Year: 2010

State lawmakers had the opportunity to learn about Vanderbilt's significant impact across all of Tennessee when administrators as well as students participated in Vanderbilt University's Day on the Hill on March 16. Read More

Watch video of the world-renowned Watoto Children's Choir. Read More

Watch video of actress Kimberly Jannarone and singer-pianist Kate Soper performing "The Red Scarf and The Black Briefcase," a cabaret-style performance based on the poetry of Vanderbilt's Rick Hilles. Read More

A non-cancerous tumor was slowly strangling a two-month-old baby. A Vanderbilt University Medical Center doctor gave the baby a very common blood pressure medicine and within a day, there were miraculous results. Barb Cramer has the story. Read More

Sensitive issues about medical care for dying patients will be addressed in this year's Berry Lecture, sponsored by the philosophy department at Vanderbilt University. Read More

Remembering Memorial Magic during March Madness and greed is not good. It's VUCast time for March 19. Read More

Vanderbilt University's Central Library will undergo a $6 million renovation that addresses 21st century teaching and research needs for students and faculty while enhancing the experiences of community visitors. Read More

Vanderbilt University supports the comprehensive health care reform legislation pending before Congress. As one of the largest private employers in Tennessee and the home of one of the nation's leading academic medical centers, Vanderbilt cares deeply about the health and well being of its patients, employees, students and fellow citizens. Read More

Watch Robert Wright's March 17 talk "Sibling Rivalry: Can the religious offspring of Abraham get along?” Read More

Listen to a lecture about reggae music and Rastafarian theology. Read More

Should states “take back” some of the power to regulate land use from local governments to help facilitate more environmentally sustainable building? That's the question that will be debated during a panel discussion on the role of local and state land use regulation in fostering green building design. Read More

Title IX is a landmark law passed in 1972 that requires gender equity for boys and girls in every educational program that receives federal funding. Since Title IX was passed, it has been the subject of more than 20 proposed amendments, reviews, Supreme Court cases and other political actions. Read More

Vanderbilt University's Center for Latin American Studies will host a public conversation and reception with Alberto Fuguet, an acclaimed Chilean author, journalist and filmmaker, on March 22 at Fido in Hillsboro Village. The event begins at 6 p.m. and is free and open to the public. Read More

The brains of psychopaths appear to be wired to keep seeking a reward at any cost, new research from Vanderbilt University finds. The research uncovers the role of the brain's reward system in psychopathy and opens a new area of study for understanding what drives these individuals. Read More

Identification of students with unrealized potential, continuous tracking of individual performance and intensive, one-on-one mentoring are key factors in successfully recruiting underrepresented minorities and women into the critical professions of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). Read More

Rick Perlstein, an author and political journalist who has written extensively about the history of conservatism in modern America, will speak at Vanderbilt University on March 22. Read More

Vanderbilt University debate team members Cameron Norris and Nick Brown were declared the varsity debate champions at the American Debate Association (ADA) 2010 National Championship Debate Tournament held at Vanderbilt March 7-8. Read More

Dancing the night away; exotic traveling Vandy-style; and hope for some rheumatoid arthritis sufferers. It's all in this week's VUCast. Read More

The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Vanderbilt offers spring classes for the community beginning March 15. The non-credit classes are geared toward older adults who want lectures and discussions in a relaxed and informal environment. Read More

Dan Balz and Haynes Johnson, two of the nation's most experienced political reporters, will engage in an evening of political discussion April 1 at the John Seigenthaler Center at Vanderbilt University. The 5:30 p.m. event will be followed by a reception and book-signing. Read More