Year: 2008

Podcast from the The "Like a Prayer" series, part of the Religion and the Arts and Contemporary Culture Program financed by a grant from the Henry Luce Foundation. Read More

Watch video of the Peabody Chair Lecture with Rich Milner, Lois Autrey Betts Associate Professor of Education. Read More

Watch video of the Peabody Chair Lecture with Rich Milner, Lois Autrey Betts Associate Professor of Education. Read More

Listen to a podcast from the 2008 Cole Lectures. Read More

Twenty Chinese principals will be in Nashville and at Vanderbilt University Oct. 28-Nov. 8 to learn the latest information about U.S. education policy and see American classrooms and techniques firsthand. Read More

Watch a real Music City miracle. And, ouch, I bet that hurt. Seeing is believing in our VUCast for the week of Oct. 26. Read More

Uncovering ancient treasures, helping police catch dangerous looters and working with the Maya citizens to protect their resources…these are typical activities in the life of Vanderbilt archaeologist Arthur Demarest, who will give a free public lecture Tuesday, Oct. 28, on the Vanderbilt campus. Read More

Watch video of the Oct. 22 talk, "The Hebrew Republic: How Secular Democracy and Global Enterprise Will Bring Israel Peace at Last." Read More

Vanderbilt University students will spend the afternoon Friday, Oct. 24, building floats for Saturday morning's Homecoming parade leading up to the Vanderbilt Commodores football match-up against the Duke Blue Devils on Saturday, Oct. 25, at 2 p.m. central time. The public is invited to attend the parade. Read More

Research conducted by professors Ray Friedman and Neta Moye finds that the perceived mistreatment of potential employees during the recruitment process has a significant and lasting impact on workers' long-term relationships with employers. Read More

The Sustainability and Environmental Management Office (SEMO) will offer coordinated recycling at Vanderbilt's last three home football games this season, beginning this Saturday, Oct. 25, at the game against Duke. Read More

The Susan Gray School for Children will dedicate and cut the ribbon on the new Finan Family Playground 2:30 p.m. Oct. 24. The event will be part of Vanderbilt Peabody College's homecoming weekend activities. Read More

Podcast of Digital VU presentation by Jared Degnan, one of the Owen Bloggers Read More

Susan Gray School for Children student Claire Puryear and her mother Michelle Puryear have been selected by the Nashville Mayor's Advisory Committee for People with Disabilities Mac West Children's Award. Read More

Watch video of a talk by Vanderbilt Law School professor and constitutional law expert Suzanna Sherry. Read More

Watch video of Robert Merton, John and Nancy Arthur University Professor at Harvard Business School, speaking at the Conference on Financial Innovation. Read More

Watch video of a talk by Leo Melamed, chairman emeritus of the CME Group (Chicago Mercantile Exchange) and the founder of the first futures market Read More

RolePlay, which debuts Nov. 7 at Neely Auditorium at Vanderbilt University, delights audiences with keen observations of modern humanity‘s innate ability to make a mess of relationships. Read More

Watch video of a performance at the Blair School of Music. Read More

Miriam McGaw Cowden, whose practicality, generosity and diplomatic nature served her well during her more than 30 years on the Vanderbilt Board of Trust, died Oct. 19 at Baptist Hospital following surgery. Read More