Year: 2006

Marc Galanther, author of Lowering the Bar: Lawyer Jokes and Legal Culture, discussed his research into the increase and changing tone of jokes about attorneys throughout history, and what these jokes say about our culture, in a lecture Feb. 21 at Vanderbilt Law School. Read More

Hailed as one of the great voices in contemporary literature, Maya Angelou has worn many hats — poet, bestselling author, actress, historian, playwright, civil rights activist, producer and director — and she will share her experiences Monday, Feb. 27, at 7:30 p.m. at a public lecture at Vanderbilt University's Memorial Gym. Read More

Catholic theologian James Alison, who has been called "one of today's most lucid and exciting writers on our relationship with the divine," will deliver two lectures at Vanderbilt University on Thursday, Feb. 23, and Friday, Feb. 24. Read More

Guest speaker Rick Chappell shatters some common misperceptions about gravity in space and shares his personal experiences from his training days as a back-up payload specialist for the NASA space shuttle. Dr. Chappell is a research professor of physics at Vanderbilt University and is also director of the Vanderbilt Dyer Observatory. Read More

Estelle Condra will weave inspirational and humorousstories about her personal challenges with a hereditary eye disease when she performs Blind People Shouldn't Vacuum Feb. 26 at Vanderbilt's Blair School of Music. The three-act show, which will be in the Turner Recital Hall, is a benefit for the Ada Belle Stapleton/Blanche Henry Weaver Scholarship Fund at Vanderbilt. Read More

In a series of challenging but fun competitions, ranging from building a tower out of marshmallows and spaghetti straws to the annual egg drop event, the engineering students at Vanderbilt University will display their ingenuity and inventiveness to celebrate National Engineers Week February 20-25. Read More

Can the high doses of chemotherapy and radiation that young cancer patients receive cause inherited health problems for their children? Read More

Nations have attacked, conquered and occupied other nations throughout history. Read More

An economic model is the best way to understand the rise and fall of religions, said sociologist Rodney Stark in the first of four lectures at Vanderbilt University as the first Templeton Research Fellow. Read More

Four Vanderbilt professors discussed their new research in black Atlantic history in an event sponsored by the Department of History Feb. 14 as part of Black History Month. Read More

Steven Hager, former editor-in-chief of High Times magazine, and Robert Stutman, a 25-year veteran of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) will discuss the controversial issues surrounding legalizing marijuana, Monday, Feb. 20, at Vanderbilt University. Read More

The genetics of brain development, and the impact of mutations that can occur during development, will be the topic of a lecture by Christopher Walsh, Bullard Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School, at the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center for Research on Human Development on Thursday, Feb. 16, at 4:10 p.m. His lecture is titled "Human Mental Retardation: Genes that Control the Shape and Size of the Human Brain." Read More

John Ashcroft, whose tenure as U.S. attorney general from 2001 to 2005 included an historic era of safety and security concerns for America following Sept. 11, will speak at Vanderbilt University Monday, Feb. 13, at 8 p.m. in Ingram Hall. Read More

Donna L. Hoffman and Thomas P. Novak, professors of marketing at the Vanderbilt Owen Graduate School of Management, have won the 2005 Sheth Foundation/Journal of Marketing award presented by the American Marketing Association Foundation. Read More

Media coverage about influenza and the importance of flu shots influenced parents to vaccinate their children against the influenza virus, according to a study done by researchers and information officers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Read More

Media coverage about influenza and the importance of flu shots influenced parents to vaccinate their children against the influenza virus, according to a study done by researchers and information officers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Read More

The intent behind the mysterious buzz of activity in the Cohen Building at Vanderbilt University will become clearer on March 2, with a lecture at Sarratt Cinema on the work of Judy Chicago and Donald Woodman. Read More

Vanderbilt University Medical Center recently received national designation as a primary stroke center, only the second such certification awarded in the state. Read More

Nine teachers and 40 5th-11th grade students from the Nashville area will personally assemble their own telescopes to use in their classrooms during a workshop Feb. 13 at Vanderbilt University's Dyer Observatory. Read More

With final exams over until the spring, Vanderbilt University students will pull an all-nighter of a different sort on Friday, Feb. 17, when they hit the dance floor from 7 p.m. until 9 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 18. Read More