Year: 2010

According to a just-released, large-sample study, the extent to which medical residents are involved in reporting safety incidents is limited, indicating a need for more institutional focus about how, when, why and where incidents should be reported. Read More

A recent forum at Vanderbilt University has generated questions about the university‘s stances on discrimination and free speech. Read More

VUCast Extra: Commencement 2009: From tragedy to triumph, meet one graduate who took 40 years to reach Commencement 2009. Read More

It‘s generally accepted among business leaders that "poaching" or hiring a competitor‘s employees violates an unwritten rule of business and may be unethical. A new research paper concludes that as long as their actions are not deceptive or illegal, companies that intentionally identify, contact and offer employment to a rival firm‘s employees are within the bounds of ethical behavior. Read More

Because of demand, tickets are no longer available at Sarratt Box Office for "A Conversation with Gen. David H. Petraeus, Commander, U.S. Central Command" scheduled Monday, March 1, at 5 p.m. at Vanderbilt University. The event will be streamed live at www.vanderbilt.edu/news. Read More

What if your doctor could tell by reading your genetic code which drugs were most likely to work for you, and which you should avoid, even before you try them? What if a “genetic biopsy” taken from your cancer could pinpoint the treatment most likely to kill the tumor, and… Read More

Have you ever tried eating on $16 a week? You will be surprised who was given that challenge, in our latest VUCast for Jan. 29.(4:56) Read More

Watch video of a Jan. 27 panel discussion hosted by the Vanderbilt Black Law Students Association. Read More

Watch video of John Seigenthaler, award-winning journalist and founder of the First Amendment Center, moderating a Jan. 28, 2010, panel discussion on activism and justice featuring a video appearance by Kerry Kennedy, human rights activist, daughter of Robert F. Kennedy and author of Speak Truth to Power. Read More

Watch video of a Jan. 20 talk by Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft, speaking to MBA students. Read More

The Seagull, which debuts Feb. 19 at Neely Auditorium at Vanderbilt University, explores a young artist‘s struggle as he searches for new forms to express truth, a struggle thwarted by fractured domesticity and self-doubt. Read More

Last fall Vanderbilt students had the rare opportunity in an interdisciplinary class called "The War in Iraq" to take an in-depth look at the facts on the ground in Iraq between 2003 and the present. Humanities 161 was co-taught by political scientist Katherine Carroll and Mike Newton, professor of the practice of law. Read More

Last fall Vanderbilt students had the rare opportunity in an interdisciplinary class called "The War in Iraq" to take an in-depth look at the facts on the ground in Iraq between 2003 and the present. Humanities 161 was co-taught by political scientist Katherine Carroll and Mike Newton, professor of the practice of law. Read More

The Vanderbilt Black Law Students Association is hosting a panel discussion on "Profiling, Policy and Police Conduct in a Post 9/11 Society" on Wednesday, Jan. 27, at 6 p.m. in Flynn Auditorium. Read More

Ken Feinberg, better known as President Obama‘s executive pay czar, will deliver the keynote speech for a daylong executive pay conference Feb. 26 at the Vanderbilt Law School. The lecture, scheduled for noon in Flynn Auditorium, is free and open to the public. Read More

For Love of Liberty: The Story of America‘s Black Patriots will be presented at 7 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 29, in Sarratt Cinema in the Sarratt Student Center on the Vanderbilt campus. The screening will precede airing of the film on PBS stations in February. Read More

Saving lives Lifeflight style, and our experts hit national/international TV in record numbers. It's VUCast time for Jan. 22. (6:34) Read More

Kerry Kennedy, human rights activist, daughter of Robert F. Kennedy and author of Speak Truth to Power will moderate a panel discussion on activism and justice Thursday, Jan. 28, at 7 p.m. at Vanderbilt University. Read More

Count on more political attack ads in 2010 after a Supreme Court ruling lifting the ban on corporation and labor donations, according to Vanderbilt University political scientist John Geer. Read More

War, poverty, multi-faith education and the recovery from Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans will all be addressed this spring through programming at Vanderbilt Divinity School. Read More