Communications And Marketing
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Watch: Beyond Inclusion: Rethinking Normalcy, Identity, and Disability in Theological Terms
Tom Reynolds suggests a reframing of what we consider "normal"and outlines how that reframing might alter how we think about the act of inclusion. Read MoreMar 8, 2010
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Watch: “The Marriage of Figaro”
Watch the Vanderbilt Opera Theatre and Vanderbilt Orchestra production of Mozart's "The Marriage of Figaro." Read MoreMar 8, 2010
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Mentor TennisSee provides tutoring, life-skills training and tennis instruction to at-risk children in Nashville
Tennis provides many life lessons that senior Jeff Berry hopes the at-risk kids coming through the Mentor TennisSee program he established while a student at Vanderbilt will carry with them for years to come. Read MoreMar 5, 2010
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Mathematician, longtime Vanderbilt professor Charles K. Megibben dies
Charles K. Megibben, who played a major role in developing the mathematics department of Vanderbilt University into a major research center, has died. He was 73. Read MoreMar 5, 2010
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Watch: VUCast Extra: One-on-one with General David Petraeus
VUCast Extra: One of our most powerful military leaders talks about Iraq and Afghanistan. Read MoreMar 5, 2010
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Film about divinely inspired builders to be screened at Vanderbilt
Five artists who believe that God has inspired them to build structures are featured in the film God's Architects, to be screened at Vanderbilt University as part of the International Lens Film series. Read MoreMar 4, 2010
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Watch: “American Pie: Fact or Fiction? A Closer Look at Virginity Loss in the Movies”
Watch video of a March 3 talk by Assistant Professor of Sociology Laura Carpenter, part of the Thinking Out of the Lunchbox series. Read MoreMar 4, 2010
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Comet expert to speak at Vanderbilt University March 25
David Jewitt, professor, astronomer and comet expert will give a free, public talk at Vanderbilt University about “Primordial Ice Reservoirs of the Solar System” and how much we know, and don't know, about them. Read MoreMar 4, 2010
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Cross-disciplinary team builds on existing projects to tackle problems of poverty
Problems of extreme poverty – from affordable housing to health care delivery to nutrition – will be the focus of efforts by a large number of students traveling this spring to Guatemala, where Vanderbilt already leads numerous sustained studies and initiatives. Read MoreMar 3, 2010
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Watch: A Conversation with Gen. David Petraeus
Gen. David H. Petraeus, commander of U.S. Central Command, engaged in an open dialogue at Vanderbilt University March 1, 2010, about his actions as commander of the surge in Iraq and the role of U.S. forces overseas. The event was a conversation between Petraeus and Mike Newton,… Read MoreMar 2, 2010
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Watch: Ken Feinberg, Obama’s ‘executive pay czar’
Watch video of Ken Feinberg, better known as President Obama's executive pay czar, delivering the keynote speech for a daylong executive pay conference at the Vanderbilt Law School. Read MoreFeb 26, 2010
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Watch: VUCast: Calling all geeks; Vandy apps for your phone; and eco-friendly soap
Calling all geeks; Vandy apps for your phone; and from french fries to eco-friendly soap. It's VUCast time for Feb. 26. Read MoreFeb 26, 2010
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Two Vanderbilt scientists win Sloan research fellowships
Physicist Andreas Berlind and human geneticist Marylyn Ritchie at Vanderbilt University have each won two-year, $50,000 research fellowships from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation aimed at encouraging promising young scholars. Read MoreFeb 25, 2010
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Watch: Engineering, Innovation, and the Challenges of the 21st Century
Watch video beginning of a talk by Charles M. Vest, president of the National Academy of Engineering and President Emeritus, MIT. Read MoreFeb 24, 2010
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Anderson Sa visit to Vanderbilt canceled
A visit to Vanderbilt University by Anderson Sa and Grupo Cultural AfroReggae has been canceled, including a Feb. 25 concert that is part of Vanderbilt ‘s Great Performances series. Great Performances series subscribers may call (615) 343-2160 for refunds, exchanges and other ticket options. Single ticket holders may visit… Read MoreFeb 23, 2010
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Vanderbilt’s Lorraine Lopez nominated for 2010 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction
A short story collection by a Vanderbilt University professor described as "an amazingly original Flannery O'Connor/Loretta Lynn collision" is one of five nominees for the 2010 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction. Read MoreFeb 23, 2010
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Watch: Vanderbilt and the Nashville Sit-In Movement: A 50-Year Retrospective
Watch video of the symposium "Vanderbilt and the Nashville Sit-In Movement: A 50-Year Retrospective." Read MoreFeb 23, 2010
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Vanderbilt University to host American Debate Association 2010 National Championship Debate Tournament March 6-8
Several hundred of the nation's top college debate teams from dozens of universities will fill Vanderbilt University campus March 6-8 to determine the winner of the American Debate Association (ADA) 2010 National Championship Debate Tournament. Read MoreFeb 23, 2010
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Listen: free acclaimed international film series continues at Sarratt
International Lens, which uses film screenings as a forum to promote conversation in the diverse community of Vanderbilt and Nashville, is in its fifth semester on campus. All screenings are free and open to the public. International Lens has been named the best film series in Nashville by Nashville Scene film critic Jim Ridley. Read MoreFeb 22, 2010
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Six students chosen as newest class of Ingram Scholars
Six incoming first-year students have been chosen as the newest members of the Ingram Scholarship program. The six are among 575 high school seniors who applied for the prestigious program. Read MoreFeb 19, 2010