Year: 2008

The Ambassador of Iraq to the United States, Samir Sumaidaie, took a break from business in Knoxville to come to Nashville Sunday to visit Amenah, the 2-year-old Iraqi girl who has come to the Monroe Carell Jr. Children\'s Hospital at Vanderbilt for surgery to correct a life-threatening heart defect. Sumaidaie is from Haditha, Iraq, the hometown of Amenah and her family. Read More

J. Michael Fitzpatrick, professor of computer science, computer engineering and electrical engineering at the Vanderbilt School of Engineering, has been named a Fellow of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering. Read More

The Vanderbilt News Service was awarded five Emmy Awards at the 22nd Annual Midsouth Regional Emmy Awards Jan. 26 at the Schermerhorn Symphony Center in Nashville, Tenn. Read More

A team of pediatric heart specialists at the Monroe Carell Jr. Childrenπs Hospital at Vanderbilt continues to assess the condition of a 2-year-old Iraqi girl named Amenah (pronounced Ahh -min ñUh). The girl was flown to Nashville from Iraq on Wednesday in hopes of receiving lifesaving surgery. Read More

Will there ever be a blood test for colon cancer? And, meet Carlos, a kitty with attitude. Watch the latest VUCast for the week of Jan. 27th. Read More

To influence voters, especially those without strong ideological beliefs, presidential candidates should pay as much attention to their oratorical skills as to their stances on issues, according to research by Vanderbilt University political scientist Christian Grose. Read More

Vanderbilt University\'s Bishop Joseph Johnson Black Cultural Center will announce the winners of its annual Martin Luther King Jr. Oratorical and Essay Contest Saturday, Jan. 26, at an 11:30 a.m. luncheon for all local students participating in the contest and their families. Read More

Listen to students who traveled to India in 2007 as part of a Vanderbilt program to alleviate poverty. Graham Reside, executive director of the Cal Turner Program for Moral Leadership in the Professions, speaks and introduces several students who reflect on the Project Pyramid program that brought together the divinity and business schools at Vanderbilt. Read More

Listen to Luca Barattoni, lecturer of Italian at Clemson University, speak on "Fernando Di Leo and the Italian Crime Thriller Genre of the '70s: Its Influence on Quentin Tarantino and its Recent Developments." The lecture on Jan. 24, 2008, was part of the International Lens foreign film series at Vanderbilt. Read More

The Tennessee Health Services and Development Agency this week approved the Certificate of Need for expansion of the Monroe Carell Jr. Children\'s Hospital at Vanderbilt. Read More

Children\'s book authors and enthusiasts will have a chance to learn how and why books are chosen for the prestigious Newbery and Geisel Awards Jan. 31 from 4 to 5:30 p.m. in the Peabody Library on the Vanderbilt University campus. Read More

James Hoch, a New Jersey poet whose work has been compared to songwriters Bruce Springsteen and Elliott Smith, will read from his poetry at Vanderbilt University. Read More

The percentage of African Americans in the freshman class at Vanderbilt University increased 12.3 percent in the fall of 2007, placing Vanderbilt fourth among the highest-ranking universities in the United States. Read More

Vanderbilt psychologist Isabel Gauthier has been named a 2008 Troland Research Award winner by the National Academy of Science. Read More

Kids may roll their eyes when their mother asks them about their school day, but answering her may actually help them learn. New research from Vanderbilt University reveals that children learn the solution to a problem best when they explain it to their mom. Read More

Fred Thompson\'s decision to drop out of the presidential race fuels speculation about which of the remaining Republican presidential candidates will attract his supporters. The issue has the most significance for states expected to draw high numbers of conservative voters in the upcoming presidential primaries, such as Tennessee, according to Vanderbilt University political scientist John Geer. Read More

Handwriting might be a lost art to many, but it plays a critical role in how we learn and express ourselves, Vanderbilt handwriting expert Steve Graham says. Jan. 23 is National Handwriting Day. Read More

Mark Mathabane spent his childhood living under apartheid in South Africa. But, unlike many, he was able to escape the devastating poverty and violence of a Johannesburg ghetto through the help of 1972 Wimbledon champion Stan Smith and a tennis scholarship to South Carolina\'s Limestone College. Read More

Leading thinkers on tricky topics of global justice will speak during a Tuesday afternoon series at Vanderbilt University, and the public is invited to participate. Read More

Teresa Hubbard and Alexander Birchler, who\'ve received international attention for their collaborations,will lecture about photography and video art at Vanderbilt University. Read More