Amy Wolf

Legal experts Nancy J. King and Joseph Hoffmann propose a new approach to habeas corpus cases, in this op-ed which ran in the April 17, 2011, New York Times. Read More

Remembering Memorial Magic during March Madness through the eyes of some of the Commodore basketball team’s biggest fans. Read More

A private carbon labeling system could help make a dent in greenhouse gas emissions by leveraging consumer purchasing power. Read More

The cliché “justice is blind” has taken on a far deeper meaning for former judge, prosecutor and current legal advocate Nicholas Pomaro. Pomaro will speak at Vanderbilt Law School on Monday, March 28 at noon in Flynn Auditorium. The event is free and open to the public. The lecture is titled “Blind Justice” and is sponsored by Vanderbilt’s Disability Law Society. Read More

A clear safety culture and “conceptual toolkit” are needed to reduce medical mistakes, research from Vanderbilt Owen Graduate School of Management finds. Read More

Vanderbilt University partners with top business schools in Brazil, Mexico and Canada for new executive MBA program focused on the Americas Read More

An unusual match-up between Vanderbilt students and former prison inmates is turning out to be a perfect fit. The students and former offenders are working together in a new business called Triple Thread. It’s the university’s first student-run company to be an official Vanderbilt merchandise vendor. But more importantly,… Read More

Researchers discover corporations gain clear financial benefits when individual employees make political donations. Read More

African Americans have continually crossed the color line and assimilated into white communities since the 17th century, without science or surgery. A new book reveals how, and why. Read More

The legal debate over President Obama’s health care law – specifically whether the insurance requirement in the law goes beyond Congress’s authority and is thus unconstitutional – is likely to go to the Supreme Court. Vanderbilt University Law School and the Vanderbilt Owen Graduate School of Management have experts who can weigh in on the debate and the future of health care in America. Read More

Try asking any Monday morning quarterback about blown fourth-down play calls in the NFL and you are guaranteed passionate opinions. In most fourth-down plays, an NFL team will punt or try for a field goal. But, occasionally, teams decide to do something that is viewed as risky – attempt a… Read More

Vanderbilt Owen Graduate School of Management ranked 25th in the U.S. and 51st worldwide, according to the 2011 Global MBA survey published today by Financial Times. Read More

He’s played with everyone from Lady Gaga to Dizzy Gillespie. Vanderbilt graduate Daniel Bernard Roumain, better known as DBR, composes classical music with a modern, sometimes hip-hop twist, with his instrument of choice, the violin. DBR came back to Nashville to teach Vanderbilt students and kids at the W.O Smith… Read More

Meet an impressive Vanderbilt engineering undergrad who created an iPhone app that’s bringing fine art to your fingertips. Read More

He’s known as the lovable airhead in the slapstick “Police Academy” movies. What you may not know is that Lance Kinsey’s acting chops were honed right here at Vanderbilt. More than 30 years after graduating, the actor came back to share his life lessons with a new generation of Vanderbilt… Read More

[Media Note: Vanderbilt has a 24/7 broadcast facility with a dedicated fiber optic line for live or taped TV interviews and a radio ISDN line. Use of the studio with Vanderbilt experts is free, except for reserving fiber time.] In this economic climate, a creative and motivated MBA intern may… Read More

The first African American to sit on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, Judge Roger Gregory, will speak at Vanderbilt University Law School on Tues., Jan. 18 at 2:30 p.m. in Flynn Auditorium. Read More

[Media Note: Vanderbilt has a 24/7 TV and radio studio with a dedicated fiber optic line and ISDN line. Use of the TV studio with Vanderbilt experts is free, except for reserving fiber time. A high resolution photo of Nicolas Bollen is available here.] (Photo credit: iStock photo) As hedge… Read More

Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer came to Vanderbilt Law School on Nov. 16 to help demystify the workings of the Supreme Court and talk about themes in his newly released book, Making Our Democracy Work, A Judge’s View. Breyer has been a Supreme Court associate justice since 1994. He was… Read More

[Media Note: Vanderbilt has a 24/7 TV and radio studio with a dedicated fiber optic line and ISDN line. Use of the TV studio with Vanderbilt experts is free, except for reserving fiber time.] United States Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer United States Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer will… Read More