Year: 2008

Vanderbilt University expert available to talk about images of women in media Read More

"The president-as-superhero myth promised all the democracy with none of the work," writes Dana Nelson in her new book, Bad for Democracy: How the Presidency Undermines the Power of the People. Read More

The man credited with making ‘Must See TV' one of the most popular and recognizable promotional themes in television history is coming to the Vanderbilt Owen Graduate School of Management. Read More

Three of Nashville's most respected songwriters will appear onstage at Dyer Observatory in the fifth concert of the 2008 Bluebird on the Mountain series. Read More

Bruce Cole, chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities, spoke about "The State of the Humanities" at Vanderbilt University, on Friday, Sept. 5. Read More

Learn secrets of the Saddam Hussein trial and see how more than a thousand students made Vandy history. Read More

Learn secrets of the Saddam Hussein trial and see how more than a thousand students made Vandy history. Read More

Vanderbilt law professor Mike Newton played a pivotal role in the creation of the Iraqi Special Tribunal that tried Saddam Hussein. In a new book titled “Enemy of the State,” Newton and his co-author Michael Scharf give a historic recounting of the Saddam trial with a behind-the-scenes look inside the drama and tragedy surrounding it. Read More

Watch video of the Sept. 3 Thinking Out of the (Lunch) Box with Associate Professor of Philosophy Jeffrey Tlumak. Read More

Scientists have detected previously unnoticed chemical signals that individual cells in the immune system use to communicate with each other over short distances. Read More

Vanderbilt University placed No. 42 on an academic ranking of the top 500 world universities by China's Shanghai Jiao Tong University, which compiles one of the leading international indexes of major universities. Read More

Alex Espinoza, whose first novel was described as an interesting mix of whimsy and uneasiness by the Los Angeles Times, will perform a reading at Vanderbilt University. Read More

The mixed-media Mexican folk art exhibit Retablos: Miracles on the Border will be on display at Vanderbilt's Sarratt Art Gallery Sept. 4-30, with an opening reception and lecture by Latin American anthropologist Jorge Durand on Sept. 11. Read More

Political psychologist and author of Your Money And Your Life: The High Stakes for Women Voters in '08 and Beyond, Martha Burk, is coming to Vanderbilt Law School to talk about the political issues impacting women. Read More

Republicans should kick off their convention in a most unconventional and memorable manner. Instead of singing God Bless America and blasting Democrats, Republicans should ascend the stage with their heads bowed and collectively plead for God\'s mercy and forgiveness. Read More

With a sagging economy, an unpopular war and a Republican president with limited public support, it would be easy to write off John McCain\'s chances of being our next president. Read More

Marie Colas, the 27-year-old sister of slain Vanderbilt University Assistant Professor Pierre Colas, 32, died from her gunshot wound the morning of Aug. 31 at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Metropolitan Nashville Police Department has reported. Read More

Watch history in the making as the Class of 2012 move-in and become the first students to experience living and learning at The Commons. Read More

They walk past our founder Cornelius Vanderbilt as faculty, students and staff cheer. Watch Founders Walk, a Vanderbilt tradition for first-year and transfer students. Read More

Metropolitan Nashville Police are investigating the shooting death Tuesday evening of Vanderbilt University Assistant Professor of Anthropology Pierre Robert Colas and the wounding of his sister who was visiting from Switzerland. Marie Colas, 27, was taken to Vanderbilt Medical Center, where she is in critical but stable condition. Read More