here to view Daily Register article. Read More

The Vanderbilt University School of Medicine class of 1945 had no women; the class of 1959 had only one. Over the years, there was a steady increase in the number of women. By 1977, there were nine; by 1981, 20. Each year the gap has slowly closed in the numbers of women and men. Read More

The Curb Center for Art, Enterprise and Public Policy has increased its presence in the nation's capital with the addition of Paula Cleggett as associate director for policy. Read More

The Vanderbilt University School of Nursing has signed an agreement with Middle Tennessee School of Anesthesia (MTSA) to offer graduates of Vanderbilt's Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (ACNP) Program an early interview and potential acceptance in MTSA's highly competitive Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) program. Read More

In what could be called Vanderbilt's version of American Idol ñ only without the ill-tempered judge and a recording contract prize ñ University and Medical Center employees will audition Thursday, August 14, for the chance to sing the national anthem at the Vanderbilt-UT Chattanooga football game Saturday, Sept. 6. Dwayne Sagen, Vanderbilt's director of bands and an assistant dean at the Blair School of Music, will serve as one of the four judges for the audition, along with representatives from Vanderbilt Athletics, Medical Center and University administration. Read More

Researchers have moved a step closer to finding a "molecular fingerprint" of an individual's cancer. Read More

In an effort to guard patient safety, VUMC is taking a leaf from American aviation, where it's been shown that human error and the harm it poses can be substantially reduced through training to improve communication among members of the flight crew. Read More

Nearly a dozen undergraduate students from around the Southeast have been spending the summer at Vanderbilt University getting a taste of real-life engineering research as part of a summer internship at the Institute for Software-Integrated Systems. Read More

In the near future, when Marine Corps pilots climb into the cockpit for a training flight or an actual combat mission, they will do so with confidence that the possibility of human error in every operational aspect of their mission from aircraft maintenance to flight scheduling has been minimized by the use of customized software developed by Vanderbilt University and the University of Southern California. Read More

The Vanderbilt Television News Archive, the world's most comprehensive collection of television network news programs, marks its 35th anniversary next week by going digital. Read More