Vanderbilt University’s Stella Flores was one of 21 researchers nationwide who developed an amicus brief summarizing key research on affirmative action in anticipation of the… Read More
Children learn more from television viewing when parents participate as they would during book reading, new research from Vanderbilt finds. Read More
The latest "Bloomberg Businessweek" MBA survey ranks Vanderbilt at No. 25, giving the school high marks in career services, teaching quality and leadership skills. Read More
Ron Zimmer Closing schools can have negative effects on displaced students, but these ramifications can be counteracted if students are moved to schools that are… Read More
There was a lot of excitement in the Vanderbilt Twitterverse this week, as our fans and followers reacted to some big news stories and events:… Read More
Researchers at Peabody College are studying how people learn new words in hopes of determining optimal interventions for children who struggle with reading. A new… Read More
Cathy Ivory is conducting foundational research work in perinatal nursing informatics and introducing master’s students to the world of nursing informatics. Read More
Former teachers may be an important source for the teacher labor supply, with as many as 30 percent of this population re-entering the field at… Read More
The Rev. Jaco Hamman’s decision to avoid the draft for the South African military, which was responsible for enforcing apartheid, propelled his 1993 move from his native country to the United States, where work as a hospital chaplain shaped his career. Read More
Tom Smith The National Center on Scaling Up Effective Schools at Peabody College announced in September the next phase of their partnership with Broward County… Read More
Vanderbilt’s Peabody College of education and human development maintained its No. 1 national ranking for the fourth consecutive year in the U.S. News & World… Read More
Ellen Goldring Kimberly Bess, assistant professor of human and organizational development, won the 2012 Harold Love Outstanding Community Involvement Award from the Tennessee Higher Education… Read More
Vanderbilt University was nominated for four regional Emmys Nov. 15, and the MidSouth Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences announced that Vanderbilt's TV News Archive will receive the Governor’s Award for Lifetime Achievement. Read More
Richard Lehrer The American Educational Research Association in March selected three Peabody College faculty members to be AERA Fellows. Lynn Fuchs, Richard Lehrer and Joseph… Read More
Joseph Murphy Vanderbilt University professor Joseph Murphy won The 2011 Roald F. Campbell Lifetime Achievement Award from the University Council for Educational Administration (UCEA). The… Read More
The main antioxidant compound in green tea increases contractile force in isolated heart cells, suggesting it may be useful in heart failure. Read More
(iStockphoto) Most Vanderbilt schools are observing a break from classes Nov. 17-25 for the Thanksgiving holiday. Residence halls close at 9 a.m. Saturday, Nov. Read More
Daniel J. Sharfstein has received the 2012 Cromwell Book Prize for The Invisible Line: Three American Families and the Secret… Read More
Dean Camilla P. Benbow camilla.benbow@vanderbilt.edu Editor Kurt Brobeck, Director of Communications kurt.brobeck@vanderbilt.edu Contributors Camilla P. Benbow, Kara Furlong,… Read More
Watch video of Melissa Snarr, a Vanderbilt University Divinity School professor who studies the intersection of religion, social change and political ethics, delivering the 2012 Howard… Read More
