Year: 2006

Jay Grinney, president and CEO of HealthSouth, will speak at Vanderbilt Law School about the progress the Birmingham-based health care company has made in restoring its credibility and profitability in the wake of the massive financial scandal uncovered there three years ago. Read More

A new DVD series for toddlers, "Sesame Beginnings," released this week by the "Sesame Street" franchise has stirred continuing controversy about whether children under 2 should watch television. Vanderbilt child development expert Georgene Troseth has found that it's parental interactionónot videosóthat helps very young children learn. Read More

Vanderbilt University Medical Center's LifeFlight air ambulance program has become the first program in Tennessee to receive accreditation from the Commission on Accreditation of Medical Transport Systems (CAMTS). Read More

Listen to a March 30 lecture about the representation of women in historical photos by Tina Campt, associate professor of women\'s studies at Duke University. Read More

Listen to a March 30 lecture about the representation of women in historical photos by Tina Campt, associate professor of women's studies at Duke University. Read More

Vanderbilt's Peabody College of education and human development was ranked 5th in the nation for the second consecutive year by U.S. News & World Report in its annual ranking of the leading graduate and professional schools. Peabody's Special Education program was ranked first in the nation for the fourth straight year, and, overall, the school saw seven of its programs ranked in the top 10. Read More

Last year, the amount of external funding that Vanderbilt University researchers received from peer-reviewed contracts and grants increased by 15 percent to reach an all-time high of $444 million. Read More

Listen to a podcast of James Gardner\'s, associate director of the National Museum of American History\'s Office of Curatorial Affairs, lecture about the changing role of the nation\'s history museum. Read More

Listen to a podcast of James Gardner's, associate director of the National Museum of American History's Office of Curatorial Affairs, lecture about the changing role of the nation's history museum. Read More

How do we know the universe is expanding? And, if it is, just what is it expanding into? Rob Knop, assistant professor of Physics and Astronomy at Vanderbilt, delves into these mysteries (as well as the mystery of his expanding waistline) in this interview. Read More

Sociologist and Pulitzer Prize-nominated author Rodney Stark delivered the final lecture in a four-lecture series March 28 at the Vanderbilt Student Life Center. Read More

Vanderbilt University students won top honors in the Southeast Journalism Conference's (SEJC) Best in the South contest. Read More

The Vanderbilt Kennedy Center is hosting a conference for family members, advocates, school personnel and related service providers entitled "Down Syndrome and Autism: Improving the Supports and Service for Individuals with Co-Occurring Conditions." Read More

Throughout the spring semester, 12 talented Vanderbilt University students and 13 local professional artists have been hard at work on an exciting exhibition. EVOKE/INVOKE/PROVOKE: A Multimedia Project of Discovery premieres from 7 to 9 p.m. on Friday, April 21, and will run through Saturday, May 13, at the Cohen Building on the Peabody College campus at Vanderbilt. Read More

After Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast last year, some speculated that God was punishing New Orleans for its sins. New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin said it was payback for the war in Iraq. Read More

Three prominent writers who also critique others in their field discussed their work as part of Vanderbilt University\'s annual Spring Symposium on March 24. Read More

Doug Fisher, associate professor of computer science and computer engineering at Vanderbilt University, talks about the state of the art in artificial intelligence and robotics in this interview by Adelyn Jones of WRLT FM radio in Nashville. The interview was aired Sunday, March 19, and was co-produced by Dan Buckley. Music by John Scofield. (Used with permission from Tuned In Broadcasting and John Scofield.) Read More

Respect for a variety of religious traditions is growing in America, but that welcome development holds potential pitfalls for democracy, believes Robert Wuthnow, a Princeton University sociologist who spoke March 23 at at Vanderbilt University. Read More

Respect for a variety of religious traditions is growing in America, but that welcome development holds potential pitfalls for democracy, believes Robert Wuthnow, a Princeton University sociologist who spoke March 23 at at Vanderbilt University. Read More

Henry Petroski, the Aleksandar S. Vesic Professor of Civil Engineering and a professor of history at Duke University, will speak on "The Paradox of Design: Success through Failure" on Wednesday, April 12, at Vanderbilt University in the final presentation of the 2005-06 Chancellor's Lecture Series. Read More