Year: 2004

Microscopic pacemakers--also known as circadian clocks--are found in everything from pond scum to human beings and appear to help organize a dizzying array of biochemical processes. A study performed by researchers at Vanderbilt University and published in the Aug. 24 issue of the journal Current Biology sheds new light on this issue. Read More

The digital music revolution has a new home at Vanderbilt University with the launch of VUmix, a comprehensive download service that will offer students and staff a safe, legal and inexpensive way to obtain and share music. Read More

Vanderbilt University has advanced to 18th in U.S. News & World Report's annual ranking of America's best national universities ñ up from the 19th spot last year. Read More

The challenge of being and raising a teenager has gotten even more complicated in recent years, with increasing numbers of teens now taking antidepressants to manage their distress. But antidepressants are not the only or even the best long-term solution for many troubled teens. A study underway at Vanderbilt University offers parents and teens struggling with stress an opportunity to learn skills to prevent depression and navigate the teenage years with confidence. Read More

Reporters can find experts on election issues ranging from the South's role in the 2004 presidential race to the role of government in stem cell research using the new Vanderbilt 2004 election Web site: www.vanderbilt.edu/news/election. Read More

Frank Dobson Jr. slyly smiles when asked if activities at the Bishop Joseph Johnson Black Cultural Center at Vanderbilt University might kick up some controversy under his tenure. Read More

Eloise Dunn Stuhr, an honors graduate of Vanderbilt University who has been a senior development official at three higher education institutions, is returning to her alma mater to oversee key development staffs. Read More

When Vanderbilt's Dance Marathon committee began planning its February 2004 event last fall, the end goal was simple: to raise more money than it had the previous year, an amount of about $6,000. Dance Marathon 2004 far exceeded its goal by raising almost $50,000, a feat that earned it the Children's Miracle Network's "Most Improved Dance Marathon" award at its annual Dance Marathon Leadership Conference held July 23-25 in Atlanta. Read More

The African American Studies program at Vanderbilt University is poised for fast expansion under new director T. Denean Sharpley-Whiting, one of the brightest young scholars and administrators in the field. Read More

Daniel Usner, who has taught and written extensively about colonial America, American Indians and the significance of the frontier, has been named chair of the Vanderbilt University Department of History. Usner, the Holland M. McTyeire Professor of History, has a strong research-based interest in the American South during the colonial period and the early years of the Republic and also in Indian-U.S. relations during the 19th century. Read More

At a time when parents, schools and physicians still struggle with the perceived overuse of the medication Ritalin to treat children with attention difficulties, a new study suggests the potential for another controversy. Read More

A GROWING NUMBER OF ADOLESCENT CHILDREN EITHER INSURED OR COVERED BY A MANAGED CARE PROGRAM IN TENNESSEE WERE BEING PRESCRIBED NEW ANTIPSYCHOTIC MEDICATIONS FOR BEHAVIORAL PROBLEMS SUCH AS A-D-H-D. REPORTER HEATHER HALL EXPLAINS. Read More

Three Commodores - junior wide receiver Erik Davis, junior defensive end Jovan Haye and senior offensive tackle Justin Geisinger - were named to the 2004 Media Days All-SEC Team, the league announced July 29. Read More

One of the nation's leading authorities on human resources, industrial relations and compensation, Thomas A. Mahoney, died on July 26 after a lengthy illness. Mahoney, 76, was the Frances Currey Hampton Professor of Organization Studies, Emeritus, at Vanderbilt University's Owen Graduate School of Management, where he had taught since 1982. Read More

Although John Kerry's advisers have promised that the Democrats will maintain a positive, upbeat tone during their national convention, a Vanderbilt political scientist expects the Bush bashing to continue in other forums, especially once the convention ends. Read More

The syllabus requires students to listen to "Be Bop Alula" and "(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (to Party)." The instructor once opened for James Brown as a member of the Jayhawks. Read More

Calling it "one of the best [helicopter programs] in the world," Metro Councilman Buck Dozier introduced legislation honoring Vanderbilt LifeFlight for their 20 years of service to Middle Tennessee. Read More

The Vanderbilt School of Nursing has signed an agreement to collaborate with a new nursing school in Kathmandu, Nepal. Read More

Luigi Monga, professor of French and Italian, who combined his training as a classicist and his scholarship of Renaissance literature to become an internationally recognized pioneer in the field of early-modern travel writing, died July 10 at Vanderbilt Hospital. He had been hospitalized since suffering a stroke July 7. Read More

A new genetic model for a motor disorder that confines an estimated 10,000 people in the United States to walkers and wheelchairs indicates that instability in the microscopic scaffolding within a key set of nerve cells is the cause of this devastating disability. Read More