Year: 2013

Richard Knipel, an editor and administrator for Wikipedia, will speak at Vanderbilt University Oct. 23 as part of its libraries' celebration of Open Access Week. Read More

Arkansas lawmaker Darrin Williams will speak at the law school Oct. 28. Read More

The Vanderbilt Class of 2017 was selected from the largest, most academically prepared and diverse pool of applicants in the university's history. Read More

Cal Turner Program Lecture: Canon Andrew White… Read More

Moderator Paul Freedman, Chester D. Tripp Professor of History, Yale University; Director of the Warren Center 1993-1997 Deborah Cohn, Spanish, Indiana University; Warren Center Fellow 2000-2001 Nihad Farooq, English, Georgia Tech University; Warren Center Fellow 2013-2013 Sharryn Kasmir, Anthropology, Hofstra University; Warren Center Fellow 1998-1999 Jemima… Read More

Moderator Helmut W. Smith, Martha Rivers Ingram Professor of History and Professor of European Studies; Director of the Warren Center, 2005-2008 Leo Coleman, Comparative Studies, Ohio State University; Warren Center Fellow 2011-2012 Cara Finnegan, Communication Studies, University of Illinois; Warren Center Fellow 2006-2007 Richard Grusin, English, University… Read More

Moderator Charles E. Scott, Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, Emeritus; Director of the Warren Center, 1987-1993 Jean Feerick, English, John Carroll University; Warren Center Fellow, 2005-2006 Gilbert Herdt, Sexuality Studies, San Francisco State University; Warren Center Fellow 1997-1998 Richard King, History, University of Nottingham; Warren Center Fellow 2001-2002… Read More

Moderator Edward H. Friedman, Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Professor of Spanish and Professor of Comparative Literature; Director of the Warren Center, 2008-present Susan Hegeman, English, University of Florida;, Warren Center Fellow 1996-1997 Anne Morey, English, Texas A&M University, Warren Center Fellow 2010-2011 Arkady Plotinsky, English, Purdue University; Warren… Read More

The Vanderbilt University Speakers Committee presents “Your City: Nashville’s Stories” on Monday, Sept. 23. The event includes brief addresses by Vanderbilt University Medical Center physician Reid Thompson, celebrated local chef Arnold Myint, Contributor founding executive director Tasha A. French Lemley, and Roy Wooten, better known by the stage name Future… Read More

Authors Dan Balz, Lynn Vavreck and John Sides discuss the 2012 presidential election with David Lauter of the Los Angeles Times and John Seignethaler of the First Amendment Center. The “Perspectives on Election 2012” event was held Sept. 24, 2013, at the First Amendment Center on the Vanderbilt campus.To learn… Read More

Watch video of the most recent presentation in the InsideOut of the Lunch Box series — The Importance of Being Earnest — which took place on September 26. Dazzling wordplay, comic invention, sparkling dialogue, improbable plot twists, mistaken identities, and a sprinkling of romance–The Importance of Being Earnest has it… Read More

Roger Thurow, whose reporting on famine in Africa has received international accolades, spoke at Vanderbilt University Divinity School Sept. 18. Thurow’s talk is part of the Cal Turner Program Lecture Series. Thurow is a senior fellow for global agriculture and food policy at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, which… Read More

Watch the Vanderbilt Divinity School Community Breakfast with Dean Emilie Townes, filmed September 24, 2013. To learn more about Vanderbilt, visit http://www.vanderbilt.edu. Read More

This year, more than 3,000 alumni and guests gathered on campus Oct. 3­–5 for Reunion 2013. Read More

Vanderbilt University will promote its free online courses in China through a new partnership announced Oct. 8 between Coursera, a leading massive open online course (MOOC) platform, and NetEase, one of the largest Chinese Internet companies and a major distributor of open online education content. Read More

A suspect has been apprehended in connection with a threat to Vanderbilt University. The Vanderbilt University campus was notified at 2:10 p.m. Monday that a local television station had received a telephone call from someone saying he was on his way to the campus with a grenade. The university… Read More

James J. Collins will present his groundbreaking work in synthetic biology as guest speaker in the 2013-14 John R. and Donna S. Hall Engineering Lecture Series. Read More

(iStock) Why are some high schools better than others at boosting achievement among traditionally underserved students? A new report from the National Center on Scaling Up Effective Schoolsfinds that student ownership and responsibility for academic success were key factors. Marisa Cannata (Vanderbilt) “The idea is to… Read More

Vanderbilt is where the science of risk is done. It’s why Doug Adams wants to be here. Read More

As the nation’s health care system undergoes unprecedented challenges, Melinda Buntin’s appointment as chair of Vanderbilt’s new Department of Health Policy couldn’t come at a better time. Read More