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New evaluation process offers better outcomes for juvenile offenders

Mark Lipsey (Vanderbilt) Peabody researchers are partnering with juvenile justice systems around the country to evaluate the potential of delinquency intervention programs… Read More

NSF grant yields insights on math teaching

Paul Cobb (Vanderbilt) A grant of $200,000 from the National Science Foundation will enable Peabody researchers Thomas Smith and Paul Cobb to… Read More

Tennessee voters want Medicaid expansion, but many still don’t like ACA, Vanderbilt Poll shows

The latest Vanderbilt Poll results are in, with registered voters in Tennessee giving their opinions on Medicaid expansion and other issues. Read More

Vanderbilt professors pen ultimate guide on political argument

Scott Aikin and Robert Talisse, two Vanderbilt University philosophy professors who are passionate about the importance of political argument to democracy, have written a step-by-step guide that blasts many of the so-called debates in current media. Read More

Tennessee Poison Center physician offers tips to prevent holiday poisonings

The holidays are a relaxed time for families and friends to spend time together, but before children are out of school for… Read More

From the Dean

Peabody is committed to excel on the international front, rooted in the knowledge that the best solution to conflict and chaos resides in education. Read More

$10M grant establishes center for special education

The National Center for Special Education Research has awarded $10 million to a team of researchers at Vanderbilt. They are (from… Read More

Wehby receives Chancellor’s Cup

Wehby and Zeppos (Anne Rayner/Vanderbilt) A Faculty Senate meeting was delayed briefly Oct. 3 by a surprise guest—Chancellor Nicholas S. Read More

A goulish ghord appears at Wyatt

Fall weather arrived reluctantly and late to Peabody lawn. When crisp temperatures at last contested summer’s vestiges,… Read More

Citizen of the world, ambassador by default

Keegan Fellow Kathleen Russell shares her journey: 373 days, 24 countries, five continents—and a life transformed. Read More

Entrepreneurial Spirit

A mobile farmers' market, a fair wage bakery and a newspaper that employs the homeless are just a few of the social entrepreneurship efforts launched by HOD students. Read More

Gold Standard

Finding one’s passion is the key to a fulfilling life, says Betsy Wills, and helping young people tap into their passions has become one of hers. Read More

Well-Connected

Rawlings executives John and Robert Parish carry on the family tradition of working in the sporting goods industry. Read More

Use water at ‘comfortable’ temperature to wash hands and fight global warming

Vanderbilt University researchers say to take down the water temperature a degree or two when washing your hands to help battle global warming. Read More

Dayani Center waiving enrollment in January, February

A swordplay class at the Vanderbilt Dayani Center. (Steve Green/Vanderbilt) The Vanderbilt Dayani Center is waiving its enrollment fee in January and… Read More

Fall 2013 Staff

Cover Illustration by Christiane Beauregard Visit Peabody College’s website at peabody.vanderbilt.edu Joan Brasher, Editor Jan Read, Senior Director, Integrated Communications Donna… Read More

Foreign Exchange

In a fragmented world, education can build bridges across oceans, mountains and deserts; it can draw connections between cultures that seemingly have little in common; and it can break the knots of tightly bound prejudices through shared experiences and mutual concerns. For these reasons, Peabody College has embarked on a journey of robust international exchange. For more than a decade, Peabody faculty members have been crisscrossing the globe to study and teach best educational practices. They have invested in programs to bring teachers and education leaders from other countries to the Vanderbilt campus and have collaborated with education researchers abroad to find solutions to the most impregnable problems facing schools today. Read More

SECURITY NOTICE: Burglary on campus

On Dec. 9 at 7:15 p.m., a student residing in a Mayfield apartment contacted VUPD to report that an unknown person(s) entered the residence and stole several items. Read More

Faculty Senate meeting minutes for October available online

Minutes from the Vanderbilt Faculty Senate’s Oct. 3 meeting are available online on the Faculty Senate website. Read More

Designing Spaces for Learning: What’s Next?

Published on Jan 8, 2014 Presentation by Melbourne faculty/architects at Peabody College. December 9, 2013… Read More