Year: 2006

In his State of the Union Address, President Bush called for a sharpening of America's competitiveness and highlighted the need to pick up the pace of innovation in order to thrive on the playing field of global commerce. 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

The erosion of the legal recognition of torture as something that is forbidden in the United States and the implications for our broader legal system and society of that erosion were the subject of a lecture by Jeremy J. Waldorn, University Professor of Law and director of the Center for Law and Philosophy at Columbia University at Vanderbilt University Law School Feb. 3. Read More

The erosion of the legal recognition of torture as something that is forbidden in the United States and the implications for our broader legal system and society of that erosion were the subject of a lecture by Jeremy J. Waldorn, University Professor of Law and director of the Center for Law and Philosophy at Columbia University at Vanderbilt University Law School Feb. 3. Read More

Writer and activist Lucy R. Lippard, a celebrated art critic, theorist and author of more than 20 books on contemporary art and cultural criticism, will present "Common Ground: Arts & Communities" on Wednesday, Feb. 22, at Vanderbilt University as part of the Chancellor's Lecture Series. Read More

Hamlet, possibly the most famous play in the English language, will open Feb. 17 at Vanderbilt University. Read More

Vanderbilt University Professor of Law Richard Nagareda says the asbestos reform litigation backed by the president and expected to be debated in the U.S. Senate as early as next week "would mark a huge step forward for litigation reform in this country. Read More

"Dying old as a social problem" was the subject of a lunchtime discussion with Vanderbilt philosophers John Lachs and David Wood and 300 members of the Nashville community Feb. 1 at the Nashville Public Library. Read More

"Dying old as a social problem" was the subject of a lunchtime discussion with Vanderbilt philosophers John Lachs and David Wood and 300 members of the Nashville community Feb. 1 at the Nashville Public Library. Read More

Did you hear that Saddam Hussein took a hundred lawyers hostage and said that if his demands aren't met, he'll start releasing them one by one? Read More

When it comes to education reform, Tennessee needs a booster shot. Somehow, education has fallen from its once prime place on the public policy agenda. We need a mechanism that can overcome our current statewide school policy steady state and stimulate and guide local creativity. Charter schools offer such hope. Read More

Vanderbilt is one of 40 centers nationwide to enroll patients in a study to determine the efficacy and safety of a new pacing device for heart failure patients. This is the first time the device, called the Optimizer III, will be implanted in humans. Read More

While Super Bowl ads often beat the game itself for entertainment value, they wouldn't be effective any other day of the year, says Jennifer Escalas, associate professor at the Vanderbilt Owen Graduate School of Management and an expert on consumer research and advertising. Read More

Peter T. Cummings -- John R. Hall Professor of Chemical Engineering at Vanderbilt University and director of the Nanomaterials Theory Institute of the Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory — has been elected a fellow of the American Physical Society. Read More

George W. Bush has an important primetime opportunity to regain some presidential momentum by delivering a compelling State of the Union address, according to Vanderbilt political scientist John Geer. Read More

Author and cultural critic Kevin Powell, an original cast member of MTV's The Real World, will speak at Vanderbilt University on "Images of Blacks in the Media." Read More

Craig E. Colten, the Carl O. Sauer Professor of Geography at Louisiana State University and a leading expert on the geographical and social/racial issues that complicate the recovery of New Orleans from Hurricane Katrina, shared his unique perspective on the aftermath of the tragedy during a lecture at Vanderbilt Law School Jan. 26. Read More

Thanks to Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center's new Clinical Trials Mentor Program, patients considering enrolling in a clinical trial can now ask questions and get first-hand accounts from patient advocates who have already gone through the process. Read More

It's established that in medieval times spices were such a valued commodity that the business of importing them was the most profitable and dynamic element in European trade. Read More

Former Vanderbilt soccer player Ashley Duffy interviews baseball head coach Tim Corbin about the 2006 Commodore Banquet and Alumni Game coming up Feb. 10 and 11. Read More