Year: 2009

Vanderbilt University Peabody College's Stephen N. Elliott will receive the Senior Scientist Award from Division 16 of the American Psychological Association at the organization's convention Aug. 6-9 in Toronto. Read More

A team of Vanderbilt engineers will play a key role in a new federal effort to significantly improve our understanding of how gases and liquids interact with solid surfaces – basic studies that have potential applications ranging from better batteries to more efficient methods for converting solar and electrical energy into fuel, improved fuel cells and enhancing the corrosion resistance of materials. Read More

Peabody College doctoral students Paul Morphy and Peter Beddow were named the first winners of the Bonsal Education Research Entrepreneurship Award (BEREA) April 22. Read More

Vanderbilt University senior Michael Poku has been named to the honorable mention team in USA Today's 20th annual All-USA College Academic Team competition. Read More

Victoria Risko, professor of education at Vanderbilt University's Peabody College, was recently elected vice president of the International Reading Association. She will serve as vice president 2009-2010, president elect 2010-2011 and president 2011-2012. Read More

Assistant Professor of Theology John Thatamanil values the benefits of learning about a variety of religious faiths in a non-judgmental way after his own experience of studying Hinduism. It proved to be an excellent way to connect to his Indian roots. Thatamanil, a native of India, grew up in a Christian family. He discovered that his own beliefs were strengthened and improved through his research of other faiths. Read More

Watch video of an April 24 talk, "Life in the Universe," by Jill Tarter, director of the Center for SETI Research. Read More

An Environmental Commitment Statement has been adopted by Vanderbilt, and the university has completed its first greenhouse gas inventory. Read More

Vanderbilt University's new Peabody Research Institute and the Tennessee Department of Education today announced a partnership to conduct the first statewide evaluation of the effectiveness of Tennessee's Voluntary Pre-K Program. Read More

Listen to Taylor Stokes, the first African American scholarship football player, advising graduates. Read More

See which teen star is tweeting about Vanderbilt, and scanning your brain for criminal thoughts. (4:31) Read More

Vanderbilt Peabody College of education and human development is the best graduate school of its kind in the nation, according to rankings released by U.S. News & World Report. Read More

A new national survey of high school writing instruction finds it lacking, with 50 percent of teachers reporting they are not prepared to teach students how to write well and rarely assign complex writing tasks. Read More

Vanderbilt University seniors Kathryn Moreadith and Rob Whiting will spend a year traveling the world after graduation this May as the recipients of the university's Michael B. Keegan Traveling Fellowship. Read More

Watch video Tom D. Dillehay, Distinguished Professor of Anthropology, addressing the question of how the origins of religious and ideological practices in ancient civilizations without writing systems are studied and inferred. Read More

Vice Chairman of the Federal Reserve Donald Kohn and other economic heavyweights came together to talk about the current financial crisis at the Vanderbilt Owen Graduate School of Management on April 18. Read More

Current issues surrounding the national HIV/AIDS epidemic and its impact on the Nashville community will be explored at an April 25 conference at the Edgehill United Methodist Church. Read More

Paul Volcker talks about the economic crisis at Vanderbilt Owen Graduate School of Management. Read More

The Vanderbilt University SustainVU office, in conjunction with Plant Operations and Housekeeping staff, will construct a one-day exhibit – Mt. Trashmore – for Earth Day Wednesday, April 22, on Alumni Lawn near the flagpole. Read More

Urban school districts across the country have shifted back to managing segregated schools following the recent lifting of court-ordered desegregation plans, a new book finds. Read More