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We Own America, a unique combination of history and hip-hop poetry aimed at promoting the involvement of an informed, passionate citizenry to help shape the fate of America, will be presented at 6 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 17, at Vanderbilt. Read More
Donald Saff, director of Saff Tech Arts and senior curator of prints and drawings at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, will explore the collaborative process through which art is created on Wednesday, Nov. 20, at Vanderbilt. Read More
Research and development activities at Vanderbilt University are responsible for more than 5,700 jobs in Middle Tennessee. Read More
Jim Bradford, clinical faculty member and former president and chief executive officer of United Glass Corporation, has been named associate dean for corporate relations at the Owen Graduate School of Management. Read More
A $1.9 million expansion and renovation of one of Vanderbilts two child care centers will significantly increase the number of children who can receive early childhood education and care on campus, helping to meet an employee-identified priority. Read More
Vanderbilt University education professor Paul Cobb has been honored for his work focusing on core mathematical concepts for grades K-3 and middle school grades with election to the prestigious National Academy of Education. Read More
Members of the Vanderbilt community will have the chance to Win Ben Steins Insight when the popular game show host and commentator comes to Vanderbilt Universitys Langford Auditorium on Thursday, Nov. 21, at 7 p.m. Read More
Vanderbilt University is investing more than $100 million of its own money to create a series of interdisciplinary research centers designed to propel its faculty members into the forefront of a number of selected research frontiers. Read More
A comprehensive Vanderbilt University study in the wake of the breaking Enron scandal puts a $37.1 million pricetag on the loss of consumer confidence in companies audited by Arthur Andersen, tied directly to their choice of auditors. Read More
The $28 billion in punitive damages awarded to a smoker by a California jury earlier this month will be among the controversial and escalating awards addressed in a panel discussion on Punitive Damages: Present and Future at the Vanderbilt University Law School on Nov. 6. Read More
Given the chance, Americas households would spend more of their own money to reduce serious crimessuch as burglary, sexual assault and armed robberyin their neighborhoods. Read More
Kevin A. Myatt has been named chief human resource officer at Vanderbilt University effective Jan.1, 2003, Vice Chancellor for Administration and Chief Financial Officer Lauren J. Brisky announced today. Read More
Activists on two sides of the racial divide will come together at Vanderbilt University Law School on Nov. 5 to debate the future of American race relations. Read More
Acclaimed social psychologist and New York University professor Carol Gilligan will discuss Teaching and Learning in a Different Voice on Monday, Nov. 11, at 6 p.m. in Ingram Hall at Vanderbilts Blair School of Music. Read More
James M. Lawson, a Vanderbilt University Divinity School alumnus who led the sit-ins at Nashvilles segregated lunch counters and had a profound effect on Vanderbilts national identity, is the recipient of the 2002 Walter R. Murray Jr. Distinguished Alumnus Award. Read More
A biblical perspective on environmental stewardship will be presented at a lunch-time seminar featuring Vanderbilt Divinity Schools Douglas Meeks, Cal Turner Chancellors Professor of Wesleyan Studies, Nov. 4, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. at Scarritt Bennett Centers Ogborn House. Read More
This month, emerging leaders from across the Tennessee Valley Authority began a nine-month customized business curriculum on 21st century leadership concepts and principles at Vanderbilts Owen Graduate School of Management. The program is designed to prepare them for greater leadership responsibilities within the corporation. Read More
Learn how to launch a venture, build it to profitability and take it public or sell it for the right price at Vanderbilts Owen Graduate School of Management Entrepreneurship Centers annual conference on Oct. 25. Read More
Ask any history teacher about the challenge of making decades-old events relevant to todays students, and youre likely to get an earful. If the events are those that made up the Holocaust of the 1940s, the challenge is even more daunting. Read More
Faculty members from Vanderbilt University, Fisk University, Meharry Medical College and Tennessee State University have joined together to form a research circle on Race and Wealth Disparity in 21st Century America. The products of the two-year collaborative program will include a public lecture series, the first set for Nov. 7, and a set of edited teaching materials on how various disciplines look at race and wealth disparity in the United States. Read More