Year: 2011

Chris VanBuskirk (Steve Green / Vanderbilt) Vanderbilt’s Institute for Software Integrated Systems (ISIS) has built and will operate a Web-based collaboration platform for the new National Science Foundation-funded Cyber-Physical Systems Virtual Organization. The CPS-VO aims to bring together researchers, educators and students working in academics, industry and… Read More

The third annual tournament will benefit the Vanderbilt Trauma Survivors Network. Read More

Know Your Numbers at the law school April 21. Read More

The Sarratt Youth Art Institute is still taking registration for the summer session. Read More

Work out from your desk, at home or on the road. Read More

Watch video of Vanderbilt Professor David A. Weintraub speaking April 13 on “How Old is the Universe?” as part of the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute. David A. Weintraub is professor of astronomy, director of the Communication of Science & Technology program, and director of Undergraduate Studies for Department of Physics… Read More

Watch video of Marshall Eakin, professor of history at Vanderbilt University, speaking April 13 on “The Americas in the Age of Revolution, 1776-1836,” as part of the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute. The revolution that created the United States was only one of many American revolutions. From 1776 to 1836, wars for… Read More

As many as 25 percent of hospital nurses use sleep deprivation to adjust to working on the night shift, the poorest strategy for adapting their internal, circadian clocks to a night-time schedule. Read More

Watch the April 7 talk by Bobby Lovett, professor of history at Tennessee State University, “Nashville and the Civil War, 1860-1866, and the Economic, Social and Political Transformations.” Lovett’s areas of expertise include African-American history and Tennessee as well as Nashville history. His books include The African American History of… Read More

Read a transcript of this talk » Watch video of Michael Burry speaking April 5 on “Missteps to Mayhem: Inside the Doomsday Machine with the Outsider who Predicted and Profited from America’s Financial Armageddon,” as part of the 2010-2011 Chancellor’s Lecture Series. Burry, a Vanderbilt University School of Medicine alumnus… Read More

The North American premiere of Musica Campesina, shot by Chilean filmmaker Alberto Fuguet while he was a visiting resource professor at the Center for Latin American Studies, will be April 17 at the Nashville Film Festival. Read More

April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Read More

The Vanderbilt University Police Department has earned accreditation from the Tennessee Law Enforcement Accreditation program of the Tennessee Association of Chiefs of Police. Read More

Two noted scholars of Afro-Cuban history will speak at an April 15 symposium at the Bishop Joseph Johnson Black Cultural Center. Read More

An obesity-associated genetic variation makes fatty food more rewarding yet less satisfying, new research in mice suggests. Read More

Though a direct link has been found between traumatic brain injury and depression, not enough is known about how to treat those suffering the results. Read More

There will be a presentation on the financial impact of health care coverage on retirement planning noon to 1 p.m. April 21 in the auditorium of the Bishop Joseph Johnson Black Cultural Center. Read More

A prenatal yoga class is offered noon to 1 p.m. April 21 in Room 415 Light Hall. Read More

The Vanderbilt Child and Family Center is sponsoring a Lunch and Learn event noon to 12:45 p.m. April 20 on "The Unraveling - Alzheimer's Disease." It will be held in Room 411 c/d of Light Hall. Read More

Michael Burry spoke April 5, 2011 on “Missteps to Mayhem: Inside the Doomsday Machine with the Outsider who Predicted and Profited from America’s Financial Armageddon,” as part of the Chancellor’s Lecture Series Burry, a Vanderbilt University School of Medicine alumnus profiled in author Michael Lewis’ bestselling book “The Big Short,”… Read More