Year: 2011

Vanderbilt Farmers Market 2010 (Vanderbilt University/Steve Green) If you like your meat fresh, then the Vanderbilt Farmers’ Market is the place to go. Walnut Hills Farm is here every week with their all natural, grass fed, dry aged beef and goat meat. Stop by and try it out for… Read More

As the Nashville Predators look to capitalize on their recent success, establishing a comprehensive grassroots marketing plan is a priority. To assist in the creation of this critical portion of the team’s marketing plan, the Preds are teaming up with the students from the Vanderbilt Accelerator Summer Business Institute to explore the keys to effectively attract and convert new fans through creative, community-centric initiatives. Read More

Strengthening password is key to thwarting computer hackers. Read More

Registration is free, and there are cash prizes involved. Read More

The Department of Emergency Medicine has received a $3.5 million training grant from the National Institutes of Health, one of the nation’s first training grants in emergency medicine. Read More

Vanderbilt's newest dining option is now open. Read More

OMAHA, Neb. – It took almost 17 hours from the first pitch, but finally after a 2.5-hour rain delay and an overnight suspension of play, Vanderbilt’s game against Florida in the College World Series finally came to an end Tuesday morning with the Gators topping the Commodores, 3-1. Read More

First appearance from "Uncanny X-Men" #96. Art by Dave Cockrum. Via Wikipedia. Here’s another reason to love the X-Men: real science. Listen carefully to the dialogue between Professor Charles Xavier and CIA agent Dr. Moira MacTaggart in the new movie, “X-Men: First Class,” and you’ll hear a… Read More

Vanderbilt’s baseball game against Florida will resume at 10 a.m. Tuesday morning. The game went into a weather delay at 8:02 p.m. before being officially suspended at 10:30 p.m. Update: Read more: Florida tops Vanderbilt 3-1 in Omaha The next game is June 22 at 6 p.m. – a must… Read More

Vanderbilt’s baseball game against Florida will resume at 10 a.m. Tuesday morning. Read More

Campers at 2007 baseball camp at Vanderbilt (Neil Brake/Vanderbilt) Due to the Commodores team playing in their first-ever College World Series the team will be combining and moving Day Camp 1 and Day Camp 2 to the week of July 5-8. Read More

“If you don’t like something, change it.  If you can’t change it, change your attitude.” ~ Maya Angelou How often do you find yourself worrying and stewing about situations that are completely outside of your control?  How often do you beat yourself up or jump to negative conclusions?… Read More

Photos of young children in instructor Amy Alley`s Kindermusik class in Blair School of Music. (Vanderbilt University / Steve Green) Been dragging your heels about making summer plans? It’s not too late to register your kids for one of the very best summer music programs around. The research about… Read More

What if a fifth grader could learn college-level physics concepts? What if the platform used to teach those concepts could be accessed very simply online through a Web browser? What if that new methodology allowed students to write computer programs, progress at their own pace and provide the teacher immediate… Read More

The abbreviated lives of Emily, BS’03, MEd’05, and Lauren Failla, BS’07, bear witness on an all-too-personal basis that out of tragedy comes triumph. The sisters, alumnae of Peabody’s human and organizational development program, died in tragic accidents, four years and half a world apart from each other. Read More

Reading into Reading First Data In the Winter 2010 edition of the Peabody Reflector, there is an article with the heading “Early Reading First data shows impressive gains.” This article, a summary of results of a preliminary study, describes research that appears to be seriously flawed. Based on the summary… Read More

Start Where You Are, But Don’t Stay There: Understanding Diversity, Opportunity Gaps, and Teaching in Today’s Classrooms (Harvard Education Press, 2010) by H. Richard Milner, associate professor of education. The book details strategies for closing the achievement gap by refocusing attention on opportunity gaps to successfully teach students in diverse,… Read More

Vanderbilt researchers have discovered that parathyroid glands have a natural fluorescence that can be used during surgery to identify these tiny organs, which are hard to find with the naked eye. Read More

A new poll shows the 107th Tennessee General Assembly, marked by debate on a number of controversial issues, slipped in its approval rating in the four months it was in session. Read More

Watch why it’s great to be black and gold at the College World Series. Vanderbilt’s baseball team makes history. Go ‘Dores! [vucastblurb]… Read More