Year: 2008

Student concert committee Nashville in Our Living Room hosted its first concert March 26 in the atrium, affectionately known on campus as "the living room," in the university\'s new Commons Center. The event featured Nashville-based singer/songwriters Sara Beck and Audrey Spillman. Read More

Beverly I. Moran, a distinguished tax scholar who has served on the faculty of Vanderbilt Law School since 2001, has been named an American Council on Education Fellow for the 2008-09 academic year. Read More

Sharon M. Weiss, assistant professor of electrical engineering, has received a prestigious National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program Award. Read More

An op-ed by Carol Swain, professor of law and of political science, on Planned Parenthood and its role in performing abortions. Read More

A parachuting Polish acrobat. A socialist with a gun hidden in a Turkish bath. An out-of-control daughter. Eight marriage proposals. Welcome to the world of John Tarleton, the eccentric middle-class millionaire and one of the main characters in George Bernard Shaw\'s play Misalliance. Read More

Todd D. Giorgio, professor of biomedical engineering, has been named chair of the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Vanderbilt University. Read More

The Responsibility and Global Justice Lecture Series, sponsored by the Philosophy Department, presents James Bohman, the Danforth Professor of Philosophy at St. Louis University. Read More

The Responsibility and Global Justice Lecture Series, sponsored by the Philosophy Department, presents James Bohman, the Danforth Professor of Philosophy at St. Louis University. Read More

African-Americans are far more likely to be diagnosed with and to die from colorectal cancer than whites or other minority groups. Despite this increased risk, a new study led by Vanderbilt University Medical Center researchers found that African-Americans are far less likely to undergo colonoscopy screening than whites, even when both groups have a family history of colorectal cancer. The study was published in the March 24 issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine. Read More

P.M. Forni, a Johns Hopkins professor who wrote the book on civility, will provide expert commentary on the topic during a series of appearances on the Vanderbilt campus April 3-4. Read More

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

The United States health care system needs to brace for a severe shortage of nurses, according to findings by Peter Buerhaus, Ph.D., of Vanderbilt University School of Nursing, Douglas Staiger, Ph.D., from Dartmouth University, and David Auerbach, Ph.D., of the Congressional Budget Office. Read More

Watch video of a March 24 lecture on performance art and digital video. Read More

Marlon C. Lynch, the chief of police at Vanderbilt University, is the 2008-2009 president-elect for the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators, Inc. (IACLEA). Read More

Contrary to popular belief, the introduction of the euro in 2002 did not result in price increases, even for food items, a Vanderbilt researcher found by comparing prices of a Big Mac meal in 13 European countries using their own currency with 12 who adopted the euro currency. Read More

Although she\'s just 15, Katlyn Vacanti-Mitchell has already battled leukemia and started her own foundation to help families with sick children at Monroe Carell Jr. Children\'s Hospital at Vanderbilt. Read More

Randall W. Smith, a Vanderbilt graduate and major fundraiser for the school\'s Shape the Future comprehensive fundraising campaign, has been named an executive associate vice chancellor for Development and Alumni Relations. Read More

What are the most important issues facing Africa today? What are the historical and current causes? Join Kanayo Odoe, native-born African from Nigeria, as he discusses the relationship between scarcity, inequality, and conflict in Africa today. Read More

What are the most important issues facing Africa today? What are the historical and current causes? Join Kanayo Odoe, native-born African from Nigeria, as he discusses the relationship between scarcity, inequality, and conflict in Africa today. Read More

Students go global with good works, it's not too late to catch the flu bug and a Commodore who's at the top of his game, check out this week's VUCast. Read More