Month: February 2008

A documentary about the justice system of the Vatican in a case of child abuse will be screened at Vanderbilt University, followed by a discussion with the director. Read More

Buddhist scholar David Loy will discuss how that religious tradition offers a fresh spiritual perspective on consumerism and ecology during a lecture at Vanderbilt University. Read More

Parents and children in one of the highest-risk groups for health problems related to obesity often fail to recognize the severity of their own weight problems. Read More

Elyn Saks returns to her alma mater, Vanderbilt University, on Thursday, March 20, at Ingram Hall at the Blair School of Music. Read More

A computer freeze-up in the office is a hassle. In a fighter jet peppered with enemy fire, it\'s a crisis. Getting the increasingly large and complex systems people have come to rely on to interface and interact without shutting down has been the focus of engineering professor Doug Schmidt\'s career. Read More

Two speakers will lead a discussion on science, philosophy and the environment at this year\'s Berry Lecture at Vanderbilt University. Read More

Hundreds of millions of retail investor dollars are being left "on the table" because of carelessness or misunderstanding about the mechanics of call options, according to new research from the Vanderbilt Owen Graduate School of Management. Read More

Representation, reportage and reality: this panel discussion by prominent members of the Nashville media addresses the historical and contemporary challenges faced by black journalists. Read More

Representation, reportage and reality: this panel discussion by prominent members of the Nashville media addresses the historical and contemporary challenges faced by black journalists. Read More

Fourteen incoming freshmen have been chosen as the newest members of the Ingram Scholarship program. The 14 are among more than 700 high school seniors who applied, the largest number of applicants in the scholarship program\'s 14-year history. Read More

From unlocking a piece of the autism puzzle to presidential politics to a White House look-a-like of the canine persuasion, we have it all. Check out VUCast for the week of Feb. 24. Read More

A Vanderbilt Divinity School professor will discuss what the Hebrew Bible has to say about immigration issues at a community breakfast on Thursday, March 13. Read More

Paying teachers based on their performance in the classroom is a trend gaining momentum across the United States. But does it work? The complex issues surrounding that question will be the topic of a national conference, "Performance Incentives: Their Growing Impact on American K-12 Education," hosted by the National Center on Performance Incentives at Vanderbilt University Feb. 28-29. Read More

Acclaimed painter and printmaker Roger Shimomura will give a multimedia presentation about his 40-year career as part of the StudioVU lecture series at Vanderbilt University. Read More

Vanderbilt graduate students from four disciplines - business, divinity, economics, and education - have set an ambitious goal for their spring break trip to Bangladesh: Find ways to alleviate poverty in the poorest parts of the world. Read More

There are certain things that people may assume act like oil and water when they\'re tossed in together. Say, for example, homosexuality, religious faith and Christian-themed music in a Southern context. But on March 13 a one-of-a-kind event at the Basement listening room will poke some sizable holes in that assumption. Read More

Graduates of universities in the former Soviet Republic may find their degrees losing value as corruption among higher education programs continues to rise, two Vanderbilt professors find in a new study published in the February issue of Comparative Education Review. Read More

The World Trade Organization is not the villain many of its critics claim it to be, but it does suffer from ineffective compliance tools and a lack of transparency, Vanderbilt University researcher Trish Kelly finds in her new book, The Impact of the WTO: The Environment, Public Health and Sovereignty. Read More

Some of the world\'s most well known civil rights leaders and fighters for social justice - such as Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks and folk singer Pete Seeger - have visited and trained at The Highlander Research and Education Center, a 75-year-old hub for grassroots organizing and movement building. This month, aspiring activists of a new generation - students from Nashville area universities - will add their names to this legendary list. Read More

The Vanderbilt Heart and Vascular Institute will be taking heart care to the community when it opens a cardiology clinic in Lebanon on Feb. 26. Read More