Year: 2008

Does mother really know best, and Vanderbilt won how many Emmys? All that and Belle the wonder dog in our VUCast for the week of Feb. 10. Read More

The predictive power of U.S. financial market returns in January for market performance the rest of the year has long been lore on Wall Street. Given the tumultuous start to 2008, investors may want to consider recent research by a professor from the Vanderbilt Owen Graduate School of Management that finally puts some real evidence behind the legendary "January Barometer." The forecast: a tough year ahead. Read More

Watch video of Rigoberta Menchu, a Mayan Indian from Guatemala internationally recognized for her work for social justice and cultural reconciliation for indigenous people, speaking at Vanderbilt University. Read More

Bill Lambert, a second-year student at Vanderbilt\'s Owen Graduate School of Management, is the first recipient of the Max Adler scholarship. Lambert is the son of Bill and Harva Leigh Lambert of Ladue, Mo. Read More

Vanderbilt Sleep Disorders Center researchers are reporting that melatonin, an over-the-counter and relatively inexpensive dietary supplement taken for insomnia and jet lag, shows promise in treating children with autism who have difficulty falling asleep. Read More

In addition to the loss of his mother, Kerri, 11-month-old Kyson Stowell\'s family also lost everything they owned in the devastating tornado that struck CastilianSprings, Tenn. Read More

Shrews are tiny mammals that have been widely characterized as simple and primitive. This traditional view is challenged by a new study of the hunting methods of an aquatic member of the species, the water shrew. Read More

Vanderbilt's Information Technology Services is taking several steps to help protect the environment including a "server virtualization" strategy with computers. Read More

Vanderbilt\'s Information Technology Services is taking several steps to help protect the environment including a "server virtualization" strategy with computers. Read More

Watch video of doctor-turned-environmental-activist Matthew Sleeth's. Feb. 6 talk, sponsored by the Ecology and Spirituality study group of Vanderbilt's Center for the Study of Religion and Culture. Read More

Thinking Out of the (Lunch) Box presents Kelly Oliver, W. Alton Jones Professor of Philosophy, discussing "Is the military using women as weapons of war?" Read More

Thinking Out of the (Lunch) Box presents Kelly Oliver, W. Alton Jones Professor of Philosophy, discussing "Is the military using women as weapons of war?" Read More

Mobile cameras, high-resolution digital imaging and funding from the Center for the Americas at Vanderbilt University are among the key components of a cross-cultural pilot program to prevent vision loss in at-risk Latin Americans. Read More

Rigoberta Menchu, a Mayan Indian from Guatemala internationally recognized for her work for social justice and cultural reconciliation for indigenous people, will speak at Vanderbilt University on Thursday, Feb. 7, at 7 p.m. at Benton Chapel on Vanderbilt University\'s campus. Read More

Watch streaming video of a multi-disciplinary panel taking up the controversial topic of state-required vaccinations for sexually transmitted disease on Tuesday, Feb. 5, in the Flynn Auditorium of the Vanderbilt Law School. Read More

Poet and novelist Judson Mitcham, the only two-time winner of the Townsend Prize for Fiction, will read from his work at Vanderbilt University. Read More

Buddy Miller, Jimmy Hall and Ashley Cleveland with Kenny Greenburg are among the performers who will perform gospel blues songs at a concert that is part of a semester-long study of "God in Music City"at Vanderbilt University. Read More

A central fact of the 2008 nomination process is that many citizens are undecided or have weakly held preferences. Read More

Crossbow Inc., a leading provider of wireless sensor network platforms, has given a research program at Vanderbilt\'s Institute for Software Integrated Systems (ISIS) a gift of $50,000 to help advance the state of the art in wireless sensor networks (WSN). Read More

Obsessively detailed drawings and animations of zombies, sÈances and ghosts will darken the halls of the E. Bronson Ingram Studio Arts Center this winter, in the form of a dual show by Mark Hosford and Bill Fick. Read More