Communications And Marketing

Political psychologist and author of Your Money And Your Life: The High Stakes for Women Voters in '08 and Beyond, Martha Burk, is coming to Vanderbilt Law School to talk about the political issues impacting women. Read More

Republicans should kick off their convention in a most unconventional and memorable manner. Instead of singing God Bless America and blasting Democrats, Republicans should ascend the stage with their heads bowed and collectively plead for God\'s mercy and forgiveness. Read More

With a sagging economy, an unpopular war and a Republican president with limited public support, it would be easy to write off John McCain\'s chances of being our next president. Read More

Marie Colas, the 27-year-old sister of slain Vanderbilt University Assistant Professor Pierre Colas, 32, died from her gunshot wound the morning of Aug. 31 at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Metropolitan Nashville Police Department has reported. Read More

Watch history in the making as the Class of 2012 move-in and become the first students to experience living and learning at The Commons. Read More

They walk past our founder Cornelius Vanderbilt as faculty, students and staff cheer. Watch Founders Walk, a Vanderbilt tradition for first-year and transfer students. Read More

Metropolitan Nashville Police are investigating the shooting death Tuesday evening of Vanderbilt University Assistant Professor of Anthropology Pierre Robert Colas and the wounding of his sister who was visiting from Switzerland. Marie Colas, 27, was taken to Vanderbilt Medical Center, where she is in critical but stable condition. Read More

Watch video of the Aug. 26 Fall Faculty Assembly, which took place in the Student Life Center Commodore Ballroom. Read More

NASHVILLE, Tenn.— Online media downloading company Napster has terminated its nationwide Napster on Campus program, effectively ending its four-year partnership with Vanderbilt. Read More

Charlie Cook, publisher of The Cook Political Report and a highly respected expert on national politics, will lecture at Vanderbilt University at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 10. Read More

Author Paul Conkin of Vanderbilt University will sign copies of his new book about the American farm at Davis-Kidd Booksellers. Read More

With the national polls continuing to show a close race, the stakes of the upcoming Democratic convention are huge for Barack Obama and the Democrats. Read More

If they hope to win the White House in November and retain control of Congress, the Democrats must emerge from their convention with a party platform that adheres to traditional values while addressing the concerns and worries of Wal-Mart shoppers who fret about the rising costs of flour, milk and sugar. Read More

Distinguished Professor of Political Science John Geer speaks on the dynamic relationship of teaching and learning at Vanderbilt, through the lens of his perspective on Election 2008. Read More

More than 1,700 new Vanderbilt University students, including first-year and transfer students, will carry banners and march into the school's main gate 5 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 24, during Founders Walk, a tradition that formally welcomes new students to the Vanderbilt community. Read More

Vanderbilt University was named the No. 18 national university in annual rankings by U.S. News & World Report, improving one position from last year and tying with Emory University and the University of Notre Dame. Read More

First-year students and their families attend the Convocation ceremony Aug. 19 celebrating the historical Class of 2012 and The Commons. Read More

Vanderbilt University's 2008 Elections course will meld rigorous academic research with real-world politics as two former U.S. representatives join renowned political scientists John Geer and Bruce Oppenheimer to team-teach one of the university's most popular classes. Read More

Calculators are useful tools in elementary mathematics classes, if students already have some basic skills, new research has found. The findings shed light on the debate about whether and when calculators should be used in the classroom. Read More

The recent controversy about whether Wal-Mart Stores Inc. unlawfully pressured employees to vote against Democrats in November is another instance of the increasing erosion of free expression in the workplace, according to Bruce Barry, a Vanderbilt professor and author of a book on this subject. Read More