Communications And Marketing

Watch video of the March 28 afternoon performance of Juggleville IV: Jugglemanji. Read More

Aliens abound on the movie screens, but in reality we are still trying to find out if we share our universe with other sentient creatures. Read More

The Vanderbilt Dyer Observatory has been added to the National Register of Historic Places, the nation's official list of cultural resources worthy of preservation. Read More

James Auer, director, Center for U.S.-Japan Studies at Vanderbilt; retired naval commander, can discuss North Korea's military threats to Japan and the U.S. and the implications of their recent missile test. Auer was stationed in Japan and the Western Pacific during his naval career and was the special assistant on Japan with the office of the Secretary of Defense. He has written numerous articles and made presentations addressing East Asian security and defense policies. He is co-author of "Japan: America's New South Korea?" published in the journal Current History. He recently spoke at The National Defense Academy of Japan on "The Obama Administration and U.S. – Japan Defense Relations." Read More

Watch video of the Jan. 23 Vanderbilt Voices performance at the Blair School of Music. Read More

Anyone who's ever dreamed of walking the red carpet at the Oscars for an award-winning screenplay might want to check out a book by William M. Akers before proceeding too far along. The Vanderbilt senior lecturer in theater is the author of "Your Screenplay Sucks: 100 Ways to Make It Great." Read More

How Vanderbilt Medical Center saved a young musician's dream and buying laws like clothes. (5:11) Read More

Two students recommended by the faculty and staff of Vanderbilt University have been selected as 2008 Goldwater Scholars. Each will receive a two-year scholarship worth $7,500 a year for educational expenses. Read More

Vanderbilt students will be able to safely see incredible features of the sun in all its naked glory on Sunday, April 5. The Vanderbilt Dyer Observatory will set up its new solar telescope outside The Commons from noon to 2 p.m. Read More

Jesse Peterson, assistant professor of mathematics at Vanderbilt University, has won a $50,000 research fellowship from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation aimed at encouraging promising young scholars. Read More

An opinion piece by Carol Swain, professor of law and political science, that originally ran in The Tennessean March 28. Read More

Rock critic/biblical scholar Mark Allan Powell will speak on how the Bible is used in popular contemporary Christian songs during a visit to a Vanderbilt University class on The Bible and Music. Read More

Faculty at Vanderbilt University's Peabody College of education and human development continued to receive national recognition and funding through multiple awards, grants and appointments this spring. Read More

Watch video of a talk by Dr. Susan Basalla, co-author of the book, So What are You Going to do with That? Finding Careers Outside Academia. Read More

Churches with predominantly black congregations are thriving in urban and suburban areas, and the most successful churches employ a variety of sophisticated marketing and programming strategies to draw members, a new study by Vanderbilt University researcher Sandra Barnes finds. The research offers insights into what successful black churches have in common today, when parishioners have more choices and expect more from their churches than they have in the past. Read More

To accommodate the intense work schedules of rising executives and the changing economy's impact on business professionals, the Vanderbilt Owen Graduate School of Management is transitioning its highly respected 31-year-old Executive MBA program from an alternating Friday-Saturday schedule to an alternating Saturday-only format. Read More

Watch video of a Feb. 15 performance at the Blair School of Music. Read More

Academy Award-nominated documentary Encounters at the End of the World will be screened free-of-charge on April 6 at Vanderbilt University, followed by a discussion led by a producer of the film. Read More

Watch video of a Feb. 20 performance by Craig Nies on piano. Read More

Dr. Harry R. Jacobson will retire as vice chancellor for health affairs at Vanderbilt University June 1, and Dr. Jeffrey Balser, dean of the School of Medicine, will succeed him, Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos announced today. Read More