Year: 2006

Twenty-nine high school bands from as far as New York state will converge on Vanderbilt University's Dudley Field Saturday, Oct. 7, for the 18th annual Vanderbilt Marching Invitational. Read More

Lawrence Krauss is a theoretical physicist. But Google his name and you don't get a list of scientific publications. Read More

Giving a closer listen to a sound most of us try to avoid — fingernails scraping on a chalkboard — has won Vanderbilt psychologist Randolph Blake an unusual and coveted award, the Ig Nobel Prize. Read More

Internationally renowned psychologist Hans H. Strupp, who helped psychotherapy gain legitimacy as a scientific discipline, died Thursday, Oct. 5, at Alive Hospice. Read More

Hundreds of artists, art historians, critics and art educators will converge in Nashville Oct. 25-28 to network, exhibit their creative work, present their scholarship and talk about the future of art. The joint meeting of the Southeastern College Art Conference and the Mid-America College Art Association will be held at Vanderbilt University, with more than 100 events planned. Read More

A multidisciplinary exploration of the impact of time and timing on how we learn is the focus of a new National Science Foundation-funded center partially based at Vanderbilt University. The Temporal Dynamics of Learning Center was created with a five-year, $15.5 million Science of Learning Center grant from NSF. Read More

On a recent Monday morning, the halls of the Student Life Center at Vanderbilt University rang out with the sound of the Jewish community marking the end of Yom Kippur. Read More

A panel of eminent Brazilian scholars analyzing Brazil's most recent elections will be among the highlights of an international conference hosted by Vanderbilt University Oct. 13-16. Read More

"Still Black at Yale," a 2004 documentary film that looks at issues of race on the campus of one of the world's leading higher education institutions, will be shown at Vanderbilt University's Bishop Joseph Johnson Black Cultural Center on Thursday, Oct. 12, at 6:30 p.m. Read More

HEALTHPlus, Vanderbilt University's faculty and staff wellness program, will celebrate its 15th anniversary Wednesday, Oct. 4, by opening the doors of a brand new 23,000-square-foot facility atop Kensington Garage. The new space more than doubles the 10,000-square-feet of the former location in Memorial Gym. Read More

Vanderbilt ranks fourth among the "Best Places to Work in Academia," according to a new survey by The Scientist, a magazine catering to the life sciences. Read More

Deborah Eisenberg, called "one of the most important fiction writers now at work" by The New York Times, will read from her work on Nov. 2 at Vanderbilt University. Read More

Vanderbilt University ranks fourth among the "Best Places to Work in Academia," according to a new survey done by The Scientist, a magazine catering to the life sciences. Read More

Two experts on school violence and aggression are available to offer commentary on school shootings in Lancaster County, Pa., Wisconsin and Colorado and the school lockdowns in response to a gunman at two Las Vegas schools. Read More

A new study underway at Vanderbilt University's Peabody College of education and human development seeks to identify the reasons why many students begin but do not finish college and what can be done to help more students earn degrees. Read More

Vanderbilt professor Steven Graham will be honored Oct. 7 by Valdosta State University as distinguished alumnus of 2006 as part of the university's centennial celebration. Read More

Watch video of Elliot W. Eisner, Lee Jacks Professor of Education and professor of art at Stanford University, speaking in September 2006 on  "What Do the Arts Teach?" Read More

Watch video of Elliot W. Eisner, Lee Jacks Professor of Education and professor of art at Stanford University, speaking in September 2006 on "What Do the Arts Teach?" Read More

Educators, administrators, public policy experts, parents and students will gather at Vanderbilt University Oct. 16 to explore the challenges and solutions that families and schools must face as they prepare young people for the future. Read More

The National Institute of Justice — the research, development and evaluation arm of the U.S. Department of Justice — has awarded Vanderbilt University a grant of approximately $250,000 to study of the processing of habeas corpus cases in U.S. District Courts. Read More