Year: 2006

Former U.S. senator and 2004 Democratic vice presidential candidate John Edwards and conservative journalist Peter Brimelow, known for his controversial writings on immigration policy, will deliver public lectures at Vanderbilt University March 20-21 as part of the university's annual Impact Symposium. Read More

Tom Fox, a peace activist who graduated Peabody College in 1973, died in Iraq after more than fourth months as a hostage. He was 54. Read More

Ginseng, one of the most widely used herbs in traditional Chinese medicine, may improve survival and quality of life after a diagnosis of breast cancer, according to a recent study by Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center researchers. The large epidemiological study, led by Xiao-Ou Shu, M.D., Ph.D., was published online recently in the American Journal of Epidemiology. Read More

Emergency medical personnel from all over Middle Tennessee will compete in a first-ever "combat challenge" to be held on April 22 at Henry Horton State Park in Chapel Hill, Tenn. Read More

Following recently signed legislation banning almost all abortions in South Dakota, several other states are considering similar legislation, setting up a possible challenge to Roe v. Wade in the Supreme Court. Vanderbilt experts are available to discuss constitutional and political issues surrounding this debate. Read More

Vanderbilt Medical Group-Spring Hill is pleased to announce the opening of its new Primary Care Practice, located at 3098 Campbell Station Pkwy. in Spring Hill, Tenn, on Monday, March 20. Read More

Vanderbilt psychologist Jon Kaas has received approval and sponsorship from the National Academy of Sciences to host a special research colloquium Nov. 16-18 at the Beckman Center of the National Academies in Irvine, Calif. Read More

Vanderbilt University news has a new online homeóone complete with audio, video, expert sources and breaking news from across the university. Read More

The role that physical location and urban design play in the social, economic, sexual, artistic and religious development of cities is the topic of a lecture by urban planning expert Edward Soja at Wyatt Center Rotunda on the Vanderbilt Peabody campus, Monday, March 13, from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Read More

The quick actions of an athletic trainer and the use of an automated external defibrillator (AED) saved the life of Vanderbilt basketball student-athlete Davis Nwankwo (Nah-WONK-wo), said the team physician. Read More

The quick actions of an athletic trainer and the use of an automated external defibrillator (AED) saved the life of Vanderbilt basketball student-athlete Davis Nwankwo (Nah-WONK-wo), said the team physician. Read More

Michael McGerr, the Paul V. McNutt Professor of American History at Indiana University, will deliver the inaugural Vanderbilt Founder's Day Lecture on Thursday, March 16. The lecture is in conjunction with the 133rd anniversary of the first gift of the university's namesake patron, Cornelius Vanderbilt. Read More

The vital process that transforms the identical cells in a fertilized egg into a multi-cellular embryo with a complicated shape and dozens of different cell types involves a surprising amount of movement: As development proceeds, cells move hither and yon in a complex choreography for reasons that largely remain mysterious. Read More

Being one of Vanderbilt University's first female African American students was a mixed but ultimately rewarding experience for Dorothy Phillips. Read More

Students with extraordinary scores on the SAT at age 12 go on to achieve exceptional life success into their 30s, researchers have found. Read More

An installation by Brooklyn, N.Y., artist Louis Cameron marks the first exhibition by an outside artist at Vanderbilt University's new E. Bronson Ingram Studio Arts Center. Read More

A team of researchers at Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center has been awarded $1.5 million from the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation. Read More

Respect for a variety of religious traditions is growing in America, but that welcome development holds potential pitfalls for democracy, believes a Princeton University sociologist set to speak at Vanderbilt University. Read More

As tensions rise over the growing possibility of an avian flu pandemic, this week Infectious Diseases researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center are launching a new trial of an avian flu vaccine. Read More

Former U.S. senator and 2004 Democratic vice presidential candidate John Edwards and conservative journalist Peter Brimelow, known for his controversial writings on immigration policy, will deliver public lectures at Vanderbilt University March 20-21 as part of the university's annual Impact Symposium. Read More