Year: 2006

Vivien Green Fryd, a Vanderbilt professor of art history who is conducting a seminar in conjunction with Judy Chicago and Donald Woodman\'s Multimedia Project of Discovery, lectured on the work of these two acclaimed artists who are Vanderbilt\'s first Chancellor\'s Artists-in-Residence. The lecture took place March 2 at Sarratt Cinema. Read More

"Science Education in the 21st Century" was the topic of discussion between Virginia Shepherd, Vanderbilt professor of pathology and medicine, and approximately 300 members of the Nashville community at the Nashville Public Library March 1. The lecture was part of the popular "Thinking Out of the (Lunch) Box" lecture series co-hosted by the library and Vanderbilt University. Read More

Three prominent writers who also critique others in their field will participate in Vanderbilt University's annual Spring Symposium on March 23 and 24. Read More

With a "bold goal" to reinvest $300 million annually by 2016, Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs Harry Jacobson, M.D., told an auditorium packed with faculty, staff and students that he envisions Vanderbilt University Medical Center will be a far different place when it meets its ambitious 10-year goals. Read More

Sociologist and Pulitzer Prize-nominated author Rodney Stark, who debunks the notion that Christianity has held back scientific progress in his new book, delivered the second in a series of four lectures about why religions succeed or fail during a lecture series at Vanderbilt University Feb. 28. Read More

The goal of enhancing Jewish life at Vanderbilt University has been strengthened by the successful conclusion of a campaign to raise a $2.4 million endowment for the Vanderbilt Hillel. Read More

Vanderbilt University Medical Center investigators have identified new molecular indicators ó or "biomarkers" ó of aging in the skin that could be used to evaluate anti-aging therapies. Their findings are reported in this month's Journal of Investigative Dermatology. Read More

The lives and accomplishments of black women will be celebrated in March and April with a documentary film series at the Bishop Joseph Johnson Black Cultural Center at Vanderbilt University. Read More

College students, campus administrators and non-profit professionals from across the country will converge at Vanderbilt University March 3-5 for discussions, networking and workshops on how to improve the quality of life on their campuses and in their communities through community service, activism and socially responsible work. Read More

Vanderbilt University encourages active journalists to apply to attend its 2007 media fellowship, "Meth Rescue: Meth's Effects on Children, Families and the Foster Care System," April 24-27, 2007, in Nashville, Tenn. Read More

It's time to rethink common assumptions about the nature of God which support the subjugation of women and non-whites, believes a leading feminist theologian set to lecture at Vanderbilt University. Read More

While spring break is traditionally a time set aside for rest and relaxation, more than 370 Vanderbilt University students will trade academic work for community during the university's Alternative Spring Break (ASB) Program March 6-10. The students will travel to 32 volunteer sites across the United States, Canada, Mexico, Ecuador and Guatemala as they engage in community service and learn about the problems faced by members of communities with whom they otherwise may have had little or no direct contact. Read More

It is election time again. Governor Bredesen and those seeking to replace him have begun to campaign. Seats in both houses of the General Assembly also are up for grabs. No issue is as important as education for Tennessee's long-run well being. Yet, it is difficult to elbow other urgencies aside and place our schools and colleges front and center. This should change. Read More

Educators and researchers have reacted with both enthusiasm and skepticism to President Bush's State of the Union call to improve America's competitiveness in math and science. Vanderbilt education and science experts are available to discuss what it will take to stop the United States' slide towards scientific and mathematic irrelevancy on the global stage. Read More

Series of events during March aimed at teaching the public about the importance of brain research to understanding, treating, and ultimately curing brain-related diseases. Events are open to the public and are sponsored by the Vanderbilt Brain Institute (936-2637, brain.institute@vanderbilt.edu, http://braininstitute.vanderbilt.edu). Read More

Autism is a neurodevelopmental disorder with both genetic and environmental risk factors that affects the lives of thousands of children and adults and their families. Catherine Lord, Ph.D., professor of psychology and psychiatry and director of the University of Michigan Autism and Communication Disorders Center, will be giving a lecture on autism and the importance of early diagnosis as part of Vanderbilt University's Brain Awareness Month. Read More

A Vanderbilt University School of Medicine student has documented a lack of consensus among Tennessee doctors about how to treat children who may have been exposed to the illicit drug methamphetamine and its harmful manufacturing process. Read More

Charles Darwin would undoubtedly be both pleased and chagrined. Read More

Vanderbilt legal, First Amendment and religious experts discussed the issues surrounding the recent global uproar over the publication of satirical cartoons portraying the Prophet Muhammad during a forum sponsored by the Vanderbilt Interfaith Council Feb. 20. Read More

Vanderbilt legal, First Amendment and religious experts discussed the issues surrounding the recent global uproar over the publication of satirical cartoons portraying the Prophet Muhammad during a forum sponsored by the Vanderbilt Interfaith Council Feb. 20. Read More