Year: 2012

Watch video of Steve Cobb and Mike Murphy speaking at the Osher Lifelong Learning class, “Protests and Social Change: Anti-war Protests of the 60’s”. Today, protests seem to be a way of life. Have you ever wondered if protests really accomplish anything? During the past 150 years, protests have shifted from… Read More

Watch video of Steven Tepper, assistant professor of sociology, speaking at the Osher Lifelong Learning class, “Protests and Social Change: The Sociology of Protests and the Tea Party”. Today, protests seem to be a way of life. Have you ever wondered if protests really accomplish anything? During the past 150… Read More

Listen to an interview is with William Franke, Professor of Comparative Literature, Italian, and Religious Studies, about his forthcoming book Dante and the Sense of Transgression: “The Trespass of the Sign.” Interviewed by Chris Benda, Divinity School librarian. Read More

Listen to an interview is with Bonnie Miller-McLemore, E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Professor of Pastoral Theology and Counseling, about the new book The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Practical Theology, which she edited and to which she contributed the introduction. Interviewed by Chris Benda, Divinity School librarian. Read More

The Tennessee state Senate has made a significant move toward reforming the way the state selects and retains judges, said a professor at Vanderbilt University Law School who had advocated such change. Read More

Updated May 1, 2012 After several months of discussion about how Vanderbilt University’s nondiscrimination policy might affect groups applying to be registered student organizations for the 2012-13 academic year, the registration process ended earlier this week. More than 400 student groups have agreed to comply with… Read More

The first study of how mammals in North America adapted to climate change in “deep time” found that taxonomical families with greater diversity were more stable and maintained larger ranges than less diverse families. Read More

Five Vanderbilt engineering seniors will be on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., April 21-23 to demonstrate a solar panel that uses spinach to capture and convert the sun’s energy to electricity. Read More

Watch video of the most recent presentation in the InsideOut of the Lunch Box series – Appalachian Celebration – which took place on April 19. Blair musicians demonstrated southern musical traditions as they explored the roots of one of America’s most popular folk art forms. This program featured the head of Blair… Read More

Antioxidants may be a beneficial treatment for an inherited genetic disorder. Read More

Watch video from the April 18 Lunch and Learn Event featuring John Geer, chair of political science, speaking on “Why the Tea Party is Obama’s Ace in the Hole.” The typical view is that President Obama has been weakened by the strength of the Tea Party movement.  While the Tea Party… Read More

Dean Camilla Benbow (John Russell / Vanderbilt) Camilla Benbow, Patricia and Rodes Hart Dean of Education and Human Development writes in this week’s Tennessean that involved parents don’t necessarily hold back children as they become adults: “When parents constantly intervene to prevent a child from… Read More

Watch video of Carole Bucy, Professor of History, Volunteer State Community College, speaking at the Osher Lifelong Learning class, “Protests and Social Change: The Women’s Movement”. Today, protests seem to be a way of life. Have you ever wondered if protests really accomplish anything? During the past 150 years, protests… Read More

Vanderbilt pediatric infectious disease researchers studying antibiotic-resistant staph say fears that mothers carrying the germ may set their newborns up for infection are unfounded. Read More

I challenge to our research community to reframe our paradigms. Read More

"The economy and jobs will be the two biggest issues in this fall’s general election, but education will also factor in who votes for which candidate and why," writes Christopher Loss. Read More

Neuroscientists from Vanderbilt and Harvard have proposed the first neurobiological model for third-party punishment, outlining potential cognitive and brain processes that evolutionary pressures could have re-purposed to make this behavior possible. Read More

It started out as a class project. Now Vanderbilt senior Trevor Burbank is running a social enterprise business called Teach Twice–with storytelling at its core. Learn more about Teach Twice on http://vanderbilt.edu search Teach Twice or at http://www.teachtwice.org. [vucastblurb]… Read More

In this Academic Minute podcast, Danny Winder, associate professor of molecular physiology and biophysics, explains why the effects of alcohol can vary widely among individuals. Read More

Vanderbilt University Medical Center is one of approximately 20 centers in a nationwide clinical study investigating the use of deep brain stimulation (DBS) as an intervention for patients with major depression. Read More