Year: 2007

Poet Kate Light will perform with the Blair String Quartet and give a solo reading during a visit to Vanderbilt University on Nov. 12 and 13. Read More

Voters in the 2008 election who expect to elect a great president are likely to be disappointed, according to Vanderbilt University presidential scholar Erwin Hargrove. Read More

Coffee, an enticing beverage that is one of Latin America‘s most prized exports, will be the focus of a conference and tasting at Vanderbilt University on Friday, Oct. 26. The event will be from 1 to 3:30 p.m. at the Bishop Joseph Johnson Black Cultural Center and is free and open to the public. Read More

Being a part of a successful company that‘s also environmentally conscious is something the country‘s future business leaders are taking very seriously. In a recent survey of more than 2,000 business students worldwide, 79 percent said they will seek socially responsible employment at some point during their careers and more than half will do so immediately after graduation. Read More

He‘s been a leading thinker on health care issues for more than 25 years and has had the attention of numerous lawmakers on the health policy issue of managed competition, including former President Bill Clinton and Tennessee Rep. Jim Cooper. Now Alain Enthoven is coming to Vanderbilt Law School on Nov. 9 to discuss "Health Reform: From the Managed Competition Act of 1992 to the Campaign of 2008." Read More

It's fall¬Ö and that means time for SEC football! StudentVU vloggers Dustin Lynn and Gaby Roman give us a look at all the excitement and entertainment surrounding game day with the Vanderbilt Commodores football team! Read More

The Nashville area is under a tornado watch until 11 p.m. CDT. The National Weather Service reports that, severe thunderstorms, with possible hail, damaging winds and isolated tornadoes, are possible for middle Tennessee. Read More

Nonprofit organization Idealist.org/Action Without Borders and Brandeis and Vanderbilt universities are working together to address the impending leadership gap in the non-profit sector. Read More

The Office of Active Citizenship and Service is offering Vanderbilt University students and faculty the opportunity to experience firsthand a pivotal part of the 2008 presidential campaign by attending a rolling seminar to the Iowa caucuses. Read More

Deborah Tate, one of five commissioners of the Federal Communications Commission, will speak about the music industry and the FCC during the 2007 Curb Lecture at Vanderbilt University. Read More

Dyer Observatory is offering two opportunities for the public astronomers and aspiring young scientists to pay tribute to the 150th birthday of Nashville's own Edward Emerson Barnard, one of the leading astronomers of the 19th century. Read More

Local school and community leaders and education researchers will look at the dynamics leading to and resulting from the racial composition of Nashville's K-12 schools Tuesday, Oct. 30, at 3:30 p.m. Read More

A Vanderbilt University student was in stable condition Monday at the university's hospital where she is being treated for bacterial meningitis. Read More

Vanderbilt Peabody researcher David Dickinson will travel to Brasilia, Brazil the week of Oct. 15 to share with that nation's parliament lessons learned about educating children from birth to age 3. Read More

Families, faith and foster care are the focus of the 13th annual Family Re-Union conference, set for Oct. 18 at the downtown Nashville Public Library, located at 615 Church Street. Read More

"Abraham's Bridge," a dialogue about Jewish-Muslim relations,led by interfaith activist Jacob Bender and Wayne State University lecturer Saeed Khan is coming to Vanderbilt University Tuesday, Oct. 16. Read More

Virginia Shepherd, a pathology professor at Vanderbilt University and co-chair of the Coalition on Intercollegiate Athletics, will take part in two panel discussions on Monday, Oct. 15, as the Knight Commission discusses a faculty survey on intercollegiate athletics. Read More

Paul Cobb, professor of education at Vanderbilt's Peabody College of education and human development, is the first recipient of a new endowed faculty chair, the Peabody Chair in Teaching and Learning. Cobb will receive the new title during Homecoming festivities on Friday, Oct. 12. Read More

Former Vice President Al Gore, a former Vanderbilt student and moderator for a decade of annual Family Re-Union conferences held at the university, was named a winner of the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for his work to combat global warming. Read More

Nashville Public Television (NPT) and Vanderbilt University have entered into a new strategic partnership designed to develop, enrich and extend educational programs and services throughout the region. Read More