Jim Patterson

A study out of Vanderbilt University found that corporations that make social responsibility disclosures beyond the norm tend to make more money. Read More

Dawn Riddle, hired in June as director for the protection of minors, will provide training and education, develop and disseminate best practices and coordinate the response to any incidents. Read More

Several authors and other political experts will discuss the 2012 election at a free event at the First Amendment Center Sept. 24. Read More

"U.S. News & World Report" ranked Vanderbilt's undergraduate experience No. 17 among national universities. Vanderbilt jumped five spots, moving from 16th to 11th in the “great school at a great price” category. Read More

The Politics of Health Conference Oct. 3-4 at Vanderbilt is a free event that will speak to the scale, urgency and intimacy of health as a critical American economic and political issue. Read More

The fall 2013 edition of Saturday University at Vanderbilt will feature members of the philosophy department lecturing on “Life’s Big Questions and Philosophy’s Answers to Them” on four October Saturday mornings. Read More

Constitution Day events will be held Sept. 17 at Vanderbilt. The public is invited to the free dance and panel discussion. Read More

"Vanderbilt's Nobel Prize," the Earl Sutherland Prize for achievement in research, was awarded to John Gore at the Fall Faculty Assembly, while Gordon Bernard received the Thomas Jefferson Award for distinguished service to Vanderbilt. Read More

Chancellor Zeppos addressed faculty and presented annual awards at the Fall Faculty Assembly. Read More

Vanderbilt researchers are finding that Jamaicans are feeling more confidence in their local police as they report decreasing incidences of bribe solicitation. Read More

With close to 400 undergraduate majors, a new master’s program, a major health conference this fall and a series of new faculty hires, Medicine, Health and Society marks a second consecutive year of expansion. Read More

A leading scholar of political theory is using his Fulbright Visiting Research Chair at Vanderbilt to research the relationship between rights and utility in American political and philosophical thought since 1776. Read More

Protests may spread from Brazil to other Latin American nations with similar conditions, says a report from Vanderbilt University’s Latin American Public Opinion Project (LAPOP). Read More

An open house is set for 6 p.m. Aug. 14 for anyone interested in Vanderbilt's master's curriculum designed for working adults, the MLAS Program. Read More

Jon Meacham is joining the faculty of Vanderbilt University for the fall 2013 semester. The Pulitzer Prize-winning historian will teach a political science course and lead two events open to the general public. Read More

Anders W. Hall will start Sept. 3 as the new vice chancellor for investments and chief investment officer at Vanderbilt. Read More

The Curb Scholars Program and the Creative Campus initiative at Vanderbilt have a new director, Elizabeth Meadows. Read More

A study by Vanderbilt University's Latin American Public Opinion Project shows that the use of social media for political purposes in the Americas can be an effective complement to conventional forms of political engagement. Read More

Jim Foglesong, a key figure in the rise of many country music stars including Garth Brooks and Barbara Mandrell who went on to build a second career as a beloved educator, died July 9. Read More

The American Judicature Society will relocate to Nashville as part of its new affiliation with Vanderbilt Law School. The agreement begins July 1 and will result in joint educational programming, publications and new research. Read More