Communications And Marketing

A little respect could go a long way to preserving democracy in America, says Vanderbilt professor Bob Talisse in his new book. Read More

Peabody faculty member David Dickinson will be a featured guest speaker at an international conference on child development in Porto Alegre, Brazil, Nov. 24-25. Read More

Chris Carroll, director of student media for Vanderbilt Student Communications, has been awarded the 2009 John A. Boyd Hall of Fame Award by the College Media Advisers organization. Read More

VUCast News Network: Are you yelling at me? The politics of it all, a big whopping check, and a chat with Mr. Commodore. It's VUCast time. Read More

Watch video of a Nov. 11 talk "The Living Dead: Ancient Ancestors and Mummies in the Pre-Incan Andes, " by Dr. Tiffiny Tung, Assistant Professor of Anthropology. Read More

With the Obama administration highlighting school choice as a likely reform strategy, interest in how parents choose a school is more intense than ever. What are the primary motivations of families for switching schools? How good is their information? And what are the broader – and often unintended – consequences of these kitchen-table decisions about education? Read More

Former Tennessee senator and Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist will give a free, public talk Tuesday, Dec. 1, at Vanderbilt University to mark World AIDS Day. Read More

"Picking Cotton," a story of wrongful conviction and redemption, is the topic of a lecture at 6:30 p.m. Nov. 18 in the Vanderbilt Law School's Flynn Auditorium. Read More

Jess Neely Drive on the Vanderbilt University campus will be closed on Friday, Nov. 13, starting at 8 a.m. The closure will be between Natchez Trace and 25th Avenue South. It will reopen on Saturday, Nov. 14, after the Vanderbilt football game is over (around 2 p.m.). Read More

Creativity, an increasingly valued aspect of life and work in college and beyond, is the subject of an innovative new program at Vanderbilt University offered through its Curb Center for Art, Enterprise and Public Policy. Read More

With the support of a $2.7 million Recovery Act grant from the National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA), an interdisciplinary team headed by Vanderbilt chemist John McLean and physicist John Wikswo will attempt to determine whether an individual's white blood cells retain chemical memories of exposure to drugs like cocaine and alcohol that can be read reliably and unambiguously. Read More

Watch video of a Nov. 5 talk by Sandra Mangus, Ph.D., NASA Astronaut, Flight Engineer and Science Officer aboard the International Space Station. Read More

Vanderbilt students, faculty and other interested individuals came together recently for a unique improvisational art experience directed by renowned artist Oliver Herring. Participants worked with Herring to create a so-called TASK event on a Sunday afternoon in the Ingram Art Studio. Read More

Governments across the country are grappling with thorny legal issues as they ponder the most significant reforms to marijuana laws in decades. A Vanderbilt law professor who previously has commented on marijuana law issues in news stories is available for interviews. Read More

Frank Dobson, director of Vanderbilt University's Bishop Joseph Johnson Black Cultural Center, will present a reading of his original play, Young Messiahs Fly, at 7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 16. Read More

Vanderbilt University's Owen Graduate School of Management's Armed Forces Association will host a "Salute to the Veterans" on Thursday, Nov. 12, at 5:30 p.m. at the Owen School on 21st Avenue. Read More

A feel good football story; gotta love the great outdoors; and move-it, move-it Vandy-style. It's VUCast time for Nov. 6. (5:41) Read More

Watch video of a Nov. 4 talk by Dr. Rick Chappell, CNGR, Public Affairs, Research Professor of Physics and Lecturer in Science Communications. Read More

Watch the Nov. 5 ribbon cutting ceremony for Vanderbilt University Medical Center's new 11-story, $169 million Critical Care Tower. Read More

Watch video of a Nov. 4 talk by Reverend James Lawson, Distinguished University Professor. Read More