Year: 2007

A new study, co-authored by Kathryn Edwards, M.D., chief of the Division Pediatric Clinical Research at the Monroe Carell Jr. Children‘s Hospital at Vanderbilt, suggests that the nasal spray flu vaccine is twice as effective as the flu shot in children 6 months to 5 years of age. The study, entitled "Live attenuated versus Inactivated Influenza Vaccine in Infants and Young Children" was published in a recent issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. Read More

Evenings devoted to music and literature will highlight a three-day conference at Vanderbilt University examining the cultural practices of Jewish women from around the globe. Read More

This spring, hundreds of Vanderbilt University students will trade in golden beaches and tropical locales for poverty-stricken rural areas and depressed inner cities. They will exchange frivolous fun in the sun for community service and experiences that many alumni consider life-altering as part of the university‘s Alternative Spring Break Program March 3-7. Read More

The mindset behind women called to the ministry will be explored during Vanderbilt University‘s annual Antoinette Brown Lecture. Read More

Parents wanting to expand their children‘s horizons this summer through a variety of programs — ranging from sports to art, music and academics — simply need to click onto the Vanderbilt Web site for a comprehensive listing. Read More

A Vanderbilt University Divinity School professor will preach at Westminster Abbey during a lecture tour of England this month that is part of the bicentennial celebration of the abolition of the slave trade in the British Empire. Read More

Faculty from Vanderbilt University and South Africa‘s University of Cape Town (UCT) will meet March 4-7 in Cape Town to discuss how they can work together to recruit and train more black astronomers in South Africa. Read More

Vanderbilt University and Laborers International Union of North America, Local 386, the union representing approximately 600 employees in the custodial, grounds, food service and skilled crafts categories have reached a tentative agreement on a new three-year contract. Read More

The game time for the Vanderbilt-Arkansas men‘s basketball game Saturday, March 3 at Memorial Gymnasium has been set for 12 p.m. CT. The contest will not be televised. Commodore fans are encouraged to arrive early and help show their appreciation for Vanderbilt seniors Derrick Byars, Dan Cage and Ted Skuchas who will be playing in their final home game. Senior day festivities are scheduled to start about 10 minutes prior to tip-off.Tickets are available by logging on to VUCommodores.com or by calling 615-322-GOLD. Read More

Journalist Lou Dobbs, former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich and former U.S. Representative Harold Ford Jr. will deliver public lectures at Vanderbilt University March 19-21 as part of the university‘s annual Impact Symposium. Read More

The degree to which morality and religion should influence political decisions about abortion, taxation, the environment and other issues will be explored in a four-part lecture series at Vanderbilt University. Read More

Seven Vanderbilt teams are ranked in the top 25 for their sports nationally. Baseball leads the group with Vanderbilt‘s first ever No. 1 ranking for a men‘s sport. Women‘s basketball is ranked 12th and men‘s basketball is ranked 17th, both by the Associated Press. Women‘s tennis, golf, bowling, and lacrosse are also ranked in the top 25 nationally. Read More

When the dust settles on a new renovation project involving Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center‘s Henry-Joyce Cancer Clinic, waiting room space and exam rooms will nearly double to help meet the needs of an ever increasing number of cancer patients in Middle Tennessee and beyond. Read More

Thirteen incoming freshmen have been chosen from a record more than 600 applicants as the newest members of the Ingram Scholarship program. Read More

This video shows WKRN Channel 2 News Health Reporter Lori Mitchel with a story on a new partnership between Vanderbilt University‘s Nursing Program and Clarksville-Montgomery County‘s Government and school system, that brings on-site healthcare to Clarksville. Read More

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center has received a three-year accreditation with commendation, the highest level of approval, from the Commission on Cancer of the American College of Surgeons (ACoS). Read More

Acclaimed writers Kwame Dawes, Teresa de la Caridad Doval, Lorna Goodison, Francisco Goldman and critic J. Edward Chamberlin will all visit Vanderbilt University in March to take part in a creative writing symposium. Read More

Watch video of a February 2007 Chancellor's Lecture by New York Times columnist Bob Herbert, speaking about "Racism, Poverty and the War in Iraq." Read More

Watch video of a February 2007 Chancellor‘s Lecture by New York Times columnist Bob Herbert, speaking about "Racism, Poverty and the War in Iraq." Read More

This fact sheet provides information about Vanderbilt employment policies and ongoing labor negotiations between the university and the Laborers International Union of America, which represents approximately 600 Vanderbilt employees in the custodial, grounds, food service and skilled crafts categories. Read More