Year: 2009

Members of Chicago's famed comedy theatre, The Second City, will do two shows at 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. Friday, March 20, at Vanderbilt University's Sarratt Cinema in the Sarratt Student Center. Read More

The Information Systems Security Association has honored Mark Johnson, chief information security officer for Vanderbilt University, with its Security Professional of the Year award for 2008. Read More

Former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and former Israeli legislator Natan Sharansky will deliver public lectures at Vanderbilt University March 17-18 as part of the university's annual Impact Symposium. Read More

Helping others, robot geek mania and bricks for a good cause. Those stories and more in this week's VUCast. (4:19) Read More

Working in a global economy means a lot more than where a business builds or sends its products. Today, a business owner may operate a shipping business in Florida, have the business incorporated in Delaware, maintain the company's assets in an offshore bank account in the Cayman Islands and specify that any legal disputes be litigated in the United Kingdom. And this is all perfectly legal. Read More

Vanderbilt researcher examines the implications of businesses choosing their laws. Read More

Watch video of a March 10 talk by John B. Taylor. Read More

Watch video of a March 10 talk by John Thatamanil. Read More

The racially motivated riots in France during the fall of 2005 proved that despite its homogenous image, racial tensions are alive and well in Europe. The newly emerging field of Black European Studies is beginning to examine these racial tensions by studying the history and the current experience of blacks in the culture of Europe. Read More

Former U.S. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist will speak about leadership at a March 26 breakfast sponsored by the Cal Turner Program for Moral Leadership in the Professions at Vanderbilt Divinity School. Read More

Edward L. Rubin announced that he is stepping down from his position as dean of Vanderbilt University Law School effective June 30. Rubin said he will continue to teach and write as a member of the faculty. Read More

Watch video of Professor of Sociology Dan Cornfield speaking at the Thinking Out of the Lunchbox program. Read More

Christian beliefs have been used to support the myths that promote violence against women and to counter those myths, says theologian Rev. Traci C. West. During the annual Antoinette Brown Lecture at Vanderbilt University on March 26, West will address how Christian theology and activism can be used to make the world safer for women. Read More

VUCast EXTRA: Vanderbilt partners with Meharry Medical College to create a new health care policy center at Meharry. Watch the March 5 announcement. (18:09) Read More

Watch video of Vanderbilt's associate provost for enrollment and dean of admissions giving practical advice on financial aid questions. (15:31) Read More

Connie Vinita Dowell, a Vanderbilt University graduate with three decades of experience working in academic libraries, includiing two senior leadership positions, is the university\'s new dean of libraries. Read More

The development of the institution of marriage at the beginning of recorded history will be examined by a professor from Vanderbilt Divinity School during a three-part class. Read More

New research by Vanderbilt professor of law and economics Joni Hersch found that housework not only reduces the salaries of women, but also affects some men's wages. She also found that women's salaries are negatively impacted by housework regardless of profession. Read More

Connie Vinita Dowell, a Vanderbilt University graduate with three decades of experience working in academic libraries, will begin her new position as the university's first dean of libraries on March 2. Dowell previously served as dean of the library and information access at San Diego State University. Read More

VUCast InterVU: Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos discusses his first year as Vanderbilt's leader. (9:35) Read More