Jim Patterson

Vanderbilt is the 24th best university for African American students, say "Money" and "Essence" magazines. Read More

Former congressman Bob Inglis will speak April 12 at Vanderbilt Law School about business and climate change. Read More

The Nashville Elementary School Debate Consortium takes place April 9 at J.E. Moss Elementary School in Antioch. Read More

A memorial event is scheduled for Bob Birkby of Vanderbilt's political science department on Friday, April 15, in The Commons Center. Read More

Delirium in the ICU is the subject of a Vanderbilt University Medical Center group's research, which will be represented April 7 at a delirium forum in Furman Hall. Read More

Public opinion date gathered by Vanderbilt University's Latin American Public Opinion Project shows that the people of Brazil have lost confidence in their political institutions. Read More

Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos discussed the implementation of the university’s Academic Strategic Plan, the university and Medical Center transition to two separate legal and financial entities, groundbreaking research, and the university's examination of what community looks like at Vanderbilt in his Spring Faculty Assembly address. Read More

The first winner of a Vanderbilt award to recognize faculty who contribute to diversity went to Linda Sealy of the School of Medicine. Read More

Engineering professor Sankaran Mahadevan has been named as the Vanderbilt recipient of the 2016 SEC Faculty Achievement Award. The award is given annually to a professor at each of the SEC's 14 member schools. Read More

The next Thinking Out of the (Lunch) Box talk at the downtown Nashville Public Library will discuss "Pirates Through History." College of Arts and Science Dean Lauren Benton will be the speaker. Read More

Presidential candidates Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump are both riding on the anger of the working class, although their messages and intentions couldn't be more different, says a Vanderbilt historian. Read More

A survey released while President Obama visited Argentina showed that the public there still mistrusts the U.S. government. Read More

Find out how tyrants fund their operations through the ordinary purchases of American consumers when Leif Wenar speaks at Vanderbilt on March 25. Read More

Presidential candidate Donald Trump may be inadvertently tapping into a phenomenon that is energizing U.S. Latinos against him when he talks of sending illegal immigrants home and building a wall blocking off Mexico. Read More

Vanderbilt is mourning the death of political science professor Robert H. Birkby, a popular teacher and respected administrator. Read More

Many core political issues facing health and health care in the United States are being shaped and played out in the South, from resistance to the Affordable Care Act and gun control to the struggle for health justice for lower income and minority populations. Read More

Three lectures this spring will explore emerging or overlooked moral issues. The Berry Lectures begin March 18. Read More

The first African American dean of a Vanderbilt school or college has died. Russell G. Hamilton was 81. Read More

When Latinos hear tough talk about immigrants and immigration from politicians, their level of political trust is reduced and they start identifying more with their ethnic group than other qualities such as class or religion. Read More

Vanderbilt Law School will host a conference on the role of artificial intelligence in the legal profession April 13-14. Read More