Year: 2009

Jess Neely Drive on the Vanderbilt University campus will be closed on Friday, Nov. 13, starting at 8 a.m. The closure will be between Natchez Trace and 25th Avenue South. It will reopen on Saturday, Nov. 14, after the Vanderbilt football game is over (around 2 p.m.). Read More

Creativity, an increasingly valued aspect of life and work in college and beyond, is the subject of an innovative new program at Vanderbilt University offered through its Curb Center for Art, Enterprise and Public Policy. Read More

With the support of a $2.7 million Recovery Act grant from the National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA), an interdisciplinary team headed by Vanderbilt chemist John McLean and physicist John Wikswo will attempt to determine whether an individual's white blood cells retain chemical memories of exposure to drugs like cocaine and alcohol that can be read reliably and unambiguously. Read More

Watch video of a Nov. 5 talk by Sandra Mangus, Ph.D., NASA Astronaut, Flight Engineer and Science Officer aboard the International Space Station. Read More

Vanderbilt students, faculty and other interested individuals came together recently for a unique improvisational art experience directed by renowned artist Oliver Herring. Participants worked with Herring to create a so-called TASK event on a Sunday afternoon in the Ingram Art Studio. Read More

Governments across the country are grappling with thorny legal issues as they ponder the most significant reforms to marijuana laws in decades. A Vanderbilt law professor who previously has commented on marijuana law issues in news stories is available for interviews. Read More

Frank Dobson, director of Vanderbilt University's Bishop Joseph Johnson Black Cultural Center, will present a reading of his original play, Young Messiahs Fly, at 7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 16. Read More

Vanderbilt University's Owen Graduate School of Management's Armed Forces Association will host a "Salute to the Veterans" on Thursday, Nov. 12, at 5:30 p.m. at the Owen School on 21st Avenue. Read More

A feel good football story; gotta love the great outdoors; and move-it, move-it Vandy-style. It's VUCast time for Nov. 6. (5:41) Read More

Watch video of a Nov. 4 talk by Dr. Rick Chappell, CNGR, Public Affairs, Research Professor of Physics and Lecturer in Science Communications. Read More

Watch the Nov. 5 ribbon cutting ceremony for Vanderbilt University Medical Center's new 11-story, $169 million Critical Care Tower. Read More

Watch video of a Nov. 4 talk by Reverend James Lawson, Distinguished University Professor. Read More

Watch video of a Nov. 4 talk by Reverend James Lawson, Distinguished University Professor. Read More

Kiplinger's Personal Finance ranked Vanderbilt University 17th on its list of 100 best values in private institutions, which ranked private liberal arts colleges and universities that combine outstanding economic value with exceptional education. Read More

Journalist and author T.R. Reid, who has become known for his in-depth look at health care systems around the world, brings his knowledge to Vanderbilt University for an 11 a.m. free public lecture on Friday, Nov. 13. Read More

A team of students from Vanderbilt's Owen Graduate School of Management came in first place at the 2009 National MBA Human Capital Case Competition. The third annual competition, hosted by Vanderbilt Oct. 16-17, included teams from 10 of the top graduate schools nationwide. Read More

A death penalty debate between two leading scholars on capital punishment is set for noon Nov. 9 in Vanderbilt Law School's Flynn Auditorium. The debate takes place the day before the scheduled Nov. 10 execution date for John Allen Muhammad, mastermind of the 2002 sniper attacks in Washington D.C. that left 10 dead. Read More

The Fine Arts Gallery at Vanderbilt University has relocated to a new building on the east portion of campus, a move designed to lead to more interaction with the Vanderbilt and Nashville communities. Read More

The United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces will hear argument in a case at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday in Vanderbilt's Flynn Auditorium. Read More

Watch video of concentration camp survivor Martin Weiss speaking at the 2009 Holocaust Lecture Series. Read More