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A plan to use nanotechnology to produce a new type of cancer detector won the third-place award at the NanoNexus2007 conference held last month at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Read More

Melvyn Semmel, a researcher and educator who helped shape the nation's understanding of students with disabilities, has been named the Vanderbilt Peabody College of education and human development's 2007 Distinguished Alumnus. Peabody Dean Camilla Benbow will present Semmel with the award during Commencement, Friday, May 11. Read More

In this edition of Stellar Conversations, Charlie Bolden, veteran of four space flights, gives an insider's look at what it takes to launch the space shuttle. Bolden logged more than 680 hours in orbit, assisted in deploying the Hubble Space Telescope, and commanded the first mission that included a Russian cosmonaut as a crew member. Rick Chappell, director of Vanderbilt Dyer Observatory and a past associate director of science at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, conducts the interview. Read More

Vanderbilt's first ever NCAA team champion has been invited to meet the President in a White House reception June 18. Read More

Art lovers and fans of the legendary jazz artist John Coltrane will have their last chance to see "God Breathes," a series of paintings depicting the works and life of Coltrane, this week before the exhibit leaves Vanderbilt University and Nashville on Friday, May 11. Read More

In this op-ed, Michael Newton, special adviser to the Iraqi Tribunal and acting associate professor of law at Vanderbilt University, argues for Congressional action to provide funding for the U.S. troops stationed in Iraq. The op-ed orignially ran in the Washington Post on May 3, 2007. Read More

Vanderbilt University alumnus and 2006 Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus will be available to media from 8:30 to 8:45 a.m. Thursday, May 10, prior to his Senior Class Day address at 10 a.m. on Vanderbilt University's Alumni Lawn. Read More

Watch streaming video of performance of "Mu Lan & Poetry" from Ingram Hall on the Vanderbilt Campus May 5. Read More

The last of a series of Vanderbilt University lectures dealing with the nature of consciousness and how it affects our views of religion, science, and philosophy has been moved to accommodate the overflow crowds that attended the first two. Read More

Vanderbilt University alumnus and 2006 Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus will speak at Vanderbilt's Senior Class Day on Thursday, May 10, at 10 a.m. on Alumni Lawn. Senior Class Day, which starts with a ceremonial walk through the gates of the university at 9:30 a.m., is held the day before the university's commencement exercises. Read More

The program at Vanderbilt University that helped give Muhammad Yunus to the world is a small but mighty wonder. The Graduate Program in Economic Development (GPED) has been producing ambassadors, finance ministers and heads of central banks around the world for 50 years. Read More

The Vanderbilt Board of Trust elected four new members during its spring meeting April 26-28. They are Claiborne P. Deming, Edith Carell Johnson, Douglas W. Shorenstein and graduating senior Andrew Wilson. Read More

You’ve heard of junior colleges. Vanderbilt University is offering a new twist – junior junior college – for talented seventh through tenth graders. The new program, Weekend Academy at Vanderbilt University or WAVU, opens the university’s campus and classrooms for an intense, activity-filled weekend of academics and fun… Read More

They face nine months of watching their body change. Pregnancy can be an exciting time, but also a scary time. Read More

Like many Vanderbilt University seniors, Brad Jaeger will be on the career fast track once he graduates on May 11. Few will be able to keep pace with the mechanical engineering major. Read More

Dyer Observatory is offering two opportunities this summer for teachers of fifth to twelfth grade to attend professional development workshops about astronomy. Workshops will be held June 18-22 and July 9-13 at the observatory. Read More

New research by a Vanderbilt professor of law and political science found that illegal immigration is hurting African Americans and the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) is not doing enough about it. Read More

"The Erosion of Free Expression in the American Workplace," a new book by Bruce Barry, professor of management and sociology, examines the growing decline of freedom of speech for many employees, and the lack of due-process rights and just-cause protections for these workers. Read More

The popular Bluebird on the Mountain concert series begins its third season at 7 p.m. Saturday, May 12, at Vanderbilt Dyer Observatory with a show featuring Kim Carnes, Dana Cooper, and Greg Barnhill. The 2007 series — which includes six concerts — runs from May 12 to Oct. 13 and will showcase nearly two dozen of Nashville's premier singer-songwriters. Read More

Vanderbilt's class of 2007 will celebrate their last days together during Commencement activities May 9-11, centered on Chancellor Gordon Gee's annual Commencement address on May 11. Read More