Year: 2009

Stella Flores, assistant professor of public policy and higher education, will explore barriers to college completion as a co-investigator on a new $1.9 million Harvard Graduate School of Education study. The research is part of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's Postsecondary Success initiative to double the number of low-income students who earn postsecondary degrees by age 26 - an increase of approximately 250,000 graduates each year. Read More

A Vanderbilt chemist and a biomedical engineer have teamed up to develop a respiratory virus detector that is sensitive enough to detect an infection at an early stage, takes only a few minutes to return a result and is simple enough to be performed in a pediatrician's office. Read More

The slavery apology resolution recently passed by the Democratic-controlled U.S. Senate was meaningless and "will do absolutely zilch to promote racial healing and reconciliation," says Carol Swain, a professor of political science and law at Vanderbilt University. Read More

Will Judge Sonia Sotomayor become the next U.S. Supreme Court justice? Vanderbilt faculty Tracey George, Terry Mahoney and Brian Fitzpatrick provide expert insight and commentary. Read More

The Vanderbilt Owen Graduate School of Management today announced that Dean James W. Bradford has been named to the board of directors of the Graduate Management Admission Council, the association of leading graduate business schools worldwide. The appointment is effective July 1. Read More

Watch video of law professor Brian Fitzpatrick talking about the benefit of Sonia Sotomayor having been a district court judge. Read More

Watch video of law professor Brian Fitzpatrick speaking about why Sonia Sotomayor and other Supreme Court nominees should have to give their opinions on hot button issues during Senate confirmation hearings. Read More

Watch video of law professor Brian Fitzpatrick speaking about why Supreme Court justices should be considered lawmakers. Read More

New research from Vanderbilt University indicates the way our brain handles how we move through space—including being able to imagine literally stepping into someone else's shoes—may be related to how and why we experience empathy toward others. Read More

Vanderbilt University's police department will ask for feedback from the community members they serve at a public forum 6 p.m. Monday, July 13. Read More

Vanderbilt University Chancellor Nicholas Zeppos joins John Seigenthaler on Nashville Public Television's "One On One" series to talk about what's going on at the university and his vision for its future. Read More

August Washington, whose 30-year law enforcement career has included service at six universities, was named the police chief and an assistant vice chancellor of Vanderbilt University on Monday. He begins work on July 27. Read More

Order in the court! Two experts talk about Obama's Supreme Court pick & which Vandy grad is trying to be a Food Network star! (5:04) Read More

Nationally hailed composer, performer, violinist, bandleader and Vanderbilt alumnus Daniel Bernard Roumain (known professionally as DBR) has been appointed visiting associate professor of composition for the 2009-2010 academic year at Vanderbilt University's Blair School of Music. Read More

Neural "noise" may cause you to miss important changes in your environment when you are concentrating on something else, new research indicates. Read More

Health and social service professionals who care for adults with depression should not only tackle their clients' physical and mental health, but also detect and prevent possible spillover effects on their children, says a new report from the National Research Council and Institute of Medicine. Read More

Forget the old folk tales about snakes hypnotizing their prey. The tentacled snake from South East Asia has developed a more effective technique. The small water snake has found a way to startle its prey so that the fish turn toward the snake's head to flee instead of turning away. In addition, the fish's reaction is so predictable that the snake actually aims its strike at the position where the fish's head will be instead of tracking its movement. Read More

Watch video of the tentacled snake using a body fake to trick fish into fleeing toward the snake\'s head. Read More

Watch a June 15 talk by archeoastronomer Anthony Aveni. Read More

Eligible veterans can attend Vanderbilt University at a significantly reduced cost thanks to the school's participation in the Yellow Ribbon GI Educational Enhancement Program. Read More