Year: 2009

The 2008 Roundtable donor society dinner took place October 2 on the Commons Center lawn and not only honored educators, but treated the attendees to presentations of current student research being done at Peabody on both the undergraduate and graduate levels. Read More

Popular songwriters Al Anderson, Bob DiPiero and Karyn Rochelle will share the stage Saturday, June 20, at 8 p.m., for the second Bluebird on the Mountain concert of the 2009 season. Gates will open at 6 p.m. Read More

Nanoparticle films are no longer a delicate matter: Vanderbilt physicists have found a way to make them strong enough so they don't disintegrate at the slightest touch. Read More

Watch video of the Blair String Quartet performing Beethoven\'s Quartet in A Minor, Op. 132. Read More

Watch video of a June 2 panel discussion of local health care experts discussing current Congressional action on health care reform. Read More

The Nazca Lines are an enigma. The strange geometric shapes and animals carved into the land were first spotted in the Peruvian desert south of Lima in the 1930s when commercial airlines began flying over them. Read More

Musician Kix Brooks is turning to students from the Vanderbilt Accelerator Summer Business Institute to create a physical space plan and operating plan for his Arrington Vineyards and Winery that would produce new earnings streams without jeopardizing the integrity and mission of the original business. Read More

New research reveals that a cognitive behavioral program for teens at-risk of depression may help prevent future depressive episodes. However, the program did not show benefits for teens with a currently depressed parent. Read More

The financial services industry has reached unprecedented crossroads, where innovation and creativity are more vital than ever in reshaping the future of banking. That is why the Vanderbilt Banking Institute is offering a challenging and forward-thinking series of executive programs specifically designed to amplify critical and creative skills. Read More

Vanderbilt sociologists Jennifer Lena and Richard Peterson analyzed 60 samples of American music and found that each one --over time -- took on forms that were roughly comparable during their developmental sequences. The professors call these four distinct genre types Avant-garde, Scene-based, Industry-based and Traditionalist. "Classification as Culture: Types and Trajectories of Music Genres" has been published in the American Sociological Review. Read More

Commodores for Israel, an Israel advocacy organization under the auspices of Vanderbilt University Hillel, was named an Activist of the Year by the American Israel Public Affairs Committee during AIPAC's annual policy conference in May in Washington, D.C. Read More

Black Power\'s complex relationship with liberalism during the civil rights era and the surprisiing consequences of that interaction are explored in Devin Fergus\' book Liberalism, Black Power, and the Making of American Politics, 1965-1980. Read More

Chris Guthrie, a seven-year veteran of Vanderbilt University Law School and former associate dean for academic affairs, was named dean of the law school effective July 1, 2009. Read More

Watch video of why Vanderbilt political scientist and law professor Tracey George thinks more women will and should be on the Supreme Court. Read More

Black Power's complex relationship with liberalism during the civil rights era and the surprising consequences of that interaction are explored in Devin Fergus' book Liberalism, Black Power, and the Making of American Politics, 1965-1980. Read More

Watch a talk by Sandra Rosenthal, professor of chemistry. Read More

Watch a talk by Jim Lovensheimer, Assistant Professor of Music History and Literature, Blair School of Music. Read More

Watch video of a talk by engineering professor George M. Hornberge. Read More

Watch “Historic Uncertainties and new Opportunities in Funding American Higher Education,” a talk by Michael K. McLendon, Associate Dean and Chief of Staff and Associate Professor of Public Policy and Higher Education at Peabody College, Vanderbilt University. Read More

Empirical research from Vanderbilt professor of law and political science Tracey George shows how the United States court system, especially the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeals, could dramatically change under the Obama Administration. Read More