Year: 2009

A first for Disney, will the real Rock Band musicians please stand up, and who was that dancing with Bruce Springsteen? It's VUCast time. (Dec. 11, 2009). (9:40) Read More

Authoritarianism and Polarization in American Politics, co-authored by Vanderbilt political scientist Marc Hetherington, focuses on the reasons behind the political realignment of the past several decades. More liberals are voting for Democrats and more conservatives are choosing GOP candidates, Hetherington said. Read More

Watch video of legendary fashion designer and well-known Nashville personality Manuel speaking to the History of Rock class at Vanderbilt Dec. 8. Read More

A large national study of economic behavior led by a Vanderbilt researcher has found that effective recycling laws encourage reluctant recyclers to become committed recyclers. Read More

As the Copenhagen Climate Change Summit continues, two Vanderbilt researchers suggest that regardless of whether or not the meeting is successful in bringing public governance measures to bear, significant carbon reductions can be achieved by creating private incentives to reduce carbon emissions. Read More

A team of MBA students from Vanderbilt's Owen Graduate School of Management took second place in a prestigious MBA case competition, the University of Texas at Austin National Real Estate Challenge. Read More

The Vanderbilt University Police Department has earned accreditation through the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, Inc., whose programs are open to law enforcement agencies around the world. Read More

Nashville inner-city youth are learning the lessons of tennis as well as life thanks to an after-school program founded by Vanderbilt University senior Jeff Berry. He is president of Mentor TennisSee, which brings at-risk children to the Brownlee O. Currey Jr. Tennis Center three times a week. In addition to learning how to play tennis, the youngsters receive free academic tutoring from Vanderbilt students. Mentor TennisSee also uses the First Serve Life Skills program as part of its instruction. Read More

Luke Froeb, a Vanderbilt University business professor and former Chief Economist at the FTC said he sees very little horizontal overlap in the NBC/Comcast merger. But that wouldn't necessarily stop the Federal Communications Commission from asking for relief to assuage competitive and diversity concerns, said Froeb. Read More

Walburga von Raffler-Engel, a widely published linguistics expert who taught at Vanderbilt University for two decades, died on Nov. 28 in San Antonio. She was 89. Read More

The death penalty and justice, All the King's Men remembered, and wait - is that Fabiani? It's VUCast time (Dec. 4, 2009). (7:20) Read More

Watch Christopher Slobogin, Milton Underwood Professor of Law at Vanderbilt, discuss the death penalty and government's ability to implement it fairly. Read More

Vanderbilt University's Margaret Cuninggim Women's Center has filled key positions with the naming of Anna Guest-Jelley as associate director and Kayti Protos as program coordinator. Read More

A leading international law expert cautions that the troop surge in Afghanistan must be accompanied by a concurrent improvement in the nation's system of justice, now plagued by lawlessness and graft. Read More

Watch video of former Sen. Bill Frist speaking Dec. 1, 2009, as part of World AIDS Day. Read More

Jim Bradford has been re-appointed dean of Vanderbilt's Owen Graduate School of Management for a five-year term, effective July 1. The announcement was made by Richard McCarty, vice chancellor for academic affairs and provost. Read More

Watch video of a Nov. 1, 2009, performance by the Vanderbilt University Concert Choir. Read More

The BLAIR SIGNATURE SERIES presents an Oct. 30, 2009, performance, "The Blair String Quartet Celebrates Mendelssohn." Read More

Watch video of an Oct. 28, 2009, performance by the Vanderbilt Orchestra, including Symphony No. 5 by Shostakovich. Read More

Watch an Oct. 16, 2009, video of Craig Nies, solo piano: The Complete 48 Preludes and Fugues: The Well-Tempered Clavier. Read More