Month: April 2012

In addition to limited health care resources, biological factors may play a role in the poor survival of children with a common kidney cancer in developing nations. Read More

Targeting diabetes that develops after a stem cell transplant may help moderate graft-vs.-host disease, an adverse effect of the procedure, and improve outcomes. Read More

A brain-mapping study has found that people's ability to make decisions in novel situations decreases with age and is associated with a reduction in the integrity of two specific white-matter pathways. Read More

Peabody faculty will present research on the nation’s key issues in education at the AERA conference April 13-17. Read More

Vanderbilt researchers have discovered a new insect repellent compound that may be thousands of times stronger than DEET, the active ingredient currently in common mosquito repellents. This new compound is the first of its kind in the world.  … Read More

Watch video of the panel discussion with U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander about his early swearing-in as Tennessee’s 45th governor. The event was hosted by Vanderbilt University’s Heard Libraries  and Law School on April 9. The panel was part of special programming scheduled in conjunction with the exhibit “Come on… Read More

Watch video of “An Evening of Cervantes’ Theater”. This presentation took place on April 2 as part of the Early Modern Spanish Theater: Text and Performance Symposium. The event included the following: “The Cave of Salamanca: A Dramatic Interlude,” translated by Steven Wenz and presented by the Spanish literature students of Professor… Read More

Researchers at Vanderbilt University have discovered that an unusual set of immune cells, called invariant natural killer T cells, can exacerbate obesity-related inflammation. Read More

Of all the issues being debated by politicians, lawmakers and voters, funding health care may be the issue on which no one can agree. Read More

Watch video of Valor, agravio y mujer (closing scene): directed by Rosie Seagraves and presented by graduate students in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese This presentation took place on April 4 as part of the Early Modern Spanish Theater: Text and Performance Symposium. Read More

Watch video of Vincent Martin of San Diego State University presenting “Stages of Illusion: The Social Imaginary in the Interludes of Cervantes and Calderón” on April 4 as part of the Early Modern Spanish Theater: Text and Performance Symposium. Read More

Watch video of Valerie Hegstrom of Brigham Young University presenting “Tragedy or Comedy?: The Results of Rash Young Love in Lope de Vega’s El caballero de Olmedo and Los Castelvines y Monteses” on April 4 as part of the Early Modern Spanish Theater: Text and Performance Symposium. Read More

Watch video of José Luis Raymond of Real Escuela Superior de Arte Dramático (Madrid) presenting “Del teatro barroco a la escenografía de concepto” on April 3 as part of the Early Modern Spanish Theater: Text and Performance Symposium. Read More

Watch video of Mar Zubieta of Compañía Nacional de Teatro Clásico” (Madrid) presenting “Texto y representación de los clásicos del Siglo de Oro: Lope de Vega y Cervantes” on April 3 as part of the Early Modern Spanish Theater: Text and Performance Symposium. Read More

Amy-Jill Levine explores the shared heritage of Christianity and Judaism. Read More

Vanderbilt researcher Rebecca Haw gives suggestions on how to improve how expert testimony is presented in the courtroom so scientific consensus is more accurately portrayed. Read More

Dueling expert witnesses can give inaccurate view of science. Vanderbilt legal scholar Rebecca Haw suggests preemptive strikes against experts to prevent outliers from giving an unsubstantiated perspective of the facts to jurors.  … Read More

This Week on VUCast, Vanderbilt’s weekly newscast highlighting research, experts, students, sports and everything Vanderbilt: Erasing Hate How country’s biggest stars shine at Vanderbilt Another Vandy team is championship bound!   [vucastblurb]… Read More

Vanderbilt University has emerged as one of the nation’s leading academic centers in neuroscience. Read More

Measuring levels of an enzyme in head and neck tumors may indicate how the tumor will respond to radiation therapy. Read More