Year: 2009

Churches with predominantly black congregations are thriving in urban and suburban areas, and the most successful churches employ a variety of sophisticated marketing and programming strategies to draw members, a new study by Vanderbilt University researcher Sandra Barnes finds. The research offers insights into what successful black churches have in common today, when parishioners have more choices and expect more from their churches than they have in the past. Read More

To accommodate the intense work schedules of rising executives and the changing economy's impact on business professionals, the Vanderbilt Owen Graduate School of Management is transitioning its highly respected 31-year-old Executive MBA program from an alternating Friday-Saturday schedule to an alternating Saturday-only format. Read More

Watch video of a Feb. 15 performance at the Blair School of Music. Read More

Academy Award-nominated documentary Encounters at the End of the World will be screened free-of-charge on April 6 at Vanderbilt University, followed by a discussion led by a producer of the film. Read More

Watch video of a Feb. 20 performance by Craig Nies on piano. Read More

Dr. Harry R. Jacobson will retire as vice chancellor for health affairs at Vanderbilt University June 1, and Dr. Jeffrey Balser, dean of the School of Medicine, will succeed him, Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos announced today. Read More

Watch video of the March 26 Antoinette Brown Lecture with Traci C. West, speaking on "Lying on Women: Religion, Race, and Intimate Violence in the African Diaspora." Read More

Listen to podcasts from the Writing Studio's symposium on Writing and Discipline and the Undergraduate Writing Symposium. Read More

See what a professor found deep in Antarctica and why housework doesn't pay. (4:19) Read More

Vanderbilt students are getting into the spirit of Earth Hour on Saturday, March 28. They will join millions of people around the world and here in Nashville who are turning out lights to draw attention to climate change. Read More

Historian and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Doris Kearns Goodwin will receive Vanderbilt University's prestigious Nichols-Chancellor's Medal on May 7, when she will address graduating seniors and their families during Senior Day. Read More

Vanderbilt Summer Academy is one of several programs offered by the university to meet the intellectual and cognitive needs of highly gifted youth while sampling college life. The university\'s Programs for Talented Youth have expanded in recent years to inform parents and educators of these learners as well. Read More

One hundred sixteen Vanderbilt graduate students will present original research at the Graduate Student Research Symposium on Monday, March 30, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Student Life Center ballrooms and meeting rooms. The symposium, one of several events scheduled for Graduate Education Week, is free and open to the public. Read More

Imagine a platoon of soldiers fighting in a hazardous urban environment who carry personal digital assistants that can display the location of enemy shooters in three dimensions and accurately identify the caliber and type of weapons they are firing. Read More

Jennifer Risper scored a career-high 27 points and Christina Wirth added 24 as fourth-seeded Vanderbilt beat fifth-seeded Kansas State 74-61 in the NCAA's second round March 23. The Commodores (26-8) advanced to the semifinals of the Raleigh regional, where they'll play next weekend against the winner of Tuesday night's contest between Maryland and Utah. Read More

Concert ticket costs could get even higher and a whole new meaning for the term political ‘pork' in this week's VUCast. (3:35) Read More

The topic of immigration reform in the United States will be discussed by the executive director of the Center for Immigration Studies, Mark Krikorian and conservative political analyst Bay Buchanan. The discussion will be held at noon on March 23 in the Hyatt room at Vanderbilt University Law School. The event is free and open to the public. Read More

The keys to fixing the U.S. health care system are to hold people accountable for their actions; treat health insurance like auto insurance and tax individual's health care benefits said Larry Van Horn, a leading expert and researcher on health care management and economics. Read More

Watch videos of Larry Van Horn, a leading expert and researcher on health care management and economics, explaining his health care opinions. Read More

Watch a soundbite of: Larry Van Horn explaining his health care opinions. Read More