Year: 2006

In a key race with national implications, Tennessee‘s U.S. Senate candidates will meet one last time before the mid-term elections at a live televised town hall forum Saturday, Oct. 28, at Vanderbilt University. Democrat Harold Ford Jr. and Republican Bob Corker will answer audience questions, pre-screened by the League of Women Voters, at the forum at Vanderbilt‘s Ingram Hall from 7 to 8 p.m. NewsChannel 5, WTVF-TV, the League of Women Voters of Tennessee and Vanderbilt University are sponsoring the forum that will be offered to CBS affiliates throughout the state. Non-CBS stations in the state can record the program off air from the CBS affiliate in your city. Read More

The Southern Economic Association has chosen Stephen G. Buckles, senior lecturer in economics at Vanderbilt University, as the recipient of the Kenneth G. Elzinga Distinguished Teaching Award for his outstanding contributions to economics education. Read More

About 75 scholars, artists, art administrators and university leaders will meet at Vanderbilt University Nov. 10-11 to explore ways to strengthen interconnections between the arts and college campuses. The aim of the meeting is to produce a national research agenda that addresses these interconnections. Read More

Vanderbilt Peabody College of education of human development has created a new endowed chair in honor of one its most influential faculty, Susan Gray. Ann Kaiser, professor of special education and psychology and deputy director of the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center‘s Research Program on Families, has been named as the holder of the new chair. Read More

The Vanderbilt Master of Liberal Arts and Science Program, a graduate degree program for adult learners, is now accepting applications for the Spring 2007 Semester. Read More

A new report co-authored by Vanderbilt literacy expert Steve Graham identifies 11 strategies to improve writing skills in the nation‘s adolescents. The report was presented at a briefing Oct. 19 in Washington, D.C. Read More

Described as a gifted visual historian, Charly Palmer is an award-winning artist who has combined paint and mixed media to explore the black experience in different eras and Native American and Jewish history. His works will be on display at Vanderbilt University‘s Bishop Joseph Johnson Black Cultural Center Oct. 20-Dec. 1 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. Read More

James Barr, an influential Bible scholar and linguist who challenged the latitude taken by many translators of Scripture, died Oct. 14 in Claremont, Calif. He was 82 Read More

Atop one of the highest points in the Nashville area, a spiral sculpture of stone is taking shape that will combine art and science in an innovative approach to making science compelling, especially to students. Read More

Vanderbilt University invites members of the Nashville community to attend its annual homecoming parade on Saturday, Oct. 21, at 10:30 a.m. Read More

Delays in the shipment of flu vaccine for children may leave them open to getting the flu if the season starts early. Read More

Unlike the two previous winters, when flu vaccine was in short supply or its delivery was significantly delayed, there should be an adequate supply of vaccine on hand this year to combat Middle Tennessee‘s oncoming flu season. Read More

Researchers have identified a common gene variant that more than doubles the risk of autism. The research, led by investigators at the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center for Research on Human Development, provides new insights into the genetic basis of the complex disorder. Read More

A number of activities are planned at Vanderbilt University for Homecoming 2006 leading up to the Vanderbilt Commodores football match-up against the South Carolina Gamecocks on Saturday, Oct. 21, at 2 p.m. central time. Read More

Over 120 Middle Tennessee youth actively engaged in improving their communities convened at Vanderbilt Law School Oct. 15 to share their experiences and discuss strategies for empowering their peers. Read More

Muhammad Yunus, who earned a Ph.D. in economics at Vanderbilt University in 1971, won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for his work combating poverty through a bank that gives small loans to poor people. Read More

Youth leaders from across Nashville will converge at the Vanderbilt Law School Sunday, Oct. 15, for the forum, "Youth Engagement as a Strategy for Youth Development and Community Change." Read More

The recent presidential election in Brazil is the focus of a Vanderbilt University lead-off lecture in a series that examines Latin American politics. Read More

Vanderbilt University Medical Center faculty members Ellen Wright Clayton, M.D., J.D., and Randolph (Randy) Miller, M.D., and professor emeritus of Medicine Alastair J.J. Wood, M.B., Ch.B., have been elected to the prestigious Institute of Medicine (IOM) of the National Academies, the organization announced this week. Read More

Vanderbilt University leaped 61 places in the most comprehensive and respected worldwide rankings of universities, moving to No. 53 on the 2006 World University Rankings by The Times of London. Read More