Year: 2008

Watch video of discussion from the Vanderbilt Center for Biomedical Ethics and Society and Center for the Study of Religion and Culture conference, "Religion and Genomics: Navigating Pathways and Perspectives of Patient Care." Read More

Watch video of discussion from the Vanderbilt Center for Biomedical Ethics and Society and Center for the Study of Religion and Culture conference, "Religion and Genomics: Navigating Pathways and Perspectives of Patient Care." Read More

A new study shows that children with obesity-related diabetes are reporting serious difficulties in making basic lifestyle changes that could save them from a lifetime of complications. Read More

Watch video of an April 2 discussion of eight country music videos, with special attention to religious content in the lyrics and religious imagery in video conception. Read More

Watch video of an April 2 discussion of eight country music videos, with special attention to religious content in the lyrics and religious imagery in video conception. Read More

Watch video of an April 1, 2008 luncheon presentation by Timothy Shriver, chairman of the Special Olymics, at the Community Partnership Luncheon honoring the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center. Read More

A special panel including Houston Baker, Richard King, Bob Moses and Ruth Turner Perot examine Robert Penn Warren's 1965 book "Who Speaks for the Negro?" as part of Vanderbilt's commemoration of the 40th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s death. Read More

A special panel including Houston Baker, Richard King, Bob Moses and Ruth Turner Perot examine Robert Penn Warren\'s 1965 book "Who Speaks for the Negro?" as part of Vanderbilt\'s commemoration of the 40th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.\'s death. Read More

All four students recommended by the faculty and staff of Vanderbilt University have been selected as 2008 Goldwater Scholars. Each will receive a two-year scholarship worth $7,500 a year for educational expenses. Read More

Mathias Risse, associate professor of public policy at Harvard University, will speak on human rights issues at the Vanderbilt Law School April 8 at noon. Read More

Vanderbilt University School of Nursing has unveiled its new Doctor in Nursing Practice (D.N.P.) degree in time for fall 2008 enrollment. Read More

Suggestions that small sacrifices by average citizens alone are enough to cure global warming and other environmental crises underestimate the problem, says the keynote speaker at a Vanderbilt conference on "climate Change and Consumption." Read More

Vanderbilt University Library users can locate and access more quickly an expanding variety of resources, print, digital and electronic, thanks to the new online service DiscoverLibrary. Read More

Watch video of Angela Davis, professor of history of consciousness and feminist studies at the University of California Santa Cruz, discussing : "We are Not Now Living the Dream: Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., and Human Rights in the 21st Century" at the Vanderbilt University Law School. Read More

The gift of sight, juggling for all it's worth and do you still want to see Vanderbilt's boys of summer? Watch the latest VUCast. Read More

One of 12 senior Vanderbilt artists will receive a $25,000 grant to travel, study and work following graduation at an exhibit at Vanderbilt University on Friday, April 11. Read More

Vanderbilt law professor Beverly Moran has been honored by "Top Ladies of Distinction," which each year recognizes black women for outstanding leadership. Moran, a leading tax scholar, has served on Vanderbilt\'s law faculty since 2001. Read More

Vanderbilt's Center for Biomedical Ethics and Society and Center for the Study of Religion and Culture hosted a conference, "Religion and Genomics: Navigating Pathways and Perspectives of Patient Care." Read More

Vanderbilt\'s Center for Biomedical Ethics and Society and Center for the Study of Religion and Culture hosted a conference, "Religion and Genomics: Navigating Pathways and Perspectives of Patient Care." Read More

Vanderbilt University sent out letters of acceptance last week to the most academically talented, diverse and international class in the school\'s history. Read More